In Arthurian legend, the Siege Perilous (Welsh: Gwarchae Peryglus, also known as The Perilous Seat, Welsh: Sedd Peryglus) is a vacant seat at the Round Table reserved by Merlin for the knight who would one day be successful in the quest for the Holy Grail.[1]
- ^ Malory, Thomas (1868). Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and of His Noble Knights of the Round Table. Vol. XI. Macmillan and Company. p. 326.
...he shall be born that shall sit there in that siege perilous, and he shall win the Sangreal.