Bors

Two related figures named Bors appear in the Lancelot‑Grail (Vulgate) prose cycle: an elder Bors who is king of Ganis (a Breton domain) and his son, commonly called Bors de Ganis. The elder Bors is brother to King Ban and thus uncle to Lancelot; the younger Bors and his brother Lionel are taken into the court of King Claudas in youth and later fight to recover their family's lands. In the Grail narratives the younger Bors accompanies Galahad and Perceval, attains the vision of the Holy Grail at Sarras, and is the sole survivor who returns to Camelot to relate the events; in some versions of the Vulgate material he ultimately succeeds Arthur as high king.

Medieval sources do not give an extended physical portrait; the younger Bors is noted in later summaries as being 'recognizable by a distinctive scar on his forehead.' Beyond this single consistent mark, the supplied materials provide no sustained description of height, hair, or distinctive heraldic accoutrements.

Bors is depicted as an accomplished and valorous knight: skilled in combat, active in Arthur's wars, and capable of martial feats such as slaying foes in battle. His primary 'ability' in the narratives is moral: steadfast piety, chastity, obedience to vows, and compassion. These virtues allow him to withstand supernatural trials (for example, resisting demonic temptations) and to be judged worthy of witnessing and attaining the Grail mysteries alongside Galahad and Perceval. The sources do not ascribe innate supernatural powers to Bors; rather, he endures and is tested by supernatural phenomena and divine judgment.