Arthur — The King Who Was Chosen

Britain did not need another warlord.
It needed a king.

Not one crowned by blood or conquest,
but one recognized.

The sword in the stone was not a test of strength.
It was a test of right.

Arthur did not seize power —
power answered him.

He ruled by restraint,
built Camelot on duty rather than fear,
and set the Round Table so that no man stood above another.

But even chosen kings fail.

Camelot did not fall to invasion,
but to betrayal, pride, and love left ungoverned.

Wounded and dying, Arthur ordered the sword returned to the water —
because power that is not surrendered
becomes a curse.

He did not vanish in triumph.
He was carried away.

Arthur endures not because he ruled,
but because he showed what a king
is meant to be.

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