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Merlin's former apprentice, Arthur's sister, and an enemy of Arthur's reign. In the space arc, she has a relationship with Arthur in their youths, not realizing their relationship, and becomes the mother of Mordred. In the modern day arc she was Arthur's drama coach before leaving to become a screen actor.

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Merlin's former apprentice, Arthur's sister, and an enemy of Arthur's reign. In the space arc, she has a relationship with Arthur in their youths, not realizing their relationship, they're already related, and becomes the mother of Mordred. In the modern day arc she was Arthur's drama coach before leaving to become a screen actor.
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* GenreSavvy: See his catch phrase.
--> '''Morgan:''' Invitation? Don't you know who I am?
--> '''Guard:''' Ma'am, we have orders not to admit anyone who asks that question.
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* MadScientist: A steampunk version in the western arc, parodying ''TheWildWildWest''.

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* MadScientist: A steampunk version in the western arc, parodying ''TheWildWildWest''.''Series/TheWildWildWest''.

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* TheApprentice: To Merlin.
* {{Geek}}: Goes toe-to-toe with Arthur in this area.
* IGotBigger: Hits a rather dramatic growth spurt a few weeks after her first appearance. Justified because she was just a kid when we met her.
* TakingUpTheMantle: For Merlin.



!! Pelleas

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!! PelleasPelles
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* BadassGrandpa: Manages to beat Arthur in a duel when they first meet.
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* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: In the M*A*S*H arc, ''he's'' the one seeing Guinevere behind Lancelot's back while they're in a relationship. And in the Buffy arc, he's not even the main character.



* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: In the Star Wars parody arc she and Morgan get compressed into one Leia {{Expy}} (because Leia has character aspects of both characters). And in the Buffy arc she becomes the main character.
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* TheOmniscient: A side effect of his baptism. In the space!arc his knowledge comes instead from being a time traveler, which modern!Merlin just has an encyclopedic knowledge of pop culture. All versions use these skills to educate Arthur.

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* TheOmniscient: A side effect of his baptism. In the space!arc his knowledge comes instead from being a time traveler, which while modern!Merlin just has an encyclopedic knowledge of pop culture. All versions use these skills to educate Arthur. Arthur about morality by teaching him the classics.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: He is not guilty of the NiceJobBreakingItHerod incident in this telling. Instead he suggests the gambit jokingly and a helpful but dimwitted knight overhears and takes it seriously (a nod to the story of Thomas Becket's death).


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* AdaptationalHeroism: Not as big a jerk as he sometimes seems in source material. For example, a scene in the tale of Garet is revised so that instead of striking a serving girl, he simply gooses her. The creator said he simply couldn't bring himself to do it.
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* AttractiveBentGender: Female in the space arc, and Gawain, who hadn't seen her since childhood, hits on her, to her horror.

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* AttractiveBentGender: Female in the space arc, and Gawain, who hadn't hasn't seen her since childhood, childhood and doesn't see through her kitchen maid cover identity, hits on her, to her horror.
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* AttractiveBentGender: Female in the space arc, and Gawain, who hadn't seen her since childhood, hits on her, to her horror.


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* SculleryMaid: Spends years as this because he wants to be knighted specifically by Lancelot, who's unavailable when he first gets to Camelot.

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* BitCharacter: Usually only appears as a side character in other quests.
* GenderBender: Female in the Space!Arc, like a few characters.
* ParentalIssues: Morgan is his/her mother. When she joins the crew in the space arc, Ivaine clearly resents being ignored for her entire childhood.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Consistently friends with Gawain throughout various timelines.



The Greek hero, identifiable by his "blind guy" sunglasses and walking cane.

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The Greek hero, identifiable by his "blind guy" sunglasses and walking cane. One of Space!Merlin's friends from history, to whom he introduces Arthur.
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* BitCharacter: Doesn't do terribly much but hang out with Lancelot until the Grail quest arc.
* GoodShepherd: Becomes a priest in the modern arc.


