The Legend of Prince Valiant is an American animated television series depicting the adventures of a young hero and his two friends as they train to join the Knights of the Round Table and defend King Arthur and Camelot.[1] The series premiered on The Family Channel on September 3, 1991, and ended on June 25, 1993, with a total of 65 episodes over the course of 2 seasons.
Series overview
Episodes
Season 1 (1991–92)
"No. in Series" refers to the sequence on the DVD release.
No. overall | No. in series | Title | Written by | Original air date | |
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1 | 1 | "The Dream" | Diane Dixon | September 3, 1991 | |
Prince Valiant's father King Williem loses his throne to Cynan's invading army. The deposed family is sent into exile, and young Prince Valiant has a dream of a city called Camelot and begins his quest to find this realm. | |||||
2 | 2 | "The Journey" | Diane Dixon | September 10, 1991 | |
Still on his quest to Camelot, Valiant meets and befriends a wandering peasant named Arn, who joins him in his journey. | |||||
3 | 3 | "The Blacksmith's Daughter" | Chris Weber & Karen Willson | September 17, 1991 | |
In a town under the thrall of a corrupt baron Duncan Draconarius (Neil Ross), Valiant and Arn meet Rowanne, the daughter of the local blacksmith, and the unwanted object of desire for the baron's brother Robert (Rob Paulsen), the town's sherrif. | |||||
4 | 4 | "The Kidnapping" | David J. Corbett | September 24, 1991 | |
A would-be bounty hunter (Jerry Houser) attempts to capture Rowanne to bring her back to the Baron Draconarius, only for both to be hunted by the baron's bounty hunter Garth. | |||||
5 | 5 | "The Trust" | Brooks Wachtel | October 1, 1991 | |
Valiant stumbles into a cave, inhabited by a mad viking with a tragic story and a great mission left unfinished. | |||||
6 | 6 | "The Finding of Camelot" | Diane Dixon & David J. Corbett | October 8, 1991 | |
The group finally arrives at Camelot but their news of the viking peace treaty puts them at odds with warmongers hidden in the court. | |||||
7 | 7 | "The Gift" | Frank Kerr | October 15, 1991 | |
The trio are now in training to become knights of the Round Table. Rolf, Valiant's former mentor, also arrives to the kingdom carrying a message from Willem. Valiant refuses the letter, bitter for the apparent disregard his father showed when he left for Camelot and wanting nothing to do with him. | |||||
8 | 8 | "The Singing Sword" | Frank Kerr | October 22, 1991 | |
Rowanne and Arn return to Bridgeford, following a premonition of great danger. The Baron is determined to extinguish all thoughts of Camelot from his shire, even by executing the knights-in-training. Valiant, the only one left who can save them, receives a great gift from Rowanne's father, a sword like no other. | |||||
9 | 9 | "The Trust Betrayed" | Brooks Wachtel | October 29, 1991 | |
Lord Mordred is a knight famed and loved throughout Camelot, but he hides dark secrets. Not only does he side with Lady Morgana, rival advisor to Merlin, but he is guilty of a crime no one but Valiant would dare accuse him of. | |||||
10 | 10 | "The Secret of Perilous Garde" | Karen Willson & Chris Weber | November 5, 1991 | |
Sir Gawain is getting married, but while serving as emissaries to the kingdom of Perlious Garde, whose queen is the one Gawain is to wed, the group learns that all might not be as it seems. | |||||
11 | 14 | "The Return" | Jack Mendelsohn | November 12, 1991 | |
Baron Duncan Draconarius and his brother seek refuge in Camelot, with Arthur barely containing his resentment for Duncan. Duncan's plot to sabotage Arthur's negotiations with the hot-headed King Ian of Kengerry (Ron Perlman) in the dead of night result in him accidentally killing the foreign king's advisor. Arthur's commitment to the principles of his New Order is put to the test when Duncan is found innocent in the trial that followed. | |||||
