Arthur Pendragon

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King **Arthur Pendragon** of Camelot, Logres and of the Britons was the son and heir of King Uther of Camelot and Ygraine, brother of Princess Anna, half-brother of Morgana, Elaine of Garlot and Morgause, brother-in-law of King Urien of Gorre, King Nentres of Garlot and King Lot of Orkney, uncle of Sir Galschin, Sir Gawain, Sir Agravaine, Sir Gaheris, Sir Gareth and Sir Mordred, ex-fiance of Princess Guinevere of Cameliard, master of the great wizard Merlin, and lover of Eira Prowell.

Even before his birth, he was prophesied to united the entirety of Albion as **"The Once and Future King"**, organized the strongest knights of the time as the **"King of Knights"**, defeat the Saxons and the Roman Empire, and recover the missing Holy Grail. He was a spoiled, narrow-minded and arrogant prince, though has a completely pure heart; he matured later on upon meeting Eira, who found out that the reason of his immature character was because of him feeling that his father had forgotten about him. As the series progressed, despite his hobby of teasing Eira due to her foolishness and clumsiness, he slowly fell in love with her.

In the end, Arthur succumbed to his wounds en-route to Avalon that he had accumulated at the Battle of Camlann, him being mortally wounded by Sir Mordred. As the legend goes on, he was one day expected to rise again.

Five years after Eira's return to the modern-world, he met Eira again at the Aegean Sea that he had once promised he'll bring her there after defeating the Romans. He was known then as Arthur, Prince of Wales.

## Biography

### Background

Arthur was the only child and son of King Uther Pendragon of Camelot with his wife, Ygraine. His father wanted his mother to be his wife that in order for him to be conceived, asked the help of Iserlohn and Merlin, the Court Sorcerer and apprentice, respectively, for him to be cast on with a spell that will make him look like Ygraine's first husband, Gorlois of Tintagel. When it was found that his mother was pregnant of him, his father declared war against Gorlois. His mother's first husband died in battle, and his parents married. At Arthur's birth, Ygraine became sickly and frail that any further pregnancies will be deadly. Two years later, Ygraine died giving birth to a stillborn princess, and Uther, if not almost, disregarded Arthur as his son.

Alaidus, the Court physician, along with Iserlohn and Merlin, close advisors to Uther, especially in regards to sorcery, suggested to Uther for Arthur to be brought to Forest Sauvage. In there, he'll learn the codes of being a knight. His father agreed and Arthur was sent to be Sir Hector's ward when he was roughly two years old. He grew up alongside Hector's son, Sir Kay.

When Arthur turned fifteen years old, Merlin arrived to Forest Sauvage in the pretense of being Arthur's manservant and constant companion until the prophesied Alwyn the Unknown Seer, arrives.

### Arrival of the Unknown Seer

Arthur was an eighteen-year-old boy with a stubborn and immature temper by the time that Eira Prowell arrived in the Anglo-Saxons world. He was defined by Eira to be a little childish and has a boorish temperament, one defined by Merlin to have a deep meaning. He pointed a sword at her in their first meeting after her recovery of a tangled hobby in a tree branch, and Arthur had been a little late to fetch the bird himself. He introduced himself as Arthur, and immediately noticed that she's with his manservant, Merlin. Due to her injury, they offered her to be treated and lodging at Sir Hector's place; and even at first meeting, Arthur sensed something about her that made him assume that she was the prophesied Alwyn, one that Sir Hector and countless prophecies had said. With Merlin's insistence, as well, Arthur somewhat believes that Eira is Alwyn, despite being still hesitant if she can truly be the one.

As Eira was treated as a guest by Sir Hector, the latter believing that she is Alwyn, had asked Arthur and his son, Kay, to train her as a knight. Arthur nicknamed her "idiot" or "stupid" due to her inability to catch up with the lessons and always throwing tantrums that she can't do it. Arthur questioned the prophecy to where he was assured by Merlin that he better trust the prophecy, if ever, and even mentioned himself that with time, Eira will learn the ways the same as he does before. One evening, being found by Eira, he told her that he is going to be a great knight and king one day, no matter what happens.

