Sorry, I just wanted to clear a few things up for anybody reading this story, I'll have the next chapter up some time in the next week!
I know a few people have asked me who all the 'once and future king' characters are, and I thought I might just give y'all a hand!
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King Arthur is of course King of England who lived at Camelot. He founded the Round Table, and became King by pulling the Sword from the Stone. It won't be made clear until much later on which HP character is the reincarnation of King Arthur.
Merlyn is often spelt Merlin, but I'm going by T.H. White's spellings. He is a wizard, sometimes referred to as a necromancer who lives backwards in time. He was a guide and friend to Arthur until he fell in love with Nimue, taught her his magicks, and was locked in a cave by her. We already know that Dumbledore is Merlyn, freed from his cave, but Nimue has not yet been found.
Lancelot was a Knight, the best knight in the world until his illegitimate son Galahad came along. More on Galahad later. Lancelot unfortunately fell in love with Arthur's wife, Queen Guenevere. Guenevere is spelt in several different ways, such as Guinevere, but again, we're going with White's spellings round here thank you very much. Anyway, Lancelot often called himself "Chevalier Mal Fet", meaning The Ill-Made Knight. Like Arthur, Lancelot is one of the last characters to be found.
This is getting confusing.
Guenevere loved her husband. However, she also loved Lancelot. It was all very sad. Anyway… yeah. Jenny (a nickname often used for the queen) will be found in the next few chapters, but now that you can see her nickname, I'm sure you can guess! Have fun with that.
Galahad was the son of Lancelot and a lady named Elaine. Not that Elaine, you idiots! He was a pure knight. In other words, he had never sinned. In the days of 'The Once and Future King', killing people wasn't considered quite so much of a sin if they deserved the punishment. Galahad and several other pure knights were sent to find the Holy Grail. When they found it there was nothing else to accomplish in their lives as they had become perfect in every way, and they subsequently died. Tragic. We already know that the adopted youngest Weasley, Elaine, is Galahad, and yes it's strange that a man came back as a girl, but it doesn't really matter. The characters are NOT repeat NOOOOT doomed to follow in their previous lives' footsteps. Their essence is the same, and their character(as in nature, not you know, character :S) is similar. But… ouch. Does anybody else's brain want to cry?)
Mordred was the son of King Arthur and Morgause. more on her later! A LOT more! Mordred was bad. Very bad. I don't think I can stress the amount of bad that was Mordred. He killed his father in battle at the same moment as he was killed by Arthur. As I've always said, it's all fun and games until somebody loses a couple of appendages. Mordred was a tough pick, but he won't be shown for a couple more chapters. At least.
Kay was the childhood friend to Arthur. They grew up together under the care of Kay's father Sir Ector who doesn't really matter. Kay was made a knight of the Round Table, and fought alongside Arthur till his end. I've never really been able to find out whatever happened to Kay, but I'm reasonably sure he died. Reasonably sure. Don't quote me on this. Kay wasn't hard to choose, but he won't be found for at least another two chapters.
Morgause and Morgan Le Fay were two sisters, their third sister being Elaine. But many girls were called Elaine, so stop it. Stop thinking it right now! Anyway, their mother was Queen of Cornwall, who was raped and forced into marriage with Uther Pendragon, father to King Arthur. Arthur was born before this marriage took place, and his mother was Ingrid Queen of Cornwall. Everybody gasp, Arthur slept with his half-sister. Yes, you can 'ew' if you like, I know I've been doing it for years. But he didn't know they were related till years later. So I guess it's ok. Morgause and Morgan Le Fay will probably be obvious choices, guess if you wish.
Is that everybody?
…yes.
Good.
Anyway, email me if you think you've got it figured out, and I promise I'll have chapter 6 – Malfoy up soon… although I really have no idea what is going to happen… heh… anyway…