12 | 12 | "The Visitor" | Frank Kerr | November 19, 1991 | |
A visiting champion, Sir Harold of York, seems everything a knight should be. More than that, he shows Arn that being peasant-born does not make him less than any other knight. This perfect lord however might not be everything that he claims, especially with regards to the Battle of the Thirty as Gawain takes an interest in dueling him. | |||||
13 | 15 | "The Awakening" | Brooks Wachtel | November 26, 1991 | |
Valiant, Arn, and Rowanne seek out an old friend of Merlin's for help when Merlin is slipped a poisonous sleeping potion by Lady Morgana (Patty Duke). | |||||
14 | 21 | "The Guardian" | David J. Corbett | December 3, 1991 | |
The simpleminded descendant of Romans who used to guard Hadrian's Wall claims there is a danger to Camelot waiting outside the old Roman wall. | |||||
15 | 13 | "The Trap" | Diane Dixon | December 10, 1991 | |
Arthur and Guinevere hope to enjoy their wedding anniversary, but kidnappings, poisonings, and attacks by old enemies might spell the end of them. | |||||
16 | 16 | "The Turn of the Wheel" | Martin Pasko | December 17, 1991 | |
When an unfamiliar knight named Sir Dylan visits the castle and offers Valiant an opportunity so exciting that he is tempted to neglect his duties, an unfinished chore might put the king's life in peril. | |||||
17 | 17 | "The Competitor" | Frank Kerr | December 24, 1991 | |
A rivalry over Rowanne develops between Valiant and a visiting prince, who both also hope to be chosen by King Arthur to carry an important message. The visiting prince's brother Giles looks on as the rivalry gets out of hand. | |||||
18 | 18 | "The Road Back" | Brooks Wachtel | December 30, 1991 | |
Valiant escorts Baron Duncan Draconarius to the kingdom of Kengerry to make restitution for the chaos Duncan had caused there previously. | |||||
19 | 19 | "The Fist of Iron" | Martin Pasko | January 6, 1992 | |
Giles suspects Sir Gideon, a one-handed knight, of colluding to extort silver from a mining village, but Giles hesitates to accuse the knight, for fear of others attributing it to self-interested motives. | |||||
20 | 20 | "The Waif" | Chris Hubbell & Sam Graham | January 13, 1992 | |
After rescuing a boy named Denys from his abusive master, Valiant defends the boy from the master's legal claims, but when Valiant learns Denys's identity, he rethinks his support for the boy. | |||||
21 | 11 | "The Dawn of Darkness" | Brooks Wachtel | January 20, 1992 | |
A bitter enemy of Camelot is ready for war, using a weapon of unequaled might. Though such destructive forces are first mistaken as "dragons", their true nature is far more deadly than this world is ready for. | |||||
22 | 22 | "The Battle of Greystone" | Chris Hubbell & Sam Graham | January 27, 1992 | |
Cynan's son Dylan has captured Greystone Keep, but an injury prevents Gawain from leading Camelot's forces to regain it. | |||||
23 | 23 | "The Reunion" | Frank Kerr | February 3, 1992 | |
Before leaving for Thule, Valiant returns to his parents' home in the swamps with news of his mission. Arn and Rowanne help his home town repel oppressors. | |||||
24 | 24 | "The Choice" | Frank Kerr | February 10, 1992 | |
Valiant leads a fleet to Thule to liberate his home, but wrestles with the possibility that this may mean giving up his dream of serving Camelot. | |||||
25 | 25 | "The Triumph" | Brooks Wachtel | February 17, 1992 | |
Valiant arrives in Thule and leads the attack on Cynan to regain his father's throne. | |||||
26 | 26 | "The Dream Come True" | Diane Dixon | May 10, 1992 |
Season 2 (1992–93)
The sequence on the DVD release is identical to the regular episode order, for season 2.
