Who Is Sir Kay (Cai)?
Arthur's foster brother and the king's seneschal
Sir Kay is King Arthur's foster brother, a Knight of the Round Table who later became the king's seneschal (the officer who runs the royal household). He is the true son of Sir Ector, the knight who raised Arthur.
In Episode 1, newly knighted, he plans to fight in a tournament in London but leaves his sword behind at the inn. When Arthur brings him the sword from the stone instead, Kay at first tells his father that he pulled it out himself, but under questioning he admits the lie. This forgotten sword is what leads Arthur to the throne. Granting his foster father's wish, Arthur makes Kay his seneschal.
In most versions of the legend, Kay is portrayed as a sharp-tongued, sarcastic knight. He also appears in old Welsh tales under the name "Cai" and is considered one of Arthur's oldest companions.
Episodes featuring this character4
NEWEpisode 1
The Errand Boy Who Pulled the SwordThe Sword in the Stone
Episode 1 of the series. Young Arthur only wanted a spare sword for his brother, Sir Kay. So he pulls one from a stone in a churchyard, a sword that every lord in the land had failed to budge. When his foster father, Sir Ector, kneels before him, Arthur learns the truth about his family and must decide for himself whether to step toward the crown.
19 pages
NEWEpisode 2
The Day the Boy King's Sword BrokeExcalibur and the Lady of the Lake
Fresh from victory over the rebel kings, the boy king Arthur is riding high, until he learns of a terrible sin he committed without knowing it. Then, in a duel with the knight of the spring, King Pellinore, the sword from the stone shatters. The Lady of the Lake grants Arthur a new blade, Excalibur, and Merlin asks him one question: which matters more, the sword or the scabbard?
19 pages
NEWEpisode 4
The Mistake That Wrote the Knights' CodeGawain and the Pentecostal Oath
Knighted on King Arthur's wedding day, young Gawain is desperate to win glory. When his hounds are killed, he flies into a rage, refuses a beaten knight's plea for mercy, and the lady who throws herself between them dies by his hand. He doesn't run. He carries his shame back to the court, and the vow he swears there becomes the oath of every Knight of the Round Table.
19 pages
NEWEpisode 7
She Mocked Him. He Kept Winning.Beaumains, the Kitchen Knight
Mocked as "Fair Hands" and worked to the bone in the castle kitchen for a whole year, a nameless youth called Beaumains finally gets his quest. With his guide Lynette insulting him every step of the way, he quietly defeats the Black, Green, Red and Indigo knights, then faces the deadliest foe of all: the Red Knight of the Red Launds, who grows as strong as seven men at noon.
19 pages