The High Table
At the head of the table, large and imperious, sat Gowyr, who looked at the assembled knights like a father looks at his children. They waited for his word.
"You all serve me well." He stated, relaxing into his seat. "I ask you know, and not for the last time, what may I do for you and your peoples?"
The symbolic and literal seat of power of Camlann, the High table was were King Gowyr and his knights sat when they held council together. Later in the life of the kingdom, it's chamber was expanded, allowing seating for many more around the table, which would eventually become the parliamentary seats of the modernizing government of Camlann.
At even intervals around the table small alcoves are carved, allowing for one to comfortably fit their legs beneath the table.
The table itself is a simple circle of stone so large that a dragon would struggle to carry it off, and even so it looks to be carved from the floor . The face of the Table is perfectly smooth to the touch, though it visually shouldn't be, and bears the marks of carving and other artistry. It's sides bear depictions of the greatest feats and victories of the kingdom, while the face of the table has a bass relief that maps the whole of Avallus in a detailed but still artistic style.
This map is framed by a golden ring seemingly transmuted from the stone itself, that is sectioned off to line up where the seats are meant to go. Each of the sections are engraved with a known nights symbology, though a few remain unknown even in the seemingly endless stories that were written during the time of Camlann.
There is a recessed opening in every gold plate that sits in front of each place at the table, that is surmised to be intended to hold the weapon of the knight who was meant to sit there. Not their main weapons, mind you, but likely a side weapon of some kind. There are shapes for knives and other short blades, pistols, and magical foci. Magics are woven tightly into the High Table, so if there was a purpose to filling the slot that was other than symbolic; it is impossible to tell. With almost none of the whereabouts of the Knights of the High Table's weapons being known, and those that are known are guarded jealously.
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