Knights of the Round Table

A couple of very quickly painted Arthurian relics, the Grail and Sword in the Stone, plus a Dwarven blacksmith. Useful as objective markers or scatter for games.

Next up are some of the key ladies from Arthurian tales – Isolde, Queen Guenevere, Morgan le Fay and the Lady in the Lake. I’m most happy with how the veil worked out on the Lady of the Lake.

Two villains to battle the Knights of the Round Table, Sir Marhault and Sir Turquine.

Sir Marhault was a champion of King Anguish of Ireland, and is often portrayed as a fierce and formidable opponent in battle. In some versions of the story, Marhalt is sent by King Anguish to challenge the King of Cornwall to a duel over a dispute regarding tribute. In other versions Marhalt is sent to avenge the death of his brother, who was killed by Tristan, the nephew of King Mark of Cornwall.

Sir Turquine was a Knight who hated the Knights of the Round Table. He would challenge them at a river crossing to battle, and then throw them into his prison when he won. Shields from the defeated where hung on a tree to defy Arthur. The Once and Future King numbers his captives at 64, before Lancelot finally overcomes Turquine after a 2 hour duel.

The Green Knight appears at Arthur’s Court one winter, bearing an axe and a holly bough. He issues a challenge – he will allow one man to strike a blow against him with his axe, but with the condition that he receives the same blow in turn a year later. Gawain beheads the Green Knight, but this does not kill him, so a year later Gawain journeys to recieve the same blow in kind.

A warrior from the Otherworld, the land of faerie. Choosing to appear as an undead apparition equipped with arms from the past, the Faerie Knight would be a testing martial challenge for questing knights.