## Physical description

Arthur was a handsome young man with curly golden hair and dazzling blue eyes. According to his father, he reminds him so much of Ygraine, his mother. For it was her golden locks he had inherited and as well as the "stern yet gentle eyes". Though the blue color of his eyes is usually attributed to that of his father's, as well as the curls and volume of his hair. He was defined by the prophecy, since he was young, as "The Golden Child" for his bright hair and his own brilliance. He has a rather pale and sickly skin color, one that deceived too many people of his health. He was tall, standing almost six feet, fit and lean with taut muscles very well visible whenever he flexed them. It was also noted that he has broad and strong shoulders, and his arms and body are marred with scars.

## Personality

Arthur was first defined to be spoiled, narrow-minded and arrogant. He was also considered by Eira to be stubborn, immature, and boorish, earning then for her to call him as a "Brat". He valued self-importance and confidence on his actions that he was a fast-learner. But it was later on revealed that it was his way of protecting himself from the hurtful words and actions of other people around him, that he was much more vulnerable than anyone else when it comes to deaths and betrayals.

He was actually kind, compassionate and worries too much about the people he truly cares about, especially Eira, but has a trouble of speaking about such words and was embarrassed of being accused of such affections because he considered that it made him weak. He is also a quick-thinker, being able to think of plans as fast as he could when necessary. Like the rest of the knights, he was chivalrous, a gentleman and would rather die than to disobey the code of the knights.

When he became king, his brilliant mind with strategy, being able to see passed through illusions and deceptions, having a clear head and input all the time, being just and calculating, made him be a great one. He also valued the relationship between that of a superior and his subordinates, valuing the lives of his knights and wanting, as much as possible, less casualties.

## Skills & abilities

Since Arthur was a child, he had been trained to the code of chivalry and manners and etiquette that are expected of a knight and future king. Arthur was quite confident of his skills with all weapons, especially with the sword and crossbow. He is also an avid hunter and has knowledge about horses and plants that are as beneficial as his knowledge with survival skills and of navigating with the usage of the sun and stars. He is also trained in hand combat, and was seen countless of times to be a formidable opponent as such; using his reading of his opponent's moves as his main advantage. With the mind, Arthur had shown to be a strong opponent as well with how detailed and inputted his strategy was to victory every time.

## Relationships

### Love interests

* Eira Prowell
* Guinevere

Eira Prowell was a young woman from the future who was introduced to Arthur by his manservant, Merlin, as Alwyn the Unknown Seer; and since then, the two despised and hated each other. For one, Arthur hated Eira's clumsiness that he mentioned to lead him instead to failure than to the goals that Merlin had assured him Eira will be of absolute help. He called her "Stupid" or "Idiot" most of the time. He started teasing him and telling her to leave in accordance to it, but it was later revealed that his bratty and brash attitude toward Eira was originally because of him hiding his true feelings toward her. That he won't accept it on his own that he loved her, knowing that she came from a different time and world, and addressing the matter as harsh as possible so that it would be easy for him to move on later on.

However, Eira slowly had proved to be everything that Arthur wanted for a girl. Eira continued to support him all throughout the challenges despite his constant distancing himself from her, and he later learned that he wanted to protect her with all he got. It had been evident, his worry over her and ensuring her survival when her life had been in danger for too many times to count because of him, and vice versa; proving that both of them are willing to sacrifice their lives for each other. He slowly, though reluctantly, showed his soft and tender side to Eira, to the point of finally accepting that he had fallen in love with her; all to the point of his refusal to accept the engagement with Guinevere in favor of her.

Despite countless hardships and troubles, the two of them had proven to be each others' companion. He later ensured that she was safe and happy, and proposed to her in becoming his queen. However, even before their marriage could proceed on, and Arthur's half-sister, Morgana, interfered with their romance, Arthur decided to call forth all of his knights to march on to France in order to retrieve her from Lancelot, who've saved her from the clutches of Morgana without Arthur's knowledge. It had been revealed that he wanted to hear everything from Eira because he believed in her every single time without predicament. In the end, when Eira arrived to see the aftermath of the Battle of Camlann, Arthur told her that he hoped that they could be together forever and prayed that she would find love again. He died en-route to Avalon on Eira's attempt to bring him to there for him to heal from his wounds.

Princess Guinevere of Cameliard, according to Merlin and to the story of King Arthur that Eira was aware of, was fated to be Arthur's wife, no matter what; however, it appeared that Arthur's love for Eira was much powerful than for him to fulfill such fate. Arthur had been warned since the start by Merlin that he must be wary of Guinevere, though she was meant to be his queen. According to Kay, Arthur was a complete popular bachelor and chivalrous to women, but Arthur will not easily be swayed by beauty and charm alone, things that Guinevere was known for.

