Overview of 'The Legend of Prince Valiant' Season 1

Episode 1 - The Dream

Release Date: 2 Sep. 1991

Prince Valiant's father's kingdom of Thule is conquered by Cynan when King Williem orders one of his men to spare Cynan's young son, After the family is exiled and ends up living in a swamp abroad, Valiant dreams nightly of two men, Arthur and Merlin, discussing the just New Order to be established in a place called Camelot and calling him to be a knight there. He decides to journey out to find this realm to become a Knight of the Round Table and return to overthrow Cynan and reclaim his homeland.

Episode 2 - The Journey

Release Date: 9 Sep. 1991

While traveling toward Camelot, Valiant encounters Arn, a young man living in the woods who offers him food. He has never heard of Camelot but goes after Valiant when he enters the dangerous marsh nearby to ensure he comes out alive. Valiant encounters a wild man and ends up fatally wounding him in self-defense, and when he takes his body to his mother with Arn, she is ready to make them pay...

Episode 3 - The Blacksmith's Daughter

Release Date: 16 Sep. 1991

Valiant and Arn stop in the village of Bridgeford and meet Rowanne, a young spirited woman spurning the advances of the immoral sheriff, Robert Draconarius, whom Valiant defeats in combat. He and his men try to damage the forge owned by Rowanne's father Cedric and frame Valiant and Arn for it. When it fails, Robert goes to his elder brother the baron and tells him of the two travelers seeking Caaelot - whose legacy Duncan Draconarius has worked to keep secret from his people. The next day Valiant and Arn are wrongly accused for the fire Robert started while Rowanne is...

Episode 4 - The Kidnapping

Release Date: 23 Sep. 1991

As the journey to Camelot continues, Rowanne is captured by a Bridgeforder seeking to earn some money by returning to the village with her and collecting the reward Duncan offered to a bounty hunter. But the real bounty hunter is also seeking Rowanne, giving Valiant and Arn twice as many enemies to worry about tracking down and fighting.

Episode 5 - The Trust

Release Date: 30 Sep. 1991

While giving chase to a not-quite-dead wild boar, Valiant stumbles into a booby-trapped cave occupied by a mad Viking named Tor who seems convinced Valiant wishes to attack him. Valiant learns Tor himself was seeking Camelot on a mission for peace but is the sole survivor of an act of treachery. As they try to evade the same traps to locate Valiant, Rowanne learns that Arn is harboring a dark secret.

Episode 6 - The Finding of Camelot

Release Date: 6 Oct. 1991

Valiant, Arn, and Rowanne finally reach their destination and are prepared to present King Arthur with Tor's ring to announce the Vikings' offer of peace. But they have the ring stolen from them and are locked up by a guard. Upon escaping, they hear someone making plans to hide the ring from Arthur for his own reasons, and try to reclaim it and stay ahead of the man's supporters attempting to prevent their getting the message out.

Episode 7 - The Gift

Release Date: 13 Oct. 1991

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Episode 8 - The Singing Sword

Release Date: 20 Oct. 1991

After Rowanne has a series of troubling dreams she interprets to mean that all is not well at Bridgeford, she returns with Arn. Eventually, Valiant follows and learns that Duncan's attempts to suppress the growing word of Camelot is leading to hangings of all who mention it, and he will do the same to the other two whom he has captured. All three are determined to fight their enemy, but Valiant and Cedric cannot free them without more manpower. Cedric reveals a noteworthy blade in his possession with a connection to Camelot.

Episode 9 - The Trust Betrayed

Release Date: 27 Oct. 1991

King Arthur's half-sister Lady Morgana is in Camelot for Sir Mordred's return with yet another story of victory (against the Vikings), but Valiant senses something evil about him and is struck by his insistence that Camelot will fall if not constantly in battle with the enemy. Merlin helps Valiant remember why he recognizes his shield: it was lost in the cave by the one who led the attack on Tor, destroying the Viking ambassadors and dooming their peace mission. But King Arthur is not ready to believe this and, after Morgana fails to poison Valiant since she ...

