King Arthur

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Arthur’s Birth

After Arthur’s father, King Uther, had avenged his brother’s, Aurelius Ambrosius’, assassination, he had a victory party in London. Gorlois, the Duke of Cornwall, joined the celebration and brought his wife Igraine, whom Uther instantly fell in love with. Uther, in lust, threatened to wage war against Gorlois for his wife. Gorlois returned to Cornwall to raise defense, leaving his wife in the castle Tintagel, for the defense was strong. Uther then killed him. In legends, it is said that Uther used Merlin’s magic to transform his appearance into Gorlois’ and went to Tintagel. Uther then convinced the people that he, or Gorlois, was still alive. Igraine, believing that Uther was her husband, slept with him, and soon, Arthur was conceived. Uther, still transfigured into Gorlois, told his people to surrender to himself, well, Uther actually. After they had done so, Uther went back to his home and later married Igraine, who later gave birth to Arthur.

Significant Events

After Arthur was born, he was soon given to Sir Ector to be taken care of. He lived there thinking that Ector was his true father, Ector’s son, Kay was his true brother, and Sir Ector’s wife was his true mother.
About fifteen years after Arthur’s birth, King Uther died of poison from Colgrim, who was the king of Saxons in Germany; they had been at war. Merlin, the legendary wizard who had been Uther’s advisor, was given the task to find a new king. Wishing it to be Arthur, he plunged a sword into a stone and enchanted it so that only the next king of England could remove it and placed the stone in front of the church in London for all to try to pull the sword from the stone.
Soon after the stone was placed in front of the church, a jous...

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