Sir Lancelot (Kaamelott)



Sir Lancelot is the main antagonist of 2005 French comedy medieval fantasy television series Kaamelott and was portrayed by Thomas Cousseau

HISTORY
Lancelot is the son of King Ban of Benwick. After his father's death, he is rise by the Lady of the Lake, destined to become the gods' chosen one, but due to his lack of concentration, these ones choose Arthur instead. Once adult, he becomes a knight errant, then rejoins the Round Table.

At the begining of the serie, Lancelot is one of the Knights of the Round Table as well as Arthur's best friend and right hand. Is also serve as prime minister and counselor for the king.

It's a very efficient knight who defend the weeks and fights evil creatures, and attach importance of strong values like nobleness and honor and swore to consecrate himself to the true love. In fact, he his secretly in love with Guenièvre, the queen and he's his confidant.

In the second season, the relations between Lancelot and Arthur begin to deteriorate, because of their differents views about the quest of the Graal. In one of the assemblies of the Round Table, in wich Arthur is absent, Lancelot takes his sit, offending the other knights, who consider this a lack of respect toward the king. Lancelot get upset and insult Arthur, before arresting some of the knights for a few days. When Arthur returns, he force Lancelot to take a few day off for resting affirming his right hand must be overworked, but when Lancelot came back, Arthur unterstand that his former friend begin to hate him. Lancelot also start to secretly keep the treasures he bring back from his quests.

In the third season, Lancelot starts rolling away from the castle, becoming again knight errant, but continues to assure his duty at Kaamelott. He also discover that his fellow knight Bohort of Gaunnes is his cousin, wich annoy him, being a knight errant requiring to be without family. Despite of this, he became close friend with Bohort, revealing his secret to him. After a finale last dispute with Arthur, Lancelot declares his love for the queen and definitively quits Kaamelott.

In the fourth season, Lancelot creates his own separatist faction to orchestrate to quest of the Graal, with the support of King Loth of Orkney, who desires the throne of Logres. His fellow knight Galessin, Duke of Orkney (and so subordinate of Loth), also deffect and became his lieutenant. Guenièvre, whose Bohort had tell the truth, also rejoin him. But, if in a first time both are happy, it doesn't last, since both are inexperienced in love and unable to consume their union. Lancelot also becomes more and more jealous and possessive going so far as to bond her when he goes away, to avoid her the temptation to leave. He also starts to talk about a mysterious man in black who spies him, whom he is the only one to see, making his men thinking he becomes mad.

The relations betwin Lancelot and Kaamelott goes worst to worst, Lancelot qualifying them as ennemies, and ordering his troops to kill them at view. After a meetting with Arthur at the tavern, both stay on their positions, refusing to modify their ways of do. They also swear to kill the other if he stand ahead them, even if it will be with no joy. Later, they encounter again in a labyrinth, having both heard about a treasure inside him. Since there is no enough place to fight inside the labyrinth, Lancelot challenge Arhtur to meet him at the dusk to settles scores once for all.

At the dusk, Lancelot waits Arthur for their duel, but this one doesn't shows him. Lancelot affirms then that Arthur is a coward, and is scared to confront him. In fact, Arhur had take this opportunity to attack Lancelot's camp and save Guenièvre. The men of Loth, feeling that they are going to lose, abandoned the camp, trying to destroy all evidences of Loth's involvement. When Lancelot comes back, he founds the camp empty collapses. The mysterious man then shows himself, odering him to rise up.

In the fifth season, Lancelot now lives alone in the moutains, everyone in the the kingdom thinking is dead or mad, only Arthur worrying about him. Lancelot then receives the visit of the ysterious man, who reveals his identity : Méléagan. When Lancelot learns that Arthur has decided to replant Excalibur, he understands that the king lost the support of the people, and decides to try to retire it, but Méléagan dissuades him. in fact, this one affirms that Lancelot is not the chosen of theses gods, but the ones of the other gods, wich who rewards. Later, Méléagan decides to test Lancelot, and orders him to murder a traveler. Lancelot accepts, but discovers that the man is Lionel of Gaunnes, Bohort's brother and his own cousin. He chooses to spare him, affirming that he will not kill his own relatives, wich deceive Méléagan.

Finally, Lancelot, obnibulated by his hate toward Arthur, and his desire of kill him, goes back to Kaamelott, but underestimates their defenses. Indeed, Arthur has abandoned the throne making his spep-father Léodagan of Cameliard the new king, who is obsseded with the defenses of the terrotory. Thereby, on his road to the castle, Lancelot his hit by an arrow, fired by Sir Lionnel, the one he spared few time ago. Remembering an old ritual teached by the Lady of the Lake, he succeed in healing himself. He resumes his road and achieves to infiltrate the fortress without difficulty. There, he finds Arthur in the bathroom, who just try to kill himself. Lancelot then choose to save Arthur, wanting to kill him himself raher than letting him commit suicid.

In the last season, Lancelot comes to Tintagel, to pay tribute to the memory of Arthur, whose death has been announced in all the kingdom. In fact, Arthur is still alive, and the announcement was a mistake. Arthur, in memory of their former friendship, gives him his place, and the full powers, making him the new king of Logres.

Méléagan then retrieves Lancelot, and congratulate him for succeeding his goal and tells him to wipe off everything : the Round Table, Kaamelott, the knights, etc... He burns the Round Table and sent his troops, men dressed in white, to captures all the knights and the relatives to Arthur.

Personnality
In the begining of the series, Lancelot his depicted as the perfect knight : heroic, brave, honorable, noble... According to Arthur, he is the only reliable knight, and he's very popular in the kingdom for his numerous exploit.

However, later, he starts to show his real side: arrogant, ambitious, jealous...

Yet, he realy loves Guenièvre and his often chocked by the manner that Arthur treat her.

Later, after his defeat and isolation, he became obsessed with Arthur, and ready to do anything to kill him, including killing innocents, even if he keeps some values, like not hurting his family.