Excalibur

Excalibur also known as Cal, is the former sword of King Arthur, and one of Flynn Carsen's dearest friends.

Excalibur Card — Library display card for the artefact- made by user magicexpert28

Biography[]

Excalibur was the greatest of King Arthur's weapons. According to legend, Arthur acquired Excalibur by pulling the sword from the large rock later known as the Stone of King Arthur. It was while in that stone, which was almost pure magic, that Excalibur had been charged with magic.

At some point after the death of Arthur and the fall of Camelot, Excalibur came into the possession of The Library. Exactly when and how that happened have never been revealed.

In 2004, Excalibur was present in the Library and first encountered Flynn Carsen who had just begun the six-month trial period that would determine if he would officially become the new Librarian. Over the course of the next ten years, Excalibur and Carsen became the best of friends.

In 2014, after the crown of King Arthur had been found and brought to the Library for safekeeping, Cassandra Cillian was tricked by the Serpent Brotherhood into letting a group of them into the Library. Once the commander of that group, a woman named Lamia, had the crown, she donned it and forced Excalibur to stab Carsen. Lamia brought the crown, Excalibur and Cassandra with her to London where Lamia stabbed Excalibur into the stone of King Arthur. Excalibur acted like a key in a lock and caused the stone to release massive amounts of magical energy into the Ley lines in order to bring magic back into the world. Soon afterwards, Carsen was able to use an improvised electromagnet to pull the crown off of Lamia's head, freeing Excalibur to act on his own. Now able to respond to Carsen's call, Excalibur pulled himself out of the stone, came to Carsen's aid and defeated Lamia. Unfortunately, the return of magic meant that Carsen's wound was imminently fatal and Excalibur was also dying because most of his energy had gone back into of the Earth. Stating that what little power was left was raw magic, Carsen gave Excalibur to Cassandra and told her that she could use that magic to save her life if she touched the sword to her head in order to heal the brain tumor that was eventually going to kill her. However, repentant over having aided the Serpent Brotherhood, Cassandra instead pressed Excalibur against Carsen's wound, healing it as nothing else could. After being placed on the stone by Carsen, the dying Excalibur softened, melted into the stone and disappeared.

A year later, while Carsen and Eve Baird were in the year 1611 battling Prospero, the Fictional knocked Baird into the pond in the garden of Wilton House in which Baird was drowing his book in order to reduce his power. Baird was saved from drowning by one of the Ladies of the Lake who presented Baird with the newly-reborn Excalibur and sent them both back to the pond so that Baird could offer Excalibur to Carsen who used him to defeat Prospero by shattering his Staff of Power. Excalibur, Carsen and Baird were then trapped in the past until Carsen realized that the three of them could return to their proper time by having William Shakespeare use his magical pen to write a story about how a dashing Librarian and a gorgeous Guardian (and Excalibur) were all transformed into a statue that would only be awoken by the sound of Cassandra's voice. Shakespeare then had the statue shipped to the Library as dangerous artifacts along with a letter explaining how to magically seal them in a room.

More than 400 years later, in 2015, a hidden message about how to open that room's locked door was finally revealed, and Carsen, Baird and Excalibur were all restored to life.

Description[]

Excalibur is a magical sword. It is unusually deadly because, for mystical reasons, any wound it inflicts cannot be healed by most means. Excalibur can be used to release magic into the world when inserted into the Stone of King Arthur, which will charge the Ley lines with magical energy, draining and destroying Excalibur in the process.

Abilities[]

Sentience: Cal has a mind of his own, and, as such, can choose who he will obey. He generally displays the intelligence and loyalty of a bright dog, as well as making compatible whining noises.

Flight: Cal can hover in mid-air for as long as he wants to. He can also travel wherever he wants by flying.

Leyline Unlocking: Cal will, when inserted into his stone, restore magic to Earth, by charging the ley lines that carry it.

Weaknesses[]

Crown of King Arthur: Any person, be they good or evil, who wears said Crown is able to force Excalibur into submission.

The Stone of King Arthur: If Cal is inserted into its stone again, the magic contained inside it will flow into the Earth, causing the sword to melt into the stone and disappear.

Appearances[]

The Librarian[]

The Librarians[]

Season 1[]

Season 2[]

"And the Final Curtain"

Season 4[]

Trivia[]

It was mentioned by Judson to Flynn that only those worthy could pull Excalibur from the stone.^[1]
According to Flynn, wounds inflicted by Excalibur will never heal. In most versions of the Arthurian myths, the scabbard of Excalibur can heal any wound.
Excalibur is one of the most powerful artifacts in the Library, as it was able to contain all magic on Earth for centuries, until shortly after the series started.
As is common in modern storytelling, the separate myths of the Sword in the Stone and Excalibur are here conflated.
The fact that the Excalibur who played a crucial role in defeating Prospero in 1611 remembered Carsen showed that that he was not the Excalibur who was native to that time period, but was actually the Excalibur who had died in 2014, somehow reborn and in the past.
Exactly how Excalibur was restored to life was never revealed on-screen. The fact that it was one of the Ladies of the Lake who presented him to Eve Baird suggests that they may have been involved in his resurrection, but this was never confirmed.

Gallery[]

References[]

↑ Titcher, David (writer) & Winther, Peter (director) (December 5, 2004). The Librarian: Quest for the Spear.

[1] Titcher, David (writer) & Winther, Peter (director) (December 5, 2004). The Librarian: Quest for the Spear.

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