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The Pendragon Cycle

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The Pendragon Cycle	comment	The Pendragon Cycle is a Historical Fantasy retelling of the Arthurian Legend by Stephen R. Lawhead. The books weave together the story of King Arthur and the Atlantis legend in the aftermath of the Roman withdrawal from Britain. Lawhead draws on the Mabinogion, the History of the Kings of Britain and other works of Geoffrey of Monmouth in addition to the writings of Taliesin, Gildas, and Nennius, and several other legends that he integrates into the Arthurian legend.The first book, Taliesin (1987), focuses on the relationship between the Atlantean princess Charis and the British bard Taliesin, who will become the parents of Merlin while combating the influence of Charis's half-sister and rival, Morgian.The second book, Merlin (1988) follows the career of Merlin/Myrddin Emrys through his rise to kingship, descent into madness, and witness of Arthur's birth.The third book Arthur (1989), covers Arthur's rise and downfall through the perspectives of Merlin's servant Pelleas, Arthur's friend Bedwyr, and apprentice bard Aneurin.The fourth book Pendragon (1994), is a loose adaptation of the hunt for Twrch Trwyth the Black Boar, here re-imagined as a Vandal king who invades Britain.The fifth book Grail (1997), follows Gwalchavad, the series version of Galahad, who must embark on a journey into the wastes of Lyonnese to find the Holy Grail, stolen from Arthur's court by the duplicity of Morgian.Avalon: The Return of King Arthur (1999), is a semi-sequel Distant Finale set in a not so distant future. James Arthur Stuart, the reborn Arthur must reclaim the throne of Britain, while contending with the schemes of Prime Minister Thomas Waring and the evil of Morgian.
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The Pendragon Cycle / int_1186fcb5	type	Supernatural Gold Eyes
The Pendragon Cycle / int_1186fcb5	comment	Supernatural Gold Eyes: Merlin has golden eyes like a hawk's.
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The Pendragon Cycle / int_12aa82b5	type	Interfaith Smoothie
The Pendragon Cycle / int_12aa82b5	comment	Interfaith Smoothie: In practice Myrddin is a Christian but he has no issue using both the druidic term for the supreme being/intelligence/good etc. "Great Light" as well as terms like God, Christ, the Trinity etc.
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The Pendragon Cycle / int_19d06ef7	type	A Father to His Men
The Pendragon Cycle / int_19d06ef7	comment	A Father to His Men: Arthur, despite being younger than many of them at first. At one point Caius and Bedwyr (Kay and Bedivere) are relieved after Arthur's private enemy parley goes well for both sides, and Caius - Arthur's own foster-brother - says he thought they were going to be orphans.
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The Pendragon Cycle / int_1c79ae8c	type	Those Two Guys
The Pendragon Cycle / int_1c79ae8c	comment	Those Two Guys: Among Arthur's ally kings, two guys named Idris and Maglos tend to appear in tandem, like to voice doubts.
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The Pendragon Cycle / int_1cc527d7	type	Asskicking Leads to Leadership
The Pendragon Cycle / int_1cc527d7	comment	Asskicking Leads to Leadership: Arthur proves he is the rightful king by drawing the sword from the stone, but doesn't have enough support to actually be considered king, so Myrddin compromises by having Arthur claim the old Roman title of "Dux Brittaniarum", literally "Duke of Britain" but basically "Battlechief of Britain" with his own warband, and Arthur eventually gains more and more allies and victories until he is crowned The High King for real. (The modern word Duke ultimately comes from Latin Dux which originally referred to military commanders, literally meaning "(war) leader".)
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The Pendragon Cycle / int_22c41566	type	Trilogy Creep
The Pendragon Cycle / int_22c41566	comment	Trilogy Creep: Originally, The Pendragon Cycle started off as the "Pendragon Trilogy" of Taliesin, Merlin, and Arthur. Then Lawhead went back and added in Pendragon and Grail as Interquels set during Arthur, and so the series went from a Trilogy to a Cycle. Then he added in a loose sequel in Avalon to serve as Distant Finale a few years later.
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The Pendragon Cycle / int_24067bb9	type	Related in the Adaptation
The Pendragon Cycle / int_24067bb9	comment	Related in the Adaptation: The Bard Taliesin and the Lady of the Lake are Merlin's parents here with the Fisher King as his grandfather. Gwalchavad/Galahad and Gwalcmai/Gawain are brothers here, sons of Loth/Lot and Morgian/Morgan along with the youngest, Medraut/Mordred. They're thus related to Merlin instead of Arthur or Lancelot. Someone with a name kind of like Agravain appears, Ogryvan, but he's not their brother. Llenleawg/Lancelot is Gwenhwyvar/Guinevere's adopted or foster brother. The equivalents of Morgan le Fay and the Lady of the Lake, Morgian and Charis, are (half) sisters, and Morgian has no direct blood relation to Arthur.
