The mythological character of Arthur is familiar to everyone, but his roots lie deep in Welsh history and culture. In this unique graphic novel series, the legend of Arthur is told from a Welsh perspective, based on the old Welsh tradition and culture.

In a detailed illustrated graphic novel, this first volume recounts the first two branches of the story, beginning with the seer Myrddin, the wild man of the woods, and the heroic rise of Arthur as the Britons’ warleader opposing the Saxon incursions into Britain. This is fifth century Britain; the Romans have gone and the indigenous British culture is resurgent; the Welsh language develops from the Brythonic mother tongue, and the earliest Welsh literature and histories are composed.

Chwedl Arthur introduces characters found in Welsh mythology as living mortals, beginning with Vortigern’s treachery in granting the Saxons a foothold in Britain, to Myrddin’s extraordinary youth and the crisis of faith which drove him to madness which was only stemmed by his companion Taliesin. Myrddin comes across the young Arthur and sees in him as the original son of prophecy who will grow and save his people. As Arthur develops into a young man he accumulates a band of like-minded warriors around him and leads them from one strategic battle to the next to keep their land free from the Saxon foe.