Arthur Pendragon

Arthur is one of the three Pendragons and the Sheriff of Camelot in High Noon Over Camelot. He was played by Marius von Raum.

Description
Arthur is a short black man.

Pre-Album
Arthur was born the son of Ector and a man who had numerous enemies in Camelot. He, and his brother Kay were raised in a distant town away from Camelot for safety. Arthur learnt to fight from Ector, and his father told him about the Hanged Man in Camelot and his prophecies.

Arthur eventually became a journeying sellgun, travelling the station and selling his skill for money. He often tried to visit Camelot, despite the danger of his identity being discovered, as the options for work there were numerous. He turned down any offer to work for the Stones as he intended to eventually take over Camelot and establish a strong and peaceful society free from the domination the Water Lords held.

When in Camelot, Arthur would visit the Hanged Man, who had become a mostly ignored curiosity. His first visit had been out of interest in his father's old tales, but Arthur came to enjoy talking to the robot. When Arthur wondered about bringing down the Lady of the Lake Vivienne Nimue to destabilise the Stones by removing their access to water, Merlin warned Arthur that Nimue owned a dangerous relic rifle. Arthur released that in addition to destabilising the Stones by killing Nimue, seizing her weapon create a powerful symbol to rally followers around.

Arthur headed into Nimue's territory alone. Slowly over the course of three months, he whittled down her many followers, alternating between being hunted by them and hunting them, drawing one out by themselves and then picking them off, or killing as may as he could from around one of their campfires before he had to flee. Arthur nearly died several times in the process, including nearly drowning after falling into a hole in the floor within a flooded section, and Nimue finding him and attempting to gun him down, something he survived only by diving into the water and then playing dead. He would have nightmares about these near-misses for the rest of his life. However, Arthur eventually sneak up on her unnoticed. He found her singing a familiar tune, and allowed her to finish before shooting her and claiming the relic weapon and control over her domain.

With a relic weapon and water, Arthur gathered a following of his own fighters. Lancelot Pendragon and Guinevere Pendragon became his partners, joining Ygraine with whom he had a child - Mordred The three Pendragons then headed to Camelot, with the aim of killing the Stones and taking control of Camelot.