Arthur

• Arthurian legend
• HBO
• Studiejaar 1

The Kid who would be King

And how it relates to Arthurian legend

"A band of kids embark on an epic 

quest to thwart a medieval menace."

- Erec and enide  (Chretién de Troyes)

- Historium Regum Britanniae

This kid

Find Excalibur

Travel to Tintagel

Goal: defeat morgana

Characters

Lance

Bedders (Buidesvere)

Alexander

Merlin

Kay

Alex

Leader, hope

Tactic 

Not of noble 

 blood

Arthur

Leader

General

 -> Historia Brittonum 

"The sword doesn't care who your parents are, it doesn't choose by birth or blood, but by heart and mind."

Bedders

Alex' oldest and most loyal     friend

the Heart

stays loyal

Bedivere

loyal knight and marshal

-> Historia Regum Britanniae

Betrays Arthur

Kay

School bully

Intelligent

Strongminded

Loyal

Kay

Arthur's brother

Acid tongue and bullying

Hotheaded

-> Chretien de Troyes

-> Historia Regum Britanniae

Lance

School bully

Egocentric

the Muscle

Betrays Alex &

 breaks Excalibur

Lancelot

Passionate

Often opposed Arthur

Raised by water faeries

(Or Lady of the Lake)

Merlin

Ages backwards 

-> T.H. White

Shapeshifter

-> Geoffrey of 

 Monmouth

Morgana

Trapped in the Underworld

 (or possibly Avalon)

Main villain

goals: 

Obtain Excalibur

Become queen

Excalibur

Found in a Stone

Given to and protected by the Lady of 

 the Lake

-> Robert de Boron

Glastonbury Tor

"Ynys yr Afalon"

Isle of Avalon 

12th & 13th century

Morgana , queen of Avalon

-> Geoffrey of Monmouth