Charachter Growth

Wart begins the book as a happy young boy that dreams of being a knight someday. Although he knows this will never happen, he still practices with his foster brother Kay. When Merlyn comes along, he transforms into the same boy with the same dreams, but a more learned one. When Arthur becomes King, he starts thinking along the lines of Right over Might. He still has the same innocence he starts out with but is much more mature. After the crusades, everyone gets bored and King Arthur must begin to think of a new way to keep Might under Right. He begins thinking of new laws to govern the people instead of force. while he does this he gets older and more mature. He sees that his utopia is falling apart. At the end he remembers all of what Merlyn taught him. He thinks that it would be a better world if man had wings and no boundaries.