Episode 10 - The Secret of Perilous Garde

Release Date: 2 Nov. 1991

Sir Gawain surprises everyone by announcing his engagement to Queen Ilene of Perilous Garde. With King Arthur abroad and Queen Guinevere needed in remain in Camelot, Valiant, Arn, and Rowanne are chosen to attend his wedding. While the land bordering it is devastated by drought, Perilous Garde seems to be the ideal kingdom even Camelot has yet to become, and Gawain is set to give up his knighthood to stay there, as the three are invited to do. But the visitors notice confusing events and actions, and soon learn of the price of such prosperous living. But it seems ...

Episode 11 - The Return

Release Date: 8 Dec. 1991

While the fierce King Ian of Kengary is visiting Camelot, the Draconarius brothers arrive seeking shelter. King Arthur is disgusted to have them there since his former friend Duncan was jealous of relationship with Guinevere years before to the point where he became his enemy, and only lets them stay a night because she she allows it. Planning to make things more complicated for his old rival, Duncan is set to present King Ian with his story of Valiant's robbing his power while serving Arthur so the potential alliance between Kengary and Camelot will crumble. But ...

Episode 12 - The Visitor

Release Date: 16 Dec. 1991

Camelot hosts a tournament for many knights from abroad to choose new members for the Round Table. Sir Harold, a knight with many stories of his exploits to tell including one of a legendary battle, gives Arn encouragement that he can indeed attain knighthood someday despite his low status just as he did, and Arn comes to see him as a father figure whom he considers leaving and squiring for. But Rowanne and Valiant grow suspicious that Harold has a secret about his identity, and try to break it to Arn but are met with refusal to believe it. Arn has to question who ...

Episode 13 - The Awakening

Release Date: 23 Dec. 1991

While King Arthur and Queen Guinevere are away, Merlin is in charge and continues their just policies, though they are unpopular with one nobleman who approaches Morgana. She slips a potion into Merlin's drink that causes him to fall asleep...but will eventually cause death after he lingers for a day dreaming of the life he always wanted to live with his lover, Linet. Valiant, Arn, and Rowanne look through Merlin's study for an antidote and find the name of one of his friends, "The Mighty Om", whom they approach for help. The short but clever if odd scholar concocts a...

Episode 14 - The Guardian

Release Date: 30 Dec. 1991

Valiant and Arn go to a mission led by a reluctant Sir Gawain to meet Sir Percival near an old Roman fortress guarded by a supposedly-mad man after King Arthur receives a warning from him concerning security. Gawain wants to rest and revel with his old friend, forcing Valiant and Arn to take matters into their own hands when one of their men is murdered with a threat against King Arthur. The guard Julian is suspected but escapes prison, and Lord Cynan's men attack.

Episode 15 - The Trap

Release Date: 7 Jan. 1992

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Episode 16 - The Turn of the Wheel

Release Date: 14 Jan. 1992

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Episode 17 - The Competitor

Release Date: 21 Jan. 1992

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Episode 18 - The Road Back

Release Date: 28 Jan. 1992

King Arthur has Valiant lead a party, including Rowanne, escorting Duncan to Kengary so King Ian may punish him for causing Derek's death. Word reaches Camelot just after that Kengary is now in civil war with Derek's clan fighting Ian's for his not killing Duncan, and the company learns this during their journey. Despite trying to prepare himself for his fate, Duncan is overwhelmed that virtually all of Kengary now wishes him dead because of the violence, but Valiant's anger makes him determined to hand him over. After chasing him down on a crumbling bridge, Valiant ...

