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The great days of the Round Table were over when 150 knights left to search throughout Britain for the Grail. But it was Sir Modred, a knight who was either Arthur’s nephew or his illegitimate son, finally destroyed the fellowship of the Round Table. While Arthur was fighting Lancelot in France, Modred seized his kingdom and attempted to marry Guinevere. Arthur quickly returned to Britain and a war broke out between the forces of the two men. Arthur killed Modred in battle but he himself was badly wounded.Facing death, Arthur ordered one of his knights Bedivere to throw Excalibur into a lake, so that the sword could not fall into the wrong hands. Then Bedivere carried Arthur on his shoulders and brought him to the edge of the lake. There they saw a boat with a number of fairies in it. The boat took him away to the island of Avalon, the land of heroes. People believe that Arthur will return when Britain again needs him to defeat the nation’s enemies and to bring peace and security to the land

The son of the kingLegend, Arthur Pendragon (Arthur Pendragon) is a former king Uther (Uther Pendragon) and the duke of Cornwall's wife blue-eyed son of Mr Iger Lin (Igraine). Uther with the help of the wizard Merlin (Merlin), became the duke of Cornwall, look into the eagle of the castle and spend the night with her, after she was pregnant with Arthur [1]. After the death of the duke of Cornwall, eagle reinhard married the king uther and gave birth to the child.Start was born in Arthur king uther entrusted to wizard merlin, merlin was secretly brought in infancy Arthur from katyn Jill castle tower, came to a secret place to Arthur raised and Arthur is very close to the sorcerer. Legend of merlin can change their appearance at the young or old.That Arthur has the sun like a dazzling golden hair, have more crisp than bard sweet voice and emerald general blue eyes, face clean, looks very beautiful.Sword reignsIllustration: pull out stone swordLater, king uther died, domestic situation began to turmoil. Bishop merlin's suggestion gathered all noble knights, as a plug in the church cemetery stones "calibur (caliburn)" to select a new king, this sword has the inscription: "pull out the calibur, is the king of England. However, no one can pull out the sword from the rock. Since there is no better way, and the king of the knights decided unanimously by the duration to choose.Arthur went, but he did not participate in the tournament, foster family by his son (Kay) on behalf of the family. However, kay discovered unexpectedly forgot to bring my sword into the venue, so request Arthur go home and get it. Arthur's home found the door locked, everyone went to see the play. Then it is not hard to imagine that Arthur tournament too late return the meeting to take the key, then suddenly ran to the cemetery of the church, he found no one around, came to easily pull out in front of the rocks calibur to kay, this makes all the people. People doubt the sword back into the stone, but if repeated many times, no one can pull it out is still except Arthur [2].Because no one knows the boy is the heir of king uther, so some riders heart has unwilling, but merlin appeared and told them the story of Arthur after they had to believe that Arthur was the new king of Britain. Live a life of Arthur stranger since I was a child, the hard work finally got the reward.Arthur early in his presidency, the young king to show a strong dependence on merlin. The British ushered in the unprecedented unity and powerful. He poverty alleviation economy weak, to build a prosperous kingdom.And King Arthur choose when they are young and pull out calibur with King Pellinore duel for violating fracture after the battle of chivalry, lost his sword of King Arthur is very regret. So big magician Merlin (Merlin) guidance he came to the sacred lake, the lake's fairy hand holding a knife sword, the name of the water. The king to the lake, he gets it from the fairy lake is known as the "sword of the king" the sword Excalibur, this sword is elves in Avalon (Avalon), sword E cast by gold, set with precious stones on the hilt, and because of its blade very sharp, so the lake lady to "Excalibur" (that is, the "broken steel" in the ancient Celtic) named after it.Merlin asked king Arthur, "the body and the scabbard which one do you prefer?"King Arthur answered, "the body, because it is very sharp."Merlin said: "you know, the value of the scabbard is ten times as large as the body. Wearing the king's sword scabbard will never bleed, so we must protect the scabbard, carry them wherever you go."Glory daysIllustration: the swordStarting from the first century AD, the British long-term under the oppression of the Roman empire. Later, as the germans a Saxon invasion and destroying, king Arthur and his knights led the British people rose up against, through a dozen battle ultimately successful repelled from the north to the Saxon invasion. Finally in barton mountain battle fighting off the enemy, expel all foreign invaders from the British. During the Knights of the Round Table (Knights of the Round Table) has become an important a part of the kingdom. Legend of king Arthur's knights of most reached 