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A series of young adult novels by Gerald Morris, taking place during the rule of Myth/KingArthur. Some characters, such as Sir Gawain and his squire Terence (a creation of Morris', whose name is a nod to Creator/THWhite, author of ''Literature/TheOnceAndFutureKing'') and of course Arthur, appear in all the books. Mostly, Morris deals with the legends' bloated cast by having a rotating cast of characters, and each book deals with a different story out of Myth/ArthurianLegend (sometimes combining several stories into one narrative, such as ''The Ballad of Sir Dinadan'', where the title character deals with the events of both "[[Literature/{{Mabinogion}} Culwch and Olwen]]" and "Literature/TristanAndIseult"). Each book has a different main character, except for the first two and the ninth (all the ones with "Squire" in the title), where it's Terence.

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A series of young adult novels by Gerald Morris, Creator/GeraldMorris, taking place during the rule of Myth/KingArthur. Some characters, such as Sir Gawain and his squire Terence (a creation of Morris', whose name is a nod to Creator/THWhite, author of ''Literature/TheOnceAndFutureKing'') and of course Arthur, appear in all the books. Mostly, Morris deals with the legends' bloated cast by having a rotating cast of characters, and each book deals with a different story out of Myth/ArthurianLegend (sometimes combining several stories into one narrative, such as ''The Ballad of Sir Dinadan'', where the title character deals with the events of both "[[Literature/{{Mabinogion}} Culwch and Olwen]]" and "Literature/TristanAndIseult"). Each book has a different main character, except for the first two and the ninth (all the ones with "Squire" in the title), where it's Terence.


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Not to be confused with the tenth book of the ''Literature/DameFrevisse'' which is also named ''The Squire's Tale''.

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* IncorruptiblePurePureness / PurityPersonified: Beaufils. Amazingly, [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools this is not annoying]]. Galahad ''wants'' to be this, but tries too hard and verges into KnightTemplar territory in his effort to remove all sources of temptation.

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* IncorruptiblePurePureness / PurityPersonified: Beaufils. Amazingly, [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools this is not annoying]]. Galahad ''wants'' to be this, but tries too hard and verges into KnightTemplar territory in his effort to remove all sources of temptation.temptation.
* InNameOnly: While most of the characters share at least some traits with their counterparts in the source material, Rhience is nothing like the character of that name in Myth/ArthurianLegend, who was a king rebelling against Arthur. He's really Calogrenant with an AdaptationalNameChange and an [[AscendedExtra increased role]].

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** Rhience takes the role of Calogrenant from the story of Ywain, and even mentions that he used that name back when he was a knight. A different character, using the alternate spelling Colgrevaunce, is later killed by Lancelot as in ''Le Morte D'Arthur.''
** A sort of odd example: Sarah's mother's, Esther/Dioneta, was Morgan's sister. [[WordOfGod In his Author's Note]], Morris characterizes her as a character who only appears in one obscure medieval source; many scholars, however, would argue that she was just Morgan given a different name.



* EverybodyKnewAlready: Tristram and Isolde's affair.

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* EverybodyKnewAlready: Tristram and Isolde's affair. The exception is King Mark, who only ''really strongly suspects.''

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* TheAtoner: Lancelot, after the second book. In ''Parsifal's Page,'' Piers is a milder version after his advice prevents Parsifal from healing the Grail King.



* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler: By the ending of ''The Legend Of The King'', only a handful of named characters are still alive, and only two of the book protagonists (Dinadan and Luneta). Even [[TheHeroDies Terence is dead]].]]
* TheAtoner: Lancelot, after the second book. In ''Parsifal's Page,'' Piers is a milder version after his advice prevents Parsifal from healing the Grail King.



%% * ItsWhatIDo: Word for word by Terence in ''The Squire's Quest.''

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%% * ItsWhatIDo: Word Said word for word by Terence in ''The Squire's Quest.''''
-->'''Morgause:''' Do you think you can save Arthur forever?\\
'''Terence:''' I know nothing about forever. But I can save him this time. It's what I do, you know.

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