Minor Characters In High Noon Over Camelot

## Bedivire

*Appears in: Pure of Heart - Sure of Aim*

One of Camelot's fighters who goes on the GRAIL quest. They die early on, and are left unburied by the rest of the questors. They were named after Sir Bedivere.

## Bors

*Appears in: High Noon Over Camelot*

One of Camelot's fighters who goes on the GRAIL quest. They survive to find the Captain's Cabin, but are shot by the defence system and die. They were named after Sir Bors the Younger, who was allowed to see the Grail after accompanying Galahad and Percival on the Grail quest - seeing the GRAIL corresponded to being killed by the final defences here.

## Dan

*Appears in: The Sharpest Aim*

Dan was the partner of Mary, a woman who turned down the local Water Lord Gian. He was killed in retaliation, with his body being dumped in a stream.

## Ector

*Appears in: Pure of Heart - Sure of Aim*

Ector was the mother of Arthur and Kay. She raised them away from Camelot for their safety. She did not believe in any of the religions preached on the station. She taught Arthur to shoot, and came to fight for him in Camelot along with Kay. She followed Arthur and the Pendragons on their quest for the GRAIL, but succumbed to dust pneumonia, being left by the rest of the questors.

She was named after Sir Ector, Arthur's foster father in many of the myths.

## Garet

*Appears in: The Wake*

The son of Morgan, and Mordred's adoptive brother. Garet died in suspicious circumstances and Mordred was accused of his murder, but the issue was dropped with Morgan's instance. He was named after Sir Gareth, who was also known as Garrett.

## Gian

*Appears in: The Sharpest Aim*

Gian was a powerful Water Lord who controlled a town, but was fighting a losing war against the Wolf Gang. He tried to recruit Lancelot under one of Lancelot's anonymous aliases to fight the Wolf Gang. Gian had been pursuing a serving girl Mary, but she had refused him. Gian had her lover Dan killed and abandoned the body for Mary to find, before framing and killing Dan's 'killer'. Gian used this to force Mary into a relationship. Lancelot rescued Mary and sent her away on Gian's motorbike. Gian responded by having Lancelot beaten up and then abandoned in the desert to die. When Gian discovered Lancelot hadn't died, he suspected the Wolf Gang, and set fire to their base, killing them all even though he also took heavy loses. When he then realised the townsfolk were hiding Lancelot, Gian had the local barkeep shot. In return, Lancelot killed all of Gian's followers and Gian himself, by sniping them off from a nearby pylon.

## Gote

*Appears in: The Fastest Shot*

Gote was Guinevere's older brother. Their father died when Gwen was approximately ten, from then Gote ran their household. Shortly prior to his death, Gote and Gwen's father had Gote teach Gwen to shoot. He took her out into the wastes around their house to shoot the rats. Gwen proved to be naturally a quick and accurate shot, and jealous of this, Gote prevented her from having a gun again. By the time Gwen was sixteen, Gote was controlling and aggressive towards her, particularly after he had been drinking, and she would hide from him in the cellar. Gote ran a small gang formed of the nearby home-steaders, and somehow angered the powerful Meleagrant, causing him to want to kill Gote. Gote planned to marry Gwen off to the Meleagrant to prevent this, but couldn't convince her to do this willingly. While trying to find her when she was hiding in the cellar from him, he dropped his gun and Gwen seized the oppertunity to grab it and shoot him dead.

Gote was named after Godegrains or Gotegrin, Guinevere's brother in Chrétien de Troyes’s Erec and Diu Crone; with The Fastest Shot being loosely based on the events of an episode in Diu Crone.

## Kay

*Appears in: Pure of Heart - Sure of Aim*

Kay was Arthur's brother and the son of Ector. He was religious. He followed Arthur and the Pendragons on the GRAIL quest, and presumably died prior to reaching the Captain's cabin.

Kay was named after Arthur's foster brother and seneschal Sir Kay.

