So we six, who slept in those woods not knowing what the next day would bring, had listened to Merlin, who told Arthur how he could remake Britain. How he could do as Maximus had done and unite the kingdoms under one warrior king, as Uther had tried but ultimately failed to do. And that warrior king would be Arthur. Arthur would wield the ancient talisman as another warlord had done not so very long ago, and we warriors of Britain would free ourselves of the Saxons and throw them back into the sea.
