Chapter XI picks up mid-conversation, as Malory keeps doing. Jerk. Arthur has Excalibur back and he’s looming over Accolon, who’s even more wounded than he is and not nearly so knightly. “Aw, man,” moans Accolon. “This whole Excalibur-wielding plan … Continue reading →
I asserted that the spell Nimue casts on Accolon cannot be found anywhere in the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Player’s Handbook. Paul Flanaghan provides a solution. Oh No My Sword! (Evocation) Level: 1? Range: 1 jousting field. Casting Time: When … Continue reading →
So Arthur’s badly wounded, and disarmed, and Accolon clearly has the upper hand. Accolon paces around Arthur, toying with him, flashing Excalibur at him. “Knight (whom I totally don’t know who really is),” he says, “you’re beaten! Surrender and I … Continue reading →
Arthur and Accolon joust. Arthur doesn’t know it’s Accolon, because of course they’re both wearing face-concealing jousting-helmets and Accolon isn’t announcing his name all the time the way Arthur tends to. They joust, and they’re jousting, and a joust happens. … Continue reading →
Meanwhile Sir Accolon also comes to. He’s neither back at Camelot nor in Damas’s prison. Instead he’s lying precariously close to the edge of a well. The well is artesian and there’s a lovely marble fronting and silver pipe and … Continue reading →
Chapter seven is where the story takes a turn. Arthur’s in this dark prison, surrounded by moaning knights. “Who are you and why are you moaning?” he asks. “We’re knights, twenty knights, that have been locked up here as prisoners,” … Continue reading →
Now we’re on to the third tale of Book IV, which is a fairly major one, the Story of Morgan le Fay Trying to Kill Arthur. It starts off innocently enough. One day King Arthur, his brother-in-law King Uriens, and … Continue reading →
“One slot remains,” says Arthur. “Who should join the knights of the Round Table?” “I can think of two candidates,” says Pellinore. “I can’t offer up an opinion on which of the two would be a better choice, however. The … Continue reading →
Once the battle is over, King Pellinore shows up with a big pile of reinforcements. “Too late, Pellinore!” says Arthur. “We already whupped the five kings.” Arthur’s army and Pellinore’s armies merge, and Arthur’s army does a head count and … Continue reading →
Quick recap: Arthur and his court are up by the Humber, and the five kings he’s at war with have been told where he is. They take the one king’s brother’s advice, and ride out to sneak-attack Arthur before he … Continue reading →
