The Bright Sword
Characters in The Bright Sword
10 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Collum (The Bright Sword)
A gifted young knight from the backwaters of Britain who arrives at Camelot seeking a place at the Round Table, only to find King Arthur dead and the Round Table shattered.
Antagonists
Morgan le Fay
A powerful sorceress leading the fairies and old gods in a world where God has abandoned Britain.
Supporting characters
Sir Palomides
The Saracen Knight, one of the "oddballs" of the Round Table who survived King Arthur's death.
Sir Dagonet
Arthur's fool, who was knighted as a joke and is one of the surviving knights of the Round Table.
Nimue
Merlin's former apprentice who turned on him and buried him under a hill, now joining the surviving knights.
King Arthur (The Bright Sword)
The legendary king, already dead at the Battle of Camlann as the novel opens; the mystery of why he fell drives the surviving knights' quest.
Queen Guinevere
Arthur's fallen queen, around whom one of the rival factions vying for Camelot's future forms.
Minor characters
Sir Lancelot
Sir Gawain
Merlin Ambrosius