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* BigGuyLittleGuy: Was this with Lancelot.
* DeathByDespair: After Lancelot rejects his love. Lancelot feels badly about it.
* GentleGiant: a rather well-spoken fellow, and so tall his head is always hidden by the upper boundary of the panel.
* IncompatibleOrientation: Has the misfortune to be in love with the mildly homophobic Lancelot.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: He's an actor nicknamed "The Hot Prince" in the modern arc.


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The Greek hero, one of Space!Merlin's friends from history to whom he introduces Arthur.
* TheCameo: You can spot modern arc equivalent a few times, hanging out with Merlin.


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The Greek hero, identifiable by his "blind guy" sunglasses and walking cane.
* TheCameo: You can spot his modern equivalent a few times, hanging out with Merlin.
* {{Expy}}: Confirmed to be one for Indiana Jones in Gadzikowski's other webcomics.
* HandicappedBadass: Blind and most likely has his iconic injured feet (hence cane).


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One of Space!Merlin's friends from history. He appears to be an Avalonian time-traveler like Merlin, with Lady Liberty as his apprentice.
* DeanBitterman: He's the somewhat grouchy principal of Arthur's school in the modern arc.
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* AntiAntiChrist: Baseline!Merlin is the son of the devil but was fortunately baptized so that he grew up good.


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* TheOmniscient: A side effect of his baptism. In the space!arc his knowledge comes instead from being a time traveler, which modern!Merlin just has an encyclopedic knowledge of pop culture. All versions use these skills to educate Arthur.


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!! Blaise
* LiteraryAgentHypothesis: He's the guy who writes down all of the knights' adventures as dictated by Merlin.
* TheMentor: He was this to Merlin and arranged for his baptism.
!! Bors
!! Eglante
* GlamorousSingleMother: Very much averted in the modern arc, where much of her character stems from struggling to bring up a child herself while working low-paying jobs.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Guinevere's closest female friend.
!! Galehaut
!! Hercules
* {{Expy}}: Of Superman.
* SpaceX: He's Space Hercules, born into the distant future on the Planet Greece.
!! Ivaine
!! Oedipus
!! Uncle Sam

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Daughter of Pelleas and mother of Galahad. In the modern arc she's just a fictional zany teen genius in Arthur's webcomic.



* GoodShepherd: Becomes the chaplain of the Excalibur in the space arc. Also fills in for Father Mulcahy in the M*A*S*H arc.



Arthur's ambitious son. His parentage varies depending on what story arc.

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Arthur's ambitious son. His parentage varies depending on what story arc.arc: his Baseline!mother is Morgause, his Space!mother is Morgan, and his Modern!mother is Guinevere.


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* ChildByRape: His mother Elaine basically drugged Lancelot to conceive him. Except in the modern arc, where Guinevere's his mother.
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* DirtyCoward: Their revenge on Lamorak is eventually achieved by one of them distracting him while the other stabs him in the back.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys


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* DiscOneFinalBoss: The first major threat to Arthur's reign.


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* AgeGapRomance: With the much-younger Lamorak after Lot's death.


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!! Lamorak
* TooDumbToLive: Yes, Lamorak, have an affair with the matriarch of the family your ''own'' family is in a bloody feud with.
* YourCheatingHeart: Has an affair with Morgause after Lot's death.
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* TheAlcoholic: His drinking eventually leads to a stroke in the modern arc.


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* AristocratsAreEvil: Rejects Arthur's "might for right" philosophy.


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* BrotherSisterIncest: In the baseline arc she's the mother of Mordred with her brother Arthur. Neither of them knew during the conception.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: In the modern arc, though the strain of balancing ethics with responsibility to shareholders is brought up to justify it.
* EvilMatriarch
* WickedWitch: Does less witchcraft than Morgan but is arguably wickeder.


