First, I tend to like Trading Card Game anime. I was watching YuGiOh from the beginning. I've also noticed that many of the cards were similar, probably because the creators were drawing from the same pool of ideas. Second, while watching Yu-Gi-Oh Gx I noticed that at least one of the monsters resembled a summons from Final Fantasy. This summons was Ruby/Carbuncle. Speaking of summons, years later, Persona released a game that used spirits resembling Fire Emblem characters. It was these two ideas that gave me the idea, possibly, in the multiverse of fiction, that all the trading card monsters live in the same world of summons and that world may belong to the Fire Emblem universe. As a way to demonstrate this, I went through the cards and summons and found their doppelgangers.
A. King Arthur
This was a legendary king that may or may not have existed in the 5th or 6th century AD. King Arthur Pendragon was to have united his people in response to invaders from the Saxons who were attempting to invade England. In his defense of England, he was joined by the Knights of the Round Table and Merlin the Magician. Some of his enemies included Morgan Le Fay and her Mordred. But who was King Arthur? No one really knows, but there were some theories. In the historical documents there a Riothamus was mentioned. Riothamus, I believe, just means Great King, so it could really refer to anyone.
Another person that had been suggested for the historical King Arthur was Artur mac Aedain. He was a Dal Riata prince who fought the Picts during the 6th century. The biggest evidence in his favor was his name.
The last two contenders for the title of King Arthur were Roman military commanders. The first was Ambrosius Aurelianus (in others he was the father or grandfather) who led the resistance against the Saxons. And the second was Lucius Arthorius Castus who was the commander of the Sarmatian calvary and lived during the 2nd century.
For this post, I am going to go over either the King Arthur card or his summons which showed that King Arthur exists across six dimensions.
1. Yugioh
There is, at least, two versions of King Arthur in Yugioh. In Zexal, there were the Comics Hero archetype and these resemble the Noble Knight archetype, which were associated with 5d's.
2. Final Fantasy
This series had summons, which I originally planned to use for this comparison- but Final Fantasy also had a trading card game. Because of this, I may also pull information from the cards. For King Arthur, my first thought, was Final Fantasy VII's Knights of the Round - a summon that included 12 knights and King Arthur. Look at the picture below for King Arthur's individual model.
3. Cardfight Vanguard
I don't know much about this card, but what I do know about these characters was that they exist on another planet and they reach out to people on Earth for help- or so the story goes. The card I was looking at was White Dragon Knight Pendragon. It connected with the Arthurian mythology because Arthur's last name was Pendragon, as noted above.
4. Persona
In the Persona series, Arthur was a regular occurring demon. He first appeared in the game Persona 2 Innocent Sin.
5. Battle Spirits Heroes
Battle Spirits centered around a young boy who wanted to see the spirits alive. His parents built a system that allowed him to see the spirits which could indicate that the spirits were alive, but I haven't seen this show yet- so I may update this section later. Anyways, Arthur was one of these cards and so, without further ado- The Knight Hero Swordius- Arthur.
6. Future Card Buddyfight
This anime took place in 2030 ad. The card game, Buddyfight, allowed the players to interact with residents of other dimensions or other worlds or both. (I've only seen the first episode.) Anyways, Arthur was one of the residents of another place.
B. Fire Emblem Fates
Arthur, in this game, was a character who thought of himself as the Hero of Justice- which was why he fit with the Arthurian legend as the original Arthur was all about justice. Unfortunately, this Arthur had a serious amount of bad luck- probably from trying too hard to correct injustice.
