Full title - Legend: The Irrefutable True Story of the Remarkable Figures of Camelot as told by the Sorcerer Merlin
So many stories have been written about me. About my life. About the people of my notable time in history: the renowned, the reputable and repugnant, the great, the infamous, and the glorious; all of them legendary now.
For centuries, I've collected these works in all their original forms, filling every corner of three rooms in my house that I call my libraries much to the chagrin of my cleaning woman.
At the risk of sounding like a vain old man I'll admit to you, dear reader, that I have read all of them — some more than others. I'll tell you too that I have partaken in countless hours pondering over scenes rendered on canvas and tapestry, delighting in recreations on the stage and cinematic interpretations of King Arthur and his knights, his beloved Queen Guinevere, and his most formidable rival, the Lady Morgana. And me, of course, his sorcerer, Merlin.
It is strange (and often times amusing) to see how our faces and our tales have changed over a millennium. But that aside, and for all their poetry, for all their self-proclaimed new insights and declarations of sincerity, few were ever truly accurate.
Yet what good would I be to you or anyone else, if all I wrote on these pages were my criticisms of other people's guesswork. You deserve more. And my friends, and my enemies alike, deserve their life stories to be told by one who was witness to their triumphs and failures, their hardships and blessings, their sorrow and joy.
So herein, on these pages, I profess to tell you the true story of the legend of Camelot, from it's unlikely beginnings to its tragic and beautiful end and every milepost in-between.
A/N: This will not be a story. This will be a personal catharsis. This will be journey. A long, time consuming and perhaps painful journey for me and anyone who'll read it. I will endeavor to write it in three parts. So far, it has been outlined, but nothing has been written beyond the prologue.
If we are lucky, this will take me the next year or more to write and publish.