If you've ever heard an old guy describe a baseball or football game he watched as a kid, you've heard the story of a sports game. "It's the bottom of the 9th, the bases are full loaded, Babe Ruth steps up to bat. Everyone falls silent. The pitcher throws the ball, everyone was on the edge of their seat." This is just the climax of the story of that game. Hell, televised sporting events even have narrators (commentators).

Also, don't hate on chess lore. From what I've heard, the white bishop conspires against it's queen because it is in love with one of the rooks who, unbeknownst to the King, is secretly the lovechild of his and a young pawn who was taken by a black knight just days after birthing her baby. She left her little rook a note to be opened only after his parapets had fully developed explaining his royal birthright. What the bishop doesn't know is that the rook has no real feelings for them, but their romance is a mere manipulation because the bishop is so close to the monarchy. Or at least, that was the case in the beginning... but his feelings may have become more real than he is willing to admit.