June 23, 1314. The day before Bannockburn becomes legendary for a single, terrifying moment of personal combat. Robert the Bruce was riding near Stirling Castle, inspecting positions as the English host approached. This wasn’t supposed to be the glamorous part of war—it was reconnaissance, planning, nerves. Then Henry de Bohun, an English knight, spotted something that looked like a once-in-a-lifetime opening: the Scottish king in the open. Bruce wasn’t on a great warhorse. He wasn’t fully armor