Chinese name

Arthur Pendragon

Foreign name

arthur pendragon

Alias

Arthur Pendragon, Arthur Pendragon, king arthur, Arthur the Dragon

Citizenship

Celtic

People

Celtics

Place of birth

Britain

Career

king, knight

Religious Faith

Christian

title

King Arthur, Eternal King, The Red Dragon of Britain

queen

Guinevere

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Character legend

son of king

Legend has it that Arthur Pendragon was the son of former King Uther and Iglene, wife of the Duke of Cornwall.With the help of the magician Merlin, King Uther became the Duke of Cornwall and entered Iglein's castle and spent the night with her, after which she became pregnant with Arthur.After the death of the Duke of Cornwall, Igleine married King Uther and had the child.

Arthur has been entrusted by King Uther to the magician Merlin to raise him since he was born, and Merlin secretly took the infant Arthur away from Tintagel Castle and came to a secret place to raise Arthur as an adult. The relationship between King Arthur and Merlin Very good. Legend has it that Merlin can change his appearance as young or old at will, but most of the time he shows himself as an old man.

It is rumored that King Arthur has blond hair as dazzling as the sun, has a voice that is more clear and melodious than that of a troubadour, and has blue eyes like emeralds.He abides by chivalry, kindness, integrity, benevolence, loyalty, courtesy, but at the same time is good at independent thinking and making independent battle plans.

Draw the sword and become king

Later, King Uther died, and the domestic situation began to turmoil.Following Merlin's advice, the bishop summoned all the noble knights to choose the new king with a "sword in the stone" inserted in the stone of the church cemetery. The one who strikes the sword is the king of England."However, no one could draw that sword from the rock.Since there was no better way, the knights unanimously decided to choose the king by battle.

Arthur also went, but he was not qualified to participate in the competition, and Kay, the son of the family he fostered, participated in the war on behalf of the family.However, when Kai entered the venue, he realized that he had forgotten to bring his sword, so he asked Arthur to go home and fetch it.Arthur hurried home to find the door locked and everyone went to see the competition.It's not hard to imagine what happened next. Arthur didn't have time to return to the competition venue to get the keys. In a hurry, he ran to the church cemetery. He found that there was no one around, so he came to the stone and easily pulled out the sword in the stone. To Kay, this shocked everyone.Everyone put the sword back into the stone suspiciously, but even after repeating it many times, no one but Arthur could pull it out.

Because no one knew that this boy was King Uther's child, some knights were unwilling, but after Merlin showed up and told them about Arthur's life, they still had to believe that Arthur was the new king of Britain.Arthur, who has lived a sojourn life since childhood, finally got his reward for his hard work.

In the early days of Arthur's reign, the young king showed a strong dependence on Merlin.Britain ushered in unprecedented unity and strength.He helped the poor and the weak and built a prosperous kingdom.

The sword in the stone drawn by Arthur when he was young to choose a king broke after a fight against the spirit of chivalry when he duel with the king pellinore. King Arthur, who lost the holy sword, regretted it very much.So the great magician Merlin guided him to the holy lake, and the fairy in the lake held a sword and lifted it out of the water.The king came to the lake by boat, and he got the holy sword excalibur, which is called "the king's sword", from the fairy of the lake. This sword was forged by the elves in Avalon. It is inlaid with gems, and because its sharp edge cuts iron like mud, the Lady of the Lake is named after "excalibur" (meaning "broken steel" in ancient Celtic).

Merlin once asked King Arthur, "Which one do you prefer, the blade or the scabbard?"

King Arthur replied: "The blade, because it is extremely sharp."

Merlin said: "You have to know that the scabbard is worth ten times as much as the body of the sword. The scabbard who wears the King's Sword will never bleed, so protect the scabbard and carry it with you."

Brilliant era

From the first century AD, Britain was under the oppression of the Roman Empire for a long time.Later, the Saxons, as a Germanic tribe, invaded again, burning, killing and looting. King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table led the British people to resist, and finally successfully repelled the Saxon invasion from the north through twelve battles.In the end, in the battle of Mount Barton, the enemy army was defeated in one fell swoop, and all foreign invaders were driven out of Britain.During this period, the Knights of the Round Table became an important part of the kingdom.

