The Bastard of Camelot
Your child will be the undoing of Camelot.
Born under an ominous prophecy, you are the incestuous bastard of King Arthur and Morgana Le Fay. Will you fulfill the prophecy, or rebel?
Be the villain they expect you to be, or the hero they don’t- be remorseful or unapologetic, make your destiny or be Morgana’s tool of revenge.
Arthur can’t have any more children, making you the sole Pendragon's blood heir. As a Pendragon, you have the power of dragons. It's the only dragon blood line out of four that has survived, bloodlines that started as a way to create peace between humans and dragons by allowing the former to speak and understand their language, communicate telephatically, summon fire and grow a scale armor.
The Bastard of Camelot is a series of text-based interactive fiction inspired by Arthurian Legends, following Mordred as they become a Knight of the Round Table, and shape the fate of Camelot.
The game focuses on relationships and is character driven.
Note: The game is a work in progress; the current, public demo you can access here contains the prologue and four complete chapters.
Content Warning
The protagonist is a child of incest, and the story deals with the topics of incest, rape and abuse.
Features
- Choose Mordred’s gender: choose their sex assigned at birth, with the freedom to explore their gender identity as they grow up
- This time, it's up to you how Mordred's story goes: be a villain, a hero or reluctantly caught up in the fate of a kingdom
- 7 romances
- Have a dragon companion, your closest friend
Romance options:
- Gawain Alistair - Sir Kay’s son. He has brown messy hair and matching eyes, warm beige complexion. He's cheerful, talkative and kind, with a penchant for trouble. Knight of the Round Table and bard. A year older than Mordred.
- Elaine Beauregard - the youngest child of the Duke of Astolat, your brother’s ex-betrothed turned knight. Wavy golden blonde hair, brown eyes and rosy beige complexion. Brave, stubborn and adventurous, Elaine is determined to become a Knight of the Round Table. A year older than Mordred.
- Galahad du Lac - Sir Lancelot’s son. Blonde hair, violet gray eyes and a tanned complexion. Aloof and guarded, he's fiercely protective of the people he cares about, with a gentler side peeking through. He's trying to live up to the expectations of everyone, as the son and squire of the Champion Knight. He hates you. Two years older than Mordred.
- Nimue Wyllt - Merlin’s daughter and apprentice. Straight brown hair, green eyes, golden brown complexion. Mysterious, devious and composed, she's a powerful sorceress. It’s hard to tell how much you can trust her, and she keeps her emotions close to her chest. Three years older than Mordred.
- Isac Meier - the Rebel Queen's son. Curly black hair, blue eyes, ivory complexion. Easygoing, brazen and reckless, he's loyal to the rebels' cause. Still, that doesn’t stop him from being friendly - and even possibly more than that - with Mordred. Four years older than Mordred.
- Sophie Ezzo - the heir of the neighboring kindgom. Tight, corkscrew curls in shades of dark brown, amber eyes and dark, warm brown complexion. Clever, determined and affable, Sophie wishes to take the throne and better her kingdom, but the Council of Nobles prefer her carefree twin. Same age as Mordred.
- Agravain Rivlin - gender selectable. Knight of the Round Table and bastard of a noble. Black hair, black eyes, russet brown complexion. They want to prove themselves and spite their abusers by becoming a powerful knight, but their desire for success is underlined by a thirst for revenge. Sweet and keen but turns brash to hide vulnerability. A year younger than Mordred.
If you enjoy my work and would like to support me while also getting extra content, you can do so on my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/llamaswriting
Extra content includes: early access, weekly development blogs, monthly short stories and mini-games with shifted POVs!
