Book 21: The Death of Arthur

Chapter four:

The battle between King and Lord

Father and Son

The Fight between Mordred and Arthur

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King Arthur and Lord Mordred hate each other. They are father and son yet they have more hatred then almost any enemies. The two armies of Mordred and Arthur meet in a large field hopefully to settle things out to prevent the death of hundreds of thousands of men. Before the battle would start there is a negotiation of the two sides.

Each side brings out their King and 14 great knights. Before the two kings met (King Arthur and Lord Mordred) they told their knights not to trust the other side because the two Kings know that they will do anything to win, and there is no trust no matter the blood relations. Because of the lack of trust both Kings told their knights to attack if any sword was drawn. The two sides met in the middle of the field hoping not to fight. As the negotiation started an adder came out from under a bush and struck one of the knights on the foot, and he pulled out his sword to kill the adder. As the sword was drawn, Arthur’s men saw it and attacked the knight. This was how the war was started, all from an adder. The battle was very long and very gruesome, and ended the lives of more then 100,000 men in one night.

By the end of the battle there were only warriors alive on the field, they were King Arthur, Lord Mordred, Sir Lucan, and Sir Bedivere. The reason that I say warriors was because there were hundreds of looters that had invaded the field to take possessions from the dead or wounded Knights.

            King Arthur saw his son in the battlefield and wanted vengeance on him. Sir Bedivere and Sir Lucan tried to stop King Arthur from killing Mordred, but could not stop him. Arthur grabbed a spear and ran at Mordred piercing the spear right through his heart. But Mordred was not done, and with the last little bit of strength he pulled himself up the spear and struck Arthur on the head with his sword. The strike pierced Arthur’s helmet and went into his brain. Then Sir Bedivere and Lucan grabbed Arthur to try to save him, but in the process of picking Arthur up Sir Lucan’s guts fell out and he died. So Sir Bedivere was left alone to take King Arthur to safety.