Chronicles of the Sword

The game's plot is loosely based on Arthurian legends; this was the second game from Psygnosis that was based on this theme, the first being The Legend of Galahad. The story is set in King Arthur's mythical court of Camelot, located in Albion, Sub-Roman Britain, circa 420 A.D. The player takes on the role of Sir Gawain, a young knight of Arthur struggling to uphold virtues of the kingdom. Gawain's quest is to stop Morgan le Fay, the Arthur's beautiful half-sister who is secretly an evil sorceress, before she can wreak destruction on Camelot. Morgana plots to reveal Lancelotand Lady Guinevere's affair to the world, thus overthrowing Arthur and seizing power.[1][2]

The game begins with Lady Morganna murdering the priest of Camelot just as Gawain was about to be given his knighthood. Early during the course of the game, Gawain discovers her plan and warns the king. Having been banished from Camelot, Morgana then attempts to kill Arthur before vanishing, prompting Merlin the magician to send Gawain off to get rid of her once and for all. The young knight ventures to ferret out various objects to give himself the ring of protection from Morgana's powerful magic. This task completed, Gawain goes off on the journey to the islandLyonesse on the final mission to find Morgana. Once in Morgana's castle, Gawain has to find ingredients for the spell spell to defeat the witch and he also to find a way to dispose of her lover and personal guard, the dangerous vampire named Ragnar, so he can't rescue her. Ultimately, Gawain is unable to end Morgana's life even after he killed Ragnar, but she is however magically trapped by the magic of fairies and he returns to Camelot as a hero to join the Order of the Round Table.