If you enjoy my work and you're feeling generous, please consider buying me a kofi. You can also get early access to the demo, weekly development blogs and a monthly short story if you become a member! https://ko-fi.com/llamaswriting
Development log
- Demo and developtment updateAug 10, 2024
- Demo updateNov 30, 2023
- Demo patch (bug fixes)Aug 01, 2023
- Merlin brings you an exciting vision of the future!Jun 02, 2023
- Another bug fix! (and some tweaks)May 15, 2023
- Bug fixMay 07, 2023
- Demo updateMar 27, 2023
- Chapter 3 completeNov 22, 2022
Comments
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I will never stop thinking about this game. I love it so so much, and it allows me to be as angsty as anything. I legit have two different saves just for one to hurt as much as possible, and the other to be a lovely balm to it. It's great.
I do love this story. Is there a discord for this? I'd love to talk BoC with more people lol
I turn up every few months to look for new updates, that's how much I enjoy this game. This is honestly the best WIP IFs I've seen. It's great!
i love this story so much i was kinda waiting for Isac for my RO but im patient with Gally as my alternative! keep it up!
This is one of the best WIP IFs I have played thus far and it super scratches the itch I have for "hostile decadent royal court simulator" that's plagued me in recent times. I love how complex the characters are, particularly the parents, and I love how much we're given free rein to shape Mordred's personality.
I myself played him as an emotional, teary-eyed wreck who's nonetheless unfailingly sweet and genuinely kind whenever he can, but is nursing a festering resentment that is aggravated by both Morgana's words and his mistreatment at the hands of the court and Lot. He's also desperate for affection and falls in love way too easily with literally anyone who will give it to him. And I am so happy this IF allows me to play a character just as complex as the ones around him.
The writing was superb barring some spelling mistakes, and every character felt human - even the dragons. I did set my dragon as being fearsome and vicious (towards those who are not Mordred) and didn't feel like I saw enough of that, but I understand if that's impractical for the story. They're precious anyway.
Thank you for your hard work and I can't wait to see the rest of the (maybe ill-fated thanks to my actions) wedding!
Man...
I love this story, really I do. But the stats are just so confusing. I don't remember descriptive sentences, so I have literally no idea when my stats have grown, except for thinking 'Ok, I PROBABLY hit an option that increased them'. And it also leaves, like, absolutely zero way to know how much I have grown. If I 'have a good grasp of my magic', what does that even mean in terms of where I starts? Am I a little bit better? Am I vastly better? I have no actual idea.
I just wish there was an option to view a percentage or view based menu for the stats in addition to the normal one.
So far, I really can't bring myself to like Morgana (As a person, I mean, not how she's written. She's written beautifully❤️).
I do think her hatred towards Uther and Camelot is completely justified, but she still ultimately chose to violate Arthur and bring an incestual child into the world, knowing that they would suffer. I felt my heart twist when Mordred and Morgana's relationship became strained but at the same time I can't in my right mind side with her even if I sympathize with her.
Really loving the story!
SAME! Having my Mordred feel like a tool for revenge but reveling in their purpose before having their view shattered when they make (gasp) more friends as an adult
Lmao that's exactly what my Mordred did!!
Meanwhile playing the game a solely vengeful Mordred breaks my heart. I feel so awful for being mean to Arthur, but at the same time I morbidly love the way that Morgana feeding a vengeful Mordred's hate ironically mirrors how Morgana claims that Merlin is manipulating and deceiving Arthur.
God it's so well-written, I love it.
I mean personally,i get your point however well i can see also see how Morgana might have also hold Arthur accountable (which i feel he is in a minor way) as he knowingly accepted the only place of power that could have granted Morgana to take back all that was her,but indeed the action she took to counter that was ultimately a vile with no justification..the same one done to her mother but it was one done by a person broken by injustices done to her..and at that point,i don't think she was thinking from her moral compess but utter desperation and extreme grief even a bit of insanity,in a messed up it is hard not to sympathise with her going to such extreme measures,as she was a child who not only lost her parents but witnessed destruction of all she hold dear
Umm,just out of curiosity is there any news on update of either the patreon or public version of the game?! So far it's been some while and there hasn't been a new update on either..soo yea!? Plus i was wondering is there any set time-limit or dates to these updates or are they random? If so that seems a slightly confusing and inconsistent no offense but i guess that's alright it's a masterpiece of work nonetheless.
