Green Knight

## Villain Description

### Goals

Remain the ruler of Camelot, even if it means he has to eliminate his own people and destroy humanity (failed)
Destroy magic (abandoned)
Lead The Arcane Order to victory with Bellroc and Skrael (failed)

### Hobbies

Building empires (formerly)
Wreaking havoc

### Powers

Physical strength
Immortality
Dark magic

### Skills

Manipulation
Charisma

### Type of Villain

Genocidal Tyrant

**King Arthur**, also known as **The Green Knight**, is a major antagonist in the *Tales of Arcadia* franchise, acting as the main antagonist of the segment *Wizards*, and thus appearing as the main antagonist of the first half and the secondary antagonist of the second half. He is the paranoid and tyrannical king of the land, who eventually became the vengeful and ruthless top commander of The Arcane Order, under the use of Bellroc and Skrael.

Initially a noble character, his evil intentions, his paranoia from magical creatures and his desires to rule Camelot all make him the most dangerous villain of the series along with his Arcane Order superiors.

He was voiced by James Faulkner.

## History

### Beginnings

King Arthur was once the brother of Morgana the sorceress and the husband of the late queen Guinevere. After she was stalked by some magical creature, Arthur became paranoid of magic and plotted to terminate all magical creatures as an act of vengeance. Morgana however planned on freeing the magical creatures which Arthur has captured with intentions to later kill them off. As a result, Arthur fought her and cut off her left arm with no remorse, just before she fell into the river. He was obsessed with having his revenge on her, and months later, Bellroc and Skrael revived her as part of a plan to turn Arthur into the new commander of The Arcane Order. Eventually, he was killed by an explosion, and Bellroc and Skrael both revived him so he could lead their forces to victory and serve as The Green Knight. With intent to get his revenge on Morgana and the wizards, he devoted his life to wreak havoc and create a darker world which he would rule himself. Now, he believes due to his own ego and experience that the humans should be wiped out, for his sake.

### Return

The Green Knight later returned to the city and he ordered his Shadow Mephits to attack the city of Hoboken. However, when he started staring at the arriving Hisirdoux "Douxie" Casperan, he shot at him shards of darkness and later he chased after them, thus trying to locate them. When the wizards came into the flying castle which is now what remains of Camelot, The Green Knight relocates them and together with Nari, Bellroc and Skrael he tries to destroy them. However, Nari in secret sent the wizards back to the 12th century, which was before the corruption.

### Back in time

During the period of the 12th century, King Arthur appeared in his original human form. The wizards came to him and Douxie introduced himself as Merlin's pupil. As he saw Jim in his troll form, he told him that trolls are not accepted in his kingdom of Camelot since he banished them from his kingdom. However, Morgana has entered the castle and she asks Arthur how the nature of the trollkind is a crime. Arthur aggressively replies that the magical creatures are all guilty since magic is the reason for the death of his wife. He orders his guards to expose Jim to the light, which could have killed the half-troll hybrid.

However, Claire protects Jim by using dark magic and tells Arthur that just because he is scared doesn't mean to say that Jim or the other creatures are evil. Morgana also begs for him to listen to Claire's advice. Arthur decides to spare Jim but orders his guards to put him into the dungeon.

He also asks Douxie and the others to be more loyal to him, and he recruits Steve Puchak to his army.

Meanwhile, Morgana asks Claire to be her hand-maiden, and the two discuss about Arthur, thus planning behind his back to end his tyranny towards the magic creatures and do what's right. Arthur overhears them and angrily scolds at Morgana for her words of treason. He then tells Morgana that he is planning to get rid of all magical creatures tomorrow at dawn. Claire and Douxie however under the influence of Morgana who cared about these creatures go and rescue the creatures and the enraged king then orders his guards, including Steve to hunt the creatures down and find the ones responsible for their escape. He then asks Douxie if he's seen the escaping prisoners. Douxie tricks Arthur and his men into entering a portal which would lead him to the same location over and over again, just so he could buy more time. However, Arthur was clever enough to realize it was a trick and he threatened to behead Douxie if he doesn't cooperate.

Arthur then follows the escaping creatures and tries to kill them with his knights, but Douxie locks the gates with magical powers. The creatures ran towards a forest land outside Camelot. However, the sun rises, and therefore all the creatures couldn't reach their safe destination. Claire uses dark magic to turn day into night, and therefore, the trolls could finally escape and the enraged, furious Arthur blames Morgana for the incident.

He eventually finds a way out of the locked gates and attempts to kill the creatures. However, Gunmar protects them and promises to start a war with Arthur for his evil actions against magic.

