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URIENS :
Trying to make an alliance with us…
Demanding we make their occupation of our lands official…
How dare they?!
BEDIVERE :
Not so loud, Uriens.
We’re still within earshot.
URIENS :
And what if they hear it?
I’ll drive them out by force if I must.
BEDIVERE :
As they pointed out, war is a costly thing,
and we’ve driven them back as far as we could up until now…
… in vain.
URIENS :
You heard them. They’re weak right now.
BEDIVERE :
So are we.
URIENS :
That’s the point!
This is the time for Arthur to take a stand and join us against a common enemy
and drive them off our lands!
MORDRED :
They’re not going anywhere.
URIENS :
What are you saying, Mordred?
MORDRED :
…
They’ve been here too long.
There’s hundreds of people, just in this one colony.
URIENS :
What about it?
They will go, or we will kill every last one of them.
MORDRED :
( Uh… )
They have fearsome warriors, and, for now,
close ties to their homeland.
All of them would have reasons to ally themselves with our enemies.
Other clans or other kingdoms that resent Arthur.
I believe we have everything to win if we make that alliance first.
BEDIVERE :
Not a chance.
MORDRED :
But… why turn down something that would make us stronger, more stable?
BEDIVERE :
I already went over my stance during the audience.
I’ve nothing else to add.
Any further talk on this subject will happen at the Round Table.
MORDRED :
…
( Hmpf. )
URIENS :
I knew I should’ve taken charge of your education.
Didn’t your mother teach you anything?
To bend the knee against invaders?
That is not the Scottish way.
Loth wouldn’t have bent the knee to anyone.
MORDRED :
… And he died for it.
URIENS :
No!
He died because Pellinore of Listenoise killed him.
I see the Round Table’s got you on a leash,
just like your sister.
There’s nothing left of our clan in her mind, or yours.
MORDRED :
I-I’m just saying we should consider all of our options.
URIENS :
The only thing to consider
is what we’ll do with them if they refuse to leave our lands!
We’ve tolerated them too long already, and you want them to stay?!
Why not open our doors to them and let them fuck our spouses too, while we’re at it?
BEDIVERE :
Calm down, Uriens.
URIENS :
You shut up!
I’m talking to my nephew!
If he is indeed my nephew at all.
BEDIVERE :
What’s that supposed to mean?
URIENS :
You’ve heard the rumors, haven’t you?
MORDRED :
…
Which ones?
The same ones that have dragged my mother through the mud for years
just because she’s not part of the clan?
URIENS :
The rumors that claim you’re not Loth’s son,
but Arthur’s.
And after this kind of display, I’m starting to think
I see where they’re coming from.
[ GET HIM! ]
URIENS :
…That’s the most Scottish thing you’ve done so far.
The stupidest one too.
[ woof. ]
URIENS :
I won’t lower myself to making an alliance
that goes against my principles.
Let’s go.
We’ve better things to do than sticking around Arthur’s lapdogs.
[ back to the duel!! brunor down!! unless ]
PERCIVAL :
I didn’t see what happened… ?
How did Brunor get unhorsed?
TRISTAN :
I think…
… he fell on his own?
I didn’t see Lancelot land a blow.
DINADAN :
It’s not surprising, if I’m being honest.
He never did fix his horsemanship.
The way he sits, he’s not stable when he charges.
Believe me, it wasn’t easy to squire for him back in the day.
BABY DINADAN :
Hold onto your damn horse, won’t you?
BABY BRUNOR :
You hold still, won’t you?!
[ brunor gets up. ]
LANCELOT :
…
PERCIVAL :
Isn’t he at a disadvantage, being on foot while Lancelot’s still ahorse?
TRISTAN :
He is. With that said…
[ lancelot hops off her horse and unsheathes her sword. ]
PERCIVAL :
Oh!
TRISTAN :
I knew it.
She’d never have let him stay at a disadvantage.
DINADAN :
[ sighs ]
That’s reassuring.
Brunor’s a much better fighter on his feet.
LANCELOT :
Come on, king of Estrangore.
Show me what you’re worth.
ROUND TABLE TRIVIA
The Germanics & the island of Britain, part three.
The Germanic started raiding Britain centuries ago, but only settled there long after.
[ reconstitution of merlin meeting a germanic oop ]
Many conflicts emerged, on top of those already ongoing among the Britonnic kingdoms. This solidified Britain’s need for unity, eventually leading to Arthur’s creation of the Round Table.