Mordrains

Also known as: King Mordrains · Role: king · First appears: Book XVII, Chapter IV

Life events

Mordrains restored Nacien’s broken sword and returned it to its sheath.(Book XVII, Chapter IV · 📍 Port of Perilous Rock)
- With: Nacien
- “When Mordrains saw the sword he praised it much: But the breaking was not to do but by wickedness of thy selfward, for thou art in some sin. And there he took the sword, and set the pieces together, and they soldered as fair as ever they were to-fore; and there put he the sword in the sheath”
Galahad’s embrace miraculously restores Mordrains’ aged body.(Book XVII, Chapter XVIII)
- With: Galahad
- “For the fire of the Holy Ghost is taken so in thee that my flesh which was all dead of oldness is become young again.”
Mordrains prays to Jesu Christ, and his soul departs from his body.(Book XVII, Chapter XVIII)
- With: Jesu Christ
- “And anon Our Lord heard his prayer: therewith the soul departed from the body.”
Galahad buries Mordrains as befitting a king.(Book XVII, Chapter XVIII)
- With: Galahad
- “And then Galahad put him in the earth as a king ought to be”

with Nacien (brothers-in-law) “Nacien, the brother-in-law of King Mordrains, was borne into a town more than fourteen days’ journey from his country”

with Galahad (After Mordrains dies, Galahad buries him.) “therewith the soul departed from the body. And then Galahad put him in the earth as a king ought to be”
with Jesu Christ (Mordrains prays to Jesu Christ, who hears his prayer at his death.) “Fair Lord Jesu Christ, now I have my will. Now I require thee, in this point that I am in, thou come and visit me. And anon Our Lord heard his prayer: therewith the soul departed from the body.”

Extracted from the original text of Le Morte d'Arthur. Made with Rho MD.