The Petrified Paladin (Patreon)

The paladin prince had been defeated in combat. But he's a stubborn young man. He wasn't willing to give up, he had to defeat the wizard before he did something terrible to the kingdom. With a rush of valiance, Prince Derek stood tall and proud. 

"You will not win, mage. You can keep me in this cage, but by my soul I will strike you down and -"

FLASH!

The mage had enough of his bravado. In a flash the magic of the cage had petrified him, his body and armor nothing but marble. He was fully aware, imprisoned in stone. Each day a piece of his armor was break off him until he stood naked and frozen, humiliated and defeated.