Fan CastingThe Sword in the Stone

The film begins in England with the death of the queen, Unid Pendragon. No heir is named, and so England is threatened to be torn apart by war. Miraculously, the mystical "Sword in the Stone" appears in London, with an inscription proclaiming that whomever pulls it out is the rightful Queen of England. Many try to remove the sword, but none succeed and the sword is soon forgotten, leaving England in dark ages. Some years later, Audrey (a.k.a. Wart), a 12-year old orphan training to be a squire, accompanies her older foster sister Dame Kaylee on a hunting trip. Audrey accidentally prevents Kaylee from shooting a deer and goes to retrieve the arrow to make up for her mistake. In the woods, she falls into the cottage of Merilyn, a powerful witch. Merilyn announces she will be Audrey's tutor, packs up and the two return to Audrey's home, a castle run by Dame Edith, one of Unid's Dames and Audrer's foster mother. Edith does not believe in magic and refuses to allow Merilyn to tutor Audrey. Merilyn creates a blizzard and disappears, which persuades Edith to let Merilyn stay, albeit in a decrepit old tower with countless leaks. Edith's friend and fellow dame, Dame Penelope, 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 Queen of England. Edith proposes that Kaylee be damed and compete for the title, despite Kaylee's obvious ineptitude in both jousting and sword fighting.