Book I, Chapters 5-7 Summary

In Chapter 5, Mordred wakes in the room with the other princes: Gawain the eldest, Gareth the baby, and the twins, Agravain and Gaheris. They are all still asleep so he gets up, dons his new fine clothes, and heads back to his foster family's home so he can tell his foster father about his new experiences and reassure Sula that he will never abandon them. As he approaches the home, he smells smoke, and when he arrives he sees that the place is nothing but ashes, his foster parents surely dead. Two hours later, Gawain finds him there and takes him back to the castle. Gabran meets them there, and they send Mordred to clean up in preparation to tell the queen this horrible news. Back in the bedchambers, Mordred finally meets the other princes. The reaction...