The King 's Face

Arthur was a respected yet secretive man. He committed a sin which brought pain and suffering to many others and himself. He was living in pain for several years. This lead to another medical problem, causing him to be accompanied by Dr. Roger Chillingworth. Roger worked in attempt to cure him, but failed to save him.

One night after a bitter battle his sword was broken, so he decided to go against Merlin's advice and stay back and rest at one of the local castles. He heard music in the middle of the night that awoke him, when he followed the sound he laid eyes on Guinevere and fell in love instantly. Merlin warned him that Guinevere would bring him nothing but misery and that he should stay far away from her, Arthur ignored him and asked for her hand in marriage the next day. Her and her father brought Arthur the round table as a gift, to seat all of his knights so that they could all sit together and discuss matters equally. There was one seat engraved that remained empty, that is where Arthurs bravest, loyalist knight would be seated. The last thing she wanted to

Five days after Arthur had told Guinevere he still loved her and wanted her has his wife, yet she still hadn’t told him how she felt, Arthur felt like tearing his hair out with worry. There was only one person who could handle the king while he was in such distress – Merlin.

Our hero, Arthur, ends up coming across Merlin, who then teaches him through a bunch of different lessons. He changes Arthur into many different kinds of creatures, which he then lives by the way of the animals to teach him about how to properly think through and how to handle certain situations he comes across in life. For example, he is turned into a goose, where he meets Lyo-lyok. She teaches him that it is not necessary to kill people for no reason. Merlin guides him as well as protects him from any kind of danger he falls into, allowing him to experience things in a safe

Before he could withdraw it, Merlin appeared and told him that upon taking hold of the sword he would no longer be human. His only response was a nod because he had long since prepared for the fact that being a king means losing one's humanity. He believed that a king was someone who kills all to protect all.

Merlin is always by Arthur’s side and giving him advice or just being a friend. Merlin is also losing his powers due to old age and takes on an apprentice, Nimue, who he believes is a boy but is really a girl named Ninian. Merlin teaches Nimue all he knows about magic and then falls in love with her. Ninian is the one who sees Guinevere and Bedwry affair and also Queen Morgan steeling Caliburn from Arthur. At some point Merlin falls into a comatose state and is buried in a chamber in the crystal

Merlin quickly made his way across the field to do as he'd been asked. Arthur was confident, but had no reason not to be. What Merlin could not understand was why these visitors did not seem to know of the Prince's reputation as the most skilled knight in Camelot. It became a bit clearer when he overheard two of the competitors talking as they arranged their own equipment.

Continuing, In Le Morte D’Arthur Merlin is seen as this heartless person because of the trade he did with King Uther of trading a child with a night of pleasure with a married woman. While, on “The Sword and The Stone”, Merlin is illustrated as a kind old magician that wants to help Arthur and guide him with good intentions. Also, the characters in the movie Excalibur, have a different perspective in Arthur becoming their king because the knights and people question Arthur’s worthiness and believe he is not worthy to be King of England because of his young age, and he's believed to be weak. The knights disagree with Arthur becoming king and they blamed Merlin saying he is using his magic for Arthur to pull the sword out with any problem, the knights declared battle to prove Arthur’s worthiness.

Further—Arthur had never told anyone this—as he lay dying in Merlin’s arms by the Spring of Gyfiawnder, Arthur had heard Merlin beg the water spirits for help. Merlin promised the Pegaeae anything if they would only cure Arthur; the wizard pledged his eternal service to the water spirits, and even his own life. But the Pegaeae were not interested in those promises. They wanted to know why King Arthur was worthy of their help. In his dying haze, Arthur had half-heard Merlin speak to the water spirits eloquently for a good quarter hour, explaining how Arthur was a just, fair, brave, and loving man. Arthur had never known that Merlin cared for him so.

However, Arthur doesn’t die, Arthur pulls the spear further into his body and continues to kill his son while there is a spear through his whole body. That takes a lot of guts to be able to put yourself through that much pain in order to save the kingdom from evil. It amazes me how much King Arthur sacrifices in this story, which is why its one of my favorites.

Merlin then turned Arthur over to Sir Ector, to raise and love as his own with Ector’s other son Sir Kay (Wyly 20). While Arthur was being raised by Sir Ector, Uther fell deathly ill and died after a final legendary battle (Wyly 21). Soon after the land went into another power struggle, but this time it was a little more organized. There was a tournament held for all suitors to come and present their might and potentially claim the throne (Wyly 21). Fortunately for Arthur his elder brother, Sir Kay, attended this tournament, but forgot his sword at home (Wyly 22). In a panic Arthur searched for a sword for his brother, and in this panic Arthur pulled the sword from the stone, which said the one who pulls the sword from the stove is the true king of England (Wyly 22-23). Upon learning of this event and the origins of the sword, all of the knights kneeled to him (Wyly 24). That is how Arthur reclaimed the throne and began the legend of King Arthur.

Arthur was pacing his bedroom worried about his first day as king. When he got out of his room he was greeted by about 30 different people. When he got to the throne room he was gifted the crown and then walked outside to find tens of thousands of people at the palace gates. Arthur was in shock to see all the people screaming wanting to see him. He just couldn’t handle the attention

He scrubbed down quickly, dried off, and picked out clean clothes. But as he tied his trouser laces, he stopped dead as a stray thought entered his mind: What if Mithian conceived? Arthur had never considered having children with any other woman besides his precious Guinevere. He’d often dreamed of watching Guinevere growing large with his child, and cradling their newborn in her arms. The notion of starting a family with a woman he hardly knew and didn’t love nearly stole his breath. Burning bile rose up in his throat, but he swallowed it

While Merlin has made it clear to most that his magical abilities amount to ‘no more than interesting parlor tricks,’ however, even mediocre magic gives us an advantage and we will accept the help.” The king turned toward his advisor and former tutor. “Merlin.”

King Arthur is one of the most controversial figures in British literatureand tradition. His character is surrounded by many legends, the most popularbeing the stories of Excalibur, the Round Table, the wizard Merlin and the searchfor the Holy Grail. In this section, we will get to know more about Arthur as king,warrior and hero by combining his character and traits as presented in the existingwritten documents and legends. In most Arthurian Legends, Arthur appears almostas a godlike character, possessing superhuman abilities. He stands as a“quintessential hero who must live a mortal’s life as though he were a god. KingArthur symbolized the attainment of wholeness through accepting responsibilityfor our place on the planet