Castle Staff: Baldwin, Bedivere, Dagonet, Glewlwyd Gafaelfawr, Kay, Lucan, and Taliesin

Conspirators: Agravaine, Astamore, Colgrevance, Curselaine, Florence, Galleron, Gingaline, Gromer Somer Jour, Lovel, Mador, Melion, Meliot, Mordred, and Petipas 

Gawain: Guinglain?

Gingalain: yeah it’s me your son! And it’s Gingalain, Dad!

Gawain: No…G-U-I-N-G-L-A-I-N. I named you.

Gingalain: You ruined my life!

Gawain: PFf, How would I ruin your life? I wasn’t even there!

Wait, in an earlier post you mentioned that Gawain had a serious romance with the fay Blanchemal. She is always the mother of Guinglain when she appears. Does this mean Guinglain is around? Can Lancelot be an involved step-parent in his life?

Nice catch! I was wondering if anyone knew that story. Honestly I’m still debating whether to include Gingalain. I definitely want to but I’m trying to figure out where I’d insert him into the story. If I do include him, it would probably be either late in book 2 or early in book 3. And he wouldn’t be as major as Mordred or Galahad, but would be a more minor character like Ywain. He’d probably be kind of exclusive to Gawain’s romance like Ywain is to Morgan’s. If I do decide to add him though, Lancelot will definitely be able to become a parental figure to Gingalain in Gawain’s route

(Honestly as I plan further I’m debating adding another book but I want to at least have some substantial material from the first book before I start thinking about adding even more).

So now that I'm back on my Squire's Tales bullshit--

I don't know if anyone else realized this, but Gerald Morris's timeline is fucked.

Nothing about it adds up. I'm sure this is probably him not giving a shit about continuity, but also it makes things really confusing.

Specifically: Luneta and Beaufils/Guinglain.

In book 7, Luneta is explicitly 16 years old. Her parents got married at the end of book 3, which explicitly takes place after the seven year time lapse in book 2, which takes place 4-5 years after book 1; let's call it four. Which means between books 1 and 7, at least twenty-five years have elapsed.

However, this presents a problem when we come to book 8. Beaufils is estimated to be about 17 years old. Now, this number could be wrong, since no one can remember, but no one gives any indication it isn't correct--not Beaufils, not Gawain, not Ganscotter. Gawain is the important one, though. Beaufils gives his age as 17 when he comes to court, and Gawain states that he could be his father from 18 years ago.

BUT Gawain met Lori and pledged his love to her at the end of book 1, and the whole point of that book was Gawain being force-fed Respect Women Juice, and the Maiden's Knight isn't going to cheat on his One True Love.

Which means either Guinglain is especially baby-faced and Gawain forgot to account for his seven-year gap quest, or Lori gave Gawain a free pass to fuck around in Camelot until they got married, or else book 7 happened sometime in the middle of book 8, which makes even less sense because at least a year goes by in book 7 and Gawain's movements are accounted for in both books 7 and 8, and book 9 explicitly starts six months after the events of book 8.

So somehow, Guinglain is either a year or two older than Luneta, or else he's 25 and looks like a child.

Or again, Gerald Morris just doesn't give a damn about continuity.

I did the math on Mordred’s age in the Squire’s Tales series.  Guinglain is about 17 at the beginning of Quest of the Fair Unknown and he was conceived before Gawain met Lorie (presumably).  Mordred was conceived at an undetermined point during the affair which didn’t even begin until several years after Gawain and Lorie met.  Therefore, even accounting for Guinglain’s age guess to be off, when Mordred first appears, he is 15/16 at the oldest and could be even younger.  That makes me sad.

Edit: I rethought this before I posted it and realized that Luneta should be younger than both of them by at least two or three years and she is at least 17 by the time they come to court.  My conclusion is that Guinglain’s age guess is just really really off which also has funny implications.

Hi, I realize I have not posted in a while, and my only excuse is that I have been busy with other things. The only one of interest to you, my followers, is this collection of squire’s tales fan fiction I wrote. So here you go.

Squire's tales drabbles featuring Terence, Eileen, Gawain, Dinadan and all my other favorites. Mostly fluff. Some angst when I feel like it.

