However, Macbeth got there first, and drew what appeared to be the sword. They traveled there, and Macbeth's mercenaries, Banquo and Fleance, battled the Manhattan gargoyles, while Griff and Arthur raced to the statue. At this point, the rookery trio and Hudson began accompanying them, and Macbeth, seeking Excalibur for himself, pursued them.Īfter a test of Arthur's leadership skills, the Lady showed them the stone dragon, and Lexington recognized the location as the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens. "Ebon glass in emerald frame, pure white lilies speak her name" referred to the lily-covered lake in Central Park where the Lady of the Lake now resided. The gargoyle told Arthur of the rookery poem, and when Arthur recited the first line, the Stone sent him and Griff to the "isle of towers, glass and stone"- namely, Manhattan. He also met Griff, who believed Arthur to be a thief of some sort, as he had to break into the Abbey. When Arthur was awakened in 1995, and began searching for his sword, Avalon sent him to London, and he entered Westminster Abbey, finding that the Stone of Destiny was located there. Clues to Excalibur's location remained in England as a rookery poem of the London Clan: The lady kept it for hundreds of years, eventually moving herself to a lake in Central Park in Manhattan, and the sword to within a stone dragon lying at the center of the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens. Arthur had one of his knights return the sword to the Lady of the Lake, before he was taken to Avalon to sleep within the Hollow Hill. However, as many good things do, Camelot was destroyed. With Excalibur, Arthur Pendragon was able to unite all of Britain into one country, and created the kingdom of Camelot. Merlin and Pelles placed a spell on part of the Stone of Destiny so that Arthur Pendragon could pull Excalibur from it and become the king. The sword was owned by the Lady of the Lake. It is undoubtedly a very well-made sword, at the least. Excalibur's powers are as yet unknown, although presumably it is an object made by fairy magic. It may have other mystical properties, but those have yet to be explored and discovered. Excalibur is a magical sword of incredible durability and strength.