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* DudeWheresMyRespect: At first his quest gets him nothing but abuse from the fair lady he's guarding, to the point that the evil knights he's captured start standing up for him.
* TokenGoodTeammate: He's much better at knightly comport than Gawain.
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* BornInTheWrongCentury: Seems kind of dim-witted in the baseline arc, but is a computer science major in the modern arc and a starship engineer in the space arc.
* FatalFlaw: His temper and inability to think things through. He's told quite bluntly that these traits will prevent him from ever achieving the Grail.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: A good contender for third best knight (along with Lamorak and Palomides), but nowhere near Lancelot or Tristram. This parallels how his role was diminished in literature to favor those two.
* TokenGoodTeammate: The first Orkney to embrace Arthur's vision for Britain, even if he fails to live up to it.
!! Agravain and Gaheris
!! Lot
!! Morgause
!! Garet

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* ReallyGetsAround: Sir Tor is revealed as his illegitimate son by a shepherd's wife (baseline arc).
!! Percival
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Not to Galahad's degree, which he rather cheerfully admits when he can't lift a sword destined to belong to only the world's greatest knight.
* NoSocialSkills: Because he was raised in seclusion by his mother.
!! Pelleas
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Even moreso than his brother Pellinore, who describes him as the nut of the family.
!! Elaine
* GenkiGirl: Always smiley and enthusiastic.
* KarmaHoudini: Doesn't really face any consequences for raping Lancelot.
* MadScientist: In the Western arc she's one of Morgan's girls.
* StalkerWithATestTube: Wants to mother a child with Lancelot because of his descent from Joseph of Arimathea.



!! Bedivere

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!! Arthur's foster brother. In the modern arc he eventually becomes a prominent military officer.
* DrillSergeantNasty: In charge of training knights, and a total jerk.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: His relationship with
Bedivere is rather touching, since he's otherwise a total asshole.
* ManlyGay: After a retcon make Modern! and Space!Bedivere into a girl. Implied to be true in the baseline arc as well, even if he can't admit it.
* RealMenWearPink: Eventually reveals that he enjoys cooking, to Bedievere's astonishment.

!! Bedivere
A childhood friend of Arthur and Kay's (and a little more than a "friend" to Kay). Originally female in the modern and space arcs, a retcon changed it so he had been male in both, making him and Kay gay. A still later retcon confirmed that Bedivere ''was'' female before transitioning.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: The last person to see Arthur before his ascension to Avalon, but Bedivere really doesn't appear that often.
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!!! Others
[[folder: Tristram]]
!! Tristram
The second greatest knight in history. Just like Lancelot, he is having an affair with his lord's wife. In the modern and space arcs, Tristram is a woman and a lesbian.
* SympatheticAdulterer: There's much less moral ambiguity to Tristram and Isolde's affair, because unlike Arthur, Mark is a rather unlikeable villain.
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[[folder: Orkneys]]
!! Gawain
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[[folder: Pellinores]]
!! Pellinore
* BadassGrandpa: Manages to beat Arthur in a duel when they first meet.
* TheBartender: He's a saloon keeper in the western arc.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: His pursuit of the Questing Beast makes him this.
* CoolOldGuy: To Gawain in the baseline arc, in spite of their families feuding. After learning that he's dying, he goes out in a way that helps Gawain save face with his family.
** Extends to the modern arc, where he's part of Merlin's D&D group.
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[[folder: Arthur's Foster Family]]
!! Kay
!! Bedivere
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[[folder: Mordred]]
!! Mordred
Arthur's ambitious son. His parentage varies depending on what story arc.
* CreepyChild: In the modern arc he makes rather graphic violent snowman scenes, a la Calvin, and puts black food coloring in his milk. In the baseline arc he gets under Arthur's skin enough that he's the only person to make him lose patience.
* GoodColorsEvilColors: Subverted; he wears black but is only really evil in the baseline arc.
* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: Guinevere is skeptical of the name "Mordred" in the modern arc (despite not commenting on the other characters' non-updated names).
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!! Galahad
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: His defining characteristic.
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In various other arcs he plays the role of Lt. Col. Henry Blake, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Gandalf, Dr. Simon Tam, Ford Prefect, and others.