#### Hunting the creatures down

Arthur later calls Morgana for a discussion and out of doubt in her loyalty, he orders Morgana to kill the creatures for him.

However, the wizards secretly plot to keep both Arthur and Morgana out of harm's way, and also to save the magical creatures from Arthur. Douxie from the future however is stopped on his way by Merlin, who sends Douxie from the past instead of him to accompany Arthur and the others. The future Douxie however manages to escape and neutralize the past Douxie, thus tagging along with the others. Arthur then finds Jim, who was pushed by Callista from behind a tree. Arthur then saw Jim, and along with his knights, he tried to behead him. Arthur however enters the darkness of the forest lands, and he orders his army to leave the horses and enter the land by foot. While Arthur goes to search for the creatures, Claire and Morgana secretly abandon Arthur as they go to assist the trolls with their escape. Douxie tries to keep Arthur away from Morgana and asks him if the forest meant something for him. He reveals that he used to sit in the forest as he used to relax and escape from his responsibilities. However, as he touches the tree, the magic shows them the story of when Arthur and Morgan used to go with Arthur's wife Gwen to the magical woods, and Arthur never enjoyed it fully since he demonized magic and magical creatures. While Gwen and Morgana played with magic, Arthur developed phobia towards it, and even before the beast ate Gwen, he always held a grudge on magic as he thought it was dangerous.

Arthur for a moment smiled at Morgana who revealed to him that she also misses Gwen. However, Arthur told her that he will not loose anybody else because of the magic. He eventually finds Bular, the prince of the Gum-Gums. Arthur almost gets killed by Bular, but Douxie saves him from Bular's wrath. Thereafter, Morgana and Arthur develop more rivalry between them.

Arthur eventually finds Jim with Callista and tries to hunt them down. However, Morgana rescues them both, and Arthur eventually realizes Morgana has planned to save magic. He and Morgana have their fight, and just like in the erased timeline, Arthur cuts off her arm with no remorse, thus causing her to fall into the sea.

Arthur once again blames magic for Morgana's death, and he now believes that he's lost everything.

Merlin from the past later tries to bring Arthur a drink, but he knocks the drink out of his arms because he's not in the mood for it, since he is sad about Morgana's loss.

However, unknowingly to him, Morgana has been revived by Bellroc, Skrael, and Nari, much like in the erased alternate past.

Arthur then learnt the truth about his genocidal acts against magic and he offers the trolls peace as long as they help them defeat the Gum-Gums. He reveals the weapon of hope to the trolls and to his own people.

The person to use the weapon shall be called the trollhunter. After that, it was revealed that Callista was chosen to be the trollhunter. However, Callista did not want to be chosen, and therefore, Arthur lost his faith. However, Arthur regained his faith after the trolls and humans have decided to make an alliance and fight his battle against Gunmar.

Arthur and his men then go to defeat Gunmar. During their battle, Morgana is revealed to be on Gunmar's side. The Arcane Order then show themselves and start fighting against Arthur's army.

While fighting, Arthur offers Morgana to join his redemption and make things right. However, Skrael intervenes and stabs Arthur in order to once again turn him into the fearsome Green Knight. Because of that, The Green Knight's wrath wasn't erased in the future.

### Commanding The Arcane Order

The Green Knight then fights against the wizards, and he stabs Jim in his abdomen before he takes him as a hostage. He turned Jim evil and then he used the amulet's powers, along with Bellroc and Skrael to revive Morgana who would destroy the universe for the three of them. Morgana wanted them to kill her since she lived happily in the afterlife, but Bellroc and Skrael revealed that The Green Knight planned all of this destruction, as he willingly commanded the Arcane Order and he convinced them to bring her back to life, so that they can all rule Camelot together, with him being the supreme leader. The Knight then removes his helmet and reveals himself to actually be Arthur. The Green Knight then calls the wizards for a deal, and while they propose to offer him Nari in exchange for Jim, Claire fights off Morgana and attempts to release Jim, only to realize that he is now brainwashed by The Green Knight. However, The Knight planned to doom them, as he almost manages to kill Douxie, right until the moment in which Merlin overpowered him. The Knight briefly battles them, and as he overpowers them, he reveals to them that behind the masks, he's actually King Arthur. Merlin asked him why he is doing this, and he replied that Bellroc and Skrael revived him and taught him his true purpose. He then throws Merlin out of the castle's window, and Douxie tries to save Merlin from death, but Merlin dies anyway.

