Anarchy Period

People and events for the period 496– of the Great Pendragon Campaign.

Player Knights

Sir Billy: Adopted son of Dame, now Bishop, Eva.; Blazon: Argent, a chief azure
Sir Caletus: Married to Millicent.; Blazon: Sable, an eagle or
Sir Godwyn: Son of Sir Rholyn, castellan of Du Plain; Blazon: Sable, a dolphin or, a label

Sir Billy
Sir Caletus
Sir Godwyn

Retired Player Knights

Sir Argentum: Married to Adwen. Castellan of Castle on the Borders. Was Co-regent of Salisbury.; Blazon: Argent, a griffin sable reversed
Dame Eva: Christian religious knight. Appointed Bishop of Venta in 500. Was 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. Appointed Earl Robert's Champion in 509.; Blazon: Per pall, azure argent and purpure

Sir Argentum
Dame Eva
Sir James

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.
Sir Eliot: Son of Sir Borg, castellan of Borders.; Blazon: Or, a chief pointed gules, a strawberry plant; Killed 504, Battle of Silchester.

Sir Brian
Sir Eliot
Sir Jasper

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.

Lords Salisbury
Sir Amig
Dame Aspara
Sir Bar
Sir Borg
Sir Elad
Sir Jaradan
Sir Leo
Sir Lycus
Sir Rholyn

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

Baron Wereside
Baron Boarwood
Sir Richard

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.~~
Lord Thebert: Usurper Count of Marlboro.
Lady Pridwyn: Widowed countess of Rydychan.

Lord Allen: Count of Hampshire.

Sir Brastias
Lord Ulfius
Dame Bennem

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.
499: King Pellinore, chasing the Questing Beast, is captured by the goddess Diana in the Forest of Gloom. Knights of Salisbury rescue him, at some cost. Sir Borg and Sir Rholyn express discomfort with the conduct of the current regents of Salisbury. Salisbury sends forces to aid Count Hampshire against the Saxons in Wessex.
500: Dame Eva sees King Sauvage and reclaims her son. She becomes Bishop of Venta, sent to reclaim Caercolun from the Saxons. Salisbury forms an alliance with factions in Wessex to fight Hampshire, Sussex, and Silchester.
501: Player Knights bring an uneasy peace between the rump Hampshire and Wessex. Salisbury and Hampshire/Wessex attacks Sussex, but discord in the command means the battle is inconclusive.
502: Player Knights sneak to Goldsworth and steal treasures from the sacred tree. They return to Wessex with the gifts, which cements the alliance between Salisbury, Hampshire, and Wessex.
503: Salisbury attacks Marlboro, attempting to oust the usurper Lord Thebert. The battle is a draw.
504: Some Player Knights visit Silchester to give an ultimatum to Duke Ulfius. They are refused. Salisbury, Hampshire/Wessex, and Rydychan combine forces to attack Silchester. Sir Eliot is killed by berserkers; most of the other other Player Knights are nearly killed. The battle overall is a success. Half of Silchester is conquered, and Duke Ulfius pays homage to the child Earl Robert. Meanwhile, Djell the Spriggan takes Woodhouse castle.
505: Salisbury and its vassals join Nantelod in his failed attempt to recapture London. Many knights join him fighting the Angles. Meanwhile Jogron, a giant, erects a castle in western Salisbury.
506: Salisbury refuses offers of alliance from both King Idres and King Nantelod. Player Knights escort Nineve, Lady of the Lake, into the Forest Sauvage. She helps an old friend die and captures her last breath in a scarf. Some Player Knights secretly use it to kill Djell and the land around Woodhouse castle.
507: Nantelod pays Salisbury for passage for his army through the county. He liberates Somerset from Idres. Sussex heavily raids Hampshire; Kent and Essex heavily raid Ulfius's lands in Windsor.
508: Ælle leads an army to raid Hampshire. Salisbury, Hampshire, Wessex, and Silchester join forces with Nantelod to defeat them, guided by Sir James's intelligence. Ælle kills Nantelod, the PCs kill Ælle. The two armies dissolve. Argentum becomes Castellan of the Castle on the Borders.
509: Robert returns from Hampshire and is knighted by Sir Argentum. Robert becomes Earl of Salisbury. James becomes Robert's Champion (and spymaster).
510: On New Year's Day a young squire called Arthur pulls the sword from the stone in St Paul's Cathedral.