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* FrontierDoctor: In the western arc.


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In various other arcs he plays Frank Burns, Han Solo, Aragorn, Wash, and more.


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Merlin's apprentice and eventually the one who imprisons him (accidentally). In pretty much every arc, she becomes his replacement.
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* {{Expy}}: In any timeline, his cluelessness but general good nature make him very similar to Charlie Brown. [[note]] The author has made it no secret that Schultz is one of his inspirations [[/note]] He even wears yellow shirts and his dog resembles Snoopy.


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* AllGirlsLikePonies: In the modern arc her family owned horses and she worked in an equestrian store for awhile.


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* LawOfInverseFertility: She gets pregnant accidentally ''twice'' in the modern arc, but is infertile in the base arc, where she actually ''wants'' to give Arthur an heir.

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* {{Manchild}}: Comes off as rather naive at first but proves that his idealistic view of the world makes him a very good ruler.



Arthur's queen.

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Arthur's queen. In the space arc, she's also the medical officer on the ''Excalibur''. In the modern arc she becomes Arthur's girlfriend after they meet online; they later marry and have Mordred. Much later she becomes Arthur's first lady. In various other arcs she plays an {{Expy}} of Hot Lips Houlihan, a schoolmarm in the old west, and Buffy Summers.
* LadyCasanova: Catches the eye of the two greatest men of her age, in every age.
* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: In the Star Wars parody arc she and Morgan get compressed into one Leia {{Expy}} (because Leia has character aspects of both characters). And in the Buffy arc she becomes the main character.
* MsFanservice: Subverted. Her family in the modern arc is into naturism, so she is nude a lot when at home, but she's very strict about it not being for titillation purposes.
* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: Takes over as Arthur's regent during his campaign against Rome, and is rather miffed at the lack of credit she gets.



The greatest knight in the world, and quite literally holier than thou.

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The greatest knight in the world, and quite literally holier than thou. In the modern arc he meets Arthur and Guinevere in an online gaming group; later he has an affair with Guinevere which results in Modern!Galahad's birth, and becomes Arthur's chief of staff after assisting him with his presidential campaign.
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* ArchivedArmy: Actually just an archived gang of chums. In the space arc he's good friends with historical figures like Uncle Sam, Hercules, and Oedipus. You can find their counterparts in the modern day arc if you're looking.
* CatchPhrase: "You can't beat the classics." It spreads to the other characters, to the point it's practically a series motto.


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* GenreSavvy: See his catch phrase.
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Merlin's former apprentice, Arthur's sister, and an enemy of Arthur's reign. In the space arc, she has a relationship with Arthur in their youths, not realizing their relationship, and becomes the mother of Mordred. In the modern day arc she was Arthur's drama coach before leaving to become a screen actor.
* FriendlyEnemy: She eventually gets over the enemy part in the base arc and space arc. Spoofed in the modern arc where she [=DMs=] for the gang's roleplaying game.


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* MadScientist: A steampunk version in the western arc, parodying ''TheWildWildWest''.
* WickedWitch: In the base arc.

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* TheGoodKing: he does his best.

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* TheGoodKing: he does his best. Unless he's trying to be a good President instead.




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In the space arc he's a time traveler from the planet Avalon who's hitching a ride with the Excalibur. In the modern arc he's Arthur's substitute teacher, employer, mentor in the field of cartooning, and briefly legal guardian.
* TheCommissionerGordon: In the superhero arc.



