Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-24674051-20150609161411/@comment-4636650-20150610190448

Anubis16 wrote: Chameleon-Guy wrote: I can totally see Arthur as Lily's father, because this way he cheated on Guinevere too, so it makes it look like the love between her and Lancelot isn't all that wrong. Maybe Guinevere was in love with Lancelot but for some reason was arranged to marry Arthur, possibly. I have to admit I'm a little hazy on the King Arthur story. I mean I know the whole story of The Sword and The Stone, Melrin advises Arthur's father to hide him with a peasant family and a sword is placed in a stone and whoever pulls it will be king and Arthur pulls it out and etc. but all the stuff with Morgan Le Fay and Lancelot and Gunevere and the Knights of the Round Table I don't know too much about. Could someone please tell me the rest of the story. Tbh there are so many different versions that are so different that it's really difficult to say what version OUAT is likely to follow. Personally my favourite version is the tv series Camelot from 2011, it mucks with the story a bit, but those changes serve the plot, however, unlike some of the other versions it retains the darkness of the original legends, rather than trying to gloss over them or just ignoring them, not to mention that Joseph Fiennes' Merlin and Eva Green's Morgan are brilliant :)

The most common version of the story is that Arthur was the son of Uther Pendragon and the Lady Igraine, wife of Gorlois, the Duke of Cornwall, an enemy of Uther's. Gorlois and Igraine were the parents of Morgan/Morgana, Morgause/Anna(sometimes shes the daughter of Uther and Igraine instead) and Elaine(often the three sisters are all combined to make the familiar version of Morgan/Morgana). If I remember correctly Uther had Merlin disguise him as Igraine's husband so that he could have his way with her, inadvertantly getting her pregnant. The same night Uther killed the Duke of Cornwall and he later married Igraine. Arthur was then raised by Sir Ector alongside Ector's own son Kay, away from the royal court. Upon Uther's death, usually ascribed to posion, Arthur becomes king, usually having proved himself to be the son of the King by pulling a sword from a stone.

Arthur later marries Guinevere and at some point in the story is gifted the sword Excalibur by the Lady of the Lake. During Arthur's reign he encounters Morgan/Morgana and the two sleep together(in some versions Morgan/Morgana is aware that she and Arthur are half-siblings, in others she isn't but Arthur is never aware of their relationship at this time. Also in earlier versions it's Morgause/Anna that sleeps with Arthur, completely unaware that he's her brother), resulting in Morgan/Morgana giving birth to their son, Mordred. In most cases Morgan/Morgana is seeking revenge on Arthur as she believes him to be responsible for her, in one way or another, loosing her mother, either that or she just wants more power. As Mordred grows up he becomes determined to take the throne from his father(this varies greatly in different versions). At some point Guinevere falls in love with one of Arthur's knights, Lancelot. Ultimately Arthur and Mordred bitterly battle each other for the throne, which leads to the Battle of Camlann in which Mordred is killed and Arthur, gravely wounded, is taken to the Isle of Avalon(in some versions Morgan/Morgana is in fact one of several priestesses of Avalon) in the hopes that there he will be able to recover from his wounds and one day return to take up his rightful place as King.