He was there to help, assist, and fulfill his master’s wants and dreams to the exclusion of all else. Tristan, the forty-year-old Edling of Kernow, who had come to Arthur's aid at Lugg Vale and at the Battle of London, falls in love with his stepmother, the fifteen-year old Queen Iseult of Kernow. K. Rowling’s writing style and storytelling technique get better with each book, and what she did with the final book, Deathly Hallows, was absolutely amazing. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him.

Cornwell succeeds in advancing the plot while providing well conceived characterizations, relationships and very strong themes.Arthur's unexpected victory over the combined armies of Powys and Siluria at Lugg Vale has brought peace and unity to the British kingdoms. Derfel and Ceinwyn move to Lindinis with the six-year-old Mordred, and their daughter, Morwenna, is born there. Esses cristãos, além de serem fervorosos, procuram acabar com a "magia" dos antigos deuses que sempre estiveram presentes nas orações dos habitantes dessa terra.

When they find it, Cerdic arrives with Dinas and Lavaine and claims it as his own, since they are now in his kingdom. Para que isso não aconteça, Merlin empreende uma busca por um caldeirão mágico que tem tudo para dar errado, pois o território a ser desbravado é controlado por inimigos sedentos por sangue. Other themes include: confrontations with the Saxon Kings, Cerdic and Aelle; the tale of Tristan and Iseult; difficulties with the crippled Mordred, whom Arthur wishes to be King; Guinevere’s unfaithfulness with Lancelot and his attempt to kill Arthur and take the throne; and the treachery and evil deeds of the Druid-twins, Dinas and Lavaine. Merlin is questing for relics that will bring the Old Gods to Britain, push out the Christian God and help Britain against the many invaders.Merlin, who lost his hall at Ynys Wydryn the night the Cauldron was stolen and now lives at Lindinis, expresses the belief that a demon got into the boy king the night of his birth, while the Christians tended to him. There shall not be found among you anyone who burns his son or his daughter as an offering, anyone who practices divination or tells fortunes or interprets omens, or a sorcerer or a charmer or a medium or a necromancer or one who inquires of the dead, for whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord. However, Cornwell has stated that it will not be about Thomas of Hookton from The Grail Quest or any of his relatives. Against all odds, Arthur, the warlord of Dumnonia, has achieved peace among the warring British kingdoms and is set to turn his army against the Saxons. Cerdic wins Londinium and the valley of the Thames from Aelle, but the British kings force Cerdic to renounce any claim over the river lands of the Belgae.