Percivale went down into this implausible valley, where he watched a lion fight a serpent. Naturally Percivale rooted for the lion; when he saw an opening he pulled out his sword and slashed at the serpent and helped the lion … Continue reading →
The next morning Percivale followed the Queen of the Wilderness’s instructions. A day’s ride from her hermitage he found to a remote fortress, which Malory doesn’t want to come right out and identify as Castle Goothe, but I’m pretty sure … Continue reading →
Book XIV is where it gets weird, y’all. Malory explains that Book XIV is all about Sir Percivale, the other holy paladin-knight blessed and foredestined to achieve the Grail. We flash back to when he was last seen, during Chapter … Continue reading →
Later that day, Launcelot arrived at a hermitage, complete with Nacien, this book’s official wise hermit. The two of them sat down, as Launcelot poured out his heart. It was a whole nother monologue about how sad he is! But … Continue reading →
Malory has lost interest in people who aren’t Sir Launcelot or else Sir Launcelot’s son, so we cut away from Gawaine back to Galahad. It had been an indeterminate amount of time since he left the Castle of the Maidens. … Continue reading →
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 →
Three days later, once Melias had turned the corner, Galahad just itched to get back to that Grail Quest. Melias’s caretaker, the good man about whom Malory has nothing to say, gave a little monologue about how great Galahad was. … Continue reading →
Galahad and Melias stayed overnight in the abbey. In the morning Galahad finally knighted Melias. This is when Malory reveals his name and the fact that he was the Prince of Denmark. “You’d better be a good knight,” warned Galahad. … Continue reading →
Malory can’t keep track of a hundred and fifty concurrent strange adventures. He focuses at first on young Galahad, taking a moment to remind us that Galahad had armor and the magic sword he pulled from a stone, but no … Continue reading →
The big final one-last-party jousting tournament complete (apparently Sir Galahad, Sir Percivale, and Sir Launcelot declined to fight one another and just declared a three-way tie instead) all the knights went home to Camelot. At supper that night yet another … Continue reading →
