The survivors of Camlann
Only a handful of knights lived through the last battle. Tell the story of one of them in the years after.
A handful of men walked away from Camlann. Write one of them, years later: what work they do now, what they tell people about the battle, and what they tell no one. The ending of the Matter of Britain is fixed. What is open is how anyone lives in the country it left behind.
- Length
- 400–1200 words
- Wanted
- story
- Tone
- Aftermath. Quiet, exact, no battles on the page.
What would contradict the canon
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- Arthur does not return, and no one in the story knows whether he will.
- Do not rewrite who died at Camlann.
- The survivor is not Lancelot, Bedivere or Gawain. Those lives are already written.
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
- PlaceAvalonThe isle of apples, where Excalibur was forged and where Arthur was carried to be healed.Core canonArchivist19 Sep 2025
- EventThe Battle of CamlannThe last battle of Arthur's reign, where he and Mordred struck each other down and the Round Table ended.Core canonArchivist19 Sep 2025
One way it might open
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He had been a smith before the war and he was a smith after it, which surprised everyone but him.
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