Anarchy Period
People and events for the period 496– of the Great Pendragon Campaign.
Player Knights
- Sir Argentum
- Married to Adwen. Co-regent of Salisbury.
- Blazon: Argent, a griffin sable reversed
- Sir Caletus
- Married to Millicent.
- Blazon: Sable, an eagle or
- Dame Eva
- Christian religious knight. Co-regent of Salisbury.
- Blazon: Argent, a chief azure
- Sir James
- Saxon convert. Married to Rædburh, a Saxon. Exiled 495 for betraying Salisbury and Logres to Ælle of Sussex. Returned 496.
- Blazon: Per pall, azure argent and purpure
- Sir Eliot
- Son of Sir Borg, castellan of Borders.
- Blazon: Or, a chief pointed gules, a strawberry plant
- Sir Godwyn
- Son of Sir Rholyn, castellan of Du Plain
- Blazon: Sable, a dolphin or, a label
Dead Player Knights
- Sir Jasper
- Married to Alis. Vassal of both Roderick and Blaines.
- Blazon: Gules, a cross argent
- Killed 496, Battle of Broughton.
- Sir Brian
- Chaste companion of Indeg.
- Blazon: Bendy gules and purpure
- Killed 496, Battle of Broughton.
In Salisbury
- Ellen
- Roderick's wife. Co-regent of Salisbury.
- Jenna
- Daughter of Roderick and Ellen
- Robert
- Infant earl of Salisbury. Son of Roderick and Ellen.
- Blazon: Azure, four bars or
Officers of Salisbury
- Sir Elad
- Roderick's marshal, castellan of Vagon. Affair with Indeg. Co-regent of Salisbury.
- Blazon: Or, a wheel azure
- Sir Amig
- Castellan of Vagon. Experienced in battle, now infirm.
- Blazon: Vert, three bezants
- Dame Aspara
- Castellan of Castle of the Rock, Sarum.
- Blazon: Azure, a horse rampant or
- Sir Borg
- Castellan of the Borders. Married to Ceinwen.
- Blazon: Per pale gules and vert, a castle argent
- Sir Rholyn
- Castellan of Du Plain.
- Blazon: Sable, a dolphin or
- Bishop Roger
- As a vassal of Salisbury, holder of Ambrius Hundred. (Briefly imprisoned by Salisbury regency.)
Mature knights
- Sir Jaradan
- Married to Gwiona, affair with Elaine. Arrogant, self-important, clearly the best swordsman around.
- Blazon: Argent, a sword purpure.
- Sir Lycus
- Straightforward
- Blazon: Vert, on a chief argent a wolf sable
- Sir Bar
- Married to Elaine. Big and slow
- Blazon: Purpure, a saltire or
- Sir Leo
- Upright and moral
- Blazon: Per fess argent sable, a lion or
Young knights
- Sir Cynon
- Third son, heading for clerical life until father and other brothers died.
- Sir Erthgi
- Commoner, knighted at Broughton.
- Dame Brugyn
- Daughter of Amig. Flamboyant, swaggers. Looking forward to inheriting Tilshead.
- Sir Gwrien
- Naive, butt of jokes
Notable women
- Adwen
- Married to Sir Argenum (PC)
- Elaine
- Married to Sir Bar, affair with Sir Jaradan. Scandalously unfaithful
- Gwiona
- Ellen's handmaiden
- Indeg
- Affair with Elad.
- Millicent
- Daughter of Hywel. Married to Sir Caletus.
- Angarad
- Daughter of Elad, always chaperoned.
- Bronwyn
- Widow of vassal knight. Was happy, now grief-stricken.
- Ceinwen
- Wife of Borg.
Non-vassals of Salisbury
Vassals of other lords, living in Salisbury county.
- Lord Melion
- Indepdendent warlord, holds Boarwood Hundred. Father killed at St Albans.
- Blazon: Tierced in bend argent, azure and sable.
- Lord Duach
- Indepdendent warlord, holds Warminster / Wereside Hundred. Father killed at St Albans.
- Blazon: Or, two swords in saltire gules.
- Sir Edol
- Vassal of Clarence. Holds Hillfarm Hundred.
- Sir Salados
- Vassal of Silchester, holds Swans hundred. Father killed at St Albans.
- Sir Edaris
- Vassal of Duke of the March. Holds Mere Hundred.
- Sir Dryw
- Vassal of Marlboro. Holds Milkfield Hundred.
- Sir Richard
- Castellan of Llud's Hall, held for the crown; Llud's Hall is in Ambrius Hundred. Holds much of Kingsguard Hundred.
- Blazon: Or, a bundle of reeds vert
Elsewhere in Britain
- Arthur
- Uther's son. Stolen by Merlin.
- Brastias
- Uther's bodyguard, now mercenary.
- Blazon: Vert, an arm embowed armoured argent fesswise inverted reversed
- Ygraine
- Wife of Gorlois, remarried to Uther. Now a nun in Amesbury
- Ulfius, duke of Silchester (modern Thames valley)
- Most powerful duke.
- Blazon: Or, a wolf passant gules
- Bennem, count of Levcomagus
- vassal of Ulfius.
- Sir Moris
- banneret knight, vassal of Bennem
- Alis
- daughter of Sir Moris
- Count Malcolm
- Count of Marlboro. Currently "guest" of Sir Thebert.
- Sir Thebert
- Regent of Marlboro.
- Lady Pridwyn
- Widowed countess of Rydychan.
Foreigners
- Æsc
- King of Kent
- Ælle
- King of Sussex
- Æthelswith
- King of Essex
- Cerdic
- King of Wessex
- Eosa
- King of Nohaut
- Syagrius
- Praetor of Gaul
Tale of Years
- 496
- Battle of Broughton; Sussex attacks Salisbury, held back. James flees Sussex. Eva's new child (David) replaced by a changeling. James returns to Salisbury. Player Knights dream of a serpent in Cricklade and kill Gordobuc the Fiend. Salisbury allies with Cerdic of the Gwessi (Wessex).
- 497
- Bishop Roger imprisoned, land confiscated. Salisbury joins Cerdic's army and conquers Isle of Wight, rewarded with gift of 10 manors. Essex demands tribute, Salisbury refuses; mutual counter-raiding was ineffectual. Salisbury knights unsuccessfully look for Castle Sauvage. (Elsewhere, Thebert usurps seat of Marlboro, Ulfius allies with Sussex, Idres takes Tintagel, sundry outlying manors change hands.)
- 498
- Bishop Roger released from prison after intervention from Dubricus. Cerdic calls on Salisbury to take western Hampshire. A short battle leads to a long siege of Hantonne. Salisbury knights negotiate release of Count Hampshire's wife and daughters, then smuggle out his son. They engineer a distraction in the Wessex army, allowing Count Hampshire and much of his army to escape. Western Hampshire taken by Cerdic. Cerdic demands homage from Salisbury. Salisbury regents reject this, end up killing Cerdic and escaping with his son as a hostage.