## Lot

*Appears in: The Wake*

Lot was a previous partner of Morgan. He initially disliked Mordred and was aggressively violent towards him, causing Mordred to have to hide for three days until Morgan drove Lot away from Mordred. Later he softened towards Mordred, when Mordred completed his chores while he was ill. Lot spoke at Morgan's funeral.

Lot was named after King Lot of Orkney.

## Mary

*Appears in: The Sharpest Aim*

Mary was one of the townsfolk. She worked as a barmaid in a town controlled by the Water Lord Gian. Mary was propositioned by Gian however she had no interest in a relationship with him. She tried to put Gian off by mentioning her relationship with Dan however Gian responded by killing Dan and then using his prosecution and execution of the man framed for Dan's murder to get together with Mary. The offer was now too dangerous for Mary to refuse, and she accepted reluctantly.

When she met Lancelot, she told him about her problem with Gian. He stole Gian's motorbike for her and sent her to safety in Camelot.

## The Meleagrant

*Appears in: The Fastest Shot*

The Meleagrant appears to be a title for the person who held power over the area where Guinevere and Gote lived. Gote did something to anger the Meleagrant badly enough for him to want to kill Gote, but was willing to drop the matter when Gote proposed a marriage to Gwen.

The Meleagrant was named after Maleagant, a villain in Lancelot, Knight of the Cart who kidnapped Guinevere.

## Morgan

*Appears in: High Noon Over Camelot, The Wake*

Morgan was the Saxon woman who adopted Mordred when the Saxons found the stranded caravan of Arthur's family, with the townsfolk already either dead from exposure, or killed by the Saxons. She considered Mordred to be young enough to teach the Saxon ways to, and raised him in Annwn.

Morgan was forthright, determined and protective. She regularly went raiding, and had a badly broken nose from her first raid. She dated several other Saxons, including Uren and Lot, who had been one of the Saxons Morgan had to fight to keep Mordred when she adopted him. She also had two other children outside of Mordred - Ywan with Uren, and Garet. When Garet died and Mordred was accused of his murder, she defended Mordred against the accusations.

Morgan was supportive of Mordred's coming out as trans, and traded her water ration to cook him mushrooms as a special meal. She was proud of the possibility he held for building peace between the Saxons and the townsfolk in the inner rings. She passed the tin Sherriff's badge from Camelot on to Mordred as a memory of his father.

Morgan died shortly before Mordred headed to Camelot. As part of the funeral tradition of the Saxons, she gifted her brain to Orel, her stomach to Ywan and her heart to Mordred.

Morgan was named after Morgan le Fay, but also takes on elements of Morgause's role in the original myths, raising Mordred and partnering with Lot.

## Orel

*Appears in: The Wake*

The high priest of the Saxons. Orel oversaw Morgan's funeral, and took her brain as a symbol of her mind, to remember her deeds. After her funeral he pushed Mordred to go to Camelot.. Orel was blind due to repeatedly looking at Avalon as part of the Saxon's religious ceremonies

Orel was named after Oriel, a Saxon king who was an early opponent of Arthur in the Vulgate Cycle.

## Percival

*Appears in: High Noon Over Camelot*

One of Camelot's fighters who goes on the GRAIL quest. They survive to find the Captain's Cabin, but are shot by the defence system and die.

Percival was named Sir Percival, the original Grail Knight. In later myths, Percival is permitted to see the grail alongside Bors when Galahad claims the grail - seeing the GRAIL corresponded to being killed by the final defences here.

## The Stone Clan

*Appears in: High Noon Over Camelot*

The family that controls Camelot prior to the start of the album. They are headed by Lavinia Stone, the Sheriff, with the other members consisting of Ezra, Ezekiel, Jezebel, Nathaniel, Ruth, Nicodemus, Mordacai and Obediah. It is noted Jezebel goes by she/her pronouns and that Nathaniel is the tallest of the Stones and goes by he/him. During the fight, Guinevere kills Ezra, Ezekiel and Jezebel; Lancelot kills Nathaniel, Ruth, Nicodemus, Mordacai and Obediah.