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The Pendragon Cycle / int_2a02e5c9	type	Guile Hero
The Pendragon Cycle / int_2a02e5c9	comment	Guile Hero: Starting out, Arthur only has a few warriors under his command but he uses his wits to get more followers and supplies from under the nose of his rival King Morcant. He and his men stop over as guests at his stronghold while he and his son Cerdic are away, and he locks the gates on them until they agree to "donate" men and provisions to their ally the War Duke as is his right. To force Morcant's hand, Arthur pretends to start burning his hall, but only has his men burn wet straw to make lots of smoke. Fortunately Morcant is a Bad Boss while Arthur is charismatic, and many of Morcant's men are willing enough to follow him, but to be safe Arthur chooses those who have no family ties.
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The Pendragon Cycle / int_2e206837	type	Bed Trick
The Pendragon Cycle / int_2e206837	comment	Arthur is oddly the son of Aurelius Ambrosius and Ygerna, rather than the son of Uther Pendragon who is instead his uncle (switching the brothers' roles), and so no Bed Trick adultery happens in order to beget Arthur. Myrddin only later thinks to himself that such a rumor took root, so Arthur is slandered as Uther's bastard.
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The Pendragon Cycle / int_334e48a1	type	After the End
The Pendragon Cycle / int_334e48a1	comment	After the End: Much of the series happens after the Roman withdrawal from Britain, leaving it up for grabs for feuding more or less Romanized Celtic warlords, and the Saecsen and Angli and other invaders from overseas or elsewhere in the British Isles.
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The Pendragon Cycle / int_437820dc	type	Villainous Crush
The Pendragon Cycle / int_437820dc	comment	Villainous Crush: Morgian had one on Taliesin.
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The Pendragon Cycle / int_4a852458	type	Big Good
The Pendragon Cycle / int_4a852458	comment	Big Good: Myrddin acts as the counter to Morgian, especially in Avalon.
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The Pendragon Cycle / int_51300dbf	type	Fat Bastard
The Pendragon Cycle / int_51300dbf	comment	Fat Bastard: Vortigern is portrayed as one, despite his thus-unused traditional epithet saying the opposite, "Vortigern the Thin".
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The Pendragon Cycle / int_56515a39	type	Artistic License â€“ History
The Pendragon Cycle / int_56515a39	comment	Artistic License â€“ History: There never was a Vandal invasion of Britain, as in the entire premise of Pendragon. Lampshaded by Myrddin when he introduces the book and calls it "the forgotten war".
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The Pendragon Cycle / int_5c300c3b	type	The Berserker
The Pendragon Cycle / int_5c300c3b	comment	The Berserker: Llenleawg (Lancelot) often goes battle-mad in Irish fashion, to the point that he keeps chopping up dead enemies after the battle is won, has to be splashed with water to stop, and is dazed and unaware of what he was doing.
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The Pendragon Cycle / int_60ea2a89	type	Starter Villain
The Pendragon Cycle / int_60ea2a89	comment	Starter Villain: For Arthur's career as a warleader, his main early rivals are King Morcant and his son Cerdic.
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The Pendragon Cycle / int_69e4f7b7	type	Historical Fantasy
The Pendragon Cycle / int_69e4f7b7	comment	Historical Fantasy: A retelling of the Arthurian legend that somehow manages to combine Demythification and Tolkienesque High Fantasy, with the latter mainly for the historical background (Celtic and post-Roman emphasis, no "knights", etc.) and the latter contributing to the wider spiritual good vs evil themes, plus the not-Elves.
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The Pendragon Cycle / int_6aada778	type	Only the Chosen May Wield
The Pendragon Cycle / int_6aada778	comment	Only the Chosen May Wield: The Sword of Britain, originally the sword of Macsen Wledig, which Myrddin embeds in the stone and Arthur draws to prove his kingship.
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The Pendragon Cycle / int_859ec5d8	type	The Fair Folk
The Pendragon Cycle / int_859ec5d8	comment	The Fair Folk: The Atlanteans are treated as this with their height, fair features and longevity making them basically immortal unless killed, very akin to Tolkien's Elves. There's also the hidden pre-Roman, even pre-Celtic inhabitants of Britain, of which only a few remain. They're much shorter than the average. Myrddin is adopted into one of their clans as a youth.