Knights of the Round Table Plot

Do you like fun? Action? Adventure? Does saving the town from disaster and acting like a hero of legend appeal to you? Want some petty drama between characters that stems from centuries old beef? Then this may be the plot for you. Excalibur has been pulled from the stone and in so doing has called for the knights of the round table to return to Arthur and work together as one. 

How this works: When Excalibur was removed from the stone, a wave of magic spread throughout Swynlake like a call to arms reaching out to people who would be deemed worthy of continuing the legacy of the knights. Those people in that moment would then have been flooded with the memories and knowledge of the knight that they most closely resembled. The goal of the sword was to bring these people back together in order to protect the realm (or Swynlake) from harm. It’s up to the mun as to what elements of a knight’s story your character receives/how you decide to handle it. See this post for an example of the flood of memories that can occur. From there the goal is to bring the knights together and have them experience modern day quests to protect Swynlake/adventure etc. The dramatic backstories can also help foster interesting/weird/dramatic new relationships with characters.

If you’d like for your character to be given the memories/experiences of former knights, please fill out the tiny app under the read more. YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE A MALE/NON-MAGIC TO APPLY.

List of Knights:

•Sir Galahad (Son of Sir Lancelot): known for his gallantry and purity and and one of the most perfect of all knights. It’s said he was able to defeat a lot of his enemies because he was pure. One of the ones who quested for the holy grail.

• Sir Lancelot: known as Arthur’s closest friend/greatest companion and the greatest swordsman and jouster of the age. Also known for wrecking Arthur’s marriage and hooking up with Guinevere basically helping destroy Camelot. (I have two seriously great plot ideas regarding Arthur and Lancelot so getting Lancelot would be so so good) • Sir Gawain: known as Arthur’s nephew and as a formidable, courteous, and also a compassionate warrior, fiercely loyal to his king and family. He was a friend to young knights, a defender of the poor, and as "the Maidens' Knight" a defender of women as well. (personally feel Gawain should def be a lady knight this go around) • Sir Percival: One of the knights who looked for the holy grail. Renowned for his strength and fighting prowess. He was kind of beefy. But also a cool dude. • Sir Lionel: a double cousin of Lancelot, he was apparently raised by the lady of the lake in her underwater kingdom. He proves himself very unworthy of the holy grail by trying to kill his brother for not rescuing him. *Strongly recommended to be a magick. • Sir Bors: brother of sir Lionel, was worthy of seeing the grail. Lionel tries to murder Bors, and Bors does not defend himself, refusing to raise a weapon against his kinsman. Became Arthur’s successor when Arthur died. • Sir Tristram/Tristan de Lyones: He was sent to fetch Iseult/Isolde back from Ireland to marry the king. However, he and Iseult accidentally consumed a love potion while en route and fall helplessly in love; the pair underwent numerous trials that tested their secret affair. Also known as a great musician and falconer. • Sir Gareth: Arthur’s nephew and Gawain’s brother. He avenged the death of a fairy king. He defeated a bunch of knights since he’s apparently a badass himself. Was accidentally killed by Lancelot, though he was also like a son/younger brother to the dude. Oops. • Sir Bedivere: known as the one who returned Excalibur to the lady of the lake. A handsome one handed knight. He was described as the most handsome man in the world other than Arthur and the wielder of a magic lance. *Strongly encourage a character with a disability • Sir Bleoberis: Though described as skilled and honorable, he is also depicted as malicious. One example is with King Mark's marriage with La Beale Isoud, where Bleoberis rode into Mark's court, demanded a gift, and, on being granted it for sake of his renown and his place as a knight of the Round Table, he helped himself to Sir Segwarides' wife as the fairest lady at court and rode off with her. He also tried to kill Gawain's son, Guinglain, at the Perilous Ford. • Sir Brunor: was nicknamed ‘the badly-cut coat’ by Sir Kay after his arrival in his murdered father's mangled armour and surcoat at King Arthur's court. He vowed not to take it off until his father’s death was avenged. Was also known as the Good Knight without Fear. • Sir Palomedes/Palamedes: Had an unrequited love for Iseult/Isolde so he and Tristram/Tristan clashed. The two basically had a love hate relationship. Was known as the hunter for the questing beast, and being on Lancelot’s side when the affair with Guinevere is revealed. Killed by Gawain. • Sir Lamorak: was referred to as Arthur's third best knight, only inferior to Lancelot and Tristan. He was known for his strength and fiery temper. His father killed Gawain’s father which led to Gawain eventually turning around and killing Lamorak’s father. And then to make things worse, Lamorak decided to hook up with Gawain’s dad’s widow therefore making their blood feud worse. Rejected an offering of truce from Arthur, and ended up ambushed and killed.

