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* Still thinking about this guy. It needs to be a male figure but not sure if its one from the legends or a new

character, it depends what works best. Hes been captured by the assassins to be sold for slavery which means

he doesnt have to be from Briton. He could be Roman who were big rivals to the Britons, adding an interesting

level to the two characters relationship.

Guinevere

The film opens in King Arthurs court introducing the characters of Arthur, Guinevere, Sir Lancelot,

Mordred, Sir Kay, Sir Galahad and Sir Bedivere. They talk of the disappearance of Merlin.

Guinevere is captured by some unknown band of assassins but she escapes with the help of her

secret fighting skills and a sidekick*. They find themselves in Rome so Guinevere assumes its an

assassination attempt by the Emperor Lucius.

They travel to Briton in disguise as they fear the assassins will be searching for them. When they

reach King Arthurs court they find an imposter queen on the throne. This is Guineveres identical

half-sister by her father; she explains to the sidekick, she thought was dead. As Guinevere goes to

announce her return the sidekick stops her reminding her that she herself could be seen as the

imposter.

They return at night and sneak into the imposter Queens room to question her. The imposter isconfused as she believes herself to be the real Guinevere and when tested she knew as much of

Guineveres history as she did herself. The sidekick knocks something over attracting the attention of

the guards outside the room, however, they escape unseen.

The two flee to a nearby lake where they review what just happened. Guinevere notes that they are

not her usual guards and that her ladies in waiting are missing. She then begins to question her own

identity as she believes the imposter to be telling the truth I know my own face when its telling the

truth. but the sidekick says he knows shes the real one. His faith encourages her. They decide to

work in stealth to uncover what is going on. They find a cave near the lake in which to hide and rest.

Meanwhile, a womans head rises from the lake, its the Lady of the Lake, and she appears evil.

The two wake the next day to find an ambush of knights outside the cave. They fight their way to an

escape; the sidekick stealing a shield from one of the attacking knights in defence. Afterwards they

reflect that someone must have known they were there and who she was. Imprinted on the back of

the shield was a small crest; it was the crest of Mordred.

Guinevere discuses herself and begins to infiltrate her way into Mordreds life while the sidekick gets

a job in the kitchens so he can learn from the gossip as keep close watch on the imposter queen.

Guinevere begins a romance with him in order to extract information about his plans. He mentions

his mother, Morgan le Fay, pushing him to be better and saying to him that soon he will be king,

however, he appears to have no idea that the current Queen on the throne is an imposter.

Meanwhile, the sidekick discovers that the imposter queen is having relations with Sir Lancelot. He

also finds that a woman sometimes enters through the imposter queens window, he doesnt know

who she is and shes never in court.

Having extracted enough information Guinevere and the sidekick disappear from the castle. They

decide to wait for this mysterious intruder woman before searching out Morgan le Fay. The woman

appears, cloaked and hidden, on a horse with four guards. While the woman enters the imposter

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* Still thinking about this guy. It needs to be a male figure but not sure if its one from the legends or a new

character, it depends what works best. Hes been captured by the assassins to be sold for slavery which means

he doesnt have to be from Briton. He could be Roman who were big rivals to the Britons, adding an interesting

level to the two characters relationship.

queens room Guinevere and the sidekick succeed in taking out two of the guards and disguising

themselves in their robes. They follow the mysterious lady back in the night only to find themselves

entering Morgan le Fays court.

Guinevere and the sidekick disappear swiftly knowing that discovery wasnt an option and find

refuge in a local village. Guinevere explains her confusion as Morgan was always a kind lady and a

healer of the sick but that she had been rarely seen for a year now and the people in the village

explain how she is now cruel. The next day they hear that the Queen is to be executed as they have

discovered her affair with Sir Lancelot.

Knowing this means the plans, whatever they are, are about to be put into action, Guinevere tricks

one of Morgans body guards into a dungeon while the sidekick waits outside on guard. She then

threatens him to get him to talk. He explains how they found the identical Guinevere and brought

her to this dungeon where she stayed, unseen, for a year. Morgan visited every night until one day

she brought her out and she had no idea of old life and believed herself to be the Queen Guinevere.

While King Arthur was on his roman campaign they had organised Guinevere to be taken over seas

and assassinated, so her body wouldnt be found, but the assassins thought theyd take her to Rome

instead and sell her as a slave. Meanwhile, Morgan replaced her with the imposter. Guinevere asked

why Morgan did all this, the guard smiles and says in a feminine voice to put my son on the

throne. It turns out to be Morgan herselfusing her shape shifting powers. She hits Guinevere over

the head. Before Guinevere passes out she see Morgan transform into her mirror image and leave

the dungeon.

Guinevere is woken up by one of the boys from the village but she doesnt remember who she is or

how she got there. The boy tells her she was going to defeat the evil Morgan and her son. He says

that her friend went to the great lake. Not knowing who she is or anything about her past she

decided to head to the lake as the boy said. The word in the village is that the Queen, who was

sentenced to death, was rescued by Sir Lancelot and hes fled overseas pursued by King Arthur.

Guinevere arrives at the lake to find Morgan, seemingly alone, discussed as Guinevere; however,

Guinevere cant remember what she looks like so only sees what seems to be a familiar face. She

approaches Morgan and asks if she know her and explains about her amnesia. Morgan plays along

and pretends to be the friend shes looking for. She tells her that Mordred will be here soon and

they must kill him to save the king. Guinevere is reluctant but then the lady of the lake appears and

tells her it is true. They tell her that the evil Morgan has placed an imposter queen on the throne and

that the disguised Morgan is the genuine queen. Guinevere says that a Lancelot had just recued a

queen and that the King has left to fight him; Morgan looks ecstatic at the news. She tells Guinevere

that this means its the perfect time for her to kill Mordred but that she, Morgan, had to sort out

other things. She tells Guinevere to kill the next man to enter the lakes clearing and gives her a

knife.

Later on the sidekick walks into the clearing and sees Guinevere. He hurries over explaining that hed

escaped Morgan, knowing shes fake, to come and free her but shed gone. He hugs her, behind him

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