Board Thread:What If?/@comment-5674726-20140723213635/@comment-5674726-20140806211609

Gwen2626 wrote: Im so sorry! My brother was on my account posting bad things on whatever he could! Of course it wouldnt have been funny, so much wouldnt have happened, (most importantly Arthur and Guinevere's wedding to me), would Arthur even have died?

Not to worry. Hope you changed your password.

Arthur and Guinevere's marriage would be out of the question if he was married to Vivian.

King Rodor was either the kindest, most forgiving monarch in Albion or a victim of the Plot Device Fairies for him to be willing to remain on friendly terms with Camelot when his daughter was rejected after she was brought there to be Arthur's bride. It would be a grave insult under any circumstances, and even more so when it became known that Princess Mithian was jilted in favour of a servant, and one who was known to have been unfaithful to boot.

King Olaf was ready to kill any man who looked at his daughter so it would have been a diplomatic disaster for Arthur to try to get out of his marriage to Vivian. Gwen's servant status would have been like tossing gasoline on an already raging fire. There's no way that it would be feasible.

As to whether or not Arthur would die, I can't see marriage to Vivian changing that aspect of his fate but what it would have changed is that there is no possible way that Gwen would have been accepted as his successor if she was not his wife. If Arthur and Vivian had no children, it's probable that Vivian could have ended up succeeding him.