Question

After he is struck by a rash of flames, this character is healed by falling backward into the Well of Life. This character's dwarven servant discovers many corpses in the dungeon of a house built on sand, causing him to flee. Sansjoy attempts to avenge the death of his brother by killing this character outside the House of Pride, where this character watches a procession of the Seven Deadly Sins. The bleeding tree Fradubio (*) warns this character about his deceitful lover Duessa, whom he is tricked into loving instead of his betrothed by the sorcerer Archimago. This character, an embodiment of (-5[1])the virtue of holiness, wears the symbol of St. George across his chest. For 10 points, name this lover of Una and knight of Gloriana, the protagonist of the (-5[1])first book of The Faerie Queene. ■END■ (0[1])

ANSWER: Redcrosse Knight [prompt on descriptions of the knight from The Faerie Queene]
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Jim FanUNC BRIT A100-5
Noah ChinVirginia Tech AUNC A129-5
Cade ReinbergerRIT AUNC B1360
Jonathan ShaufUNC CDuke A13710
Ivan StanisavljevicDuke AUNC C1370

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2024 Penn Bowl UNC10/26/2024Y333%0%67%137.00
2024 Penn Bowl Florida10/26/2024Y10%0%100%0.00
2024 Penn Bowl Harvard10/26/2024Y450%0%25%123.50
2024 Penn Bowl UK10/26/2024Y580%40%20%90.25
2024 Penn Bowl Berkeley11/02/2024Y2100%0%100%135.00
2024 Penn Bowl Mainsite11/02/2024Y367%0%33%135.50
2024 Penn Bowl CWRU11/02/2024Y475%0%0%119.00
2024 Penn Bowl Chicago11/02/2024Y786%0%0%114.50
2024 Penn Bowl Texas11/02/2024Y2100%0%0%118.00