Talk:Royal Round Table/@comment-96.242.179.217-20130819055430/@comment-5102537-20130819232605

Indeed. I would even say that there was no equality at all, simply because it was a hierachy with Arthur as king, with nobles,  with knights, commoners and servants. As a matter of fact, the only thing that Arthur changed and was able to change was that he knighted non-nobles - and that was it. Merlin had still to serve Arthur and wash his clothes, bring him breakfast, polish his armor and all the other stuff that his job required. That's what it was, a job. The difference between Arthur and Uther in regard to servants and commoners was only visible when Arthur rescued Merlin and Gwen (the woman he loved) whereas Uther put the life of his own son and the prince over the life of a servant and when he refused to let Camelot being blackmailed, plus when Uther believed the word of a "noble" over the word of a supposed commoner (Gwaine). Last but not least, Arthur knighted commoners.

Aside from that, nothing had changed and nothing could be changed because different people had different jobs, and those jobs excluded equality. Otherwise there wouldn't have been servants anymore and all commoners and nobles would have had the same rights.

In my opinion, the Round Table has always been only a seemingly symbol for equality but in no way a real tool for real equality. Arthur was still the king and the boss, whether they all sat in a circle or not.

I also wonder why it was said that the round table was created by the ancient kings when actually it was always said that the land was in chaos and almost destroyed by magic that corrupted, which was ended by Uther when he conquered Camelot and brought peace and prosperity to Camelot. So the kingdom didn't seem to be such a holy land back then but was obviously in chaos and ruled by those who misused magic or suffered from magic. Was the Round Table part of a Camelot at a time before the Old Religion almost destroyed the land? And how come that knighting only nobles was tradition when there was the Round Table in ancient times?