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 →
Right and so we turn back the clock to just as Sir Gawaine, Sir Tor, and King Pellinore set out. Tor was sent after the white hunting dog, the brachet. Before he’d gone very far, he nearly ran over Peter, … Continue reading →
Sir Gawaine and his brother Gaheris rode out together, knight and squire, after the white hart. Before too long they came across a pair of knights on horseback, jousting. Gawaine approached, in between the two knights. “You two random dudes! … Continue reading →
All of Camelot/London was one big festival, what with Arthur getting married. Everyone was drunk and partying and jousting in a big fun tournament (JOUSTING TOURNAMENT 4!). Into this mix wandered these two guys, a father and son. The father, … Continue reading →
Malory begins Book III by laying out a few vital points he feels we need to be reminded of, before he can tell us the tale of Arthur’s courtship of, and wedding to, Guenever. Spoiler alert: it is about the … Continue reading →
At the very edge of everything, he spied a distant castle and, much closer, a sign with a golden message in Merlin’s handwriting. DO NOT GO INTO THIS CASTLE IF YOU ARE AN UNACCOMPANIED KNIGHT. And then, for good measure, … Continue reading →
On the morning of the fourth day, the sound and feel of digging woke Sir Balin. Wordlessly, Merlin shoveled him out of the ruins. “Merlin!” cried Balin. “How did you get here? Is it time for the next stage of … Continue reading →
