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 →
Arthur called all the Knights of the Round Table together and had them take a knee. “All right fellows, it’s finally happening. The Quest for the Holy Grail. Y’all are all going to head out in different directions, seeking the … Continue reading →
Around this time Malory remembers that there’s such a thing as female characters, briefly: Guenever followed them, with many ladies, chasing down Arthur and Galahad. All the ladies cooed at Galahad, much like the nuns from before. They gathered at … Continue reading →
Then things got weird. Or as Malory puts it, anon there befell a marvelous adventure. I think marvelous adventure must be one step up from strange adventure. First, the doors and windows of the hall all slammed shut of their … Continue reading →
Arthur cupped his hands together and called to his nephew. “Hey, Gawaine!” Gawaine was already deep into the feasting, but he rose and wander out of the castle, down to his uncle on the riverbank. “Yes, Uncle Sire?” “You’re all … Continue reading →
“Change of plans,” Sir Galahad said, early the next morning. “What, are you not coming back with me to Camelot or something?” Launcelot snickered at this self-evidently ridiculous thought. “Nope, I’m not!” “What, seriously?” To say Launcelot was hella disappointed … Continue reading →
This story opens at Camelot on the eve of Pentecost; everything important starts at Pentecost. All the tables set ready to the meat but since Pentecost wasn’t until the next morning, the feast had not yet started. Instead all the … Continue reading →
Anyway. Back on Joyous Isle, Percivale and Ector tried to get Launcelot to return with them to Camelot. Launcelot didn’t want to, since Guenever banished him. Ector lay out a multipart argument in favor of Launcelot’s return: * Everybody in … Continue reading →
alory changes scenes abruptly, and spends a half-chapter filling us in on Sir Bors and Sir Lionel, who are either Launcelot’s cousin and brother, or are both Launcelot’s cousins; Malory contains multitudes. The two relatives-of-some-kind of Launcelot’s set out at … Continue reading →
Five hundred knights eventually showed up, and Launcelot defeated each and every one of them. He was so skilled that he avoided killing or even maiming his opponents, that was how good he was. Malory skipped over the details of … Continue reading →