• Sir Pelleas: was the son of a poor vassal and ended up falling for a high born maiden. She spurned and humiliated him and refused to let him into her castle. Pelleas goes to Gawain for help but Gawain ends up being into the maiden too and hooks up with her, devastating Pelleas. Gawain eventually remembers his promise to help and convinces the woman to love Pelleas. • Sir Kay: the foster brother of Arthur’s, sort of helped raise Arthur and teach him how to be a knight. Also kind of dickish. He’s most associated with hot-headedness and a fiery temper supplemented by his role as an incompetent braggart.

• Sir Ector/Hector de Maris: younger half-brother of Lancelot. Murdered a lady’s fiance so he could be with her. Also had an affair. Deemed unworthy to behold the holy grail. Sides with Lancelot with the Guinevere drama. • Sir Dagonet: considered the court jester. He saw himself as a courageous warrior and acted like he was but in reality, he would flee at the slightest provocation. He often battered his own shield so that it appeared that he had been in a fight – telling all that he emerged victorious of course. • Sir Agravaine: nephew of King Arthur. Was known as the one with hard hands. Proud and kind of a bully. He secretly made attempts on the life of his hated brother Gaheris and participated in the slayings of Lamorak and Palamedes. He played a leading role in exposing his aunt Guinevere's affair with Lancelot which lead to his death at the hands of Lancelot. • Sir Mordred: a traitorous nephew most well known for fighting with Arthur and mortally wounding him even as Arthur did the same to him. He actively worked to expose Lancelot and Guinevere and to ruin the kingdom.

APPLICATION: 

Muse: Preferred Knight: Why do you want this particular knight/what would you want to do with them?: (200 words)

Guinglain slips through the gates, avoiding the guards neatly. After all, the guards are hardly suspicious of small children. He adjusts the pack on his thin shoulders and looks around the courtyard half-hoping, childishly, that he'll see a man wearing a sign that says "my name is Gwaine". He decides to ask a friendly-looking peasant man. Asking for directions is always a good idea. "Excuse me, mister," he asks the scarf-wearer, "do you know a man named Gwaine? It's important that I find him."

“Oh, hello,” Merlin hitches a smile on his face, and balances the heavy bucket, brimming with water, a little better on his hip before he bends down to look the little boy full in the face. He has to wonder if the child has even come from around here at all--he certainly doesn’t recognize the little boy, and Sir Gwaine is practically famous for his--well, everything, really. No citizen of Camelot would ever need help to find Gwaine.

“Where do you come from?” Merlin casts his eyes around the courtyard, a little anxiously--if this boy has really only just arrived in Camelot, he ought to have a family with him, but he can’t see anyone around who spares the child so much a second look. “Where are your parents? Your family? You aren’t here alone, are you?”

Fair Unknowns: Guinglain, Helie, Robert, and Tiodogolain

The Queen and her Knights: Agravaine, Dodinel, Griflet, Kay, and Sagremore

Team Sorelois: Galehaut, Guinevere, the Lady of Malahaut, and Lancelot

The first group goes on a quest in Le Bel Inconnu. The second group is from The Avowing of King Arthur, Sir Gawain, Sir Kay and Baldwin of Britain.

Beaufils,in Camelot: Wow! There are so many people here! At least thirty!

Galahad:...

Galahad: Well you're not wrong.

Quest of the Fair Unknown is a thousand times funnier the second time through and knowing who Beau's dad is because the first time it's just like wow, the fairies are taking an interest in him. He must be super magical. But no. It's just. Grandpa taking care of his grand son. Or step mom and Uncle Terence to the rescue. Like he's so much more simple than we thought and it just fits the theme of the book so well and I love it.