Episode 19 - The Fist of Iron

Release Date: 4 Feb. 1992

Giles is in love with Lady Megan, the fiancée of another knight, Sir Gideon. But then he sees Sir Gideon acting suspiciously, making excuses even to Lady Megan, and hears him having a conversation which implies he may have something to do with the threat on a village for its silver. He admits to Valiant that bringing up these suspicions himself could cost him his knighthood, and Valiant has to consider whether his speaks out of jealousy. Most of the court is away and he doesn't have any luck passing on the message for Giles to Sir Gawain, who is there, so he decides ...

Episode 20 - The Waif

Release Date: 11 Feb. 1992

While running an errand, Valiant witnesses a young boy being beaten by his master for returning a poor man's money the master stole, and intervenes. The boy, Denys, hides in Valiant's wagon and begs to be allowed to stay and work for him rather than return. He proves himself hardworking and intelligent, and has a great deal in common with Valiant since he too has had the dream of a call to knighthood by King Arthur. But when his master arrives attempting to reclaim him and Valiant stands up to him, King Arthur's search for the cause of his circumstances reveals a ...

Episode 21 - The Dawn of Darkness

Release Date: 18 Feb. 1992

While trying to learn why one of Merlin's friends has lost contact with him, Valiant, Arn, Rowanne, and Sir Bryant encounter people saying their village was destroyed by something like a dragon. Then they find the fort they were headed for completely destroyed in a manner strange to all, and a neighboring one in the same state. They approach the son of one of King Arthur's vanquished enemies living nearby, Lord Maldon, who houses a Chinese guest who seems to want to distance himself from Camelot. Valiant learns that Lord Maldon's invention, "Gun-powder", demolished ...

Episode 22 - The Battle of Greystone

Release Date: 25 Feb. 1992

Graystone is under attack by none other than Cynan, represented by his son Dylan. Sir Gawain is instructed to lead the defense, but is secretly struggling to deal with a mild chest-wound after his horse rammed him into the stable wall. He and King Arthur are reluctant to let Valiant, full of passion for seeing those who took everything from his family destroyed, go into battle, but Merlin persuades Arthur. And when Gawain falls from his horse and suffers thanks to his first injury, Valiant is called upon to lead the defense in his place.

Episode 23 - The Reunion

Release Date: 2 Mar. 1992

Valiant goes to announce to his parents that he and the forces inspired by his recent victory will soon be attempting to reclaim their home. On the way, they come across Arn's former home of Warringham, and he chooses to leave the others to stay and help his people fight against a group of invaders, and possibly find his own destiny in the process. And it turns out he isn't the only one overwhelmed by Valiant's glory; his father is reluctant to join the attack.

Episode 24 - The Choice

Release Date: 9 Mar. 1992

Valiant, Arn, and Rowanne regroup with the army and set sail for Thule to defeat Cynan and win back Valiant's home. But Valiant wonders if when the battle is over he should live once more with his family or return to Camelot to become a Knight of the Round Table and serve King Arthur. And he only has so long to decide before plans for the battle will take up his thoughts and energy, especially when he must defeat a Viking attack to ensure they reach their destination...

Episode 25 - The Triumph

Release Date: 16 Mar. 1992

Valiant leads the army into Thule to regain it from Cynan's power. His enemy plans to lure them in and attack them at the last moment, but Dylan defies his father's orders and charges ahead and is captured. But then Valiant has a similar problem with his father's impatience to attack the castle since he is confident in his familiarity with his home's entrances. William enters secretly - and is captured by Cynan, forcing Valiant to look for an effective method of battle that will not see his father killed in retaliation.

Episode 26 - The Dream Come True

Release Date: 23 Mar. 1992

Valiant has successfully driven Cynan out of the power he stole from his family, but he and his father lose the support of Owen, Thule's weapons master who wants to see Cynan dead rather than stand trial for his crimes, including the murders of Owen's family. Valiant gets Williem's approval to return to Camelot and be knighted, and when he goes back with Arn and Rowanne, they are overwhelmed at the thought of him achieving his knighthood before they do. Valiant himself is overwhelmed as the time draws near for him to fully pledge all service to King Arthur.