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Camille's Rebellion
As the tournament wrapped up and many of the knights of the realm returned to their estates, Sir Griflet was recruiting – he was going to lead a small army to deal with the problems in Anglia, ‘as Duke Hervis lacks the strength.’
Sir Phillip II, Sir Mari, Sir Arthur Reynard Starling and Sir Cara all volunteered and headed off to Norwich where Griflet met up with the Duke. Sir Cara was on guard duty outside of the conference room they were in and could hear shouting from inside getting louder and louder. Cara grew worried as the argument sounded violent and threw open the doors and entered the chamber. Griflet and the Duke calmed down as Cara entered – with Duke Hervis casting a withering glance towards her. ‘Since you have such wonderful knights, then you deal with the problem’, he sneered before stalking off.
The next morning, Griflet and his force marched forth towards the Fens, without any aid from Duke Hervis. The bandits were thought to be operating near the fens and Cara led one of the patrols to try and find their base.
However, despite her best efforts, Cara’s group always seemed to be in the wrong place at the wrong time as local estates and churches were raided and burnt, seemingly wherever they were not. Growing increasingly frustrated, Cara continued her patrols until one day – recrossing an area they had previously patrolled, there stood a small stone castle, surrounded by a lush garden and manicured lawns. Could this be the bandit’s secret – a fae, magical castle? The knights investigated by could find no one at the castle and no means to enter. As it was late, the knights camped in the gardens, spread out in several groups.
This proved to be a mistake as that knight they were roused by the ground shaking and rustling from the undergrowth – the plants had come to life. Many strange plant creatures grappled and subdued the knights, squeezing the breath out of them and dragging them away.
When they awoke, they were in separate cells in a dungeon. They were not left to rot there, however, as two saxon women brought them their food once a day. They were told that they were prisoners of the Lady Camille, an Anglian sorceress. The knights whiled away their time as several weeks past. Then more knight prisoners were dragged in – amongst them, Sir Gaheris, and the King – Arthur! Gaheris told them they had been lured here by a false promise of a peace conference and then captured by magic. Arthur was led out each morning for ‘questioning’ by Lady Camille and returned each evening looking haggard and weary.
Days later, another commotion and more captured knights, including Sir Lancelot, Duke Galeholt, and Sir Gawaine. The knights began to despair of escaping when one night, they heard the locks of the dungeon being opened – it was Sir Kay, wearing a smug grin. It seemed that Lady Nimue had given him some relic to counter Camille’s sorcery and he was here to mount a rescue.
Lancelot and Gawaine supported the King, while Kay led the knights to a nearby armory. The group fought their way out of the castle against several large bronze knights – given form by Camille’s magic. Outside, Lancelot led the king to safety while Gawaine went to get Griflet and the army. Sir Kay, ever smug, decided not to wait and led a small group back into the castle to capture Camille, assuming his relic now made him invulnerable. Unfortunately as the neared Lady Camille’s chamber, two fae knights proved him wrong, as he was knocked silly by a mace blow from a nine foot tall knight. The rest of the knights engaged in some trickery, offering to ‘surrender’ and let themselves be led to Lady Camille. She was enraged that Arthur had escaped, apparently needing his royal blood for some foul magic. But when she caught sight of young Sir Arthur, she smiled and said ‘perhaps you’ll do just as well’.
A desperate fight ensued with the two fae knights guarding Camille, and Camille casting some kind of spell that created a magical shield around herself. The knights were hard pressed, but were helped when Sir Kay shook off his wounds to join them. The knights observed some ritual books around the room and while some held off the fae knights, Sir Phillip started burning the books. Fire rapidly spread threw the room, and Camille’s shield faded away as the last of the ritual books were burnt. The two fae knights were finished off by the desperate knights who then fled the burning caslte, as Camille lay bleeding out.
Outside, Gawaine had returned with Griflet and all watched as the castle was consumed by fire, and Kay was congratulated for his rescue.
Autumn
The knights spent the rest of the year back in Salisbury. Sir Arthur continued his tasks for Lady Ahvielle, successfully arguing for mercy for a knight up on charges of discourtesy at Countess Ellen’s court. Next, Ahvielle asked Arthur to show his generosity by giving his wealth to the peasants of his manor. Arthur donated all of his worldly wealth. Sir Cara found Woodborough Manor a changed place, as Shane had embraced an older form of rulership – might makes right. The local peasants feared their new lord and he treated the other household knights most disrespectfully. Phillip spent the summer leading patrols around Salisbury’s borders, although not much in the way of trouble was encountered in these peaceful times.
Sir Mari hosted Countess Ellen at her manor, as Ellen evaluated her stewardship.
