oh, amnesia may be a cliche, but it's a fun one

[bedlamsbard]

...I suddenly really want to write the story where Peter loses his memory and spends, like, a year wandering around the westerlands as a mercenary before his company gets hired to invade Narnia. And the invading commander pulls the single combat gig -- soldier of his choice versus Edmund -- and chooses Peter, because he may not know who he is, but he's the best swordsman in the army. And Peter goes in full-armored, with a helmet on, so Edmund may not be able to see his face, but he recognizes Peter's style of fighting. They're fighting just over the Narnian border, into one of the western countries, so Edmund starts maneuvering backwards, until Peter steps over the border -- and promptly passes out. (Oh, please, like you didn't know the Peter/Narnia was coming.) And then Peter wakes up, Edmund bending over him, and remembers. And the westerland army suddenly remembers an urgent engagement elsewhere.