150, the knights on the battlefield from the front, on the round table discussion domestic affairs. Although they will for in politics or disagree and form some factions, but not only on the round table position difference and protect, everyone was allowed to free speech. Round table on this legendary happened many, many legends, including searching for the holy grail.He married a beautiful one like GuiNi eu (Eden) to do the queen. But just like his father, king uther, king Arthur have an illegitimate child. Object is more bold than his father, his affair was his half-brother's sister's (Morgana) [3], in other works, the illegitimate birth mother is the gaussian (Morgause). King Arthur and the child is both an uncle and father and son, the child is the kingdom of rebellion and eventually extinction later Mordred (Mordred).Around the 15th century British writer Thomas malory's Arthur's death (Le Morte d 'Arthur), over time, the territory of king of a twenty-five-stringed plucked instrument in the constantly expanding, he even into the European inland and defeat the powerful Roman emperor Lucius (Lucius). Malory's declared war on Lucius emperor of king of a twenty-five-stringed plucked instrument, and rejected a tribute, his army went to in Europe, in the mountains (Michael) killed the giant, and defeated the imperial ruler in Rome. This is one of the most brilliant in arthurian legend career for some time.Later, king Arthur's interest began to shift to look for the legendary treasure. His knights or for ordered or voluntary, leave capital carmelo in search of the fabled holy grail in succession, these people have to go back. In this way, fewer and fewer knights of the round table, powerful empire began to decline.treacherySoon, king Arthur good knight, Lancelot (Sir Lancelot) and beautiful queen Gwen (Eden) between the affair be exposed. The fairy legend was Lancelot Lake (the Lady of the Lake) raised, therefore, also known as the "Lake knight" (Lancelot Du Lake). King Arthur to Lancelot count, he became responsible for securing the queen and the reputation of the guards.So that Lancelot and GuiNi eu after having king Arthur is very angry. Behavior has caused many knights Lancelot, and agger rules and mordred led 13 knight sneaked into the queen's palace, will be one of two people caught red-handed. Struggling to escape after Deus ex, Lancelot GuiNi when her son was king Arthur is the savagery. But Lancelot and the queen had a members of gunshot execution ground, the imposition of GuiNi eu (Eden), and two people fled to France [4] across the sea.Although after the Pope's mediation, knight under the honor, Lancelot returned GuiNi eu son, but the story does not stop here. Another famous knights, nephew of king of a twenty-five-stringed plucked instrument gawain (Sir Gawaine), his brother in preventing Lancelot of GuiNi eu son (Eden) when the slain by Lancelot, so for Lancelot resentment. In the end, the labor in turn the queen was shame Arthur decided personal expedition of France.The death of king ArthurMaud LeiDeZhi deathIs the conquest, Lancelot gave mordred usurper of opportunity. Personal expedition of France's king Arthur left gawain and nephew mordred management realm. Mordred aware that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, he spread rumors said that the king had died in the city of rumors, and strong desire to marry Gwen (Eden). When king Arthur, quickly back to Britain, countermeasures in the peace talks, a snake quietly climbed to a knight, the rider drew his desire to cut the snake, then confirm with a bloody war erupted.At the battle of kam LAN (Camlan), both the rivers of blood between the two armies. With long killed mordred king Arthur, in the end, and also is a fatal blow by mordred. Most knights killed, only around a knight bei DE will (Sir Bedivere).Arthur asked Mr DE will put sword Excalibur into a lake, Mr DE will know abandon king said the sword of the king will die; He twice to go to the lake has made up his mind to, back to the king Arthur that the sword has been cast into the lake. But because of failure to correctly describe the sword by the lake, Arthur was the witch girl back. Third time Mr DE will finally be to king's sword to central, then stretched out a woman's hand caught in the lake hilt, then sank into the lake. After hearing seen Mr DE will return, Arthur. His epitaph for: "HTC jacet ArthurusRex quondam Rexque futurus (eternal king Arthur buried here."The literature about the arthurian legend tells more, dying king Arthur is said to have been a few mysterious fairy with ship to Avalon (Avalon), legend has it that he eventually was buried in there, and all the people believe that Arthur is not dead, he will come back again to save the world. Later, Mr DE knight will also leave the battlefield seclusion to a monastery in the middle of nowhere, there for the rest of his life.Later, the fond Lancelot returned to England to continue pursuing GuiNi eu son, but the queen has done the nun, desperate Lancelot also decent monk finally, two people to death without seeing each other again. Lancelot and gawain has hit before leaving old wounds and death to wartime. This battle, all are losers. After the battle, the legend of king Arthur end.