Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
The Knight of the Star
by mattador
As with anyone writing an Arthurian story, I owe a great debt to the authors before me -- the anonymous Pearl Poet, for his original poem, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight; Thomas Malory, though I drew from him as little as possible, preferring older sources and greater historical accuracy -- still, without Le Morte D'Arthur, this would be impossible. Roger Lancelyn Green's King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table remains the most comprehensive and accessible compilation of Arthurian legend I have ever encountered, and while my own depictions differ greatly, T.H. White's The Once And Future King has been very influential to me in general, and is responsible for my initial interest in Arthurian Legend. Additionally, I drew on several other similar stories of Sir Gawain: De Ortu Waluuanii, which gives an accounting of his time as a squire; Sir Gawain and the Carle of Carlisle; and The Turke and Gowin. As the 'Turke and Gowin' version of the story, my Sir Bercilak is foreign, specifically Persian/Iranian, as is his wife, the Lady Beryl (who the poem leaves unnamed). Hence my inclusion of this story in the Chromatic Yuletide challenge, though the characters do not appear until Chapter 5. Finally, this story would not be the same without my gracious betas, Megan, Elissa, and Ryn, who went to work despite the unexpected enormity of the story. I certainly didn't set out to make this as long as it was; my original outline claimed it would be 5500 words. It got a little out of hand. I hope you enjoy it regardless.