The High Queen, Chapter 12 Summary

Gwenhwyfar goes into the Great Hall to greet her husband and inform him of Igraine's passing. Arthur is upset that she didn't stay in Cornwall at Tintagel. To Gwenhwyfar's annoyance, Arthur and his Companions talk of nothing but the upcoming battle and war strategy. They speak of this upcoming battle as the one they have waited for all their lives. This is what Arthur says Excalibur is for. Now all the people of Avalon are rallying beneath the banner of the Pendragon.

It is at the mention of the Pendragon that Gwenhwyfar seizes her moment and says that it does not seem proper for the pagans of Avalon to fight on the side of a Christian king. Lancelet speaks up and says that Britain is also the land of the people in Avalon and the Pendragon is...