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The Pendragon Cycle / int_89631688	type	The Chosen One
The Pendragon Cycle / int_89631688	comment	The Chosen One: Arthur, naturally. Long before his birth happens, he's prophecized to usher in an age of justice and righteousness called the "Kingdom of Summer", for Britain at least.
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The Pendragon Cycle / int_8c431fe4	type	Band of Brothers
The Pendragon Cycle / int_8c431fe4	comment	Band of Brothers: Arthur fosters this relationship between him and his warband.
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The Pendragon Cycle / int_970c790a	type	Big Bad
The Pendragon Cycle / int_970c790a	comment	Big Bad: Morgian/Morgan le Fay for the whole series.
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The Pendragon Cycle / int_978379ad	type	Token Enemy Minority
The Pendragon Cycle / int_978379ad	comment	Token Enemy Minority: Aelle, lord of some Angli, is the only Anglo-Saxon leader who allies with Arthur freely and peacefully after some discussion, without needing to be defeated. He doesn't do much but he attends Arthur's formal coronation.
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The Pendragon Cycle / int_99390db0	type	Saintly Church
The Pendragon Cycle / int_99390db0	comment	Saintly Church: In stark contrast to the opposite trend in other historical-style Arthurian stuff like The Mists of Avalon and The Warlord Chronicles, the series has a very sympathetic and positive portrayal of Christianity, with the clergy being Good Shepherds, plus they have a good ongoing relationship with what remains of Celtic pagans and the otherworldly Atlanteans. These Celtic pagans are also portrayed very sympathetically and treated as on the road to the truth/salvation anyway and the Church welcomes with open arms those who approach, instead of imposing. Everyone gets along well in religious terms, except for the Germanic pagans who get their beliefs called false and evil, presumably for being invaders. Nearly all the heroic characters are portrayed as devout Christians, with Merlin being equally mentored by Christian priests and druids.
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The Pendragon Cycle / int_a6275bef	type	Cool Sword
The Pendragon Cycle / int_a6275bef	comment	Cool Sword: Excalibur, here Caledvwlch/Caliburnus, is an Atlantean sword wielded by King Avallach and later his grandson Merlin. After Arthur's original sword is broken in battle, he receives it as a replacement from Merlin's mother Charis, this series's version of the Lady of the Lake.
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The Pendragon Cycle / int_a633a438	type	Really700YearsOld
The Pendragon Cycle / int_a633a438	comment	Really 700 Years Old: Upon reaching maturity, Atlanteans remain in their physical prime through the decades and even centuries, so even the half-Atlantean Merlin remains a young-looking man adept with swordplay at need even after he mostly transitions to being Arthur's bard/druid/healer. (Quite akin to the much, much later version of Merlin in the Fate Series but with dark hair.)
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The Pendragon Cycle / int_a7850fbf	type	Only Known by Their Nickname
The Pendragon Cycle / int_a7850fbf	comment	Only Known by Their Nickname: Aurelius is most often called Aurelius, but once or twice is called Aurelianus, apparently his real formal name. This is due to his historical/legendary basis being known as either Ambrosius Aurelianus or Aurelius Ambrosius, which are not equivalent. (However, unlike in other Arthurian fiction, only Merlin is called Ambrosius, the Latin equivalent of Emrys.)
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The Pendragon Cycle / int_a9eb984b	type	Warrior Poet
The Pendragon Cycle / int_a9eb984b	comment	Warrior Poet: Myrddin literally becomes both due to his life and training, and the author often gives him verses and songs to sing and recite. He's basically a warrior, druid and bard at the same time.
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The Pendragon Cycle / int_b56de77d	type	Misplaced Vegetation
The Pendragon Cycle / int_b56de77d	comment	Misplaced Vegetation: Potatoes exist in Britain centuries too early, since they spread to Europe through the colonization of the Americas.
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The Pendragon Cycle / int_b6203862	type	Interquel
The Pendragon Cycle / int_b6203862	comment	Interquel: Pendragon and Grail are set in the Time Skip between parts two and three of Arthur.
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The Pendragon Cycle / int_b9d334b2	type	Aerith and Bob
The Pendragon Cycle / int_b9d334b2	comment	Aerith and Bob: Similar to other historical-flavored Arthurian retellings, most archaic-looking names for people, groups, places etc. are based on Celtic, Latin, Germanic and other languages, sometimes with the author's own spellings or just made up, to go along with the more familiar "Arthur" (itself once given in Latin as "Artorius") and a few other names like "Blaise". The Celtic Britons or future Welsh are most often called Cymry. Anglo-Saxons are called the Angli and the Saecsens, the latter being more prominent. Justified as they're related groups that merged into one identity later. Picts are Picti and Scots are Scotti, but Irish are Irish.