King Arthur

Legend has it that King Arthur's knights reached 150 at most, and the knights charged on the battlefield and discussed domestic affairs at the round table.Although they will also form some factions because of the same or opposing political views, only at the round table there is no difference in status and distinction between rulers and ministers, and everyone is allowed to speak freely.Many legends take place at this legendary round table, including the search for the Holy Grail.

King Arthur married the beautiful Guinevere as his queen.But like his father, King Uther, King Arthur also had an illegitimate son. His lover was his half-sister Morgan, but unlike his father, King Uther, King Arthur did not intend to have an affair. Morgan used a drug Made King Arthur see her as Guinevere, and when King Arthur came to his senses he felt guilty for Guinevere.Although King Arthur only spent one night with Morgan, Morgan still got his wish to have a child with King Arthur's blood. Coincidentally, Guinevere happened to witness all this, and therefore had an affair with Lancelot.The biological mother of this illegitimate child is Morgan. King Arthur and this child are both nephews and father and son. This illegitimate child is Mordred who later rebelled and brought the kingdom to its demise.

In "The Death of King Arthur" written by British writer Malory in the 15th century, King Arthur's territory continued to expand over time, and he even advanced into the interior of Europe and defeated the powerful Roman emperor Lucius.Malory's Arthur declares war on Lucius the Great and refuses a tribute request, he leads his army to Europe, kills giants at Mt. Michael, and defeats the imperial ruler at Rome.This was the most glorious period in the legendary career of King Arthur.

After that, King Arthur's interest began to shift to finding the legendary treasure.The knights under his command left the capital Camelot one after another in search of the legendary Holy Grail, either by order or voluntarily. Most of these people never returned.In this way, the number of knights on the round table became less and less, and the mighty empire began to decline.

betrayed

Mixed with the trust in Lancelot and the desire for revenge against King Arthur, Guinevere finally started a platonic love affair with Lancelot.Although Guinevere later learned the truth when she was in the monastery and regretted it, her love affair with Lancelot still brought disaster to King Arthur as prophesied.

Soon, King Arthur's excellent knight - Lancelot and the beautiful Queen Guinevere's affair was known to King Arthur.Legend has it that Lancelot was raised by fairies in the lake, so he is also known as the "Knight of the Lake".King Arthur trusted Lancelot so much that he became the bodyguard responsible for the queen's safety and reputation.When learning about Lancelot and Guinevere's affair, King Arthur was very angry, but because Lancelot and Guinevere have always been in a Platonic spiritual love, King Arthur could not punish them .However, King Arthur never showed any abnormality after this, and even turned a blind eye to Lancelot and Guinevere's affair, so that Lancelot and Guinevere were not Know that King Arthur has learned about them.

Although King Arthur could not deal with them and did not intend to punish them, Lancelot's behavior had caused dissatisfaction among many knights, so Gawain and Mordred secretly led 13 knights to sneak into the Queen's Palace, The two who were having a tryst caught him.Lancelot struggled to break out of the siege and escaped, while Guinevere was taken to King Arthur. Although King Arthur wanted to forgive Guinevere, under the condemnation of the knights, due to the majesty of the king, he had no choice but to do nothing. Burn Guinevere at the stake.However, Lancelot and his comrades, who were deeply in love with the queen, stormed the execution ground, abruptly robbed Guinevere, and the two fled to France by crossing the sea.

Although after the mediation of the Pope, Lancelot returned Guinevere due to the honor of the knight, Guinevere finally realized that it was her existence that brought disaster to King Arthur and the country, so she became a nun .But the story didn't end there.Another famous Knight of the Round Table, King Arthur's nephew Gawain, resented Lancelot after his brother was killed by Lancelot while he was preventing Lancelot from taking Guinevere.In the end, the brooding King Arthur decided to conquer France in person.

Death of King Arthur

It was this crusade against Lancelot that gave Mordred a good opportunity to usurp the throne.King Arthur, who conquered France, left Mordred to rule the kingdom.Mordred realizes that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so he spreads rumours throughout the city that the king is dead in battle, and tries to marry Guinevere.After King Arthur heard the news, he hurried back to Britain. While the two sides were negotiating countermeasures and peace talks, a snake quietly climbed onto a knight. The knight drew his sword and tried to cut off the snake, which proved that a bloody war broke out. .

Before the battle of Camlane against Mordred, King Arthur went to the convent where Guinevere was, and made an invitation to Guinevere, hoping that she would be his queen again after he returned from the expedition. Nivea was moved and cried and agreed, but in the end the agreement did not come true.

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