Ewain, Gawain, and Marhalt

   This further addition to the story tells the tale of adventure of three knights. The story begins when Arthur begins to suspect people of his court and banishes Morgan's son Ewain, but he accepts this knowing what the king is dealing with. Gawain his cousin and dear friend is angry about this and decides to take leave with him. They both set off on search of quest and adventure to bring honor to themselves and eventually return to King Arthur's court. Not long after going out in search of adventure to they come across a knight, Sir Marhalt, who challenges them to battle. Ewain is the first to battle with him and does not succeed, but is not slain. Gawain then takes his place against this knight and Marhalt and him battle until both yield to one another and say that they are equally good. The three then embrace each other as brothers and Marhalt joins them on their quest for honor and adventure. The three knights travel to a forest where much adventure is said to be had. The find there three women resting by a tree. The greet these women and are told that they are to each choose one to be taken with them and that each will lead them down a separate path of adventure, and to return within twelve months. Ewain picks the eldest woman because he being the youngest concludes that she must have much to teach him. Marhalt chooses the middle woman and Gawain is therefore left with the youngest who he finds very attractive. The story first begins with the quest of Gawain. In the beginning of his travels with the young girl he boasts about his knighthood and bravery, and the young girl doesn't much care for it. Once when Gawain is engaging a knight in combat she takes leave with another knight, and Gawain is left to seek adventure on his own. He stumbles upon a man who his heartbroken over a woman who after pursuing her to her whits end has grown to hate him and wish him dead. Gawain thinks of this to be wrong and he plans to help this man by going to her saying he killed the knight and thinks this will make her miss what she now cannot have. Instead, however, he goes there and stays with the woman for several days after only being discovered by the knight and almost murdered by him, if he hadn't been such a noble man. Then Nyneve comes across this man and wishes to use her enchantments to aid him, so goes and brings forth this woman and puts her under a spell which causes her to fall deeply in love with this man, but when the man awakens he wants nothing to do with her, and she now knows the pain she put this man through. Nyneve and the knight end up staying with each other for the rest of their lives. Now I go to Sir Marhalt a knight who is very skilled and honorable. Marhalt goes on many adventures with his woman he chose such as tournaments, slaying a giant, and striking down enemies of King Arthur. Sir Marhalt truly recieved the adventure that he wished to find in this wilderness. I go now to Sir Ewain, the youngest of the knights, who chose the oldest of the woman. This woman instructed Ewain to become a better knight then he could ever hope to become. Ten months of training greatly improved his skill and his outlook on fighting and he was gifted with new armor and weapons by this lady. Finally a test for him arose to challenge his new skills he had learned. As was his knightly oath to defend all woman, he came across a damsel in trouble of three knights that were brothers. Ewain managed to kill two of the brothers and grant mercy to the third, and having doing this the damsel promised the young knight whatever he wished. He declined her gesture stating that he could not accept this, because it was his duty and oath to do what he did and cannot be justified with a reward. At twelve months time the three knights met together with much to speak of about their adventures. They then where greeted by a squire and asked to return to King Arthur's court and that they would be greatly honored there. The knights did as the squire asked and Sir Marhalt also returned to them to King Arthur in Camelot.