I'd like a progression. Thanks for the game!
cedar101

No 16. Actually, the term Black mail originated with the mideval practice of jousting. It was the custom that the winner of the joust got some of the property of the looser, usually his horse and/or his armor. There were individuals who made a living going from town to town, and challenging the local "best jouster". Of course the local couldn't refuse, and he was beaten. He would then loose his property which the traveler promptly offered to sell back to him, for a price he couldn't refuse.

The challenger traveled alone and did not have a page to clean his armor and chain mail. As a result, the armor and mail tarnshed and turned black, hence the term "black mail".