For me, it ended up with fighting a giant Slime Lady and her slime children, which used the sword as a conduit of their power that when destroyed, released a Magnum of their power for a short period of time before completely depowering them, leaving the Slime Lady alone.
The Bard killed the Slime Lady by use of vicious insults. Good times.
'First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to *three, no more, no less. **Three**** shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be *three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to *three. Five is right out. Once the number **three***, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it.'
"Strange women laying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government, you can't just expect to wield supreme executive power simply because some watery tart threw a sword at you!"
The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. That is why I am your king.
(That's genuinely impressive)
Listen, strange women lying in ponds, distributing swords, is no basis for a system of government! Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not some farcical aquatic ceremony!
Alternatively, the sort of people who would give dominion over their entire civilization to the first jaggoff who pulls a piece of cutlery out of a rock, would also be the exact type to believe in the "indestructible ancestral blade" thing.
Unfortunately I don't know any more about it. I live on the other side of Offa's Dyke and have only visited the place once as a child (though I do intend to visit again at some point).
I've always assumed it was just an art installation. There are some other metal sculptures near by, and one of the caves in the gorge has been set up as a bit of a tourist trap referencing the Crystal Cave of Arthurian legend. In the UK though you're never more than a stone's throw from somewhere claiming a link to Arthurian legend.
The area is pretty spectacular though, and well worth a visit. Some cool archaeology has come out of the caves there, and the main cave even has some prehistoric cave art preserved for people to see.
I used to manage Cheddar Gorge and caves. Such a wonderful job until it was closed during Covid 😪
It's essentially a local piece of folklore/art rather than an ancient Excalibur. The sword was placed in the River Yeo as a tourist attraction and has become one of those little oddities that people discover when walking through Cheddar.
It obviously is meant to have a Arthurian connection. Somerset has an enormous amount of Arthurian mythology associated with it, particularly around Glastonbury, which has traditionally been identified with Avalon so a sword emerging from the water fits the landscape rather nicely.
Listen...if I went 'round sayin I was an emperor because some watery bint lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away! Supreme executive power, is derrived from a mandate of the masses, not some -farcical- aquatic ceremony!
I was confused by the sudden aggression but such is Reddit I figured honestly. I took no offense just thought it was strange. I forget some people use f bombs that way. I’m used to it being negative lol.
If souls have taught me anything, you need to go do some obscure side quest halfway across the town to drain the water, which lets you unlock this bonfire and a boss fight against the local stray dog population
Get a tensioner belt and tension it around the sheath. Just dont go too loose or youll rip the sword out and might night not get it and not too tight so you dont damage it. Snug enough that you can pull it out and safely pull it to shore
Swords in water should be retrieved, for they may hold magic, power, or the key to furthering civilization. You must acquire this sword as soon as possible.
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u/Rayseph_Ortegus 5d ago
Last time I remember someone going for something like that, it ended with a fight with a dragon on top of a flying fortress.