It was during a dark period in British history, between the time the Romans left Britain and the time it took for the new Welsh and English kingdoms to form, that emerged the legend of King Arthur. Many believe he was real. Fewer believe he was a fabrication of twelfth century romanticists. Real or not, he has left an impression on both English and non-English speaking people.

If real, then he might have been a hero of the Britons by the name of Artorius Dux Bellorum, or Arthur Duke of Battles. Somewhere between 490 and 516 AD, Arthur (Celtic form of Artorius) led his people in twelve battles defeating the invading Saxons. It was at the last of these twelve battles at Mons Badonicus that Arthur finally secured peace for the Britons that lasted perhaps as long as fifty years. It was also because of these victories that he became a legend among his people.

Most of the accounts that we are familiar with about King Arthur originate from a book entitled Le Morte d’Artur written from a damp and dingy prison cell in Newgate Prison, London, England by Sir Thomas Malory in 1469 and first printed in 1485. Malory wrote his book by compiling all of the known texts at that time about the characters of Arthurian lore.

According to Le Morte d’Artur, King Arthur was mortally wounded defeating the forces of Sir Mordred, King Arthur’s illegitimate son, during the Battle of Camlann. Also, according to Morte d’Artur, the only survivor of that battle was a knight named Sir Bedivere.

Unbeknownst to Sir Thomas Malory and other writers of Arthurian Lore, there were, not one, but two knights who survived the Battle of Camlann. Somewhere during the dark ages of European history, his name was lost to obscurity, only to be rediscovered in this present age. This is the story of that other knight, the Last Knight of Camelot.