Arthur Pendragon (Legend of the Knights: The Heroes of Camelot)

Arthur Pendragon (later known as King Arthur) is the titular main protagonist of the 2027 animated Netflix film Legend of the Knights: The Heroes of Camelot. He is the biological son of of Uther Pendragon and Igraine, the older brother of Anna Pendragon, the half-brother of Morgan Le Fay, the cousin of Mordred, the adoptive son of Sir Ector, the adoptive brother of Sir Kay, the founder of the Round Table and the current King of England and Camelot (after his father).

Arthur is loosely based on the legendary British leader King Arthur.

He is voiced by Tom Holland, who also portrays Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Arvin Russell in The Devil All the Time, Cherry in the 2021 film of the same name, Todd Hewitt in Chaos Walking, and Nathan Drake in Uncharted, and voices Walter Beckett in Spies in Disguise, Jip in Dolittle, and Ian Lightfoot in Onward.

Personality
Arthur is a spirited, smart, brave, clever, kind, goofy, playful, determined, self-confident, and adventurous 14-year old dreamer who loves the legends of the Knights of Camelot and wants to become a knight like them. After escaping the clutches of the Saxons, he joins Lancelot, Guinevere, Percival and Gawain in the search for Merlin and the Knights of Camelot to stop the Saxons from taking over Camelot and save what remains of England. This would all lead him to become King of England thanks to his ability to pull the legendary Excalibur from the stone, making for a highly iconic moment.

Film
Arthur is first seen as an infant being born by King Uther Pendragon and Queen Igraine. One day when Arthur was still a baby, the kingdom of Camelot was invaded by the Saxon Knights led by Lord Vortigern. As a last resort to protecting their child, Uther tells Igraine to take Arthur and run away as he pursues and defend the Saxons off but is killed. Igraine brings Arthur to the great wizard Merlin and tells him to give her son to Sir Ector, one of Uther's most trusted knights to raise him. Merlin confirms a prophecy which states “Whoso pulleth out this sword of this stone, is right wise king born of all of England.”

14 years later, Arthur is seen playing as Sir Lyzikiel (whilst donning a bucket helmet) in a reenactment of the Battle of Cameliard with his arrogant rival cousin, Mordred, whilst his annoyed foster brother, Kay watches on. Arthur and Kay later go hunting with Ector where Arthur succeeds better than Kay, who accuses Arthur of having a head start. Just then, Ector is assigned to go to Camelot, who gives Arthur back his bucket helmet, which Kay teases him about as they go inside.

The next day as being looked after by their nursemaid Mrs. P, Arthur asks Kay to take him on his hunting trip, but at first Kay refuses, believing that Arthur will show off again, but changes his mind when Arthur says that he won't bother him. But when Arthur starts talking about Sir Lyzikiel and the Knights of Camelot, an annoyed Kay tells him to stop, but this causes Kay to lose his arrow. Arthur goes to retrieve Kay's lost arrow and ends up lost in the black forest, where he sees a young princess named Guinevere who is attacked by a giant troll and tries to save her. As they try to escape the troll, two Saxon knights named Jatz and Jut send the troll flying (literally) and then captured both Arthur and Guinevere and took them to the Saxon controlled St. Celia's where Mordred was also captured. Arthur meets his half-sister Morgan Le Fay who is the queen of the Saxons. She barely told him about his father and about how he ended up adopted by Ector. During the journey there, Arthur and Guinevere meet and befriend a young loner named Lancelot (who is the adoptive son of The Lady of the Lake). When at St. Celia's, Arthur and Guinevere are made pickers by Morgan after they protest, whilst Mordred turns against Arthur (possibly out of love for Morgan) to become a Saxon knight.

Arthur, Guinevere and several other children are then taken to be mindblinked (where if orphans fall asleep under the moon, they lose their identity and go into a trance). Luckily, Arthur and Lancelot are able to stay awake and pretend to be mindblinked and rescue Guinevere. Afterwards, the trio are sent to search for flecks through pellets. Grimble, who is watching the process, takes Arthur, Lancelot and Guinevere away from the other orphans and reveals to them that he is only working for the Saxons in order to protect his family. Grimble then teaches the three teenagers how to use their weapons in order to escape and find the Knights of Camelot. However, soon after, Morgan arrives with Mordred and two Saxon guards to attempt to recruit Arthur into being a knight. Grimble fights off the guards and begins to strangle Morgan and tells Mordred to go home with Arthur, Lancelot and Guinevere. But Mordred after seeing Morgan struggling to breathe, refuses and comes to Morgan's aid. During this, Arthur, Lancelot and Guinevere escape to find Camelot.

