Gawain (Camelot 3000)

In the year 3000, aliens invaded Earth, causing Arthur to rouse from his magical sleep and set out to find his reborn knights. South Africa was largely untouched by the alien invasion, but Gawain's son Jimmy was still afraid. Gawain told Jimmy not to worry and promised that he would never leave him, but as soon as he did, Merlin teleported into their apartment and restored Gawain's memories. Gawain dutifully rejoined the Knights of the Round Table to help save the world but resented being away from his family.

Gawain fought loyally for Arthur's cause, and the Knights of the Round Table won many victories; despite tragedies such as Guinevere and Lancelot once again having an affair, and Merlin being captured by their ancient enemy Morgan LeFay, the ruler of the aliens. Arthur decided to launch an invasion of the alien's homeworld Chiron, where Merlin was imprisoned. They stole the last rocket on Earth and successfully landed on Chiron. That night as they were encamped, Gawain told Arthur the history he had missed in his millennia of slumber: the devastation of World War III in the 23rd Century, the terrible power of atomic weapons and how the survivors of the war had needed to rebuild civilisation from scratch.

Arthur decided that a small force consisting of himself, Tristan, Tom and Gawain would infiltrate the fortress and free Merlin from captivity, while Lancelot lead the bulk of their forces on a frontal assault. However, Lancelot knocked Arthur out and took his place, hoping to retrieve the captured Holy Grail which he had lost shortly after being named its guardian. They successfully snuck inside Castle LeFay and fanned out to look for Merlin. Meanwhile outside, Arthur's forces could not break through the gate of the castle, and so Galahad sacrificed both himself and the rocket to blow open the gates. Arthur and his forces charged in and squared off against Morgan and the reincarnated Modred. Arthur was able to kill Modred and free Merlin; however, Morgan summoned her entire army to attack them, and the knights could not fight them off. To destroy their enemies once and for all, Arthur had Merlin teleport the others back to Earth and then, remembering what Gawain had taught him about nuclear fission, used Excalibur to split the atoms of a rock, triggering a nuclear explosion and sacrificing himself to kill Morgan and her army.

The surviving knights built a memorial to Arthur and the others who had fallen in their quest. With his duty discharged, Gawain returned to Johannesburg and reunited with his family.

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This character or object is an adaptation of Gawain, a character or object in traditional stories. These include, but may not be limited to religious texts, myth, and/or folk lore. More information on the original can be found at Wikipedia.org.

Gawain (Camelot 3000)

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