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I've found the idea of a hybrid Christianity/Arthur Cult could form in Britain and adopted as part of British culture really interesting as a dramatically Syncretic faith for the British Isles.

Essentially whilst Piety is the remit of Saints and the Christian Church, it has a counterpart in Arthurian Paragons (of which Arthur or one of his knights is the quintessential one), fulfilling concepts that we'd probably consider Honour, Glory, Skill, and to a lesser extent piety.

So Saints are Church-Sponsored, Paragons are essentially Heroes of Pagan Myth.

I'd also love to see it combine huge aspects of British Folk myths (i.e. Fairies, Lady of the Lake, Druids, Sorcerers, etc) - treating them not as an Evil counterpart, but simply an equal counterpart.

So this is as much "How could it form", but a measure of collective design - what could the Canon be, what could it adopt from other cultures it interacts with over time - and what sub-factions are there? (i.e. are there Arthurian Purists, vs Galahad-Primacy, vs Merlin-Cults.
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