The Knights of the Round Table are the legendary warriors of Arthurian mythology who form the basis of the spectral knight system in Tides of Annihilation. Rather than featuring Arthur, Lancelot, and Guinevere as central figures, the game intentionally spotlights lesser-known members of the Round Table.
The game's approach
Over 10 spectral knights are unlockable throughout the game, each based on a figure from Arthurian tradition. The developers have described a deliberate strategy of foregrounding obscure knights rather than the famous ones. This gives the game room to reinterpret these characters without contradicting widely known stories.
Confirmed knights
Item | Description |
|---|---|
Sir Lamorak (lightning/electrical) | One of the strongest knights in legend. Rival of Gawain. Killed by treachery. |
Palamedes (fire) | A Saracen knight who converted to Christianity. Renowned jouster. Pursued the Questing Beast. |
An unnamed knight with ice-based attacks capable of launching enemies airborne for aerial combos | -- |
Team building
Players select four knights organized into two pairs and swap between pairs during combat. Building a team means weighing elemental coverage, combat range (melee vs. ranged), and Partnered State synergies. Pairing a lightning melee knight with a fire ranged knight, for example, creates different tactical options than two melee knights of the same element.
Historical context
The Round Table as a concept appears across centuries of literature, from Geoffrey of Monmouth's 12th-century histories to Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur (1485) to Tennyson's Idylls of the King (1859). Different sources list different members. The total number of knights varies wildly, from a dozen to over 150 depending on the source. Common members include Lancelot, Gawain, Percival, Galahad, Tristan, Kay, Bedivere, and Bors.
The game draws from deeper cuts in this tradition. Sir Lamorak, for instance, is prominent in the Prose Tristan and the Post-Vulgate Cycle but barely known outside Arthurian scholarship. Palamedes appears in Italian and French romances but has almost no presence in modern Arthurian pop culture. By selecting these lesser-known figures, the developers can tell original stories rather than retread familiar ground.
Arthur's absence
King Arthur himself has not been shown as a spectral knight or a character in the game. Whether he appears in some other capacity, or whether his absence is a deliberate narrative choice, remains to be seen.