King Arthur

King Arthur was the first child of King Uther Pendragon, next in line to the throne.You can find King Arthur in the book King Arthur and Knights of the Round Table written by, Sir Thomas Mallory (“Le Morte D’Arthur”).  

Noble Birth

King Arthur was of course of noble birth, his father was King Uther of England, and if he wasn’t of noble blood he wouldn’t have been able to pull the sword from the stone therefore making him the right-wise heir to the throne.

The Mundane World

Since Arthur was the rightful heir to the throne, Merlin, a wise magician advised that as a baby, Arthur should grow up in a remote area, and so no one would know his actually identity.  Soon after King Uther Pendragon died.  So Merlin set his magic sword in a stone, and whoever could pull the sword from the stone is the, “right wise born king of all England.”  Then Arthur came along, and pulled the sword out of the stone for another to use to fight in a tournament, soon afterwards Arthur became king. 

The Call To Adventure

King Arthur had many calls to adventure while he was king, for one, when he pulled the sword out of the stone certainly counts as a call to adventure because that means he is the right-wise king of England, and that means a whole lot of responsibility on Arthur’s part.  Also when Arthur was, “chosen 12 times to lead the Celts, Arthur bore the image of the Virgin and won 12 battles, the last being at Mt. Badon, in which he killed 960 of the enemy single-handed”, this is also a call Arthur could have turned down, but he accepted this call to adventure and vanquished the enemies.

Supernatural Qualities

Though Arthur may not obtain any supernatural abilities, he does in fact possess a magical sword named, ‘Excalibur’ given to him by Merlin. This Magical sword helps him vanquished many foes.

Quest

Throughout Arthur’s life he searches for lost treasure, which him and his men believed could cure-all illnesses, and this was the ‘Quest for the Holy Grail’. But even though Arthur spent the majority of his life searching for the Holy Grail, he failed to ever obtain it.

Final Battle

Arthur’s final battle was at Camlan where bother Arthur and his nephew Mordred were both mortally wounded.  Arthur was then put on a boat to be floated down river to have his wounds treated to by three mysterious maidens.  Soon after King Arthur’s body was never found, showing that his final battle might have possible taken his life.