Invocatus Rex, Part I: Xavier, Chapter IV

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Title: Invocatus Rex, Xavier, Chapter IV
Fandom: Original Fiction, The Witch War Histories, Vol. III
Prompt: #36 Devotee
For: by Taming the Muse
Warnings: Increasing angst and mucho strange mojo. Sniffles for Etienne.
Rating: PG-ish
Summary: As some of the family depart for England, Aisling goes with them, giving Etienne an all too brief respite… for a dying druid, the last of his kind, calls on The Healer, and in doing so, turns the entire house on its collective head.
Word Count: 4,075
A/N: Memories almost wholly reorganized, and all stories tagged! Ongoing story, in chronological order, here.
A/N2: Once again, beta by meredevachon, who is as intimately familiar with this family as I am. *g*

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This chapter has been moved, along with all prior chapters, to my LJ, where they're located in chronological order in the IR section of my memories.

Comments

[thismaz.livejournal.com]

Figure out who is the enemy (and you've really already done this), and I'll tell you it's the father bit that's important in Kincaid's comment. Which knight was the known enemy of Arthur's enemy? Now, who was his son (who was also a knight)?

When Arthur went to fight Lancelot, Mordred raised rebellion. Arthur returned to fight Mordred and they both died. Although there are too many different version of who Mordred was, his ancestry and his fate and what I don't know is which version you are using.

But lets stick with that. So the Medraut here is not the original Mordred, although he has guardianship of the sword and is married to the Sylvie of the time.

We can't be talking Galahad (although that is a name powerful enough in legend to tonguetie Kincaid) because Lancelot was surely no more Mordred's enemy than any other of the knights.
But when you say Knight, do you mean one of Arthur's Knights? Because as far as I remember, only Lancelot had a son who was also a Knight of the Table.

An obvious choice would be Bedivere, as the only survivor of the final battle, but did he have a son?

As for the sword, now I can see Chapter 3 again, it both raised and felled a king. It should therefore be Excalibur, but Excalibur was thrown into the lake. So is it Mordred's sword? If so, I guess it probably has a history of its own.

This is fun, but I think I might stop now and just wait to learn more next week.

[smwright.livejournal.com]

Looking at your response is a bit like looking at a brand new puzzle lying in all its pieces on the table. Everything is right there - just not put together yet. This is fun. *grins* I should warn you, this week's chapter gives quite a lot of information about the first Sylvie's family and the coming of Medraut. It really doesn't dispel the mystery of Kincaid though.

As for your lovely clues, all I shall do it remind you that Lancelot was was also in love with Guinevere. As for both raising and felling a king, I'll refer you to the poem here (http://swweeks.livejournal.com/22537.html). The answer is only a brief line, but it's there. I'm afraid I'm still learning to craft a true mystery, but I do enjoy the process!

[thismaz.livejournal.com]

You are such a tease.
I wikipedia'd The Singing Sword, since it didn't stir any bells and I got this - The Singing Sword is the primary weapon of the fictional character Prince Valiant, a Knight of the Round Table and then stuff about the Prince of Ord carrying it later.
That's it! I'm stopping now. *turns head away and starts to hum, loudly* Doesn't matter what you say. I'm not playing any more. No. I'm not.

[smwright.livejournal.com]

I'm not playing any more. No. I'm not.
I could never resist a challenge.

Don't bother googling The Singing Sword. That's not the clue.

They will call me bastard and usurper

I said the sword both raised and felled a king. I didn't say it was the same king.