#exiled from camelot

[enjoyerofstories]

[o--cei]

and for all of kay's open wit, arthur holds the same humor…he just holds it closer to himself...they are obviously brothers, even if not blood

[arthurianpreservationproject]

EXILED FROM CAMELOT by Cherith Baldry and BLESSED BASTARD by Ruth P. M. Lehmann are available on the Internet Archive!

IMG ID: Cover of Exiled From Camelot by Cherith Baldry. Sir Kay is a dark haired man carrying a sword as he steps through a wooded area with colorful leaves. In the foreground is a skull. IMG ID: Cover of Blessed Bastard by Ruth P. M. Lehmann. The cover features a picture of the tapestry "The Vision of the Holy Grail" designed by Sir Edward Burne-Jones which depicts Galahad kneeling outside the chapel where the Holy Grail has appeared on a table before some angels.

[queer-ragnelle]

Exiled From Camelot by Cherith Baldry | More quotes at Arthuriana Daily

[kulttuurinkurittama]

I started reading exiled from camelot on my breaks at work and

What

Like I'm fully expecting this to turn into rescue fantasy smut by now

[gingersnaptaff]

I have finished re-reading Exiled From Camelot and, my god, Cherith Baldry, that was fuckin INSANE. I broke down crying thrice and I'm AHHHHHHHHHHHH about it. Jesus fucking Christ, I'm begging you to read it. Begging.

[pluggedintosaverockandroll]

Reading Exiled from Camelot

A huge thanks to L (@queer-ragnelle) for the pdf! <3

Live reactions to me reading the book under the cut.

oww :(

Loholt what is your problem ???

Kay gives Gawain an apple how sweet!

“We have many courtiers, but only one Kay” I am so here for Kay Guenevere friendship

I haven’t read that many stories featuring Gareth but I like him so far!

The way Kay and Arthur are written is doing things to me, brothers who aren’t really brothers ://

SO MANY KAYWAIN MOMENTS!!!

MY HEART

KAYWAIN REAL

I love that Gawain is a healer in this

Kay loves his job as seneschal/steward so much and he’s so good at it too!

"I want Kay back! I want everything as it used to be!"

I want to give Gareth a hug :(

ONCE AGAIN MY POOR HEART

LADY ALIENOR I LOVE YOU

Oh I love the way the Table works with the names!

SCREAMING CRYING THROWING UP ETC

This book really said Kaywain rights

“Be yourself, Kay. Be what we need.”

Great book! It made me feel many things!

L, I actually really enjoyed seeing traces of what you underlined. It made me feel like I was reading the book with a friend <3

Well guess I have to read The Last Knight of Camelot now.

[fuckyeaharthuriana]

me adding Cherith Baldry's Kay books on my goodreads "arthurian lgbtq"

[gellavonhamster]

Only some 50 pages into Exiled from Camelot so far and I already want to murder Loholt myself. Fuck them kids

[enjoyerofstories]

The portrayal of Arthur and Kay's relationship in Exiled from Camelot made me go crazy

[o--cei]

i'm not going to survive this novel

[queer-ragnelle]

I hope you don't mind me asking. But how do you create PDF files that you can search through them? Your method is so unique, so I'm curious.

Hi anon!

After I scan a book and have a PDF saved, it can’t be searched. It has to be edited and made that way. So I open it up in Adobe Acrobat. There’s a tool called “Optimize PDF” which has a lot of different features you can fine tune the settings of but essentially what it does is:

Straighten out the text to be perfectly horizontal and level (I try to scan two pages at a time then crop, so raw scans can be a little wonky)

Recognizes the text on the page (which allows key word search, highlighting, commenting, everything you can do with a word document)

Reduces file size (I scan at 300 or 400 dpi, which makes a sharp image, but a huge file, so this compresses it to be easier to store and share)

I find this aspect of scanning to be very valuable, personally, as it can make researching and referring back much easier. Even though I’ve already read these books, searching through for a specific scene is vastly more efficient when you can pinpoint the exact sentence based on a remembered phrase. It’s also nice to be able to highlight those to emphasize a point. Furthermore by reducing the file size it’s much easier to share the information with others. I’m able to attach files to messages without going over limits and I can open the books right from the google drive mobile app wherever I go.

Like if I’m out and about wondering just how much Cherith Baldry loves Kay, I can crack open Exiled From Camelot and do this

2,387 mentions of Kay? Yeah. He’s kind of a big deal. ;^)

But real talk accessibility is an important aspect of my archival work. I try to provide the best version of a scan I can with my limited resources because I don’t know that the book will survive otherwise. Ruth PM Lehmann has passed away, so scanning Blessed Bastard, which only had a limited printing to begin with and now lacks a beneficiary, felt significant to me. The same goes for Peter Hanratty’s The Book of Mordred, which is an English translation of a German story and hasn’t been in print for decades. As for medlit, La Tavola Ritonda and my janky scanner tested my will to live but it ended up being so worth it to see everyone’s thoughts on it! I couldn’t find PDFs of these texts available anywhere, so I wanted to make sure they were preserved in the most accessible state possible for everyone to enjoy.

Anyway I hope that answers your question. I’ve got two books on the way I’m going to scan next and looking forward to sharing! :^) Take care.<3

[gingersnaptaff]

I know you already answered but can I ask again for another 😈💏 and also 😇

YES, EVAN ABSOLUTELY!!!!!!!

😈 Who is a character you discovered this year? (Negative, beloathed)

ESPINOGRES. Bad man. Bad. Evil. Don't KIDNAP LADIES. Don't try and vamp your daughter. Don't abandon a paramour cuz you found a better model. What is WRONG WITH YOU?

🧑‍❤️‍💋‍🧑 What is a ship you discovered you enjoy this year?

People shipping Gareth x Lynette, you're doing the lord's work. God bless. (I kinda thought they would get together but was super sad when they didn't. Why did she get lumped with Gaheris? Why did Gareth have to go with Lyonors. Why do I feel so strongly about this?)

Also Gawain x Kay. Holy fuuuuuuck. Rewired my brain chem. Thank u, Cherith Baldry. Thank u Exiled From Camelot. Thank you @caer-gai and @queer-ragnelle for recommending it

😇 Who is a character you discovered this year? (Positive, blorbo)

PALOMIDES!!!! Sir, I was not familiar with your game and that is ON ME. Shout out to Lev Grossman's 'The Bright Sword' for that. Superb book. Beloved. My penguin hot water bottle is now called Pal because of Palomides. (Also, Parrot because of the anon who suggested I name it after the parrot from 'Knight of the Parrot.'

[queer-ragnelle]

They are in love<3

If you haven’t read them already, here are two more short stories by Cherith Baldry.

Hunt of the Hart Royal (scanned by me)

In the Forest Perilous (scanned by @jewishlancelot)

Enjoy! :^)

*grits teeth*.... i'm normal i'm normal i'm sooooo normal about this

Cherith Baldry's Exiled From Camelot and The Trial of Sir Kay, both scanned by @queer-ragnelle