
When Meliodas was the leader of the Ten Commandments, he wore a white, sleeveless coat adorned by a batch of black X-shaped buttons from all around the high collar, black lining on the coat, a dark red color on the inside, and a coat's tail. His most distinctive trait is his Dragon symbol carved at the top of his left bicep, just below his shoulder.

Without any socks, he wears a pair of black boots. His Broken Sword's scabbard is held on by a green leather belt with gold-colored buckles. He often wears an ordinary, clean white button-front shirt and a black sleeveless vest on top with a loosely worn tie. Regardless of his stature and youthful looks, he is relatively muscular, possessing an array of well-developed abdominal muscles. He also lacks facial hair, further accentuating his adolescent appearance. He is exceptionally short compared to other characters, with messy blond hair and a pair of emerald eyes. Count Robert of Artois starts a family vendetta which involves Philip's sons' wives, which starts the ball rolling.Despite having the appearance of a child, Meliodas is much older, being more than three thousand years old. Molay in turn curses Philip and his descendants.

The Iron King (Le Roi de Fer) - King Philip the Fair condemns the Templar master, De Molay, to death. There follows one of the most dramatic periods in French history, half a century of political intrigue, murder, treason, war and famine, which ultimately culminates in the 100 Years War.Įpisode 1.

With his dying breath he curses the king, the king's advisor (Guillaume de Nogaret), the pope (Pope Clement V) and the thirteen succeeding generations of their families. Having confessed under torture to the crimes of which he is accused, de Molay is condemned to be burned at the stake. The king decides the only solution is to raid the treasures of the Knights Templar (amongst others) and concocts various charges of treason, heresy and deviance against the Knights and their Grand Master Jacques de Molay.
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It is the early 1300's and the treasury of France, under the rule of Philippe IV (called Philip the Fair or Philippe le Bel), is empty. Audio in French with English subtitles.īased on the novel of the same name by Maurice Druon, Les Rois maudits is the second television adaptation of this seven-volume book which is widely agreed to be an accurate representation of actual events. The Accursed Kings (French: Les Rois maudits) is a five-part French-Italian TV show of 2005.