## Tristan

*Appears in: Pure of Heart - Sure of Aim*

One of Camelot's fighters who goes on the GRAIL quest. He dies early on, bleeding out on his bike while riding, and is left unburied by the rest of the questors. He was named after Sir Tristan.

## Uren

*Appears in: The Wake*

Uren was a Saxon, and an on and off partner of Morgan. They had a son Ywan together. Uren defended Morgan at her funeral. He was named after King Urien of Rheged, the father of Yvain with Morgan le Fay.

## Wayland

*Appears in: Album liner*

Camelot's blacksmith, and motorbike repairman. He is a reference to Wayland the Smith.

## The Wolf Gang

*Appears in: The Sharpest Aim*

A gang who were fighting to seize control from the Water Lord Gian. They were initially winning the fight, but Gian burned them in their houses when he suspected them of rescuing Lancelot from the desert.

The five boys Lancelot had killed on arrival into town at the start of The Sharpest Aim were potential recruits of the Wolf Gang who had been set to disrupt town life for Gian. One of them was called Lorenzo.

## Ygraine

*Appears in: High Noon Over Camelot, I Will Rule This Town*

Ygraine was one of Arthur's partners, and the mother of Mordred. She met Arthur prior to his fight against the Lady of the Lake. When Arthur, Guinevere and Lancelot go to Camelot to overthrow the Stones, she and Mordred remained waiting away from Camelot. Once the Pendragon's rule was secured, Gawain came to tell Ygraine of the Pendragon's success, and the family and Gawain began the journey through the desert back to Camelot. However, several of the vehicles of the travelling caravan broke down, and they were stranded in the desert. Gawain was sent to find help, but Ygraine and all of the rest of the caravan except Mordred died either to the heat, or to a Saxon attack. Either way, Ygraine was eaten by the Saxons prior to Gawain returning.

Ygraine is often presumed to be the unnamed singer of Empty Trail, and may be the mother of Gawain. Ygraine was named after Igraine, Arthur's mother in the myths.

## Ysbaddaden Bencawr

*Appears in: Album liner*

A bandit with a wanted poster in Camelot. He is a reference to the giant of the same name in the Welsh Arthurian tradition.

## Ywan

*Appears in: The Wake*

Ywan was the Saxon son of Morgan and Uren, and adopted brother of Mordred. Ywan was a young child at Morgan's funeral, which he spoke at. Ywan was given Morgan's stomach to symbolise her strength. As the stomach traditionally went to the oldest child, this pleased those who disliked Mordred as he had been seemingly snubbed.

He was named after Sir Ywain, the son of Urien and Morgan le Fay.

## Vivian Nimue

*Appears in: High Noon Over Camelot Album Liner, I Will Rule This Town*

Vivian Nimue was known as the Lady of the Lake, a powerful bandit and Water Lord who controlled a flooded section of the station. She supported the Stone's rule in Camelot by supplying them with water. She was the prior holder of Arthur's relic gun, the last military grade armament of the station. Arthur killed her after pursuing her alone for three months, and killing off her supporters. He took her relic weapon.

Vivian Nimue was named after two of the names given to the Lady of the Lake in the myths.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Pure of Heart - Sure of Aim
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "The Hermit"
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 The Sharpest Aim
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 "The Wake"
5. ↑ The Arthurian Name Dictionary, "G"
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "The Fastest Shot"
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Death"
8. ↑ "The Wake" and tumblr post, thedreadvampy
9. ↑ "Gunfight at the Dolorous Guard"
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Album liner
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 I Will Rule This Town
12. ↑ "Strength"
13. ↑ Empty Trail
14. ↑ Mordred refers to Gawain as his brother in Peacemaker, and the relation would match their relationship in the myths, accounting for the shuffling of the roles of Ygraine and Morgause in the album
15. ↑ "The Tower"