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The Pendragon Cycle / int_bf0e5040	type	Christian Fiction
The Pendragon Cycle / int_bf0e5040	comment	Christian Fiction: Has strong Christian elements in contrast to most modern Arthurian fiction. The original publisher of the initial trilogy was even an imprint for Christian books.
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The Pendragon Cycle / int_d4efe0d	type	Character Narrator
The Pendragon Cycle / int_d4efe0d	comment	Character Narrator: Used by Lawhead through the series, the only exceptions being Taliesin and Avalon which are third-person narratives. Merlin narrates well..Merlin, Arthur has a different character (Pelleas, Bedwyr, and Aneirin) narrate each of its sections. Merlin returns for Pendragon and Grail is narrated by Gwalchavad.
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The Pendragon Cycle / int_d5d976dd	type	I Have Many Names
The Pendragon Cycle / int_d5d976dd	comment	I Have Many Names: Myrddin, Emrys, Merlin, Mr. Embries in the far future.
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The Pendragon Cycle / int_dae5c997	type	Action Girl
The Pendragon Cycle / int_dae5c997	comment	Action Girl: The equivalent of Guinevere, Gwenhwyvar, is a Lady of War who often joins the fighting herself despite having a bodyguard or champion (i.e. Lancelot), once they are introduced.
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The Pendragon Cycle / int_db912a80	type	The Good King
The Pendragon Cycle / int_db912a80	comment	The Good King: Myrddin during his time on the throne of Dyfed and of course Arthur as High King are both noble rulers.
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The Pendragon Cycle / int_dfe57573	type	Historical In-Joke
The Pendragon Cycle / int_dfe57573	comment	Historical In-Joke: Arthur finally defeats Morcant in battle by exploiting the echoes of a valley and making his force sound much larger than it is. He leads them in chanting "Alleluia!" and Morcant's terrified force flees largely without violence. This is taken from the hagiographies of St. Germanus, who is not directly connected to the Arthurian legend but is said to have defeated a raiding Saxon and Pictish army with the same strategy.
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The Pendragon Cycle / int_e11b003d	type	Translation Convention
The Pendragon Cycle / int_e11b003d	comment	Arthur, the bear. He grows up to be a big robust leader guy who's occasionally nicknamed that both in Celtic (Artos) and in English, and the night he's born, a wild bear enters the house, some saying later that its spirit entered the child.
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The Pendragon Cycle / int_e2ccee25	type	Animal Motifs
The Pendragon Cycle / int_e2ccee25	comment	Animal Motifs: Merlin/Myrddin, the hawk. He has uncommon yellow eyes akin to birds, plus a type of bird is called a merlin, and he is inducted into the Hawk clan of the hidden little "sidhe" people. Vortigern, the fox, matching his red hair and guile. Arthur, the bear. He grows up to be a big robust leader guy who's occasionally nicknamed that both in Celtic (Artos) and in English, and the night he's born, a wild bear enters the house, some saying later that its spirit entered the child.
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The Pendragon Cycle / int_e3d06d0c	type	Bash Brothers
The Pendragon Cycle / int_e3d06d0c	comment	Bash Brothers: Caius/Cai and Bedwyr (Kay and Bedivere) are inseparable warriors and the closest to Arthur.
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The Pendragon Cycle / int_e4965307	comment	Composite Character: The Lancelot equivalent is named Llwch Llenleawg, and the name itself apparently a mash-up of two figures Llwch Leawg and Llenleawg Gwyddel. In the interquels written later, he starts being nicknamed Llencelyn, but most often he's just Llenleawg. The bard Aneirin becomes this series version of Gildas.
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The Pendragon Cycle / int_ee19033d	comment	Atlantis: Here the fall of Atlantis already happened in the backstory, with Avallach's kingdom being The Remnant of a greater continent before it too goes beneath the waves. Atlanteans survivors settle on Yns Witrin/Glastonsbury Tor and found the Kingdom of Lyonesse. An Atlantean sword wielded by Merlin becomes the series version of Excalibur.
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The Pendragon Cycle / int_fb6b207f	comment	You Killed My Father: Aurelius and Uther capture Hengist alive after defeating him in battle, and they decide to execute him over Myrddin's protests that this will just inspire the Saecsens to avenge him. Gorlas (Gorlois) volunteers to do it on the spot since his brother was one of the nobles killed by Hengist's Nasty Party treachery. Sure enough, Hengist's young son Octa is there to witness it, and though Uther spares him from Gorlas's wrath too, he grows up to be one of Arthur's warlord enemies.
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