A blood sacrifice was needed in order to close the veil to the spirit world, or else Camelot, and the world, would have been doomed. I was prepared to do so, but at the last moment, Lancelot took my place.
Of my knights, he was and is the bravest of them all, and his courage and compassion is one to admire. We all owe him a tremendous debt, for what he did.
Guinevere blamed herself. She asked Lancelot to look after me, and he promised that he would protect me with his life. His sacrifice was for her sake, not for Camelot's.