No. | Title | Written by | Original air date | |
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27 | "The Lost" | Brooks Wachtel | October 3, 1992 | |
28 | "The Beggar" | Frank Kerr | October 9, 1992 | |
29 | "The Black Rose" | Sam Graham, Chris Hubbell | October 16, 1992 | |
30 | "The Deception" | Sam Graham, Chris Hubbell | October 23, 1992 | |
31 | "The Cursed" | Brooks Wachtel | October 30, 1992 | |
Mordred and Maldon resurface in the village of Serenity, preying on the villagers' prejudice towards Lucitainian refugees that live right across from them. | ||||
32 | "The Flute" | David J. Corbett, Diane Dixon | November 6, 1992 | |
While working as emissaries in Cathington, Valiant and Denys discover that renowned peacemaker King Donovan (John Rhys-Davies) is abusive towards his son, Henry. | ||||
33 | "The Color of Honor" | Doug West | November 13, 1992 | |
Newly appointed sheriff Valiant must clear Bryant's name when he is accused of being a spy for Moorish pirates, the captain of whom he has a history with. | ||||
34 | "The Traitor" | Dorothy Fontana | November 20, 1992 | |
35 | "The Tree" | Brooks Wachtel | November 27, 1992 | |
36 | "The Crossbow" | Peter Telep | December 4, 1992 | |
37 | "The Lesson Twice Learned" | Jeff Sullivan, Bruce Onder | December 11, 1992 | |
A reunion with one of his old mentors, Lorn, leads Valiant to ask him to be appointed King Arthur's new strategist, but a disastrous outing with Gawain shows Valiant that time has not been kind to Lorn's once great strategic mind. | ||||
38 | "The Princess Aleta" | Frank Kerr | December 18, 1992 | |
39 | "The Voyage" | Frank Kerr | December 25, 1992 | |
40 | "Mordred's Return" | Frank Kerr | January 1, 1993 | |
41 | "The Rescue" | Frank Kerr | January 8, 1993 | |
42 | "The Parting" | Frank Kerr | January 15, 1993 | |
43 | "Peace on Earth" | Sam Graham, Chris Hubbell | January 22, 1993 | |
44 | "Empty Justice" | Jeff Sullivan, Bruce Onder | January 29, 1993 | |
45 | "The Rival" | Barbara Slade | February 5, 1993 | |
46 | "The Walls of Tyranny" | Douglas Brooks West | February 12, 1993 | |
47 | "The Jubilee" | Judith Reeves-Stevens & Garfield Reeves-Stevens | February 19, 1993 | |
48 | "The Treaty" | Sam Graham, Chris Hubbell | February 26, 1993 | |
49 | "The Blackest Poison" | Jeffrey Sullivan, Bruce Onder | March 5, 1993 | |
50 | "The Hero" | Judith Reeves-Stevens & Garfield Reeves-Stevens | March 12, 1993 | |
Denys learns a harsh lesson about idol worship when his hero, Raymond of Long Port (Ron Perlman), joins in on a job, and soon shows he is not the hero Denys thinks he is. | ||||
51 | "The Vision" | Barbara Slade | March 19, 1993 | |
52 | "The Shadows of Destiny" | Brooks Wachtel | March 26, 1993 | |
53 | "The Eyes of the Serpent" | Douglas Brooks West | April 2, 1993 | |
54 | "The Spirit of Valor" | Douglas Brooks West | April 9, 1993 | |
Arn takes up drinking while he, Valiant, and Rowanne attend the wedding of Arthur and Guinevere's goddaughter to the king of another kingdom. Arn however may have to kick his habit quickly when he over hears an assassination plot against the king, or rather, 'a' king. | ||||
55 | "The Aurora" | Judith Reeves-Stevens & Garfield Reeves-Stevens | April 16, 1993 | |
56 | "The Burning Bridge" | Judith Reeves-Stevens & Garfield Reeves-Stevens | April 23, 1993 | |
57 | "The Sage" | Judith Reeves-Stevens & Garfield Reeves-Stevens | April 30, 1993 | |
58 | "The Song of Valor" | Judith Reeves-Stevens & Garfield Reeves-Stevens | May 7, 1993 | |
59 | "The Ring of Truth" | Judith Reeves-Stevens & Garfield Reeves-Stevens | May 14, 1993 | |
60 | "A Light in the Dark" | Brooks Wachtel | May 21, 1993 | |
61 | "The Ghost" | Brooks Wachtel | May 28, 1993 | |
62 | "A New Dawn" | Chris Hubbell, Sam Graham | June 4, 1993 | |
63 | "The Death of Arthur" | Chris Hubbell, Sam Graham | June 11, 1993 | |
64 | "The Gathering Storm" | Brooks Wachtel | June 18, 1993 | |
65 | "The Hinge of Fate" | Brooks Wachtel | June 25, 1993 |
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