### Final Battle

As The Green Knight goes to destroy the city, Morgana tries to convince him to abandon his position as the commander of The Arcane Order and truly redeem himself. However, as he believes that he is beyond redemption and that he has a true purpose, he disagrees with her and tells her to watch her words. However, as Morgana goes to search in the shadow realm, Claire teams up with her once again as the two go to save both Jim and Arthur's soul.

As Morgana went to save Arthur's soul, he revealed her that he is now someone new all because he wants to rule Camelot but he did atrocities as a king, and now he is back to reclaim the throne and rule the world as he always desired deep inside of him. As Morgana exited the Shadow Realm with Morgana, Arthur smiled sadistically, as he let go of any feelings for her just for his own sake.

The Green Knight then mutilates some researchers before he takes Nari with him and the wizards are taken as his hostages. He then forces Claire to tell him where Jim is, just before Jim appears as a hologram and arranges to meet Bellroc, Skrael and The Green Knight at the cafe as he shall bring the weapon to them.

He then tries to torture Nari behind Bellroc and Skrael's back, as he has plans of his own which are to rule the world instead of destroying it. However, Morgana comes to fight him as she pushes him out of the window and the two fall to the ground.

He continues fighting Morgana, revealing that he shall escape death for eternity and that he only cares about his own future. Morgana then overpowers him and destroys the Excalibur.

He then recovers as he tries to finish his business with Morgana. However, Morgana finally sacrifices herself to save the world from the egoistic Green Knight, and she uses her powers to destroy the castle, at the cost of her own life. The Green Knight is killed as the castle falls on him and crumbles to pieces.

## Personality

The Green Knight was a ruthless individual who only cared about himself, as he wanted to survive and rule the world after realizing that Camelot isn't his place anymore. He would do anything to keep himself satisfied and powerful, even if it means betraying humankind over dark magic.

Even before he was transformed into the shadowy and fearsome knight, Arthur was never truly noble or honorable since he committed massive acts of genocide and torture on any magical creature he would encounter. He was obsessed with destroying magic and he manipulated the trolls into fighting Gunmar for him, only so he could later betray them for his own sake. He is a mass murdering hypocrite who doesn't care about anyone but himself, and he would even betray his own sister Morgana for the throne.

However, despite all this, he once used to care about Gwen as they used to play together in the woods and Morgana used to join their games. However, he preferred to stick to power rather than morals.

## Powers and abilities

The Green Knight was one of the most dangerous foes in the Arcadia universe (and possibly the most dangerous), since he had a heavy influence on the story and he was a very strong threat even before becoming the knight.

### Powers

* Anti-Magic - As part of his dark powers, he had the ability to use anti-magic and protect himself or harm others in his way.
* Superhuman Strength - He was too powerful for most of his enemies to handle and he was a master in acrobats who would almost never ever loose in a duel.
* Corrupting and brainwashing - The Green Knight had the ability easily corrupt others to further his own purposes and use them as mindless pawns.
* The Excalibur - His empowered sword was always his primary weapon, and he used it to terrorize others. He could use the sword to cause massive power blasts and kill his foes during a battle.

### Abilities

* Swordsmanship - During a duel, he always knew how to combat with a sword in his hand. He mainly used The Excalibur as his weapon.
* Master Tactician - He was an intelligent and manipulative leader who could always work out his plans and further his own goals in quite intelligent, calculating ways. He was always one step ahead of the enemy.

## Victims

* Many magical creatures which he killed and tortured to death.
* All the trolls of Tombro (besides Callista)
* Morgana - Cut off her arm, but she was revived by Bellroc, Skrael and Nari
* Merlin - He violently pushes his wizard friend out of the castle's window, thus making him fall to the ground and die from his wounds.
* Laboratory workers - He mutilated them

## Trivia

* He is responsible for transforming Morgana into the dark ghost she is in *Trollhunters*; He cut off her right arm and forced her to assist his plans on ruling Camelot once again. However, Morgana did redeem herself and she corrected The Knight's mistakes by assuring that he pays his price or redeems himself. However, his ambitions were high and he was beyond redemption.
* He is based on both Arthur and The Green Knight from ancient history in real life, despite the fact that in reality they were two different characters. He is also the very first villainous version of King Arthur in the Dreamworks franchise.
* King Arthur was never a good guy in the series, as his actions were always questionable since he was a child who used to play with Guinevere in the woods. He eventually let his anger over the magical creatures turn him first into a tyrannical, ruthless king (despite everyone's trust on him) and later even into a ruthless monster with no emotions but only wrath and sadism.