Agravain

You get this trip after the death of, I mean, three of his brothers have been killed.

Agravain, it doesn't seem to be such a big deal for him.

Yeah, he deserved it.

Who

Bud Dave is on.

Agravain is on.

Big Jim Go Blue is on.

Jules 21 Hours is on.

As you know, things are starting to go bad towards the end of the Arthurian timeline, mainly because people are starting to talk more openly about the affair between Lancelot and Guinevere.

Specifically, in this story, Gawain has several brothers, but these two brothers, Agravain and Mordred, have developed a hatred for not only Guinevere, but also Lancelot.

So as a result, they have been spreading rumors about their adulterous love and spreading it throughout the ranks of the knights.

Tough.

And if these rumors get out and things go bad for them, we are not backing you up.

Pretty clear.

But ignoring both Gowan and Gareth, Agravain and Mordred go to Arthur and explicitly tell him that the affair is going on.

Now, Arthur at this point has long suspected, but has ignored his instinct out of love for both Lancelot and Guinevere.

Sir Bedivere, read by Grace Garrett.

Sir Agravain, read by Brett W. Downey.

Sir Percival, read by Eden Rayhedrick.

Sir Levain, read by David Warner.

Go, lead her hence.

So God defend our king.

Exit Guinevere, followed by Agravain and knights.

Mordred turns to Arthur, who remains motionless, Morgan watching him intently from the steps of the throne.

Now Sir Gawain and Sir Gareth, Mordred's brothers, refused to give ear to these slanders, holding that Sir Lancelot, in his knightly service of the queen, did honor to King Arthur also.

But by ill fortune another brother, Sir Agravaine, had ill will to the queen, and professed to believe Mordred's evil tales.

So the two went to King Arthur with their ill stories.

Now when Arthur had heard them, he was wroth, for never would he lightly believe evil of any, and Sir Lancelot was the knight whom he loved above all others.

