This story tells the tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table in a different way. This story does not begin just with the sword in the stone and all, but with a little boy who meets King Arthur as an old man, hibernating. The boy had gone fishing and swam to a nearby island against his parents' instructions. He nearly drowned until and Arthur found him and began to tell the boy his story. The story of King Arthur.
The story was told in the perspective of Arthur.The story reveals much that I did not know, such as King Arthur running away from home and meeting Merlin or King Arthur having a dogs named Bercelet. The story includes several touching parts in which the hero of that particular section gets hacked or chopped to pieces. Then in the end, King Arthur or Merlin comes to save the day. Arthur made several bad decisions which resulted in Modred being able to wreak havoc while Arthur was fighting Lancelot, once his good friend, in France. Modred and his army were destroyed but so was King Arthur's army. The story ends when the boy decides to go home after hearing the story only to find out only a few hours had passed even though the man had said it was a day and a half.
"Here in this place, we are beyond the reach of time."
-Arthur Pendragon
Sounds like an interesting read.
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