Arthurian Inspiration
I have long been fascinated by the tales of King Arthur, Camelot and the Knights of the Round Table. Along with the legends of Robin Hood, these are the staple fare of Ancient English mythology. Nobody knows, of course, whether Arthur and his knights really existed. Indeed, their stories were first written down by Sir Thomas Mallory and Geoffrey of Monmouth many centuries after they were supposed to have taken place, and so must have passed by word of mouth for hundreds of years, going through changes and embellishments that we cannot even begin to imagine. But who is to say that King Arthur and his knights did not, in fact, exist, and that they were not, in fact, dragons?
Even when I first watched Blazing Dragons back in 1996, I wondered whether Count Geoffrey’s name was inspired by Geoffrey of Monmouth, and that in his later years he was going to sit down and chronicle his long association with the
dragons of Camelhot, turning them into humans in the process. However, whatever the truth behind the stories may be, these are the snippets of inspiration that Blazing Dragons borrowed from Arthurian legend. Or perhaps it was the other way around...
J.C.
Even when I first watched Blazing Dragons back in 1996, I wondered whether Count Geoffrey’s name was inspired by Geoffrey of Monmouth, and that in his later years he was going to sit down and chronicle his long association with the
dragons of Camelhot, turning them into humans in the process. However, whatever the truth behind the stories may be, these are the snippets of inspiration that Blazing Dragons borrowed from Arthurian legend. Or perhaps it was the other way around...
J.C.