Malory flashes back to provide a little context. After setting out on the Quest of the Holy Grail, Sir Gawaine quickly realized he had no idea where to even begin looking. By random chance he stumbled upon the White Abbey, … Continue reading →
Galahad chases the six surviving brothers out of the Castle of the Maidens compound. He’s about to follow them out and run them down in the countryside, but an old priest, one of the inhabitants of the Castle, stops him. … Continue reading →
Three days later, Melias has turned the corner and Galahad is itching to get back to that Grail-Quest. Melias’s caretaker, the good man about whom Malory has nothing to say, gives a little monologue about how great Galahad is. He’s … Continue reading →
So Melias rides along for a couple of days, looking for strange adventure. Eventually he comes across a meadow in the middle of a forest, where a fantastic picnic lunch has been laid out, and also there’s a throne with … Continue reading →
Back at the abbey, Uwaine has wandered off, but now there’s a terrible noise coming from one of the tombs in the backyard! The monks are all freaked out, because this is not something that happens often. Naturally they turn … Continue reading →
Melias heads back to the abbey, where Galahad has almost finished his lemonade. “Guess who got maimed?” he asks, and gives Galahad the shield. “Righty-ho,” says Galahad. “Off I go!” “Can I come, too?” asks Sir Uwaine, who is still … Continue reading →
Malory can’t keep track of that many characters, so he focuses at first on young Galahad. Malory takes a moment to remind us that Galahad has armor and the magic sword he pulled from a stone, but no shield. He … Continue reading →
Guenever is not the only lady of Camelot’s court to decry this whole “knights going away and not coming back” thing that’s happening. Plenty of the ladies have knightly lovers, and they start talking about how maybe they’ll go out … Continue reading →
The big final one-last-party jousting tournament complete (because I guess Galahad and Percivale and Launcelot decline to fight one another and just declare a three-way tie) all the knights go home to Camelot. At supper that night yet another crazy … Continue reading →
Arthur calls all the Knights of the Round Table together and has them take a knee. “All right fellows, it’s finally happening. The Quest for the Holy Grail. Y’all are all going to head out in different directions, seeking … Continue reading →
