King Pellam

Also known as: Pellam · Family: Arthurian · Role: king · First appears: Book II, Chapter XIV

Life events

• King Pellam shatters Balin’s sword, leaving Balin weaponless.(Book II, Chapter XV)
  • With: Balin
  • “Then King Pellam caught in his hand a grim weapon and smote eagerly at Balin; but Balin put the sword betwixt his head and the stroke, and therewith his sword burst in sunder.”
• Balin strikes King Pellam with a spear; the castle collapses, burying and incapacitating both for three days.(Book II, Chapter XV)
  • With: Balin
  • “And at the last he entered into a chamber that was marvellously well dight and richly, and a bed arrayed with cloth of gold, the richest that might be thought, and one lying therein, and thereby stood a table of clean gold with four pillars of silver that bare up the table, and upon the table stood a marvellous spear strangely wrought. And when Balin saw that spear, he gat it in his hand and turned him to King Pellam, and smote him passingly sore with that spear, that King Pellam fell down in a swoon, and therewith the castle roof and walls brake and fell to the earth, and Balin fell down so that he might not stir foot nor hand. And so the most part of the castle, that was fallen down through that dolorous stroke, lay upon Pellam and Balin three days.”
• Balin's dolorous stroke leaves three countries destroyed and brings vengeance upon him.(Book II, Chapter XVI)
  • With: Balin
  • “for the dolorous stroke thou gavest unto King Pellam three countries are destroyed, and doubt not but the vengeance will fall on thee at the last.”
• Merlin told Arthur about Balin’s Dolorous Stroke, the brothers’ battle, and their burial.(Book II, Chapter XIX)
  • With: Merlin King Arthur Balin Balan
  • “Soon after this was done Merlin came to King Arthur and told him of the dolorous stroke that Balin gave to King Pellam, and how Balin and Balan fought together the marvellest battle that ever was heard of, and how they were buried both in one tomb.”

Book II, Chapter XIV

• siblings with Garlon “a knight that is brother unto King Pellam”
• protégé: Balin “King Pellam of Listeneise hath made do cry in all this country a great feast that shall be within these twenty days, and no knight may come there but if he bring his wife with him, or his paramour;”

Book II, Chapter XV

• with Balin (One-off combatants.) “Then King Pellam caught in his hand a grim weapon and smote eagerly at Balin; but Balin put the sword betwixt his head and the stroke, and therewith his sword burst in sunder.”
• enemies with Balin (They fight because Balin has slain King Pellam's brother.) “Then King Pellam caught in his hand a grim weapon and smote eagerly at Balin; but Balin put the sword betwixt his head and the stroke, and therewith his sword burst in sunder.”

Book II, Chapter XVI

• with Galahad (Galahad heals King Pellam.) “And King Pellam lay so, many years sore wounded, and might never be whole till Galahad the haut prince healed him in the quest of the Sangreal”
• with Joseph of Arimathea (The text states that King Pellam was closely related to Joseph.) “and King Pellam was nigh of Joseph’s kin”
• with Balin (Balin's stroke wounded King Pellam and caused destruction.) “for the dolorous stroke thou gavest unto King Pellam three countries are destroyed”

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