KMC Forums - The Story of Sir Morien

Can anybody guess who this guy is?

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For those that guess correctly good for you. wink

For those who
didn't here some info on this knight of the medieval
13th century fastasy tale.

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Morien or Moriaen is a 13th century Arthurian romance in
Middle Dutch. A 4,720-line version is preserved in the vast
Lancelot-Compilatie, and a short fragment exists at the
Royal Library at Brussels. The work tells the story of Morien,
the Moorish son of Aglovale, one of King Arthur's Knights of
the Round Table. While searching for Lancelot 13 years prior,
Aglovale had travelled through the Moorish lands and fallen in
love with a beautiful princess. They pledged their bethothal, but
refusing to abandon his quest before Lancelot was located, Aglovale
left the country before they could marry. He left her pregnant with
his son Morien, who would grow into a tall, handsome youth - "black
of face and limb". Of his prowess, the romance says that Sir Morien's
"blows were so mighty; did a spear fly towards him, to harm him,
it troubled him no whit, but he smote it in twain as if it were a reed;
naught might endure before him". Of his dress, it says that "His sheild
and his armour were even those of a Moor, and black as a raven".

Now Morien was seeking his father, as he and his mother had been
disinherited from their lands. The action takes place just prior to
the quest for the Holy Grail, and the knights Lancelot and Gawain
are out searching for Percival, a new knight and the brother of
Aglovale. After Morien tells his story to Lancelot and Gawain, who
promise to help him find his father, the knights go on a series of
adventures showcasing their talents. In the end father and son
are reunited, and Aglovale travels to the land of the Moors to
marry her lover and win back her rightful lands.

The author tries to synchronize the romance with episodes from
Chretien de Troyes's Perceval, the Story of the Grail and
the Lancelot-Grail. He notes at the beginning that some versions
of the story have Percival himself as Morien's father, but decides to
follow convention that Percival died a virgin. The circumstances of
Sir Morien's birth are similar to Gahmuret and Belacane's conception
of Feirefiz in Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival; like the
Lancelot-Compilatie, Parzival is also based on an earlier
version of the Grail story. In this case, Gahmuret is Parzival's father,
making the half-Saracen Feirefiz the Grail knight's brother rather than
his nephew or son.
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Here's the link to Morien's bio --> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Morien

You can also read more info on Morien by reading, Morien: Nature Knows No Color-Line by J.A. Rogers.

Oh, and also more pics of this awesome Moorish knight of 13th century
Arthurian lore.

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Well, that's that.

Late'. wink