Arthur first met Guinevere during a ball that his father, King Uther, had prepared in Camelot in celebration of Arthur's birthday. The two danced and was defined by many to be perfect for each other, but it so happened that Arthur, nonetheless, wasn't captivated by Guinevere; and the only reason that he was a gentleman around her was because of his duty as a knight. The next time that he met Guinevere with the latter's father for a proposal of an engagement, Arthur was given three months to decide about it. During the last day and in a ball, Arthur apologized that despite Guinevere's beauty and intelligence, he doesn't see himself to be the perfect husband for her.

Guinevere was later invited by Morgana le Fay to Camelot as her friend, and during those times, it was revealed that Guinevere's intention was to be Arthur's queen, to which she failed despite all conducts since Arthur had fallen madly in love with Eira and trusted the latter too well. At the small time that Eira was away, with the use of a spell to make everyone, even Arthur, to forget about Eira, Guinevere was announced to be Arthur's betrothed. However, upon meeting Eira, Arthur's memories conflicted him and when the spell was finally broken, Arthur hastily had ordered for Guinevere to return back to Cameliard and that the engagement was over.
### Family

* Uther and Ygraine
* Morgana, Morgause and Elaine
* Gawain
* Mordred

King Uther Pendragon and Ygraine were Arthur's parents. He has little to no interaction with them as he grew up since he grew up alongside Kay and the latter's family and his mother died when he was two years old. However, he said that he respected and were thankful of them.

Arthur's relationship with his father was strained ever since he was sent to Forest Sauvage and be Sir Hector's ward when he was roughly two years old, just about the same time that his mother died. He even mentioned that he wondered if his father remember him as his son. It so happened that Arthur thirsted his father's love and affection, one that even King Uther had trouble showing to him. However, King Uther had shown that he missed and loved him tremendously when he had taken the time to be the one to knight Arthur. Eira even recorded the king's words telling her that he was proud of Arthur as his son. King Uther even prepared a ball for Arthur's 20th birthday and even truly acknowledged him as his successor after his success with his chosen quest.

When the news of his father's death arrived, Arthur lamented it on his own by shooting arrows since learning the news all the way until the dead of the night where Eira stayed as some sort of company. Later on, he told Eira that the reason he wasn't crying was because he had told his father, during their stay in Camelot, that he loved him as well; saying that even though his father died, he has no regrets for he managed to tell him all he wanted to say to him.

Arthur, however, mentioned that he has no memory of his mother but just ghostly visions of her. He though learned through his father and other people who knew his mother that she was extremely fond of him as a child. His father even told him that he looked so much like her and she surely loves him much more than anyone else.

Morgana le Fay, Morgause and Elaine of Garlot were Arthur's half-sisters through his mother Ygraine. They were daughters of Ygraine's first husband, Gorlois of Tintangel. Arthur had been aware of their existence due to the continuous reminder of the people around her, especially by Merlin, regarding his half-sisters being trained in the arts of witchcraft. However, Arthur never met them due to the conflict between Camelot and their husbands's kingdoms. Among the three of them, only Morgana, who posed as Arthur's supposed-to-be dead younger sister, Anna Pendragon, was the one whom Arthur met personally.

Due to Merlin's absence and despite Eira's suspicion, Arthur accepted Morgana and became lenient to her. It had been later revealed that Morgana had been filled with hatred towards Arthur because of what his father had done to their family. She had been swindling Arthur's fate since the start by letting Eira be part of her board. Arthur never learned the truth of her identity, though in times, he had shown to favor in listening to Eira than to her, causing her to hate him much more.

Gawain was one of Arthur's nephews, considered to be his closest nephew, and one of the Knights of the Round Table. Compared to his brothers, Gawain was known to be one of the longest supporter of Arthur and had been the most active in the series. Since being first introduced, he was known to be aware of the future, and deemed Arthur's Court to have the prophesied mightiest and noblest knights; hence being a long-time supporter. They first officially meet when he, Lancelot and Eira crossed paths with Gawain, who've let them borrow a magical ring that will transform Arthur to a man after being enchanted as an eaglet. As some sort of insurance, Gawain asked for Lancelot to stay under his care that the ring will be returned.

