camelot (legendary place)

Young mouse Calib Christopher has nearly completed his training to become a squire to the Knights of Camelot when news of a deadly plague reaches the castle.

Young mouse Calib Christopher dreams of the day when he will become a Knight of Camelot like his father and grandfather before him. For generations, Calib's family has lived among the mice that dwell beneath the human Knights of the Round Table, defending the castle they all call home. Then, on the night of the annual Harvest Tournament, tragedy strikes.

Eighteen-year-old Vivienne, lady-in-waiting to the future queen Guinevere, is secretly apprenticed to Merlin the magician and helps him try to create a steam-powered metal beast to defeat Morgan La Fey, King Arthur's sorceress sister, when she declares war on Camelot.

When Mordred learns the identity of his father, he struggles with feelings of hatred, but also fights the fate which determines that he kill the good and gracious king.

The author presents evidence to support his theory that the legendary King Arthur was in fact a sixth-century military commander and that many of the romantic tales of Merlin, Camelot, and Excalibur are rooted in truth; examines various theories regarding the location of Arthur's kingdom; discusses the possibility that Arthur survived his final battle; and suggests the whereabouts of Arthur's grave.

To avoid a curse which foretells her doom if ever she looks upon the city of Camelot, the Lady of Shalott never leaves her tower, but her attempt to trick fate fails.

On Christmas Eve, Jack and Annie's tree house transports them to King Arthur's castle at Camelot, where they undertake a quest to the castle of the Otherworld.