Two knights met in the middle of the night in a valley. One of the knights represented Camelot, while the other knight represented the North Kingdom. The knight from Camelot spoke of the fellowship that existed among King Arthur’s court. While the Knight from the North told of a plot to kill King Arthur with the greatest poison. The knight from Camelot warned the knight from the North of a magician known by the name of Merlin because he knows the devils craft.  The knight from Camelot was not going to let the other knight get away with killing King Arthur so they parted their separate ways.

   As the knights were on their journey back home King Pellinore and his lady were getting ready to ride to Camelot.  As the King and his lady were riding by a well they found a wounded knight and a lady.  The lady looked as if she had been eaten by lions or other wild beats for all they left of her was her head.  The King was very sad for the loss of this lady and was asking himself why could not have saved her.  For this lady was fair and young as was the knight.  His lady then asked her king to take her advice and let the knight be buried in a hermitage, and then take the lady’s head straight to King Arthur.  So then King Pellinore took the dead knight on his shoulder and brought him to the hermitage and charged the hermit with the corpse and to give him a proper burial. The king told the hermit that this service should be done for his soul. The hermit told the king that, “it shall be done, as I will answer unto God.”

 Written by: Amanda Rehtmeyer Class of ‘08