How shall I start...? Let's see here...
I'm taking a class on the Arthurian Legends, and we just finished the end of "Candle in the Wind" book of The Once and Future King. I thought it was incredibly sad. Poor Arthur is old now, and all that he loved and worked for is almost all gone. The round table is broken, and has been since many of the Grail Quest knights failed to come back from the quest. Only the ones that failed came back, but they came back changed all the same. Lancelot especially. (Guenevere was not quite pleased with that...) And now Agraviane and Mordred are seriously plotting against him. You can read what happens for your self, but suffice to say that King Arthur and his contemporaries are old now, and tired out.
Here's a story scrap of how my character Nikkily (mostly called Nikki) of the Crystal Keeper Clan, describes the fall of Camelot to her son (who is nameless as of yet).
"Oi!" Nikki called to her son, who was working on putting together a model kit. "Come here, I want to tell you a story from when I was younger."
"Coming Mom," he replied, clicking a piece into place. He then set down the Gundam and went over to sit by his mother on the couch.
"Did I ever tell you that I lived in Camelot for a while when I was younger?"
"You mentioned it, Ma, but never in detail."
"Well, I'll go into detail now.
"You see, Itzal and Drakk were looking for a place where we could live for a while. You grandmother was an accomplished cook, and loved making Bubbly Pies. They were her specialty, and most places had never heard of them, so we made some pretty good money."
"Grams was Pernese," the boy stated proudly.
"Indeed she was," his mother replied. "So eventually we settled to the west of London for a time before the Round Table got work of my mother's cooking prowess. We were invited to live at court. So we went.
"Now, Guenevere was a spitfire, and so was I, so we got along splendidly, despite the noise. Lancelot was ugly as nothing I've seen anywhere else, but he was a very good fighter. Arthur... did his best. He always did his best.
"Circumstances made us leave for a time, during which we went back to Pern and I got Hinto here." Nikki reached up and rubbed her loyal blue fire lizard behind the eyes, making him hum quietly.
"When we came back everyone was surprised at how much I had mellowed, though I could still hold my own with the queen, though she had mellowed as well. Everyone had mellowed and aged, especially Arthur. He... made me want to cry. He looked so very, very, very old. I thought that it would not end well for him. He did his best for so long, and died of it."
"That's really sad. I think I smell dinner, though."
Nikki lifted her nose and sniffed. She smiled, "Indeed you do. I'll go get my father and we'll get ready to eat."
...Yeah. That's it for now!
