Fisher king

The Fisher King - King Arthur's Knights

Robin Williams, The Fisher King

On Winter Solstice, we’ll begin a new adventure with one of the Grail legends, the tale of the Fisher King.

In Arthurian legend the Fisher King, or the Wounded King, is the last in a long line charged with keeping the Holy Grail. Versions of his story vary widely, but he is always wounded in the legs or groin and incapable of moving on his own. In the Fisher King legends, he becomes impotent and unable to perform his task himself, and he also becomes unable to father or support a next generation to carry on after his death. His kingdom suffers as he does, his impotence affecting the fertility of…

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The Fisher King was a powerful sorcerer and the King of an unnamed rich kingdom in Albion that was later known simply as the Perilous Lands. After the Fisher King was wounded in battle, the kingdom - whose state was linked to its ruler - began to fall into disrepair as his condition got worse. It eventually became a barren wasteland; neither alive nor dead and populated by Wyverns, distant cousins of Dragons. It was also rumoured that the King himself was still partially alive; his magic…

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Fisher King legends imply that the King has become unable to support a new generation which can carry

This was my little tribute to Robin Williams as amazing character of Parry in Terry Gilliams classic The Fisher King