Gawain's ruthless battle training method spares neither naive sense of honor nor anyone, not even king Arthur, who is easily defeated while his brave closest knights are commended. Leontes must remain at his side, therefore postpones moving out of Camelot as agreed before marrying Guinevere, whom Igrain warns against inappropriate passion. Arthur is indeed told to respect marital fidelity. Gawain haven broken Arthur's shabby sword, Merlin rides to order a worthy masterpiece from the best blade-smith, widowed recluse Caliburn, who forges Excalibur, as Merlin names it, but refusing to have the sorcerer deliver it fight to his death for it. Caliburn's daughter finds his torched corpse and flees with the sword, only to end up drowned in the lake which Merlin freezes to get to her. In Uther's castle, Morgan recants her hostile refusal to see her French nunnery tutor when struck down by a hemorrhagic disease, the price for magic beyond her abilities.
—KGF Vissers