Glory
Character | Glory |
Annual Glory |
Fame | Age | Status | Year of Death |
King Arthur | 57600 | 1500 | Legendary | 38 | Alive and Well | |
King Uther Pendragon | 27750 | 0 | Extraordinary | 47 | Dead | 495 |
King Pellinore de Gales | 25100 | Extraordinary | 55 | Dead | ||
Duke Ulfius | 23800 | 300 | Extraordinary | 65 | Dead | 518 - Session 1 |
Sir Gawaine | 20500 | 300 | Famous | 33 | Alive and Well | |
Sir Lancelot | 19750 | Famous | 26 | Alive and Well | ||
Sir Griflet | 18500 | 300 | Famous | 34 | Alive and Well | |
King Nanteleod | 17250 | Extraordinary | 55 | Dead | 508 |
|
King Idres | 15700 | Famous | 60 | Dead | ||
King Uriens | 15700 | 100 | Famous | 59 | Alive and Retired | |
Sir James | 15301 | Famous | 50 | Dead | 518 - Session 1 |
|
Sir Hervis de Revel | 15600 | 300 | Famous | 45 | Alive and Well | |
King Alain | 15150 | 300 | Famous | 47 | Alive and Well | |
King Heraut de Apres | 14740 | Famous | 36 | Dead | 512 - Session 1 |
|
Sir Bedivere |
15525 |
200 |
Famous |
37 |
Alive and Well |
|
Sir Kay | 13675 | 200 | Famous | 38 | Alive and Well | |
Duke Corneas | 13100 | Famous | 47 | Dead | 508 |
|
Sir Lucas | 14007 | Famous | 36 | Dead | ||
King Lot | 12800 | Famous | 60 | Dead | 513 |
|
Duke Gorlois | 12400 | Famous | 51 | Dead | 491 |
|
King Dirac | 12700 | 300 | Famous | 45 | Alive and Well | |
Sir Nikolas Starling | 14755 | Famous | 35 | Dead | ||
Sir Caoilfhionn | 15242 | Famous | 40 | Dead | ||
Barant de Apres | 8900 | 200 | Famous | 35 | Alive and Well | |
King Nentres | 8400 | Famous | 55 | Dead | 512 - Session 1 |
|
Sir Lamorak | 8475 | Famous | 28 | Alive and Well | ||
King Canan | 8000 | Famous | 57 | Dead | 494 |
|
Queen Ygraine | 8050 | 50 | Famous | 55 | Alive and Well | |
Sir Esmee | 7909 | Renowned | 36 | Dead | 504 |
|
Sir Yvaine | 8200 | Famous | 28 | Alive and Well | ||
Sir Gwynne | 8799 | Famous | 27 | Alive and Well | ||
Sir Luc | 7549 | Renowned | 36 | Dead | 502 |
|
Sir Penelope Starling | 7080 | Renowned | 43 | Alive and Well | ||
Sir Uffo | 7000 | Renowned | 30 | Alive and a Rebel | ||
Sir Hightower | 6800 | 0 | Renowned | 47 | Dead | 502 |
Sir Jon Archer | 9587 | Renowned | 28 | Dead | ||
Duke Lucius | 6400 | 0 | Renowned | 41 | Dead | 486 |
Sir Reynard Starling | 6374 | 0 | Renowned | 33 | Dead | 497 (Session 1) |
Countess Ellen | 6400 | 100 | Renowned | 45 | Alive and Well | |
Sir Blackmore | 6273 | Renowned | 34 | Dead | ||
Earl Roderick | 6044 | 0 | Renowned | 47 | Dead | 495 |
Sir Willem | 6041 | Renowned | 45 | Dead | 518 - Session 1 | |
Sir Henri Pierlot | 6003 | Renowned | 31 | Alive and Well | ||
Sir Ysabel Starling | 5861 | Renowned | 38 | Alive and Well | ||
Sir Archer | 4724 | Renowned | 35 | Dead | 510 - Session 1 |
|
Sir Alfred | 4704 | Renowned | 28 | Dead | 521 |
|
Sir Theophania |
4700 |
Renowned |
46 |
Alive and Well |
||
Sir Elisabet | 4291 | Renowned | 37 | Dead | 505 |
|
Sir Madoc | 4200 | 0 | Renowned | 27 | Dead | 491 |
Sir Cedric | 4115 | Renowned | 40 | Dead | 511 |
|
Sir Alder | 4000 | Renowned | 38 | Missing | ||
Sir Edwin | 3760 | Notable | 25 | Alive and Well |
||
Sir Basile | 3400 | Notable | 46 | Alive and Exiled | ||
Sir Bellana | 2873 | Respected | 27 | Alive and Well | ||
Sir Beleus | 2550 | Respected | 40 | Alive and Exiled | ||
Sir Katherine Starling | 2528 | Respected | 30 | Alive and Well | ||
Sir Phillip | 2341 | Respected | 21 | Alive and Well | ||
Sumayl | 2360 | Respected | 27 | Alive and Well | ||
Sir Blains | 2380 | 20 | Respected | 49 | Dead | 518 - Session 1 |
Sir Gareth | 2384 | Respected | 24 | Alive and Well | ||
Sir Faith | 2002 | Respected | 35 | Alive and Well | ||
Sir Petra | 1605 | Respected | 30 | Alive and Well | ||
Sir Bege | 1550 | Respected | 38 | Alive and Exiled | ||
Sir Joseph Black | 1440 | Unproven | 29 | Alive and Well | ||
Sir Cyril | 1144 | Unproven | 32 | Alive and Well | ||
2960 | Respected | 23 | Alive and Well | |||
5140 | Notable | 36 | Alive and Well | |||
4184 | Respected | 18 | Alive and Well | |||
1618 | Unproven | 26 | Alive and Well | |||
Sir Rose | 2074 | |||||
Sir Rhian | 1567 | Unproven | 23 | Alive and Well | ||
Sir Samwell | 1773 |
A small settlement at the edge of the walkable portion of The Great Mire, Rhyddan is surrounded by a double earth bank and is home to fewer than 50 people.
By the docks there is a shrine to the Eight Mothers, consisting of an eight-sided pool faced with bricks in a paved courtyard. The walls that used to surround the courtyard are now dilapidated. People still occasionally come here to give offerings and seek the blessings of the Eight Mothers, but they have not answered any prayers for centuries.
Breasal ap Bodyn is the nominal leader of Rhyddan, although the settlement was a base for The Men of the Hood - a bandit gang that makes its home in the Mire.
It's current disposition is unknown.