Exploring the legends of King Arthur: Phyllis Ann Karr's The Arthurian Companion - Special Edition
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 27th Dec 2025
"The Arthurian legend holds a different significance for us entering the twenty-first century than it held for Chrétien, for Malory, for the authors of the versions called the French Vulgate…. No doubt it held a different significance again for those who told the old Welsh and other Celtic tales... no doubt it will have yet another, different significance five centuries from now.
As long as we can find no identifiable, indisputable Arthur, the legend has almost complete freedom to grow, to change, to spread, to be many things to many ages, many readers, many romancers."
— from Phyllis Ann Karr's foreword for Pendragon: The Arthurian Companion - Special Edition.
Written by eminent Arthurian scholar Phyllis Ann Karr, this 288 page special edition of her The Arthurian Companion builds on previous publications that she originally released in 1983, 1997, and 2001. It is the most complete compendium of Arthurian lore to date, owing to the thoroughness of its author, and additional contributions by Greg Stafford, designer of the acclaimed Pendragon roleplaying game. Useful with the Pendragon roleplaying game or as a reference.