When they've returned to him the ring, he tested Arthur's logic, which the latter had passed. And when he had proposed to Eira, Arthur was visibly dismayed. He headed to Camelot to be one of Arthur's knights and battled against him with the intention of being defeated by him. It is during such fight that Arthur's sword was shattered, pursuing him to have Excalibur.

Gawain was also close to Lancelot due to the latter's connection with Arthur, but had been distraught when news reached him that Lancelot killed his brothers, provoking Arthur to find Lancelot.

Mordred was one of Arthur's nephews, one of the Knights of the Round Table, and considered to be Arthur's bane according to prophecy. He was first introduced as "Dearan" all the while Morgana le Fay posed as Anna Pendragon, and he was said to be a mute. In Morgana's wishes, Mordred was trained as a knight despite his disability and Arthur himself had seen how he excels, believing that he has a promising future ahead of him. Arthur even knighted him at a young age and all despite his known disability after saving him from danger during a quest.

However, his mind had been twisted by his aunt, Morgana le Fay, as her means of revenge against Arthur. He was revealed to not be truly a mute, and was originally against Morgana's plans of revenge. But by sacrificing herself to take full possession of Mordred, the latter became a living vessel to Morgana's poisonous soul. Mordred met Arthur at the Plains of Camlann, rallying the Knights of Camelot loyal to either side. It was also there that they've battled for five days. Mordred was killed in battle while Arthur was mortally wounded, only to succumb three days after.
### Friends

* Merlin
* Lancelot
* Kay

Merlin was first Arthur's manservant and guardian, before becoming a Court Sorcerer for the young king. It was revealed that Merlin had always known Arthur's destiny, and decided to be his protector. Along with the former Court Sorcerer Iserlohn and Alaidus the Court Physician, he recommended that the young Arthur be brought to Forest Sauvage as Sir Hector's ward. When Arthur turned twelve years old, Merlin decided to be his companion. However, just two months later, an assassination attempt happened. Since that moment, Merlin became an apparent witness of more succeeding assassination attempts to Arthur's life wherein most of them, he himself had apprehended.

At the arrival of Eira, Merlin had became much more observant and leeway with Arthur. He still does his work but had lessened due to his sudden promotion as the Court Sorcerer at the death of Iserlohn. He became one of Arthur's most trusted advisors until the very end of his companionship to the young king.

Lancelot du Lac was Arthur's First Knight and considered to be the best among the rest of the members of the Knights of the Round Table. He had vowed his allegiance to Arthur at first meeting, which at that time, Arthur wasn't still a king or even knighted; hence, Arthur had given his full trust on him to the extent of considering him as his best friend.

Lancelot was well aware of his future and had been eager to serve the prophesied future king who'll unite the entire Albion; and before handing his service to him, he had tested Arthur during the latter's request of him for an audience. After deciding that Arthur was true to his words, he finally vowed to him of his allegiance. Since then, he accompanied Arthur to many quests and also to expeditions, becoming much more of Arthur's trustworthy knight. Along with Eira, Kay and Merlin, they became the pioneer in helping and aiding Arthur with all the tasks he needed to succeed on.

However, due to the manipulation of Morgana le Fay, Lancelot was orchestrated to be Eira's savior and secret lover. The action of Lancelot to save Eira from execution and be forced to leave Camelot for her safety had been used as his actions against Arthur, forcing the latter to march to France where Lancelot and Eira were heading. Arthur will never know the truth that Lancelot has no intention of romancing Eira, and all he had done was to protect her. Upon knowing Arthur's death, Lancelot had lost his mind until he was healed by the power of the Holy Grail by Elaine of Corbenic and their son, Galahad, living then a peaceful life in Corbenic.
Kay grew up alongside Arthur that they were almost like brothers. As the son of Sir Hector, his father had took Arthur as his ward since the latter was just two years old. Though they were said to be at odds with each other at first, they later grew attached to each other to the point of finally being given the chance to drop courtesy and honorifics with one another and had been dependable of one another. Though Arthur remained conspicuous of Kay due to being a chatterbox, Arthur learned that he can trust him well. Arthur in turn respected him on the same level that he does toward Merlin, Lancelot and Gawain; being one of his closest advisors.

