Lancelot, the Knight of the Lake, is best known as one of the strongest—if not the strongest—of King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table. Despite his legendary prowess, he's often remembered as a negative symbol within Arthurian legend, embodying its contradictions and failings rather than its ideals.
When summoned by the Lion King during the Camelot Singularity, Lancelot faced an impossible choice: support her "Holy Selection" or resist. Though reluctant to acknowledge it, he recognized that she was doing the best she could with a terrible situation. Unlike some of his peers, he made the pragmatic call to side with her, joining Gawain, Agravain, Tristan, Gareth, and Mordred in what became the Knights of the Lion King. The cost was steep—they turned against their former comrades.
For this choice, the Lion King granted Lancelot the Gift of "Ferocity." It wasn't a reward for blind loyalty. Rather, it reflected his vow to evaluate circumstances as a person grounded in reality, rather than martyring himself to abstract ideals of justice. That distinction mattered to him, even if admitting it didn't come easily.
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