Trigger warning: mention of rape Double-length chapter today! Actually the chapter is the usual length but I’m unpacking it more than usual. So all of Camelot/London is one big festival, what with Arthur getting married, and in wanders these … Continue reading →
This chapter has some dodgy math in it. I’m just warning you. Merlin phones ahead, so Arthur is all excited about how he’s getting a Round Table and a hundred knights and also Guenever. Arthur gets everybody in London … Continue reading →
The next morning, of course, Merlin shows up. Did you think we were going to get through the end of this chapter without Merlin being a jackass one more time? He’s apparently concerned with setting all the pieces into place … Continue reading →
So, as you probably saw coming, Garnish takes one look at the couple sleeping under the tree and completely loses it. He starts bleeding from the nose and mouth, that’s how intense his sobs are. “Balin, man, what the hell?” … Continue reading →
So that’s the great adventure of the dolorous stroke and how Sir Balin screwed everything up. Everything in this book after this is just denouement, because our story isn’t well and truly told until Balin is dead. Because yeah, he survives having … Continue reading →
As I said yesterday, Lot and the eleven kings on his side in the battle against Arthur, which group of kings overlaps with but is not identical to the kings in Team Lot & Mister 100 from Book I, they … Continue reading →
Arthur gets all his knights together, forewarned as he is about Nero’s attack, and he sallies forth in hopes of getting the drop on Nero. But Nero is ready and champing at the bit and he has more men than … Continue reading →
Merlin takes Balin and Balan and leads them to a little woodsy copse, and tells them to nap for a while, which they eagerly do. All the best adventures feature a nap! Roundabout midnight Merlin wakes them up, and tells … Continue reading →
Merlin shows up at this point, because that sort of thing is bound to happen. Ignoring everyone else, he walks up to Mark, who is overseeing the finishing touches being put on the tomb. “The great battle shall be here,” … Continue reading →
Chapter V picks up right on the heels of Chapter IV, making it another one of those odd midscene breaks without much in the way of a clear reason for the break. Merlin finishes his story. “So Queen Lile gave … Continue reading →
