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Arthur is chased and attacked by a pike, and is saved by Archimedes, Merlin's owl. Merlin begins his tutoring by transforming Arthur and himself into fish and going into the castle's moat.

Ector proposes that Kay be knighted and compete for the title, despite Kay's obvious ineptitude in both jousting and sword fighting. Ector's friend and fellow knight, Sir Pellinore, arrives with news about the annual jousting tournament to be held on New Year's Day in London, only this time whose winner would be crowned King of England. Merlin creates a blizzard and disappears, which persuades Ector to let Merlin stay, albeit in a decrepit old tower with countless leaks. Ector does not believe in magic and refuses to allow Merlin to tutor Arthur. Merlin announces he will be Arthur's tutor, packs up and the two return to Arthur's home, a castle run by Sir Ector, one of Uther's knights and Arthur's foster father. In the woods, he falls into the cottage of Merlin, a powerful wizard. Arthur accidentally prevents Kay from shooting a deer and goes to retrieve the arrow to make up for his mistake. Wart), a 12-year old orphan training to be a squire, accompanies his older foster brother Sir Kay on a hunting trip. Many try to remove the sword, but none succeed and the sword is soon forgotten, leaving England in dark ages. Miraculously, the mystical " Sword in the Stone" appears in London, with an inscription proclaiming that whomever pulls it out is the rightful King of England. No heir is named, and so England is threatened to be torn apart by war.

The film begins in England with the death of the king, Uther Pendragon.