Over the past week Sean Horwich, Jamie Easton and I have been talking about something I call Shadows of Camelot. It’s an Arthurian-inspired Urban Shadows campaign. None of us have any official plans to run the campaign, but that didn’t stop us from tossing ideas out left-right-and-center!
Here’s what we have so far for character options (many of these assume the characters have been reincarnated which tie in nicely to the Dragon);
King Arthur; The Dragon. The host to the ancient spirit of a mighty dragon. When he ruled in Camelot it was also in human form with his draconic lineage bubbling to the surface. The Dragon’s themes of reincarnation and Soul Mates ties everything and everyone together perfectly. The picture attached is pretty close to what I would choose for him.
Nimue, The Lady of the Lake; The Fae. This one is pretty straight forward. Her homeland is Avalon, which is a faerie realm that she rules over. She presumably still possesses Excalibur and awaits Arthur’s return.
Morgan Le Fay; The Wizard: Don’t know if I would go with re-born Morgan or simply immortal, either way it works
Mordred; The Tainted: Striking a deal with a powerful demon, he survived (or was re-made) after falling at Arthur’s hands. Either way, bad-ass!
Merlin; The Oracle: Seeing the future has always been Merlin’s shtick and I can’t imagine a better archetype for him.
Lancelot; The Hunter. Reborn in this new era with his exceptional battle prowess inherited as well. A modern knight indeed!
Guinevere; The Aware. Reborn with eyes open to the real way of things. I could see her re-imagined as a Spectre as well, whose spirit cannot move on until the others have returned. This one could do a few ways I suppose.
Sir Galahad; The Immortal. After finding the Holy Grail, he drank of it’s eternal waters and has walked the earth ever since awaiting Arthur’s return.
So yea, just spit ballin’ ideas, but having a blast while doing it! Sean, Jamie, did I miss anything or mess anything up?
That sounds awesome. Have you read Corporia? It’s all about reincarnated Arthurian legends in a cyberpunk dystopia.
My favorite of your above ideas is Galahad.
I have not read that, but now I must! Thanks!
It’s an interesting RPG. Available on DTRPG for download.
Arthur Lives! is also an Arthurian-reincarnation RPG for True20, it’s definitely worth checking out.
Gahh now I want to go back and re-read The Book of Joby , an Arthur reborn novel, with an eye towards this
I think you covered most everything. It’s a great idea we had. Would make a fun game. Especially considering how social it is. Arthur was mainly brought down, after all, from his own Court with Lancelot and Guinevere’s affair.
This is a great idea. 😀 Rachelle Shelkey and Kate Bullock should see it.
Sounds like a cool campaign idea. Actually been wondering about a resurrected Arthur in Urban Shadows while watching Fate/Zero.
This is freaking awesome!
Whoa!!!
This looks Amazing!!
Have you seen The Librariens?
I must play this.
Julius Müller, I have not. What is it about?
The series follows four people:
the Guardian, chosen by the Library, and 3 Apprentice Librarians, who were asked to apply to the Library to become The Librarian, but weren’t chosen in favour of Flynn Carsen.
While Flynn is searching for the Library (which is lost in time and space during the pilot), the four become a new team of Librarians in order to solve impossible mysteries, recover powerful artifacts, and fight against supernatural threats, especially the forces of the Serpent Brotherhood, led by the mysterious immortal Dulaque
It has some arthurian references in it
Julius Müller That’s on my to-watch list. Wanted to get around to watching the TV movies with Noah Wyle too but wasn’t sure if they’d be worth it.
There are movies? I didn’t know that.
Julius Müller Yeah, there were three, I think.