Along the way, Later, Arthur along with Lancelot and Guinevere, meets and befriends two peasants named Percival and Gawain (who are both in the search for the Holy Grail and become knights) and reunites with Mrs. P (who she and Kay had been searching for him). Later on, the group saved a little girl named Anna who is passionate with knights (especially the Silver Knight Gothic) as much as Arthur is and is sent by her old and arrogant uncle Lord Arnold to follow her heroes with the hope to get acquainted closer with their craft. The group are later at attacked by the Saxon knights, but they avoid capture, and one of the saxons reveals Lord Vortigern's planned takeover of Camelot. The group are caught in a blizzard, but are saved by the Knights of Camelot. During his stay at the castle of Camelot (where Ector and Kay are at), Arthur meets Merlin, who is his tutor. Merlin introduces Arthur to an elderly Sir Lyzikiel, who wrote the tales of Silver Knight Gothic. Eventually, one knight named Sir Archibald returns to Camelot with two mindblinked children, one of which turns out to be Anna. After hearing from Archibald that the Saxons plan to use a magical fleck powered device, the knights set off to stop them, whilst Arthur, on the advice of Ector, stays behind to care for Anna. While outside, he sees the spirit of his biological father, Uther who gives him some words of wisdom from beyond the grave and told him about his true heritage. Uther also tells him that he has a little sister who she was born before his mother Igraine died of childbirth and was to be kept safe from the Saxons. Arthur deduces that it is Anna is his sister. With Uther's immortal spirit continuing to live on, he encourages Arthur to put an end to the Saxons' reign once and for all, no matter what it takes. Arthur is able to break his sister from her trance by talking about the legends of Camelot and about their father. Anna reveals to Arthur that it was Mordred that mindblinked her and gave her to Archibald, which makes Arthur realize that Archibald is in league with the Saxons. Arthur sets out with Lancelot, Guinevere, Gawain and Percival to help the knights, and find them paralysed by the device. The device is deactivated and the knights begin to battle the Saxons.

Arthur sees Mordred battling Lancelot and Guinevere and goes after him, only for Mordred to attack him and declare that the Saxons believed in him like no one ever has. During the fight, A big branch snaps, but Arthur grabs Mordred, reminding him that if he dies, he has no second chance. Mordred refuses his help, saying he would rather die. As he tries to attack Arthur, a branch snaps and hits Mordred and sends him falling into the flames. Believing Mordred to be dead, Arthur sees a sword in a stone and pulls it out. Seeing Lord Vortigern, realizing he is responsible for Uther's death, a devastated and angered Arthur goes to confront him to stop him destroying another owl's life, like he did to Mordred's.

Arthur finds Vortigern and Morgan attacking Merlin, and comes to his tutor's aid by attacking Vortigern. Vortigern finds out that the sword Arthur is using is the Excalibur from the stone he pulled out of and summons dark magic to transform himself into an enormous dragon. Arthur charges at the dragon, who drives him backward with his blasts of flame. As Arthur retreats, Vortigern chases him up onto a high cliff and corners him at the ledge. With another powerful flame blast, he blows his shield off. The evil king gains the upper talon and prepares to kill Arthur. But luckily, Arthur is able to use his magic to empower Excalibur and he immediately throws the sword at the dragon's heart. Vortigern roars and screams in pain and collapses onto the ledge, attempting to devour Arthur for the last time, but he dodges. Upon impact, his enormous weight causes the ledge to crumble, sending Vortigern tumbling down to her demise below into his own dragon flames and dissolves into a purple coloring dark smoke. Arthur looks down to see what remains of Vortigern, to see nothing more than his crown and shredded cloak on the ground, plus Excalibur, killing him. Following this, a shocked Morgan retreats with the remaining Saxons.

When returning to Camelot, Arthur reunites with Merlin, Lancelot, Guinevere, Ector, Kay, and the others and shows him Excalibur that he got from the stone. Word spreads, but Lord Arnold does not believe it. As Arthur tries to pull the sword again, one of the knights named Sir Ulfin attempts to pull it out. While trying, Percival, Gawain and a knight called Sir Bart stop Ulfin and allow Arthur to pull the sword. He does so successfully, and the knights and townspeople declare Arthur their new king. Guinevere's father, Leondegrance and Lyziekiel immediately proclaim their support for the new king, but Lord Arnold however, is outraged saying that a reckless runaway like Arthur can not be king. Leondegrance still accepts Arthur as king of England, since Arthur defeated Lord Vorigern and that his daughter, Guinevere seems to approve of this. Kay takes the opportunity to ask Arthur for forgiveness and says that Arthur has earned his respect and their pride in him. Afterwards, Arthur makes Lancelot, Gawain and Percival his knights.

King Arthur and Princess Guinevere are then seen telling a group of children about their adventure together and Arthur tells them that Mordred was never found. However unbeknownst to Arthur, Mordred had survived the fire and came across Vortigern's crown and sword and presumably takes them for himself. Merlin is pleased to see that Arthur is now King of England (just as he foretold) and relates how famous the boy will become in the future.

Trivia

 * Arthur's personality is based on Soren from Warner Bros. 2010 animated film Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Gahoole, Frodo Baggins from The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Kayley from Quest for Camelot, and Wart from Disney's The Sword in the Stone.
 * In the film, Arthur was 14 when he became king, while in the legend, Arthur became king at age 15.
 * Arthur pulled Excalibur in the stone to save Merlin from Lord Vortigern and Morgan Le Fay to save Merlin, while Arthur pulled Excalibur to give to Sir Kay.
 * His middle name "Liebowitz" is a reference to the character, Arthur Liebowitz from The Fairly Odd Parents episode, "Knighty Knight".