Artoria Pendragon

> *"Ah, brother... you're such a horrible man... but then again, so am I."*
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* Child

**Artoria Pendragon** is the **Monarch of Avillon**, a small kingdom of knights located on an island on the Western continent.

## Appearance

Artoria has wavy waist-length ash-blonde hair that she generally wears loose. She always wears a black headband; however, she does not push her bangs back with it, so they cover her forehead and her deep red eyes.

Her outfit comprises of a black jacket with silver piping, a standing-type collar with two silver tassels at the joint, four frogs with silver buttons at the ends, black cuff flaps with silver trimming, and a silver armband and epaulettes over a white button-up shirt. Her belt is golden with a silver buckle, and silver aiguillettes hang from it. Her skirt is a black kick-pleated skirt with a white band near the bottom, a black ribbon at the back, and a light-gray tulle dress tail. She wears black boots with golden trim detailing and a tassel, as well as a red pelisse jacket with golden piping over her left shoulder, held to a red shoulder belt by a golden aiguillette and a golden button. Her weapon is a longsword with a black gem at the base of the blade.

## Personality

Artoria seeks to create a world free of discrimination based on status or birth. She treats her subordinates as equals and never seeks to forcefully exert her authority over others. While some may consider Artoria to be naive or soft, she is resolute in her desire to create a better world. She seems to hold a strong respect for Knights.

Artoria takes counsel from her trusted friends, family and advisors, and is shown to be more lenient in her policies than her father. Artoria is very brave and willing to take risks even at the cost of her own safety, such as being willing to give her own life to save Merlin's, Guinevere's and Avillon's as a whole. Artoria has a great love for the people of Avillon, frequently acting to ensure their safety and wellbeing. She is also unwilling to allow other people to sacrifice themselves for her to fix problems she herself has caused.

Artoria is a talented and charismatic leader, capable of inspiring great loyalty in people, though at times she doubts whether or not she deserves such devotion. However, since she would never ask her men to do anything she would not do herself, loyalty is generally forthcoming. Many characters have remarked on Artoria's good nature. The lengths Artoria goes to for the sake of people she cares about or is indebted to allow her to reap great loyalty in return from people in all walks of life. Artoria is adept at hiding her true feelings, having been accustomed to carrying out orders that she disagreed with for her father.

## Background

Growing up as the daughter of Uther Pendragon was no easy task. Though she was mostly overlooked by her father as a child in favor of her twin brother, Arthur, she was still given classes to be a wonderful "lady" by her brother's side. Everyone was waiting for the legend to come true when Arthur came of a certain age, and he pulled the sword out of the stone and became the next in line for the throne. Meanwhile, Artoria had always been practicing to be the perfect daughter, but nothing she did ever pleased her father, even when she created a stunning portrait of her mother... and her brother came with stick figures, and their father praised him for his "artistic ability" and left Artoria in the dust.

A lot of her classes consisted of basic princess etiquette... putting books on your head and walking around with perfect balance, for example, and some more normal ones; ballroom dancing, instrumentals, chorus, painting, swordfighting... her tutors regarded her as the perfect student. They said she could be the perfect knight to stand by her brother's side when he becomes king, and Arthur, nonethewiser to the abuse that Artoria was enduring, said that he wanted no one else BUT his sister to be his right-hand knight.

However, her culinary arts teacher was particularly strict. If your dough was missing a half-spoonful of flour, or if your condiment was a few grains of salt short, or if you were two seconds late removing something from the oven, you were likely to be both scolded and disciplined. Artoria had stated in the past that she and her culinary arts teacher had a "special connection".

### Relationship and Complications with her Brother

> *"Sister, if I may ask you, and I'm sorry for my wording here, but... can i fuck your brains out?"*
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Artoria and Arthur were close, even if their father preferred Arthur over Artoria. Close as kids, they were also close as teenagers. Then one night, coming from a long class session, she was propositioned by Arthur, with very... not so subtle wording. Artoria's eyes when she looked at him were somewhat lacking in a feeling... any feeling, good or bad. But still, she accepted his request and they spent a night together. Still, the next morning, Artoria advised him to forget that ever happened.

### Meeting Kartis Claudith

One day, as Artoria was exploring the city under a guise, she met Kartis Claudith, a much older man who seemed to be very carefree. Artoria revealed to him that she was under a lot of pressure, not revealing her royal status, and that she came into the city to recuperate. The man gave her some strange advice: "If you're under that much pressure, then why don't you cut off the source of the pressure?" Though not saying much of anything that would reveal either of their statuses, the two seemed to have a nice chat after that.

