Lancelot arrives with his kinsmen and followers and rescues the queen .
Knowing Lancelot and his family would try to stop the execution , Arthur sends many of his knights to defend the pyre , though Gawain refuses to participate .
Lancelot arrives with Arthur 's kinsmen and followers and rescues the queen .
Knowing Lancelot and his family would try to stop the execution , Arthur sends many of his knights to defend the pyre , though Gawain refuses to participate .