Arthur Timeline and Summary

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Arthur Timeline and Summary

  • We first meet Arthur when he befriends Una and helps her save Redcrosse from the giant Orgoglio.
  • He then helps them defeat Duessa and explains his life-story, especially his love for the Faerie Queene.
  • He then leaves Redcrosse and Una on friendly terms.
  • We next encounter Arthur when he rushes to help Guyon fighting Pinochles and Cymochles, and eventually, Arthur kills both of them.
  • Then the two of them head to Alma's castle, killing the knights of Malegar before entering, and spend some quality time with Alma and her household.
  • There, Arthur leans about his role in British history.
  • He and Guyon soon must defend Alma's castle against the attack of Malegar and more troops, during which Arthur is injured and saved by his squire, Timias, and then drowns Malegar.
  • After resting at Alma's castle, he heads out on a various adventures with Guyon until they run into Britomart, whom Guyon wants to fight.
  • Arthur finally reconciles the two of them and soon goes off on his own path in pursuit of the beautiful Florimell.
  • Amidst searching for her, he comes across Amoret and Aemylia who have just escape from the clutches of Lust.
  • They travel together, enduing the nasty comments of Sclaunder, and then comes across Placidas, the BFF of Aemylia's love, Amyas.
  • Arthur kills Corflambo, who was pursing Placidas, and Placidas fills them all in on the whole Amyas, Poeana, prisoner-situation.
  • In order to free Amyas, Arthur uses the corpse of Corflambo as a trick to get them into his castle, where he frees Amyas and arranges a marriage between a repentant Poeana and Placidas.
  • Arthur next pops up when he meets Artegall and the two of them save Samient from some pagan knights.
  • They then agree to help her and her queen, Mercilla, by slaying the Souldan, and along the way to visit Mercilla, they kill Malengin.
  • Once they reach the court of Mercilla, they witness the trial of Duessa and Arthur agrees to help Belge defeat the tyrant Geryoneo.
  • He successfully kills Geryoneo and his monster and then heads off, eventually running into his old squire Timias and helping him defeat Despetto, Defetto, and Decetto.
  • They bump into Serena and the Savage Man, and Arthur leaves Timias and Serena with the Hermit so that they can recover from their wounds.
  • He and the Savage Man then come across Turpine, whom Arthur defeats, but Turpine soon plots further against Arthur while dinning with Turpine's wife Blandina in their home.
  • Turpine deceives two knights into killing Arthur, one whom Arthur then kills and the other whom Arthur forgives.
  • Fed-up with Turpine, he ties Turpine upside down on a tree and heads off with the other knight, named Enias.
  • He and Enias run into Mirabella, Scorn, and Disdain who have taken Timias prisoner.
  • Arthur releases Timias and then heads off to pursue another quest for the Faerie Queene.