“There shall never man handle this sword…and Launcelot with this sword shall slay the man that in the world he loved best, that shall be Sir Gawaine.” Le Morte D’Arthur, Sir Thomas Malory When Gawain was still a fledgling knight and Lancelot hadn’t even entered the picture, Merlin delivered this dire prophecy about their destiny.Continue reading “The Man he Loved Best: Gawain and Lancelot explained”
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Character Crawl: Whatever Happened to Gawain?
Our sun god turned mortal, our dashing feminist paragon turned asshole, let’s talk about the nephew of King Arthur, Sir Gawain of Orkney, and what went wrong. Sir Gawain is one of the oldest characters in the Arthurian Universe. He began life as Gwalchmai a mysterious hero who was only a hop-skip-and-a-jump away from beingContinue reading “Character Crawl: Whatever Happened to Gawain?”
Madness and Arthuriana 