This is an idea I have had since last fall---an imaginative story involving a boy who discovers he is a descendant of the legendary King Arthur. There is a secret organization of knights descended from the knights of the round table who work covertly throughout the world to fight against evil and injustice. The technology they use would resemble that of the Medieval knight but upgraded for the 21st century. So their would be a sword-like device, a shield-like device, etc. (Thank Jedi knights sort of).
This boy now lives in America and is 12-14 years old. He is a "typical" American adolescent but also noble of character and ethics. One day a man appears to him and tells him about his identity as a descendant of King Arthur. (Maybe he is kidnapped by them because they want to make sure he believes them). There is going to be a tournament held in the tradition of Medieval ages, the champion of the tournament must face off against an evil foe.
Who is this villain? Whoever he/she is, you find out at the and of the novel that he is actually serving someone/something else.
Basic flow of novel:
1. Introduce world and characters.
2. The Tournament/Training to be a knight.
3. The search for and finding of artifact to face off against villain.
4. Face off against villain.
The tournament would emphasize major valus of nobility/knighthood (Christian values that would be respected because of common grace as noble for all people: humility-the key to winning this task requires challenger to humble himself, i.e. to be humble; courage-the key to winning this task requires challenger to face his greatest fears; love-the key to winning this task requires challenger to be willing to sacrifice himself for someone he loves. The one who successfully defeats all three challenges would be the champion chosen to fight against the villain.
The knight's mentor is killed by main villain at some point in the story.
The villain is trying to obtain some ancient artifact that would grant its possessor immortality. The hero thinks all along that the villain is trying to get it for himself, he finds out at the very end that he was actually trying to get for some other reason (Not for eternal life) for someone else (his master).