* OmniscientMoralityLicense



!! Sir Lancelot Dulac

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!! Sir Lancelot Dulac Lancelot/Lancelot Dulac
The greatest knight in the world, and quite literally holier than thou.
* AmbiguousDisorder: His unstable personality (adapted from the source material) is confirmed to be bipolar disorder. Fortunately he can get it treated in most arcs.
* BornLucky: He has divine favor and can't lose any contest, even if it depends on luck rather than skill. He is unlucky in love, though.
* TheCowl: White Knight in the superhero arc.
* TheDrifter: In the western arc.
* FamousAncestor: In the baseline arc he's descended from Joseph of Arimathea.
* HeteronormativeCrusader: Averted. His very religious upbringing makes him very uncomfortable around gay Tristan (in arcs where he's a she), but he recognizes it as a phobia and does his best not to let it disrupt their relationship. That said, he's also freaked when Hercules and Mordred assume he's gay on separate occasions.
* ItsOkayIfItsYou: Usually wants to remain chaste because he believes if he remains pure he'll someday fulfill his dream of working a miracle, but throws that all away for his relationship with Guinevere.
* MoodSwinger: In the baseline arc, a result of his untreated bipolar disorder.
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* TheCape: In the superhero arc, where he's the (almost excessively) kind and optimistic Kingman.
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* APupilOfMineBeforeHeTurnedToEvil: To Merlin in the space and base arcs. In the modern arc she's a former student of his [[HotForStudent who managed to seduce him]] back in the day.

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* APupilOfMineBeforeHeTurnedToEvil: APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: To Merlin in the space and base arcs. In the modern arc she's a former student of his [[HotForStudent who managed to seduce him]] back in the day.

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* TheGoodKing

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* TheGoodKing {{Cuckold}}: There's a lot of nuance towards how Guinevere and Lancelot's affair affects him. Even though he knows about it from the start, he can't bring himself to publicly expose them because he loves them too much, but he will occasionally punish them by dropping hints that he ''might'' be onto them.
* TheGoodKing: he does his best.
* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: In the M*A*S*H arc, ''he's'' the one seeing Guinevere behind Lancelot's back while they're in a relationship. And in the Buffy arc, he's not even the main character.


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* APupilOfMineBeforeHeTurnedToEvil: To Merlin in the space and base arcs. In the modern arc she's a former student of his [[HotForStudent who managed to seduce him]] back in the day.
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In the space arc, he's the captain of the Starship Excalibur and King of British space. In the modern arc, he's an ordinary teenager who discovers he's the heir to controlling shares of Excalicorp. Throughout other arcs he plays the part of Hawkeye Pierce, a sheriff i the old west, Luke Skywalker, Frodo Baggins, Malcolm Reynolds, Arthur Dent, and many more.

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In the space arc, he's the captain of the Starship Excalibur and King of British space. In the modern arc, he's an ordinary teenager who discovers he's the heir to controlling shares of Excalicorp. Throughout other arcs he plays the part of Hawkeye Pierce, a sheriff i in the old west, Luke Skywalker, Frodo Baggins, Malcolm Reynolds, Arthur Dent, and many more.

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\n* BerserkButton: Senseless death is one of those things that will snap him right out of his usual relaxed state. Just ask Sir Balan or Emperor Lucius.
* TheGoodKing
* MellowFellow
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[[folder: Merlin]]
!! Merlin/Mr. Ambrosius
Omniscient wizard. No one listens.

* CoolOldGuy
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[[folder: Guinevere]]
!! Guinevere
Arthur's queen.
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[[folder: Lancelot]]
!! Sir Lancelot Dulac
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[[folder: Morgan]]
!! Morgan
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[[folder: Nimue]]
!! Nimue
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[[folder: Arthur]]
!!King Arthur
KingArthur himself, high king of all Britain and founder of the Knights of the Round Table. A bit dim, but his heart is in the right place.
In the space arc, he's the captain of the Starship Excalibur and King of British space. In the modern arc, he's an ordinary teenager who discovers he's the heir to controlling shares of Excalicorp. Throughout other arcs he plays the part of Hawkeye Pierce, a sheriff i the old west, Luke Skywalker, Frodo Baggins, Malcolm Reynolds, Arthur Dent, and many more.


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