2024 storyline
KING ARTHUR PENDRAGON AND HIS RETINUE VISIT ORLANDO SEEKING A DRAGON DURING THE DUCHESS’ BIRTHDAY FESTIVAL, BUT LADY MORGAUSE ARRIVES TO ASSERT HER SON MORDRED'S RIGHT TO THE THRONE OF CAMELOT, THROWING THE FESTIVITIES INTO AN UPROAR. CAN ARTHUR KEEP THE PEACE WHEN HIS VERY LINEAGE IS ON THE LINE? KING ARTHUR PENDRAGON HAS A PROBLEM OF SUCCESSION. HE COMES TO ORLANDO SEEKING ANSWERS FROM ITS FAMOUS DRAGON, ARRIVING DURING THE DUCHESS’ BIRTHDAY FESTIVAL.
NOW ENJOYING THE FESTIVAL WITH HIS WIFE GUINEVERE, THE FAVORED SIR GALAHAD, AND THE REST OF HIS KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE, ARTHUR IS SURPRISED TO LEARN OF A SWORD GIFTED TO HIM BY THE DRAGON OF ORLANDO WHICH WILL ALLOW ONLY ONE WORTHY TO SIT ON THE THRONE OF CAMELOT TO WIELD IT. MANY KNIGHTS ATTEMPT TO LIFT THE BLADE BUT ARE INTERRUPTED WHEN ARTHUR’S OLD FLAME LADY MORGAUSE ARRIVES WITH HER RETINUE IN TOW TO CHALLENGE HIM. HER SON MORDRED IS THE TRUE HEIR TO THE CROWN OF CAMELOT, SO SAYS MORGAUSE, AND SHE'S WILLING TO DEFEND HER SON'S RIGHT BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY. |
NOW ENJOYING THE FESTIVAL WITH HIS WIFE GUINEVERE, THE FAVORED SIR GALAHAD, AND THE REST OF HIS KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE, ARTHUR IS SURPRISED TO LEARN OF A SWORD GIFTED TO HIM BY THE DRAGON OF ORLANDO WHICH WILL ALLOW ONLY ONE WORTHY TO SIT ON THE THRONE OF CAMELOT TO WIELD IT. MANY KNIGHTS ATTEMPT TO LIFT THE BLADE BUT ARE INTERRUPTED WHEN ARTHUR’S OLD FLAME LADY MORGAUSE ARRIVES WITH HER RETINUE IN TOW TO CHALLENGE HIM. HER SON MORDRED IS THE TRUE HEIR TO THE CROWN OF CAMELOT, SO SAYS MORGAUSE, AND SHE'S WILLING TO DEFEND HER SON'S RIGHT BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY.
NOW IT'S UP TO ARTHUR TO SEPARATE TRUTH FROM LIE BEFORE MORGAUSE COMPLETELY RUINS THE FESTIVITIES. CAN ARTHUR CONVINCE MORGAUSE TO SETTLE THINGS THE ORLANDO WAY, WITH A ROUSING GAME OF LIVING CHESS, OR WILL MORDRED AND MORGAUSE'S SCHEMING GET THE BETTER OF THEM? WHO WILL WIELD THE DRAGONBLADE FATED FOR THE HEIR OF CAMELOT? THE FATES WILL DECIDE IN THIS EXCITING NEW CHAPTER OF EUROPE'S MOST TREASURED LEGEND!
NOW IT'S UP TO ARTHUR TO SEPARATE TRUTH FROM LIE BEFORE MORGAUSE COMPLETELY RUINS THE FESTIVITIES. CAN ARTHUR CONVINCE MORGAUSE TO SETTLE THINGS THE ORLANDO WAY, WITH A ROUSING GAME OF LIVING CHESS, OR WILL MORDRED AND MORGAUSE'S SCHEMING GET THE BETTER OF THEM? WHO WILL WIELD THE DRAGONBLADE FATED FOR THE HEIR OF CAMELOT? THE FATES WILL DECIDE IN THIS EXCITING NEW CHAPTER OF EUROPE'S MOST TREASURED LEGEND!
Past Plots!
THE YEAR IS 1429, AND THE NEW KING OF FRANCE CHARLES VII HAS BEEN INVITED TO ORLANDO FOR THE DUCHESS’ BIRTHDAY. CHARLES IS ESPECIALLY READY TO CELEBRATE, HAVING RECENTLY SIGNED A TENUOUS PEACE TREATY WITH ENGLAND. HE BRINGS ALONG AN EXTRAVAGANT ENTOURAGE WHICH INCLUDES THE FAMOUS JOAN OF ARC. UNBEKNOWNST TO THE KING, JOAN HAS SENT A THREATENING LETTER TO THE ENGLISH DARING THEM TO CRASH THE PARTY, AND THAT’S JUST WHAT THEY DO.
NOW IT’S UP TO CHARLES VII TO PREVENT A REOPENING OF HOSTILITIES BEFORE THE INK IS EVEN DRY ON THE PEACE TREATY HE WORKED SO HARD TO SECURE. CAN CHARLES AND JOAN PATCH THINGS UP WITH THE ENGLISH THE ORLANDO WAY, BY PLAYING A ROUSING GAME OF BATTLE CHESS, OR WILL CHARLES’ INSECURITY AND JOAN’S TEMPER GET THE BETTER OF THEM? FIND OUT THEIR FATES IN THIS LARGER-THAN-LIFE DRAMA THAT WALKS THE LINE BETWEEN HISTORY AND LEGEND!
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