Reading Notes: King Arthur: Part A

(Sword in the Stone by Sheila1988

The Drawing of the Sword by Andrew Lang:

Characters: Merlin, Sir Kay, Sir Ector, Arthur

Merlin: Is a magician (not a wizard?) goes to the Archbishop of Canterbury to discuss how they are going to figure who is king.

Sir Ector: The father of Sir Kay and the foster father of Arthur

Sir Kay: The foster brother of Arthur and a forgetful person.

Arthur: The foster son of Sir Ector and is secretly the son of the former king Uther Pendragon

Plot: The King Uther Pendragon has died and this has left the knights and lords in disarray. They don't know who the power is going to go towards and there is chaos. Merlin, a magician, comes to the land and meets the Archbishop of Canterbury. They decide that the King will be the one who is able to pull the sword embedded in the rock by the church. The Knights all agree to this and a date is set for everyone to enter and try their hand at pulling the sword. On this day, Sir Ector and Sir Kay along with Arthur are making their way to the castle. When they get there, Sir Kay realizes that he forgot his sword. He asks Arthur to hurry home and retrieve it because it would be embarrassing to be without his sword. Arthur hurries back, but the house is locked and he can't get in. He then remembers that there's a sword in the church. He takes it and comes to the event. His family soon realizes what he has done. They return to the church and try it out. Neither knight was able to pull it but Arthur was. Merlin and the Archbishop also arrived and witnessed it. Afterward, the rest of the knights came and watched him pull it again. He was confirmed as King

Setting: Somewhere in England?

Things I could change: I like this base story. I think if I were to use this for my Thursday story, I think I would want there to have been more of a conflict. Maybe some of the knights think this is some sort of trick and they rebel because there's no way that some kid could be king.

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