### The Sword in the Stone

Once the day of prophecy arrived, knights and lords from around the country gathered for the king selection. The only thing prepared at the place of selection was a naked sword stuck in a stone with a golden inscription on the hilt reading "Whosoe'er pulleth out this sword of this stone is rightwise king born of Avillon." Then Arthur came up to the sword, ready and waiting to pull it out, and he reached his hand, and tugged... but the sword didn't budge. He tugged and tugged and tugged, but the sword just wouldn't come out. Uther surely thought that this was a mistake. That's when Artoria neared the deserted stone of selection and reached out for the sword without hesitation.

Before grabbing it, Kartis appeared in her vision and his words rang through her mind... "Cut off the source of the pressure." The source of the pressure... was not being favored in her right as Monarch. And then, the sword was pulled out as if it were only natural to do so, and the area was filled with light.

## Powers and Abilities

* **Draconic Bloodline**: On her father's side, Artoria has dragon blood running through her veins.
* **Expert Strategist**: Artoria is a wonderful strategist and commander, able to command her army to victory with her own capable strategies.

## Relationships

### Family:

#### Arthur Pendragon

> *"My brother, Arthur, he's such a playboy for being such a good Knight. It's always awkward, you know? Going to see him and then seeing him in the middle of his business with some high-class woman... It's the perfect time to have some tea or coffee after witnessing that nightmare. Really would wish he would put a sign to let everyone know not to enter his room."*
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#### Uther Pendragon

> *"Father, he... he was a good knight. Brave. Strong. Popular. All of the things characteristic of a knight."*
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#### Morgause

> *"She's... a good person deep down. A bit eccentric maybe. I do enjoy her out of pocket reactions though. They do make for quite a laugh."*
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#### Elodie of Garlot

> *"Some might call her haughty, and self-centered, but I caught her one time playing with the neighborhood cats. I guess even the seemingly worst people have a kind, dare I say cute, side."*
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### Knights:

#### Johan Talede

> *"He’s one of the knights I trust the most—now, that is. In the beginning, he was... intense. He’s changed a lot. I hope he’ll always be with me."*
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#### Fram Berge

> *"Fram always says she's not smart, but whenever there's a problem, she always understands it and the solution better than anyone. Spend time with her and you'll know what I mean."*
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#### Mu

> *"I can say with great confidence that meeting Mu was the most fortunate event of my life. Thanks to her, I've been able to achieve what others only dream of. I just want to tell her... You're doing great, Mu. There's nothing to worry about."*
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### Romances:

#### Merlin

> *"You're strange. I don't mean that in a nasty way, you're just funny."*
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Artoria took a liking to Merlin, who had romantic feelings for her as soon as he met her. Merlin said he had little to live for, but Artoria reprimanded him for this, saying that he was "everything beautiful in this world."

### Enemies:

#### Kartis Claudith

The Emperor of the Gallus Empire, and Artoria's rival, although mostly on Kartis' end.

### Others:

#### Jehvi Turgor

> *"Ha ha. He's always a bit sharp around the edges but he's a great help. Even though he thinks very differently to me, it actually makes it so that we can exchange ideas very openly."*
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## Trivia

* Pendragon or *Pen Draig* ((Middle Welsh: *pen[n] dreic*, *pen[n] dragon*; composed of Welsh *pen*, 'head, chief, top' and *draig* / *dragon*, 'dragon; warrior'; borrowed from the Greco-Latin word *dracō*, plural *dracōnēs*, 'dragon[s]', Breton: *Penn Aerouant*) literally means 'chief dragon' or 'head dragon', but in a figurative sense: 'chief leader', 'chief of warriors', 'commander-in-chief', *generalissimo*, or 'chief governor').
* Artoria is the female version of Arthur, which means "king or bear." It can also come from Artorius, which is derived from the patronym \*Arto-rīg-ios, meaning "Son of the Bear/Warrior-King".

## Quotes

* *"Something tells me father wanted this... Two dragonborns can cause quite a stir."*
* (To Arthur Pendragon) *"Tricked you? No, I saved you. You were a prisoner here, just like me. To father, you were nothing more than a means to an end, an animal, a monster, a young defenseless dog to be tamed, but the truth, Arthur... The truth is just the opposite."*