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ALTHOUGH I’M SURE THAT many, many of you have perfect retention of the cast and plot of The Last Pendragon Saga up until now, I must report that my own husband failed to retain the entirety of the plot up until now. I’m shocked, I tell you, shocked!
So, a refresher:
In the opening chapter of The Last Pendragon, Cadwaladr ap Cadwallon (Cade), enters the court of Gwynedd after King Cadfael’s men ambushed and killed all of his men, including Cade’s foster father, Cynyr, on the road to Aberffraw. As Cadfael had married Cade’s mother (Alcfrith), Cade had believed that Cadfael’s overtures towards him were genuine. A mistake.
Rhiann, Cadfael’s daughter (not by Alcfrith), rescues Cade from hanging and they flee Aberffraw. In the process, Rhiann learns that Cade has been changed by the goddess Arianrhod into one of the sidhe (of a sort, anyway). Eventually, they connect with Cade’s men: Rhun (his foster brother), Goronwy, Bedwyr, Taliesin, his seer and bard, Dafydd, Goronwy’s younger brother, and Geraint, one of Cade’s captains.
Word comes from the south (Llanllugan) that Saxons are encroaching into Wales and Cade leads his men—and Rhiann—into battle. It turns out that the Saxon force has combined with demons, who’ve been released from the Black Cauldron by Arawn, lord of the Underworld, and are controlled by Mabon, the son of Arawn and Arianrhod.
Adventures ensue, carrying into The Pendragon’s Blade and Song of the Pendragon, including the defeat of this combined demon/Saxon force at Llanllugan, the capture and rescue of Cade at Caer Ddu, the crowning of Cade as King of Gwynedd at Aberffraw, where he is reunited with his mother, and the assault on Arawn’s lair underneath Caer Dathyl by Cade and his friends.
Song of the Pendragon ends in a clearing outside of Caer Dathyl. Arianrhod has rescued them from Arawn’s cavern and set them to rights. She visits Cade, tells him that Mabon has been returned to her, and blesses him.
Thank you for reading The Pendragon’s Quest. Enjoy!
