The empty seats
After the Grail quest, many seats at the Round Table are empty. Write the story of a new knight chosen to fill one.
After the Grail, the Round Table has seats with no one in them. Write the story of a knight chosen to fill one: how the choosing is done, what the empty seat does to the person put in it, and what the court needs from them that they may not be able to give. A seat at that table has always been half honour and half debt.
- Length
- 400–1200 words
- Wanted
- story
- Tone
- Chivalric, formal on the surface, tired underneath.
What would contradict the canon
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- Arthur is still king and Camelot still stands. This is before Camlann.
- The Siege Perilous stays empty; it is not the seat in question.
- No Grail sequel: the quest is over and its survivors do not go back.
Already sealed, and binding
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- PlaceCamelotArthur's chief castle and city, seat of the Round Table and the brightest court in Christendom.Core canonArchivist19 Sep 2025
- FactionThe Round TableThe fellowship of Arthur's knights, seated at a table with no head so that none is placed above another.Core canonArchivist19 Sep 2025
- ArtifactThe Holy GrailThe vessel of the Last Supper, whose quest scatters the Round Table and which only the purest knight may achieve.Core canonArchivist19 Sep 2025
One way it might open
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They gave him the seat on a Tuesday, which he thought was a poor day for it.
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