Reading Notes: King Arthur, Part B

I think of Part B's tales, the one I would most like to retell is that of "Sir Lancelot and the Five Hundred Knights." In this tale Sir Lancelot comes across a great battle, wherein a castle, defended by black-clad knights, is besieged by a group of white-clad knights. The black-clad knights are taking a serious beating so Lancelot rides to their defense. Eventually, though, Lancelot is overwhelmed and beaten. Without him, the black-clad knights fall and their castle is destroyed. When Lancelot wakes and realizes it was a dream, he rides out until he comes upon a nun, and he asks her what this vision meant. She informs him that the black-clad knights represented sin and the white-clad knights represented holiness, and being a sinner himself, he rushed to defend evil.

That's all well and good for the story, but to be honest it didn't sit too well with me. I mean, how was Lancelot supposed to know those knights represented evil (unless they looked like the Lego Castle skeletons or something)? If you ask me he shouldn't've jumped in on either side, at least without figuring out what was going on, but if you're gonna jump in, it's a bit more heroic to jump to the defense of the losers. If I were to retell this, I'd like to write it in such a way that what Lancelot did was the right thing rather than the wrong.

Lego Castle Skeleton Tower. Source: Pinterest

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