(urth) AEG and Castleview

[Dave Tallman]

David Duffy wrote:
> Has anyone brought up Arthur-Guinevere-Merlin rather than Lancelot?
> Reis is the High King after all, and GC is definitely a wizard.
>   
Merlin's love interest was usually Viviane (aka Nimue), the Lady of the 
Lake, not Guinevere. Wolfe followed this line in "The Magic Animal." 
Viviane and Morgan le Fey are combined in Castleview, and the Merlin 
there seemed to be the old King Geimreadh (he lived with Viviane, he 
appeared old while she appeared young, and he was key to an act of magic 
in the end).

The Castleview character I saw as closest to Lancelot was Rex Madadh. He 
was a fey, a werewolf, but he ended up with the Guinevere of that story 
(Sally). Lancelot had a fey connection too, since he was taken from his 
human family as a child and raised by the Lady of the Lake in her 
magical realm. That's a good fit for Gideon Chase as well.

Chase was young, strong, and handsome. These are more traits of Lancelot 
than Merlin. Lancelot was known to perform healings, as Chase healed 
Rian. Lancelot gained favor in King Arthur's court by persuading an 
enemy (Galehaut) to surrender rather than fight. I connect this to the 
oil-field deal that Chase did (p. 26) (presumably for Reis, since Sharon 
Bench knew his family and was unlikely to have an independent inside 
source). Chase worked for Reis in the end, and made a major contribution 
to his downfall through Cassie. This was also like Lancelot.