Arthur Pendragon

> Good and justice are filled with contradictions. It's true, but because of that, we must keep fighting for it, so one day we can achieve true good for all.
>
> Aido the Dragon, Being asked on the contradiction of good by Sir Merlin the Wizard

## General information

### Affiliation(s)

Adventurers League
Camelot
Church of Eres

## Family members

### Children

Unnamed Son 1
Unnamed Daughter 1
Unnamed Son 2
Unnamed Son 3
Unnamed Son 4
Unnamed Daughter 2

**Arthur Pendragon**, better known as **Aido the Dragon**, was the original King of Camelot and the most famous hero of the Era Of Beginning or Age of Heroes. He considered the Patron Saint of Heroes. He lives on as the archetype of a hero for historians.

## History

### Origin

Aido the Dragon, born Arthur Pendragon, was a slave in a mine/prison called The Death Pit, where generations of criminals were forced to work in the mines for Kingdom of Wolves, an influential group that controlled the north-west of Arios. There he was forced to work. Eventually, his mother, father, and sister died from disease and overwork.

When Arthur reached the age of 10, he saw in a dream the goddess Eres, who offered him the power to get revenge on his enemies. Arthur refused, instead of asking for the ability to help the world. This answer shocked the goddess and asked why, after all that suffering, would he not wish for his enemies' demise. He answered, "If I did that, it would never stop." The goddess was surprised by the child's pure and noble goal and decided to give him the power as her hero, becoming the first Gesegnet, or Blessed.

### Founding Of Camelot

Using this power, Arthur, now re-named as Aido, freed the slaves from their prison and escaped with them beyond the Arios Mountain Range, where the pursuers would not chase them. They created the town of Camelot and decided to create a new society of ex-slaves.

During his time in Camelot, he meets a woman in a lake calling herself Nimane and gifted him with a blade and a scarab called Excalibur, which he accepted.

### The Journey Down Dragon Road

Aido, when turned 15, decided to search for a new horizon and set off on a journey around Arios, on a path that eventually is called The Dragon Road due to his travels. During his travels, he was given the nickname 'Dragon', due to his unyielding bravery and strength, as many myths portrayed Dragons as noble and powerful creatures. He also discovered the nature of the Excalibur. While the blade was powerful, the scarab, Avalon, healed it's the owner and prevented death or aging beyond the owner's prime. He also received a legendary Armour, made by The Smith, called the Paladins Blade.

When he returned after three years he was famous and relatively wealthy, he married a woman called Gunivier and had six children.

### Founding of the Knights of the Round Table

He founded the Knights Of The Round Table at 20 years old to protect Camelot.

### Founding of The Adventurers League

At the age of 40, he founded The Adventurers League for those who looked for an adventure like him.

During the rest of his life, he worked on building and strengthening both Camelot and The Adventurers League.

### Search for the Grail

However, he also secretly searched for a legendary item known as the Holy Grail due to it supposedly bringing prosperity to anyone who holds it. He hoped to bring good fortune upon his land and citizens. He never succeeded in this endeavor.

### Return to the lake

At the age of 68, Aido returned to the lake, where he met the lady to return the sword, only to meet her not having aged a day. He presented the sword to Nimane, explaining he was reaching the end of his journey and wished to return the blade to the person who had lent it to him. Nimane, mocked him for not understanding what a gift was. She told him that that Excalibur was no longer hers, it was his and for his descendants alone.

### War of Knights

At the end of his life, Aido hoped to become an eternal protector of Camelot. However, in 2241 BE the south invaded by an elite force from House Barton called the Black Knights, and decimated the troops defending the border. This aggressive action forced Arthur to act, moving the current Knights Of The Round Table and Camelot's army to confront the army on a plane south of Camelot in battle know as the Battle Of Knights.

During this battle, he lost Avalon in the chaos.

The Camelot forces and the knights manage to defeat the army with a decisive victory, forcing the remaining troops to retreat down south. However, during the battle, Aido was severely wounded in a surprise attack a by powerful the black knight Mordred and was unable to heal from the wounds.

### Death

As his last request, he asked to be buried to rest near the lake where he had received Excalibur. The knights buried him under a willow tree, and his sword passed on to his grandson, Arthur Pendragon II.

## Legacy

The Legacy of Aido was large and even after 3000 years his story was still widely know, however many details where changed dramatically and some parts of his story where completely removed.

In the retelling, he is the bastard son of a king that gains his kingship of Camelot after proving himself as a knight and completing his Journey Down Dragon Road. Many versions deviate from this point, mixing with many different stories, legends, affairs or heroes that where not yet born or had been dead for many years. Only his final events seem to be consistent with the War of Knights and the Battle Of Knights, however the identity of the knight who killed him, Mordred, is varied even from person to person, with some even claiming him to be the bastard son of Aido.

Even to this day, the events of what occurred during Aido's lifetime are mostly vague due to lack of documentation and physical evidence due to the Fall Of Camelot.

## Appearance

Aido was a tall human with fair skin, blue eyes and blond hair with a extremely muscular build, very often described as a Angel in ancient poems.

## Personality

Aido was the kind and honorable man you would read about in stories about knights in shining amour, leading to a myth of a code of chivalry that was followed by knights. This code never existed and his actions were solely chosen by him.

He was extremely kind and seemed to truly believe in the kindness of humanity, even when presented with ponderous amount of evidence of the contrary. This may have also led him to become very stubborn when it came to his ideals, with him refusing to give them up, regardless of the circumstances. He only attacked when provoked and always search for some kind of mediation, even when it was clear to that it was never going to work.

This attitude may have steamed from his overwhelming power, where he could afford to trust, knowing that a betrayal would just end in their death and not his, and may have also been the reason as he became stronger so did his ideals.

## Abilities

### First Gesegnet

Aido was supposedly blessed by the god Eres with supernatural abilities when he was younger, in way becoming the first Paladin of the Church of Eres. He was given enhanced strength and stamina, leading him to be near unbeatable to most opponents. Even in his younger years, he was able to tackle full grown Wyverns and Orks to the ground and out run most of his opponents. He also was described as having "near inexhaustible" stamina, able to run a full speed for over 100 km.

### Combat Prowess

While Aido was not a fighter before he was blessed, it has been stated that fighting him was akin to "trying a beat a dragon with a stick". He showed extreme situational awareness and could react to any threat thrown at him in less than a second. He was also extremely skilled with sword, being able to beat even masters of the blade in the blink of an eye.

However, it seems that even though his body did not age, his mind lost a bit of his edge around the end of his life, causing him to not be able to react in time to Mordred's attack.

### Unnatural Will

Aido is considered to be one of the individuals with the most will in Materiales and was considered "unbreakable". Even Merlin has said he cannot break his spirit. If he had the Gift of courage, he would have been invincible.

### Other Skills

Aido was very smart and a decent at strategy (though he was overshadowed by the intellect of Merlin).

## Equipment

* *Paladins Blade*
* *Excalibur*
* *Avalon*