King Arthur, the legendary King of Camelot. Son of Uther Pendragon, promised to the 'magician' Merlin as the price of Uther's lustful nature towards Igraine, a lady of another high standing King/Lord. This child was raised partly under Merlin's wing and his adoptive family (who's names escape me at the moment). Then, one day, due to a series of 'fateful events' he brandishes the sword in the stone. The sword which was placed there by Uther and protected my Merlin's 'magic' which held it there firmly until Uther's true heir rose to the challenge.
This sword was proof of Arthur's kingship, though is mistaken with the godly sword of justice, Excalibur. Upon his succession and the completion of Camelot (with the help of the neighboring lords, marquess, dukes, duchesses and other such), he was given the hand of the princess he desire, the famed princess Guinevere. At their marriage, her father awarded Arthur with 'The Round Table'. This sense of equality was the base of Arthur's Kingdom.
Later on, he received the sword of heroes, Excalibur; supposedly it was able to cut using blades of air, not to mention it was 'unbreakable'. Also, the sheathe it was housed in provided near invincibility to the wearer. Truthfully, this would have been a true godliness among common people like us, sadly, these are mere legends, or so we say. Though, at some point during Arthur's tale, the sword was broken and require repair by means of which it was made, by The Lady of the Lake.
Going on in his years, he grew old like anyone else, and was soon challenged by his son and half-sister. For the record, his 'son', Modred, was also his half-sister's child, bluntly it was incest. In the end Arthur was mortally wounded while he slew his son with Excalibur in hand, but sheathe nowhere to be seen. Both his body and sword were sent with The Lady of the Lake the a mythical paradise which was said to be truly blissful.
Supposedly, he would return someday.
That was a brief summary of Arthur's tale.
The parts that I believe were exagerated are:
- Excalibur
- Merlin's magic
- Arthur's idealism
- Morgan's (Arthur's half sister and one-time lover) magic
- events and people like "The Lady of the Lake"
In any case, I'll end it at that.