nimue, the lady of the lake, is an enchantress in the matter of britain, the body of medieval literature and legend associated with king arthur. she plays a pivotal role in many stories, including giving arthur his sword excalibur, enchanting merlin, and raising lancelot after the death of his father.
This is all in the Arthuriana AU I’ve made in my head
I guess I wanted to keep his design as the ‘enchanter knight’ type character that he is in earlier literature. But, instead of a visual reference to Merlyn and his kind of natural, earthly magic, Kay has to rely on objects and spells and dark rituals to be able to use magic because it doesn’t come naturally to him.
Kay is unpleasant to everyone but Arthur, and in this AU has somewhat of a ‘rivalry’ with Lancelot, as Lancelot disapproves of his profane magic. Of course, Lancelot is a much better and capable knight than Kay, who relies on his longbow and spells and only dons armor when absolutely necessary
2/2 (An extremely spiritual chalice that gives you unending food? Yup, it’s the Cauldron of Regeneration, all right!)
I think the beauty of arthuriana is that there are so many themes and characters that everyone can find something they do and don’t like! I understand what you mean!
I personally really enjoy the character, but of course my interpretation of it might be wildly different (being so young, for me it’s more about people manipulating him /leading him to that grail point and him truly believing that he’s doing good).
Ok, not to be a ass but galahad literally left the protagonist and mashu to die and refuse to save humanity. Mordred had been nothing but loyal and she would glady die for her master, no questions asked.
Arthurian Legends 