### Enemies

* Syra Eugenius

Syra Eugenius was one of Arthur's greatest rival throughout the series being the representative of the Pope and leader of the Roman-Saxons army stationed in Albion. Ever since first meeting, it was obvious that the two were at odds with one another; though it could be noted that it was due to being rivals for Eira's affections instead. The two first met when Arthur had saved Eira from being insisted by Syra for a dance on the royal gardens in the Castle of Camelot during Arthur's twentieth birthday celebration. The next time that they've met was facing one another in the battlefield.

## Appearances

* *Sword of Light*
* *Isle of Knights*
* *Kingdom of Blades*
* *Flames of Darkness*
* *The Only Thing that Never Fails*
* *The Day was Bound to Come*
* *Perhaps We Give All the Best* (mentioned only)
* *By My Faith, Now I Have Failed* (mentioned only)
* *On the Tangle in This World* (mentioned only)
* *Morals Are Difficult Things to Talk About* (mentioned only)
* *Shall I Make an End of This War?*
* *Are Angels Supposed to be Humans?* (mentioned only)
* *What Horrible Creatures Humans Are!* (mentioned only)
* *We Need Not Quarrel* (mentioned only)
* *Aggression Is A Difficult Thing* (mentioned only)
* *For Love Can Exist With Hatred*
* *Must Have Been A Strange Person* (mentioned only)
* *Everybody Dies, Sooner Or Later* (mentioned only)
* *On Account of Their So-called Honour* (mentioned only)
* *A Second-sighted Explanation* (mentioned only)
* *To Make Young Children Believe*
* *We Do Not Want Mercy; We Want Justice* (mentioned only)
* *You Are Still Very Young*
* *Paths Crossed*

## Quotes

* Rays of Gold
* Sword of Light
* Isle of Knights
* Kingdom of Blades
* Flames of Darkness
* Others

* (To Lancelot) *"Breaking promises is much scarier than death."*
* (To Lancelot) *"Hello, my first knight."*

- *"Well, that surely is the meaning of a legacy. Leaving something for the future even if you know for sure that you'll not be a witness of it. After all, we people can't be both the presenter of the idea and the audience of the show."*

- *"But one could be truly a 'beauty' if even her soul is also pure. The beauty of the skin will fade as years passed, but the innocence of the soul will remain as loving as long as all there is within that heart is of the goodness."*

- *"I'll continue defying them. Proving that if they play with the shadows of the fire, I am much willing to touch the flame to prove that the darkness is much more dependent to the light."*

- (To Uther) *"And you also have no obligations to me. You've just said it yourself, too. That I am and will always be your son. In short, it doesn't matter the mistakes of the past. No matter what happens, you'll always be a part of me. And that alone is enough for you to be my father and me to be your son."*

- (To Uther) *"If they've been those that fill you with pain and regret all those years... we've spent those times in too much sorrow and longing already. If we want to get over with it, we better accept those flaws and move on one step at a time. That's why, you don't need to tell me and list all the mistakes you've done towards me or to anyone else. I know the reason, one that I've fully known and accepted. That's all the assurance that I have of the past. So, for whatever sins you've made that you think you've done to me... I've already forgiven you, Father."*

## Trivia

* Etymology
* Character descriptions
* Author's notes

* The name **Arthur** could be derived from the Celtic element *artos* that means "bear" combined with *viros* that means "man" or *rigos* that means "king"; it could be related to an obscure Roman family name "Artorius". The name **Pendragon** means "head dragon" or "dragon's head" in the Arthurian legends.

- Arthur was afraid of cats.

- Loosely based on the legendary sixth century King Arthur of Britain and his Round Table of knights.

- According to SF, Arthur's inspirational songs in the series are *"Born for This"* by Royal Deluxe, and *"Bury Me Face Down"* by grandson. For the story of Arthur and Eira, the inspirational song is *"Again"* by Flyleaf, along with *"Different Worlds"* by Jes Hudak ft. George Arthur when the two realized that they love each other, and *"Meet Me on the Battlefield"* by Svcrina for the two of them fighting side-by-side in countless of battles and overcoming challenges. For the love triangle between Eira, Lancelot and him, the inspirational song is *"Unspoken"* by Welshley Arms. Arthur's inspirational song for Eira is *"Venus"* by Sleeping At Last.

## References

1. ↑ *Rays of Gold*
2. ↑ Behind the Name: Arthur
3. ↑ Behind the Name: Pendragon