King+Arthur

The king of Britain was a man named King Uther. He had fallen deeply in love with a woman who was already married to the duke of Tintegal. Uther wanted to marry her anyways so he declared war on the duke and he was killed. Uther and his new wife who's name was Igraine had a son named Arthur. At the time there were many attacks coming from their enemies, so this meant it was not safe for Arthur to live with his parents. King Uther decided that it was best to send him away to live someone where safer. The king trusted the wizard Merlin, who took him to the countryside. Merlin watched over Arthur as he grew up not knowing who his parents were and that he was the heir to the throne. Eventually Uther died and no one knew who the rightful heir to the throne was. Nobody even knew about Arthur so a lot of people were fighting about who should be king. Merlin put a sword called Excalibur in a stone, and only the rightful heir could pull it out. Many of the strongest men tried but no one could pull out the sword. When Arthur was fifteen years old it was the older-step brother’s first tournament. Arthur was to bring his weapons for him, but there was problem. Arthur had forgotten his sword behind! He was in a rush to get back to the house to get the sword. He just happened to be running past St. Paul’s Cathedral, and in the churchyard was the sword in the stone. Arthur pulled it out with ease. When he got back with the sword in hands and brought it to his brother, he told him that was wasn’t his sword and to put it back, so he did. When Arthur’s brother Kay read the inscription on the sword he asked Arthur who pulled the sword out. Arthur told him he did but no one would believe him because he looked weak and scrawny. Since no one believe that he was the one who pulled it out he had to repeat what he had done and everyone was shocked. Soon after that, Arthur was crowned king of Britain. Other kings and people rebelled against Arthur because they did not want a fifteen year old ruling over them. Merlin helped Arthur rule his kingdom and he had the Excalibur which would defeat any opponent no matter what. He also had the Scabbard which protected him from getting wounded by any of his foes. Arthur was pretty much unbeatable in battle because of this so he won every war he fought using these objects. The other kings eventually gave in and stopped the rebellion against Arthur. Arthur lived in a palace in Camelot; he got married to a very beautiful princess named Guinevere. As a wedding gift they were given a large round table, this is where the knights of the round table met. They were the best bravest and strongest of all the knights. All of their decisions and opinions were equal to one another; this was because no one sat at the end of the table since it was round - no one had a position of greater importance, since all the seats at a round table are the same. This equality brought them together and made them better warriors because they had trust in one another. Arthur had a different code for life - chivalry - which is honor and service towards others. Arthur tried to create an entire society based on that code and his knights were the model of that behavior. One of the knights of the roundtable was Lancelot. He was a fine knight and very handsome. Arthur’s wife Guinevere fell in love with him. The two were together behind Arthur's back. Lancelot was Arthur's best friend and he loved Guinevere so you can imagine what a toll this took on him. Once they were found out Lancelot ran away, and Guinevere was to be burnt to death. Before they could murder Guinevere, Lancelot came back to save her and they made their way to Brittany. King Arthur brought an army after them he wanted Lancelot to be punished for what he had done. This was the beginning of the end for Camelot. Arthur had a son named Mordred, who was born of Arthur's evil half sister, Morganna La Fey (don't worry she got pregnant because of an evil spell) who didn't want to wait for Arthur to die to be the king. Mordred became one of Arthur's knights, but he was secretly plotting, along with Morganna, to destroy Camelot and Arthur. Eventually, in a great battle, Mordred and Arthur fought. They were very closely matched and Mordred wounded Arthur very badly. Before he died, Arthur was able to kill Mordred. Arthur was hung on for a short while, and he was aware that his death was approaching. He gave the Excalibur to one of his knights, and asked him to throw the sword into the magical lake to return it to the faerie world from which it came. After that King Arthur took a boat to Isle of Avalon. Three queens: Morgan le Fay, the Queen of Northgalis, and the Queen of the Wastelands, went with him there. He died soon after. King Arthur Pendragon is famous because even though he isn't actually real, some people like to take in what happened to him as their own English history. There are people who actually believe that this is what happened, or maybe they just want to believe it. Real or fake it is an exciting and action packed story that any adventure lover could enjoy. There is are many movies, games, cartoons, television shows, comics, and books based on Arthur's legends. They say he isn't really dead, but that he merely sleeps in Avalon, waiting to return when the time comes that Britain needs him most.

Jennifer Keating

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