When he was come to a water named Mortois, he fell asleep, awaiting for the adventure that should be sent to him, and in his sleep a voice spoke to him and made him rise and take his armour, and enter the first ship he should find so he started up and took his arms and made him ready and on the strand he found a ship that was without sail or oar as soon as he was within the ship he felt himself wrapped round with a sweetness such as he had never known before as if all that he could desire was fulfilled and with this joy and peace about him he fell asleep when he woke he found near him a fair bed with a dead lady lying on it whom he knew to be sir percival's sister and in her hand was the tale of her adventures which sir launcelot took and read for a month or more they dwelt in that ship together and one day when it had drifted near the shore he heard a sound as of a horse and when the steps came nearer he saw that a knight was riding him at the sight of the ship the knight alighted and took the saddle and bridle and entered the ship you are welcome said launcelot and the knight saluted him and said what is your name for my heart goeth out to you truly answered he my name is sir launcelot du lac sir said the new knight you are welcome for you are my father ah cried sir launcelot is it you then galahad yes in sooth said he and kneeled down and asked launcelot's blessing and then took off his helm and kissed him and there was great joy between them and they told each other all that had befallen them since they left king arthur's court then galahad saw the gentlewoman dead on the bed and he knew her and said he held her in great worship and that she was the best maid in the world and how it was a great pity that she should come to her death but when launcelot heard that galahad had won the marvellous sword he prayed that he might see it and kissed the pommel and the hilt and the scabbard in truth he said never did i know of adventure so wonderful and strange so dwelled launcelot and galahad in that ship for half a year and served god daily and nightly with all their power and after six months had gone it befell that on a monday they drifted to the edge of the forest where they saw a knight with white armour bestriding one horse and holding another all white by the bridle and he came to the ship and saluted the two knights and said galahad you have been long enough with your father therefore leave that ship and start upon this horse and go on the quest of the holy grail so galahad went to his father and kissed him saying fair sweet father i know not if i shall see you more till i have beheld the holy grail then they heard a voice which said the one shall never see the other till the day of doom now galahad said sir lancelot since we are to bid farewell for ever now i pray to the great father to preserve you and me both sir answered galahad no prayer availeth so much as yours the next day sir lancelot made his way back to camelot where he found king arthur and guinevere but many of the knights of the round table were slain and destroyed more than the half all the court was passing glad to see sir launcelot and the king asked many tidings of his son sir galahad how sir galahad found the grail and died of that finding sir galahad rode on till he met sir percival and afterwards sir bors whom they greeted most gladly and they bare each other company first they came to the castle of carbinec where dwelt king pelles who welcomed them with joy for he knew by their coming the quest of the grail would be fulfilled they then departed on other adventures and it is told how galahad cured the maimed king by anointing him with blood from a certain holy spear that same night at midnight a voice bade them arise and quit the castle which they did followed by three knights of gaul then galahad prayed every one of them that if they reached king arthur's court they should salute sir lancelot his father and those knights of the round table that were present and with that he left them and sir bors and sir percivale with him for three days they rowed till they came to a shore and found a ship awaiting them and in the midst of it was the table of silver and the holy grail which was covered with red samite then were their hearts right glad and they made great reverence thereto and galahad prayed that at what time he asked he might depart out of this world so long he prayed that at length a voice said to him galahad thou shalt have thy desire and when thou askest the death of the body thou shalt have it and shalt find the life of the soul percival likewise heard the voice and besought galahad to tell him why he asked such things and galahad answered the other day when we saw a part of the adventures of the holy grail i was in such joy of heart that never did man feel better and i knew well that when my body is dead my soul shall be in joy of which the other was but a shadow some time were the three knights in that ship till at length they saw before them the city of sarus then they took from the ship the table of silver and sir percival and sir bors went first and sir galahad followed after to the gate of the city where sat an old man that was crooked at the sight of the old man sir galahad called to him to help them carry the table for it was heavy truly answered the old man it is ten years since i have gone without crutches care not for that said galahad but rise up and show your good will so he arose and found himself as whole as ever he was and he ran to the table and held up the side next galahad and there was such noise in the city that a cripple was healed by three knights newly entered in this reached the ears of the king who sent for the knights and questioned them and they told him the truth and of the holy grail but the king listened nothing to all they said but put them into a deep hole in the prison even here they were not without comfort for a vision of the holy grail sustained them and at the end of a year the king lay sick and felt he should die and he called the three knights and asked forgiveness of the evil he had done to them which they gave gladly then he died and the whole city was afraid and knew not what to do till while they were in council a voice came to them and bade them choose the youngest of the three strange knights for their king and they did so after galahad was proclaimed king he ordered that a coffer of gold and precious stones should be made to encompass the table of silver and every day he and the two knights would kneel before it and make their prayers now at the year's end and on the selfsame day that galahad had been crowned king he arose up early and came with the two knights to the palace and he saw a man in the likeness of a bishop encircled by a great crowd of angels kneeling before the holy vessel and he called to galahad and said to him come forth thou servant of christ and thou shalt see what thou hast much desired to see then galahad began to tremble right hard when the flesh first beheld the things of the spirit and he held up his hand to heaven and said lord i thank thee for now i see that which hath been my desire for many a day now blessed lord i would no longer live if it might please thee then galahad went to percival and kissed him and commended him to god and he went to sir bors and kissed him and commended him to god and said fair lord salute me to my lord sir launcelot my father and bid him remember this unstable world therewith he kneeled down before the table and made his prayers and while he was praying his soul suddenly left the body and was carried by angels up into heaven which the two knights right well beheld also they saw come from heaven a hand but no body behind it and it came unto the vessel and took it and the spear and bare them back to heaven and since then no man has dared to say that he has seen the holy grail when percival and bors saw galahad lying dead they made as much sorrow as ever two men did and the people of the country and of the city were right heavy and they buried him as befitted their king as soon as galahad was buried sir percival sought a hermitage outside the city and put on the dress of a hermit and sir bors was always with him but kept the dress that he wore at court when a year and two months had passed sir percival died also and was buried by the side of sir galahad and sir bors left that land and after long riding came to camelot then was there great joy made of him in the court for they had held him as dead and the king ordered great clerks to attend him and to write down all his adventures and those of sir percival and sir galahad next sir launcelot told the adventures of the grail which he had seen and this likewise was written and placed with the other in almonries at salisbury and by and by sir bors said to sir launcelot galahad your son saluteth you by me and after you king arthur and all the court and so did sir percival for i buried them with mine own hands in the city of sarus also sir launcelot galahad prayeth you to remember of this uncertain world as you promised when you were together that is true said sir launcelot and i trust his prayer may avail me but the prayer but little availed sir launcelot for he fell to his old sins again and now the knights were few that survived the search for the grail and the evil days of arthur began THE FIGHT FOR THE QUEEN So the quest of the Holy Grail had been fulfilled, and the few knights that had been left alive returned to the round table, and there was a great joy in the court.

To do them honour, the queen made them a dinner, and there were four-and-twenty knights present, and among them Sir Patrice of Ireland, and Sir Gawain, and his brethren, the king's nephews, which were Sir Agravain, Sir Gaharis, Sir Gareth, and Sir Mordred.

Now it was the custom of Sir Gawain daily at dinner and supper to eat all manner of fruit, and especially pears and apples, and this the queen knew, and set fruit of all sorts before him.

and there was present at the dinner one Sir Pinel le Sauvage, who hated Sir Gawain, because he and his brethren had slain Sir Lamarack du Galice, cousin to Sir Pinel, so he put poison into some of the apples, hoping that Sir Gawain would eat one and die.

I cannot marry her, answered Sir Lancelot, and it grieves me sorely, for she is a good maiden, fair and gentle.

Father, said Sir Levaine, she is as pure and good as Sir Lancelot has said, and she is like me, for since first I saw him, I can never leave him.

And after that they bade the old man farewell, and came unto Winchester, where the king and all the knights of the round table made great joy of him, save only Sir Agravain and Sir Mordred.

But the queen was angry and would not speak to him, though he tried by all means to make her.

Thus the great king stands waiting before the high table, talking of trifles full courteously.

The good Gawain was placed there beside Guinevere, and Agravaine of the Hard Hand sat on the other side, both of them the king's sister's sons and full sure knights.

Bishop Baldwin at the top begins the table, and Ywain, Uriens' son, ate by himself.

These were placed on the dais and honorably served, and after them many a good man at the side tables.