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ARTHUR MY BABYGIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Young Arthur is just starting his journey as a king. He's a little disappointed that no one takes him seriously, so he tries to make an impression of a tall man by wearing a giant fur coat. And you might think that he's also trying to make a serious face, but no, he's just thinking. I like the idea that he's kind of anxious because, after coronation, literally everyone decided to fight him, so he didn't have any time to adapt.

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It’s my opinion

A fictional guy should only be made blonde to signify that there's something wrong with him

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Quick Mordred sketch

Thinking about his days as a Lancelot’s squire. It’s the period when every knight he meets tells how tall he has become. And he blushes, quite awkwardly, but feels proud.

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orkney brothers

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Congrats on releasing your own book! I'm so inspired by your journey as an author

THE MOONLIT KNIGHT, my first book in the ELEGY OF AN EMPIRE series, is coming out 1st July 2025!

The Lady of Ruby was a beautiful dream from which Sir Gawain never wanted to wake. King Arthur's famous nephew, Sir Gawain of Orkney, Knight of the Round Table, is known by many names: Hawk of May, Dawnbreaker, Maiden's Knight. With great acclaim comes even greater expectation. When a challenge from Persian knight Sir Gromer Somer Joure draws Gawain east of the Mediterranean Sea, a new confrontation arises from Gromer's outspoken sister. The Knight of Maidens' reputation could be his undoing. Zoroastrian widow Osti Mahtab, granddaughter of Iran's revolutionary Mobed Mazdak, detests violence. And the men who make names for themselves through it. While long resigned to her devout life within the Old City's walls, she would sooner die than admit her little brother's challenger to the inner sanctum uncontested. Yet by forestalling this game of blows betwixt paladins, has Mahtab inadvertently entered the fray herself? In this retelling of The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle, Persian mythology clashes and mingles with Arthurian to create a new and exciting tale of romance, self-discovery, and fantasy. The Moonlit Knight marks the first installment of the Elegy of An Empire epic that promises to entice old and new fans of the legends for years to come.

Pre-order your copy today in print or as an ebook!

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or your local bookshop or library!

A big thank you to @mortiscausa for this beautiful cover. Go show her some love!

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first prompt: The son I wanted to draw little Mordred for so long and this prompt fits perfectly for this idea. I don't think that this sciene could ever happen in canonical arthuriana setting, but I headcanon Arthur as trans (srry tmordred fans I love yall so much) so he pretty much could give birth to Mordred and I think he would be heartbroken letting go of that child. Anyway it can be interpreted as AU where Mordred is a prince and everything's just fine

Or it can be a symbolic painting-ish thing that never happened

Anyway! You can tell me what you see on that artwork, fell free to comment on your thoughts, I just want to yap about Arthuriana as much as i can @mordredpendragon yay

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I will to participate yay

MAYDRED 2025: Long Live the Kingslayer!

Join me in celebrating our favorite traitor and ursurper, Sir Mordred in his BIGGEST birthday bash yet!

The concept is to celebrate Mordred and the different aspects of his character althroughout the stages of his life. His birth, youth and prime, his relationships with his kin, and his downfall at the battle at Camlann. The last prompt is a Free Day, so you have free reign to do whatever you want so long as it's about Mordred!

MAY 1-5 : The Son

I know thee now, Mordred! My son! My very son! The child of Youth and Doom, sent to me from the past with life's young glory in thy wilful eyes and in thine hand, stark death! —Mordred: A Tragedy by Henry Newbolt

MAY 6-10: The Brother

The youngest brother was named Mordred. He was greater in stature than any of the others and the worst knight; although he had great strength and was more inclined to do evil than good, he nevertheless delivered many fine blows. —Vulgate, Lancelot IV

MAY 11-15: The Knight

Well, Mordred, go thy way. Thou'rt a bold spirit: if the rest of us could match the sanguine color of thy thoughts, perchance too we might come to govern kings, and do the thing we would.—Mordred: A Tragedy by Henry Newbolt

MAY 16-20: The Traitor

This traitor allowed a tear to trickle down his cheeks. Then he turned around and said no more but went away weeping, cursing the day that destiny that dealt him such a blow. —Alliterative Morte Arthure

MAY 21-25: The Kingslayer

Thus did the father kill the son, and the son mortally wounded the father. —Vulgate, Death of Arthur

MAY 26-31: Free Day

"Arthur should have more dread of me than I of him." — Mordred Manuscript by Norris J. Lacy

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links are supplied by the Arthurian Preservation Project! shoutout to @queer-ragnelle and @tboymordred for helping me plan this out, you guys are real ones 💞

RULES:

Firstly, you will be alloted a total of 5 days for each prompt, with the exception of Free Day, which has a total of 6 days. All mediums are welcome! Digital illustrations, traditional paintings, writing of all kinds, music, gifsets, webweaves, etc.

Any iteration of Mordred is welcome! Whether it be your own personal interpretation of him from a project you're working on (which is highly encouraged!), depictions from medieval literature, fanwork for an existing Arthurian media such as films, TV, books, music, etc.

Secondly, stricly NO AI-GENERATED CONTENT.

Remember to tag your work as #maydred and my blog @mordredpendragon so I can see it and reblog your work! If you guys have any questions, don't hesitate to shoot me an ask.

Have fun! And remember,

⚔️ LONG LIVE THE KINGSLAYER! ⚔️

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I've been thinking about young Lancelot lately

small sketch of him with a cleft lip, I like the idea of him being kind of ugly

and white clothes bc I've read somewhere that he's a white knight or smth

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they give me THIS VIBE

what if we kissed in the halls of camelot

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what if we kissed in the halls of camelot

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this fandom made me love history so I drew some doodles while listening WW2 history Arthuriana content will never leave don't worry

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Same.

the thing is i literally only draw arthuriana and my ocs . and ive never posted oc art because like. lol who gives a shit . but i like the idea of having like a record of art i really liked so that i can look back on it as i get better. so you all will have to tolerate my little guys being interspersed w arthurian stuff lol sorry

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Image Lancelot Du Lac as a white knight in more decorative romantic white armour

Of course Arthur made him wear it or Ginny idk

Because I think he feels kinda uncomfortable in pretty clothes, especially in decorative armour

He's like WHY DID YOU MAKE ARMOUR IMPRACTICAL THIS IS SO STUPID HOW SHOULD I FIGHT IN THIS?????

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Inktober day two, the secret

Arthur has a small talent for magic but keeps it secret because having a magic sword is already too much for human world to accept

Drawing on paper is true inktober experience

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I really want to do the arthurian legend themed inktober but I'm not sure how productive can I be

But anyway starting strong with "Sword" theme. Mordred having a break between workouts and being silly and joking with Galahad. I've been really into Mordred being just a normal teenager theme lately, so here it is

@kulttuurinkurittama thanks for promts!

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Goodness making this on my crappy phone picture editing program was interesting, anyway, arthuriana inktober, because I can! Feel free to join in!

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I would love to participate yoooooo

Should I do an arthuriana themed inktober? I wanna but I'm not all that good at making prompts:')