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The first squire was a blond-haired, attractive man and Guinevere sighed when she saw him. The Lady introduced him as her foster son, Lancelot, and explained that this was Merlin’s final wish. She pointed out that his name was already appearing on the siege. Arthur knighted him with Excalibur as well as his half-brother Hector and his cousin Lionel to fill the empty sieges. Now for the matter of the wounded knight.

All of Arthur’s knights tried to heal the guy, but did not. The next day is the Feast of Pentecost in which every knight must come, tell of their deeds, and swear an oath. Some seats were empty because some knights had fallen in battle. Arthur had all the knights of the routh table try and none were able to heal the wounded knight. A trumpet blased and in walked Lady Nimue with three squires in white trailing her.

Moreover, the greatest knight will do this again at the end of the time of blessing for the Logres. The knight will do so by the touch of his hand.

Ch. 2 It is the day before the first anniversary of the formation of the round table (thus, the day before Pentecost). A bunch of knights were about to go hunting in the forest when four squires arrive carrying a knight with a grievous wound (the broken blade of a sword sticking out of his head). King Arthur asked what he needed. The knight said that the Lady Nimue has told him the greatest knight will heal him.

Now that I know that Gawain had accidentally beheaded a woman on his first quest, I can see why shame is a big deal to him. Yet again, he has proved himself to be unworthy, but in a minor thing. At least he did not sleep with the wife. Ah, the enchantment the Green Knight used came from the Lady of the Lake, Nimue.

Gawain was totally at fault because he should have gotten up at the crack of dawn after the first day. Plus he did not tell his host who gave him the kisses. At least, he shows Gawain to be the skank that he is and boy did he lie (of omission) concerning the green lace. Of course, we will not know if he would have accepted the squire’s proposal if he did not have the magic lace.

This is a children’s book after all. I don’t think I’ll narrate this because I’ve read the actual poem. I am not as pathetic at Arthur as I thought because Sir Gawain is familiar. Now, I do find it interesting that the pentangle is called the Star of Logres. I will need to revisit Sir Gawain and the webinar after doing this deep dive. At least he did not tone it down. The lady did flirt with Gawain.

Book 2 Ch. 1 This reminds me of what was said about the disciples of Jesus: King Arthur and his knights did so many things that it cannot all be written down. Fame of what they did spread far and wide. Then he lists all the knights. Now I have to giggle here, having taken Angelina’s webinar. He wrote that Gawain was his first and bravest knight. There were so many stories about him (ha, ha) but he will only tell one.

As proof, the damsel offered Arthur a gorgeous mantle, but Lady Nimue warned him that it was a trap (Admiral Akbar). Arthur ordered the damsel to try it on and POOF she was a screaming alpha. They never heard from Morgana again. She stayed at her castle at Gorre and plotted how she would entrap Arthur next, especially now that he could bleed to death!

They were catching up to Morgana and her damsels (also riding). She threw the scabbard into the lake. It sank because it was covered in gold. Then she changed herself and her damsels into stones, and they were not found. When Arthur returned to Camelot, Guinevere and the court rejoiced. Soon, one of Morgana’s damsels arrived and apologized on her behalf. She said a devil had tricked her; she will never hurt him.