- Lamorak
Lamorak is a
Knight of the Round Table inArthurian legend . He was the son of KingPellinore and the brother of Tor,Aglovale ,Percival , the Grail maidenDindrane and sometimes others. He makes his first appearance in theProse Tristan , and shows up in later works like thePost-Vulgate Cycle and SirThomas Malory 's "Le Morte d'Arthur ". Lamorak's father Pellinore was one ofKing Arthur 's earliest allies, but he thrusts his family into a bloodfeud when he killsKing Lot ofLothian in a battle. Ten years later Lot's sonsGawain andGaheris avenge their father's death by slaying Pellinore in a duel. Lamorak grows up to join the Round Table, and despite the enmity between the two families, he begins an affair with Lot's widowMorgause . [http://www.earlybritishkingdoms.com/bios/lamorak.html] Gaheris catches the lovers together while Morgause is staying at Gawain's estate, and he promptly beheads her (In some modern versions of the story, it isAgravaine who kills his mother, not Gaheris). He lets the unarmed Lamorak go, and the latter goes on the lam. He reappears at a tournament and explains the situation to Arthur, but refuses the king's promise of a truce. When he rides off he is ambushed by Gawain, Gaheris,Agravaine , andMordred ; Mordred delivers the blow that kills him. A cousin of Lamorak's, Sir Pinel le Savage, attempts to avenge his death by poisoning Gawain atGuinevere 's dinner party, but the poison is accidentally taken by another knight, whose kinsman blames the queen and tries to have her executed. [http://www.earlybritishkingdoms.com/bios/lamorak.html]Lamorak was known for his strength and fiery temper, and fought off thirty knights on at least two occasions. Some sources refer to him as Arthur's third best knight, behind only
Lancelot andTristan , but he was not exceptionally popular in the romance tradition, confined to the cyclical material, subordinate to more major characters. [http://www.earlybritishkingdoms.com/bios/lamorak.html]References
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