LOGLINE:
Some legends seem so real that they can capture lives and spark great loyalty.
PITCH:
Gwen the Alligator proudly
tells visitors she’s named after King Arthur’s Queen Guinevere and recounts the
valiant and perilous adventures of the noble king, his beautiful wife, the
doomed affair between Sir Lancelot and Guinevere, the warring Knights of the
Round Table, the traitorous Mordred, and Arthur’s fatal last battle. Though
centuries have passed, young Gwen still holds hope for Arthur’s return, sure in
her dream she will be his bride this time around.
SYNOPSIS:
At Caerleon in Southern Wales, Gwen the Alligator who lived her whole life in the moat around castle Camelot, welcomes visitors to King Arthur’s realm for a retelling of the famous legends, including the quest for the Holy Grail. Gwen’s mom loved legends, tales, and folklore galore and named her newly hatched egg after Arthur’s Queen Guinevere.
At Caerleon in Southern Wales, Gwen the Alligator who lived her whole life in the moat around castle Camelot, welcomes visitors to King Arthur’s realm for a retelling of the famous legends, including the quest for the Holy Grail. Gwen’s mom loved legends, tales, and folklore galore and named her newly hatched egg after Arthur’s Queen Guinevere.
Gwen tells visitors that
Guinevere was beautiful, noble, gentle, and loved high tea. Tragedy struck when
Guinevere fell in love with Lancelot, a knight of King Arthur’s Round Table,
itself a wedding gift from Guinevere’s father. Lancelot was brave and loyal to
Arthur, and Guinevere knew her romance with Lancelot was wrong but his valiant deeds
to save her from death and danger made her fall in love.
King Arthur tried to ignore
Guinevere’s unfaithfulness, but then he knew her adultery was destroying his
kingdom. Arthur fought Lancelot for Guinevere, the Knights took sides and
fought each other, eventually disbanding. After time passed, Guinevere returned
to Arthur and was thereafter loyal to her rightful king. After the Knights of
the Round Table fell, King Arthur asked his nephew Mordred to take charge of
the kingdom when he had to travel. Mordred plotted an evil scheme to make
himself king and take Guinevere as his bride. Guinevere refused Mordred’s offer
and locked herself in the Tower of London so he could not get to her.
When Arthur returned, he
fought Mordred to the death, but was himself mortally wounded. Both Arthur and
Mordred died, leaving Guinevere alone. King Arthur’s tombstone read: “Here lies
Arthur, King that was, King that shall be, and he is great because he fought
against evil and kept the land free. He helped those in danger find jubilee.
The Holy Grail was a sovereign quest, but now King Arthur is forever at rest.” Guinevere entered a convent,
repented, prayed, helped the poor, and vowed to never see Lancelot again. After
she died, the church buried her next to Arthur and they all lived on in
mythology.
Gwen the Alligator insists to visitors they’ll never be the same from having learned how she got her name and knowing that King Arthur is supposed to return one day. She explains that an alligator’s fate is a castle, not a swamp. Confident she is Arthur’s bride-to-be, a British alligator that will guard his castle and sing his legends until King Arthur valiantly returns, Gwen pledges her allegiance to King Arthur and the Holy Grail.
Gwen the Alligator insists to visitors they’ll never be the same from having learned how she got her name and knowing that King Arthur is supposed to return one day. She explains that an alligator’s fate is a castle, not a swamp. Confident she is Arthur’s bride-to-be, a British alligator that will guard his castle and sing his legends until King Arthur valiantly returns, Gwen pledges her allegiance to King Arthur and the Holy Grail.
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