There is a patreon version that was updated 24 days ago
Yup Ik although it was pretty small,it ended with niume using tarot cards on Modred
The author primarily updates her private patreon demo frequently, and really only updates the public demo once she has about a chapter done.
This is so amazing and interesting story. I hope author is alright, because it's been a long time since the last update. May i ask a questions of how many chapters will be in the book one, and when expect new updates?
The author is regularly posting on their Patreon (and replied to couple of posts here just a day earlier) so yeah, they're alright. It's just the public version of the demo has pretty low priority, so it doesn't get updated very often.
Such an amazing told story! :) I always hate the part of the day where I cant play in between...
Are you locked out of other romance options if you go for Gawain in chapter 3?
Thank you! ❤ And to answer your question, no. You can go for Gawain in chapter 3 (and 4, and 5), and break up later (on good terms or not) and pursue other ROs.
Thank you so much! I already dread the end of the Demo! But I know I can look forward to a full release ! <3
10/10 such an amazing game! I can't get enough of it. I hope all is well with you and can't wait to for updates!
I'm hooked! I really love the story, and all the characters in it. I'll be eagerly awaiting for future chapters to come! <3
Absolutely love the story
When this game is fully released is it planned on being free or paid? It might say somewhere but cant seem to find it, but if anyone knows I would quite like to know. Also if it would still be playable in browser without need of downloading.
Thank you! ❤ The fully released game will be paid (tho I don't have a price in mind yet, it's something I'll work out once it's done). My plan is to have it available both in browser and for download.
This game was an excellent choice for the New Year. I'm looking forward to what's coming next! <3
Wait how to you find the actual game? Like full thing, not just the demo
it isn't out yet! llamagirl is still writing boc, and will update the demo until chapter seven i believe? and then she'll upload the full first version of boc to patreon before releasing the full game on itch.
As someone who doesn't really know where to look for all this info knowing that it'll be updated til ch7 is awesome news for me! Honestly I'm so excited to see what happens and Thanks for writing your post? Comment? (Idk how to call it) But thank you for the information
accidentally named my dragon almost the exact same thing as Arthur's, lol
Don't know if this is something the Devs would consider adding but it would be nice to have an option for Mordred to have permanent draconic features ranging from Draconic Eyes, Partial Scales, Fangs, Tail, Talons and Wings. And you could either have only a few or all of them. Could be used as a sign for certain Dragon Riders as a way to showcase their deep connection with Dragons while people of the Pendragon bloodlines or whose bloodlines are strong enough to have more features. They could also make it where they are able to hide certain features if they want to for whatever reasons though if it was me, I wouldn't hide any of them.
only problem with that is that we being Arthur’s child and a few other things are supposed to be secret. Adding those features would be cool but a bit contradictory. After reaching a certain point maybe.
I suppose maybe instead of permanent features it could be enhancements like the scales that you can choose to get if you get on good enough terms with the dragons and SPOILER
the mages who helped create the Dragon Bloods in the first place.
SPOILER END
I wonder if Gareth will find lady Lynette
It's been so long since I've read an interactive story where I got genuinely super invested in everything happening, this is amazing so far!
Hell, it's so good that I'm leaving a comment on itch.io for the first time ever! I can't wait to see what's next.
(Also, I'm reaaaaally hoping we get the option to kill Lot one day)
I do not know who to romance ToT I JUST WANT BOTH GAWAIN, GALAHAD AND ELAINE TOT
Good route, I'm doing Nimue just because I want to see Merlin's head explode as spectacularly as possible.
Evil route, I've got no idea yet, since I'm limited to the demo, but probably Agravain once they show up
GALAHAD!!!!
DUDE I FEEL SO BD FOR ARTHUR :(((((
I decided to give him (ONE) chance, glad I did.
is it bad that i named my dragon gecko
no because now I want to name mine "gecko"
hope everything is going well?
