The Great Wizard, named Merlin saved King Arthur’s life, by setting a spell on Pellinore, causing him to fall asleep, but mistakenly Arthur believes that Merlin has killed Pellinore until he is filled in with all of the correct information.

            In the beginning of the chapter, Merlin is in a major attempt to keep him from seeing Arthur. He is talking to Pellinore about Arthur, being King. All of a sudden, Merlin sets a spell on Pellinore that puts him into a deep sleep. After Merlin takes this action he takes Arthur away with him, while trying to explain to Arthur that if he had not taken him away Pellinore would have killed him. Arthur had nothing against Pellinore at all. All Arthur did was talk about how good of a king Pellinore was, and how nice he was to everyone. Arthur’s first reaction to Merlin was how horrible he was because he thought so highly about Pellinore. At this point in time, Arthur is upset at Merlin because he believes that Merlin has killed Pellinore. During this time of arguing Merlin takes his time and explains everything very thoroughly to Arthur. For instance, some of the things that Merlin told King Arthur were that he did not kill Pellinore; he just put him to sleep for a few hours. After that long vivid explanation he also explains that Pellinore would have killed him if Merlin did not come and save his life.  Next, not only does Merlin explain to Arthur about Pellinore, but he also gives Arthur unknown information about Pellinore. Merlin, the wizard states that Pellinore will have 2 sons, named Percival of Wales and Lamerane of Wales. Merlin also states that Pellinore should be able to foretell the name of Arthur’s upcoming and future son.  This brought confusion over Arthur and he did not know where to turn. He was being told one thing from one person, that he believed he could trust, and then Merlin tries to tell him a different side. This is said to lead to all of destruction.

 Written by: Jessica Kraft, Class of 09'