I am somewhat tempted by the loose similarities between the beginning of King Arthur's story and Cinderella. Both of them were raised by someone other than their parents and later become royalty. Of course, Arthur's comes from his true right to the throne and Cinderella's comes from her marriage to a Prince, but the relationship is interesting and might be worth exploring all the same.
I like the story of Tor, the boy who desired to be a knight. He bids his father to bring him before King Arthur to ask to be knighted. I think telling Tor's back story could be an interesting way to go with this Storytelling post. I would describe all of this other family members, and their role within the family (his father says in the story that all of Tor's brothers work in the field, yet he can't make Tor do anything but practice fighting). Arthur is such a benevolent king that he makes Tor a knight almost immediately. My first thought is to change this ending, but I think that wouldn't do King Arthur any justice.
Arthur's immediate love for Guenevere is another interesting story to be told. In the story, it dedicates barely a sentence to the idea that Arthur sees Guenevere for the first time and is immediately taken by her. I think basing an entire Storytelling post on the time Arthur first met or saw Guenevere all the way up until their marriage would be nice to write.
Telling the story of Merlin's death by the hands of that dreadful maiden in a completely different setting. I am imagining a family vacation and, instead of a woman and a man (who is infatuated with the woman), it would be a brother and sister combination. They are on a trip together and one quickly gets annoyed with the other and does something that she will regret.
(King Arthur, web source: Wikimedia)
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