Yes! Thanks for asking. Progress is steady but slow. I had a couple bad months (health-wise) , but now I'm feeling better. There isn't enough content yet for a public update, but I've been postig little updates to the demo on Patreon and ko-fi. I've been working on rewriting and expanding on the content featuring the dragon companion, and once I'm done with all of it there will be a public update, however I cannot give you an estimate as to when that would be yet.
Best of luck.
I truly hope things continue to get better for you - take care of yourself!!
Thank you for all the work you put in
This is absolutely amazing 😭🫶 I need more!! I like how there's various different choices to shape Mordred's character and her relationship with others. I'm looking forward to actually meeting Isac, I think he's gonna be the RO I would choose. Can't wait for the update 😍
Absolutely phenomenal, created an account just to follow this so that I can continue when it updates.
I also may or may not make a second run-through where I'm as much of a piece of **** to everyone as I possibly can.
Does anyone have any news on the author? Last I heard she was suffering from a health problem on her hands, I wonder if they're ok.
I love love love how much the interactions are affected by your past choices! You really get to shape your own character and the story responds in a way that feels natural
Lance and Arthur are so fucking..
For a few seconds i thought you didn't finish your sentence. Then I realized.
and guin sits in the cuck chair. obviously
I like this alot, sometimes made me cry because of the position of the mc or maybe because I relate to them. So so so so well written, very very interesting. I know you put all your effort in this, I can tell by the writing. I wish you goodluck on your progress!
ALSO WE LOVE KITTIES!! :3
Probably not, the author likely isn't comfortable making a quadruped/animal character a romance option. That and/or the author doesn't include that character as a RO because she has other plans (like some of the other non-romance-able characters)
Oh i didnt know sorry if i made ghings uncomfortable :(
It's alright, just keep in mind a lot of people are uncomfortable with quadruped creatures being a romanceable option!
this is so good! Love Elaine so much!
This is a really fun twine game!
Any news on the progress in chapter 5? I was kinda assuming there might would be an update in early October nonetheless i am sure it's going to turn out as perfection..take your time and do let us know if there is any progress UwU
hi, I encounter some error in chapter 5 at the choice where Morgana want us to learn about Elaine and the last choice “"I'll talk to her, to get to know her," you say carefully, "but I don't know if I want to play spy." It feels underhanded.”
I don’t know what this is all about but I want to let you know!
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lovely story! The angst and turmoil is so well written
just a small opinion: chapters 4 and 5 feels like the game is pushing Elaine onto you too hard, forcing you to be interested and befriend her even if it’s not romantic. It’s either spend time with Elaine or pages and pages of info dump, it’s kinda boring for players that have no interest in her. It would be great to have more of the other ROs as option to hang out, or even some other characters.
haha poor Gareth, Mordred seems to unintentionally hog the attention of their mother, and their uncle (or father-uncle in our case), and can go after the poor fellow's betrothed too - even if he's pretty nice about it all right now.
Great story so far, can't wait for the rest of chapter 5!! and justice for Gareth, best brother
Stealing the parental attention 💪 I don't think Gareth minds us stealing his betrothed, he's actually confirmed Aromantic (me fr!!)
Gods... I hope the rest of the story drops soon, otherwise I might implode in expectation. Goodjob llama! You've written a story worthy of Camelot!
this is easily THE best IF i have ever read. the amount of talent, skill, and creativity that has gone into this is genuinely astounding. i love this IF, but i cant help but hate that i have to wait to read more. anyways, im definitely looking forward to the next update.
side note: gawain route supremacy forever!!!!
Not to seem unappreciative of the work you put in your work and the astounding skill you get it,i can't help but feel a bit impatient..this whole storyline you have created is soo enticing and trust when i say i am not doing empty flattery when i say,you have just created a masterpiece,soo i was wondering if there is going to be a hypothetical date that will announce when the next update arrives,it kinda will clam my excited nerves down a bit as i will know that i will have something to look forward to and be patient for,i am not asking you to provide a clear date,as i know that you are putting your all into it as can be seen from your writing but a hypothetical date..if possible
Game's so good I feel like a six year old without any concept of patience in a line at Disney World