![]() ![]() Or till some stranger knight should seek of him leave to joust with one of the Round Table, that they might set their lives in jeopardy, one against another, as fortune might favor them. And another custom he had also, that came of his nobility, that he would never eat upon an high day till he had been advised of some knightly deed, or some strange and marvelous tale, of his ancestors, or of arms, or of other ventures. Silken was her seat, with a fair canopy over her head, of rich tapestries of Tars, embroidered, and studded with costly gems fair she was to look upon, with her shining gray eyes, a fairer woman might no man boast himself of having seen.īut Arthur would not eat till all were served, so full of joy and gladness was he, even as a child he liked not either to lie long, or to sit long at meat, so worked upon him his young blood and his wild brain. Then they washed and sat them down to the feast in fitting rank and order, and Guinevere the queen, gaily clad, sat on the high daïs. And they greeted each other for the New Year, and gave rich gifts, the one to the other (and they that received them were not wroth, that may ye well believe! ), and the maidens laughed and made mirth till it was time to get them to meat. ![]() Now the New Year had but newly come in, and on that day a double portion was served on the high table to all the noble guests, and thither came the king with all his knights, when the service in the chapel had been sung to an end. For all this fair folk were in their youth, the fairest and most fortunate under heaven, and the king himself of such fame that it were hard now to name so valiant a hero. Halls and chambers were crowded with noble guests, the bravest of knights and the loveliest of ladies, and Arthur himself was the comeliest king that ever held a court. There they held rich revels with gay talk and jest one while they would ride forth to joust and tourney, and again back to the court to make carols for there was the feast holden fifteen days with all the mirth that men could devise, song and glee, glorious to hear, in the daytime, and dancing at night. King Arthur lay at Camelot upon a Christmas-tide, with many a gallant lord and lovely lady, and all the noble brotherhood of the Round Table. And if ye will listen to me, but for a little while, I will tell it even as it stands in story stiff and strong, fixed in the letter, as it hath long been known in the land. And in that kingdom of Britain have been wrought more gallant deeds than in any other but of all British kings Arthur was the most valiant, as I have heard tell therefore will I set forth a wondrous adventure that fell out in his time. Thus Romulus built Rome (and gave to the city his own name, which it bears even to this day) and Ticius turned him to Tuscany and Langobard raised him up dwellings in Lombardy and Felix Brutus sailed far over the French flood, and founded the kingdom of Britain, wherein have been war and waste and wonder, and bliss and bale, ofttimes since. Special Collector’s Edition release with exclusive extras you won’t find in the standard version.After the siege and the assault of Troy, when that burg was destroyed and burnt to ashes, and the traitor tried for his treason, the noble Aeneas and his kin sailed forth to become princes and patrons of well-nigh all the Western Isles. It is time for you to prove your worth to Merlin and the whole court of Camelot! Will you be able to prevent war and find the traitor who plotted to bring down the King? When the Lady of the Lake goes missing, her husband the Green Knight blames King Arthur, threatening the peace of Camelot for all…Īs Merlin’s apprentice, you are charged with proving that King Arthur was not to blame, and hopefully finding the real culprit behind this dastardly kidnapping and finding the Lady of the Lake to return her to the Green Knight. ![]() Tall Tale Games invites you into medieval world of King Arthur, Merlin, and the courts of Camelot!ĭark clouds hover over King Arthur’s mystical kingdom and Camelot. Camelot: Home of King Arthur’s court… and intrigue!
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