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  2. Excalibur - Wikipedia

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    Eventually, in the cycle's finale Vulgate Mort Artu, when Arthur is at the brink of death, he enigmatically orders his surviving knight Griflet to cast Excalibur into a nearby lake. After two failed attempts to deceive Arthur, since Griflet felt that such a great sword should not be thrown away, he finally does comply with the wounded king's ...

  3. Excalibur: A Novel of Arthur - Wikipedia

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    Excalibur: A Novel of Arthur is a historical fiction novel by English writer Bernard Cornwell, first published in the UK in 1997. It is the third and final book in The Warlord Chronicles series, following The Winter King and Enemy of God .

  4. Merlin - Wikipedia

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    Prose Merlin (after 1200) Excalibur pulling contest to prove the young Arthur's divine right to the throne of King of the Britons: Prose Merlin: Arthur is warned of Mordred's birth and the coming fall of his kingdom Post-Vulgate Cycle (c. 1235) Merlin sets up the search for the Holy Grail by Arthur's Knights of the Round Table

  5. Lady of the Lake - Wikipedia

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    After Gruagach recovered all her pieces, Nimue is resurrected for revenge and seeks Hellboy to create the apocalypse. Later in the climax, she betrays and kills Gruagach, and then Trevor to enrage Hellboy to pull Excalibur from Arthur's tomb and releases all demons throughout England]. However, Alice Monaghan channels Trevor's spirit to ...

  6. Avalon - Wikipedia

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    Avalon (/ ˈ æ v ə l ɒ n /) [note 1] is a mythical island featured in the Arthurian legend.It first appeared in Geoffrey of Monmouth's 1136 Historia Regum Britanniae as a place of magic where King Arthur's sword Excalibur was made and later where Arthur was taken to recover from being gravely wounded at the Battle of Camlann.

  7. King Arthur - Wikipedia

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    He incorporates Arthur's father Uther Pendragon, his magician advisor Merlin, and the story of Arthur's conception, in which Uther, disguised as his enemy Gorlois by Merlin's magic, sleeps with Gorlois's wife Igerna (Igraine) at Tintagel, and she conceives Arthur. On Uther's death, the fifteen-year-old Arthur succeeds him as King of Britain and ...

  8. Nick Cave has said that the way he views the world was “fundamentally changed” following the death of two of his sons.. The Australian musician’s son Arthur died aged 15 after he fell from a ...

  9. Battle of Camlann - Wikipedia

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    Battle Between King Arthur and Sir Mordred by William Hatherell. The Battle of Camlann (Welsh: Gwaith Camlan or Brwydr Camlan) is the legendary final battle of King Arthur, in which Arthur either died or was mortally wounded while fighting either alongside or against Mordred, who also perished.