So now we turn away from Sir Gawaine, that little prick, and to Sir Marhaus, last seen hooking up with a friendly thirty-year-old woman and going off in a different direction on a strange adventure of his own. Marhaus’s adventure … Continue reading →
With Gawaine’s strange adventure in a shambles, and Gawaine himself quitting it, clearly someone needed to come in and bat cleanup. Normally, the go-to man for this would be Merlin, but he was totally over. So instead, Malory calls in … Continue reading →
Much like the triptych in Book III, we’re going to follow each knight separately. We start with Sir Gawaine, as his story is easily the most involved. Gawaine and his damosel, Trixie (as usual I do not want to keep … Continue reading →
Which is how we transition out of the Story of Morgan le Fay, and into the fourth and final story of Book IV, the Story of Uwaine’s Travels Away From Camelot, which goes in a different direction than you probably … Continue reading →
“It’s okay, everyone,” Arthur told the kneeling crowd. “It’s cool. Everybody up. C’mon, chop chop.” Everybody slowly rose to their feet. “Now, see, this is the kind of thing that happens when knights go out to have strange adventures. It … Continue reading →
“Hey, moaning knights!” he called out. “Who are you and why are you moaning?” “We’re knights, twenty knights, that have been locked up here as prisoners,” one of them said. “We’ve all been here seven years.” “Actually I have been … Continue reading →
Morgan le Fay! She’s appeared a little bit in previous books, and she’ll show up again a handful of times in later books, but this set of stories is her big role. It started off innocently enough. One day King … Continue reading →
Book IV is a whirlwind tour! On to the next story, the Story of Another War for Arthur! As we open, King Arthur chilled in Camelot, just enjoying the peace. Along came some bad news to spoil his fun: a … Continue reading →
Book IV, fair warning, is kind of all over the place. The first story concerns Merlin and Nimue. After Pellinore rescued Nimue and brought her back to Camelot at the end of Book III, Merlin started hanging around her kind … Continue reading →
The third tale in our triptych is the Tale of Pellinore. Again, we roll back to the moment when Sir Gawaine, Sir Tor, and Pellinore set out from Arthur and Guenever’s wedding reception; this time our camera remains focused on … Continue reading →
