[KOA] Ray, next time a woman asks you if you're a god, say YES!

[The_Universe]

The religious speculation re: Tiamat, etc. took over the main thread for almost two pages. People seemed interested, even though it's probably only tangential to the problem at hand.

However, that doesn't mean we can't talk about it. Hence, this thread.

So, the floor is open for questions and speculation--let's delve deep into the mythology and religion of the Falcon Kingdom!

 

[Laurel]

Speculation/guesses/assumptions/facts:
Tiamat = Morgaine (sp?)
Oberon = Merlin
Last campaign PCs = knights of the round table

More way out there poss.
Bluestar = Uther Pendragon
I can't really see anyone person as Arthur except maybe Thane Apecto??

okay, really this was just posted since I am bored. This is more for Gerti and her bard knowledge, unless the Amastian temple or Michael (dad) liked these stories for some reason.

 

[The_Universe]

Well, as for who would have played the arthur role in the last campaign, the first falcon King would be a good guess. Very much a sword in the stone type tale, but with an extended timeline. The Good kingdom falls, and the last of the line is hidden with a trusted vassal lord, and raised as his son.

Time passes, and eventually one of the descendents of the hidden prince discovers his heritage (and here he thought he was just the son of a lowly Baron for all of this time), including 13 magic swords hidden in great Rune Stones all across the land. Whosoever pulleth out those swords from those stones is the right-wise ruler of the Kingdom...

But the evil woman of shadow wants her own son on the throne, and sonny-boy is not entirely without ambition. So, bad king and good king end up starting a civil war as the old empire *cough* Rome *cough* loses control of the island of kings *cough* Britain *cough*, and eventually of the entire known world *cough* Rome, again *cough*.

But the good king is not without a patron. Just as the bad king (Mordred) has a mother of power, as the good King's true father dies, a being of power steps in to guide the potential King (Oberon).

Meanwhile, allies of both of the leaders gather armies, and clash in hundreds of battles across the kingdom. Good triumphs over evil, and (unlike the french versions of the Arthurian legend) a golden age!

Just goes to show you how unoriginal I can be, eh? While the Arthurian themes are a little less obvious in this game that they were in the last, it is not entirely without them.

 

[Laurel]

Just for fun reading

I think Gerti covered Tiamat so here's somethin' for Mordred:

http://www.kingarthursknights.com/others/mordred.asp

Mordred
in the Annales Cambriae we are told that Arthur and Medrawt (Mordred) perished at Camlan, but we are not told they were on different sides. Geoffrey informs us that Mordred was Arthur's nephew, the son of Arthur's sister
Anna and her husband, Lot of Lothian. The Dream of Rhonabwy makes him Arthur's foster-son as well as his nephew. Geoffrey asserts that, when Arthur was away on his Roman campaign, Mordred seized Guinevere and the throne, thus paving the way for their final battle. Ly Myreur des Historires claims Mordred survived the battle, only to be defeated by Lancelot who executed Guinevere - doubtless because he thought she had willingly complied in being seized - and incarcerated Mordred with her dead body which Mordred ate before dying of starvation.

The incest motif in the story of Mordred's birth appears only latterly. The earliest occurence is in the Mort Artu. In Malory's version, Arthur slept with his half-sister Morgause, not knowing they were related and, as a result, Mordred was born. When Arthur discovered the whole truth, in an attempt to kill Mordred he had all children born on the day of Mordred's birth set adrift. The ship carrying Mordred was wrecked, but he survived and was fostered by Nabur.

As an adult, Mordred became one of Arthur's knights and was for a time a companion of Lancelot. He took the part of the Orkney family against the family of Pellinore, slaying Pellinore's son, Lamorak. When Arthur went to fight Lancelot, Mordred was left as regent in his absence. He proclaimed that Arthur was dead and then laid siege to Guinevere, so Arthur's return became necessary.

In Wace, Mordred is not Arthur's son, but Guinevere (whom he seized and made his queen) was his sister. In the Alliterative Morte Arthure, he and Guinevere had a child. In Welsh tradition Mordred married Cywyllog, daughter of Caw, and they had two sons. In the earliest Welsh sources he seems to have been regarded as a hero rather than a villain.

 

[The_Universe]

Interesting take, and by-the-book accurate. Any speculation on how close it is to the KoA Mordred? I'll fill in with what you might know if I see holes, etc.