Wuerensis County

A county of Logres on the upper Avon River, consisting of portions of the modern counties of Warwickshire, Northampshire, Leicestershire, and Oxfordshire

## Wuerensis County

### Kingdom

Logres

Part of the Roman bishopric of Corinium

Unusual in being inhabited by two different tribes ~ the Coritani and the Dobunni

Wuerensis is a borderland kingdom of mixed Pagans and Christians. They exhibit great religious tolerance, and mistrust anyone who exhibits any strong religious tendencies.

County of WUERENSIS

WUERENSIS: A county on the upper Avon River, it includes the cities of Warwick and Kinetown.

Culture/Religion: Cymric/British Christian and Pagan

Wuerensis is a borderland kingdom of mixed Pagans and Christians. They exhibit great religious tolerance, and mistrust anyone who exhibits any strong religious tendencies.

Places

Kenilworth Castle is a small castle.

Kineton is a stop along the King's Road, and the road north from it leads to Warwick.

Warwick (See own entry)

Arden Forest:

A forest north and west of Wuerensis, forming one of the borders of Logres. Most of it is in Cambria.

495: Arden Forest: Arden Forest fills the area between Wuerensis (on the Avon River), Galvoie (on the Severn) and Cameliard (on the Trent.)

Avon River: Three Avon rivers appear on this map.

1. A tributary to the Severn River that goes through Wuerensis.

2. Main drainage for Salisbury, navigable by boat from near Sarum south to the sea.

3. A river in Somerset navigable from Bath north to the sea.

Kinetown: This is a castle on the Royal Road in Wuerensis; a regular road leads from here to nearby

Warwick: This is the primary city of the County of Wuerensis.

Warwick, city [Wuerensis, Logres]

Culture/Religion: Cymric/British Christian

Warwick is a beautiful city protected by a castle. The city is located on the north side of the Avon River.

Rulers

Ruler: City Council

Vassal of: Lord of Wuerensis

Events:

502: The messenger from King Nanteleod brings word that Gloucester, Orofoise, Galvoie, Cheshire, Cameliard, and Wuerensis have all agreed to submit to him as vassals.

512: While Arthur was campaigning in Cumbria, King Lot and King Ryons led an army to plunder many unprotected Cambrian lands: Cameliard, Lambor, Wuerensis, and Escavalon.

518: Wuerensis is raided

556: Wuerensis is raided

Rulers

Ruler: Earl Artgualchar of Wuerensis

Vassal of: Arthur Pendragon

back in 3e/4e, Kenilworth Castle (in Wuerensis, see 7dot62mm’s post) was the home of Boadicea’s Daughters, the most prominent order of female knights (Knights Adventurous). Who also show up in the aforementioned The Adventure of the Heart Blade (Blood & Lust sourcebook).

Artgualchar was later re-imagined as a knight named Arthall or Artegall, who is of course best known for being Britomart's lover in Spencer's "The Faerie Queene."

Canonical origin for Boadicea’s Daughters in Knights Adventurous was “a few years” after the Angle invasion of 500.  (They start as British refugees from what was being called Iceniland or Icenia at that point.)  Some vagueness about exactly when the Earl of Wuerensis gave them Kenilworth Castle, but at some point between then and 531.

But it would be relatively easy to move Boadicea’s Daughters back in time and keep broadly the same origin.  One would just need to substitute Sussex for Anglia to have them exist in 479.  You only lose one thing, although it’s a big thing — the connection with Boudica through the Iceni.  But Colomb Not-A-Lady (the founder) could easily have been from the Iceni and married to someone among the Regnenses.

6e is going to have a major order of female knights in default Salisbury.  I forget how many details have been announced, but it’s possible that some of this earlier Boadicea’s Daughters material is being adapted (and relocated).  If so, presumably the origin will be moved back to before the reign of Uther.  But this is all very speculative, of course.

A few years later, 4e said. So somewhere in the early 500s.

However, Book of the Warlord contradicts this. In Appendix A, Leodegrance takes Kenilworth (Red Tower) during the Anarchy and then returns it to Arthur. It is Arthur who grants it to 'The Maiden Knights', The Daughters of Boudicca, after he has upgraded the Castle, by the end of the Boy King. So This would likely push it to 514 at the very earliest, possibly even all the way to 518, as reward for fighting bravely at Badon Hill?

Alas, he is missing in Book of the Warlord. There is an editorial error for sure in assigning Warwick (Warcastle) to Sir Ederyn at the end of the Boy King. It should be Sir Edelin who is the heir of Sir Ederyn (who is dead by then), and has been holding the castle during the Anarchy. Easiest 'fix' would be to change Edelin -> Artgualchar, which then would fit with the 4e timing of Kenilworth being given to the Daughters during the Anarchy by the Earl (Baron) of Wuerensis. However, if you want to go more with the Faerie Queene and BotW, then making Artgualchar the son of Edelin would work nicely, and have him take over at the end of the Conquest. Up to you. Wuerensis doesn't really play a major part in the GPC, so feel free to do what you want.

In Blood&Lust, Artgualchar gets mentioned by name ONCE, at the very end.

There's a few other tidbits from the Book of the Warlord's castle list:

In Anarchy, many of the castles are not assigned to any particular force. King Leodegrance has seized the Castle of the Stag and the Red Tower. He keeps the Castle of the Stag during Arthur's reign, but he returns the Red Tower to the King, who gives it to the Maiden Knights.

Cambrian raiders destroy Horsemane. It remains in ruins, possibly inhabited by monsters.

Slayersfort (detailed in BotW) could be a player estate, and has some local sights of interest.

Soldiers from Priest Town Castle attack Castle Dykes, held by Sir Dorilas, then by Sir Sangwell, who rebels against Arthur.

The Castle in the Beautiful Wild was "built under leadership of Dorvant, a young son of Baron Irowntown, who then flees to the forest, mad."

That sounds like plenty of people who can hate each other and a bit of mystery for the players to investigate.

## People

* Sir Amren, the Baron on the Lonely Path
* Sir Bryn, the Sheriff of Lambor and Wuerensis
* Sir Cadel, the Baron of the Cattleherds
* Sir Ederyn, the Baron of Warcastle
* Sir Landri, the Baron of Slayersfort
* Sir Sansum, called the Stormcloud

## Locations

There are 26 hundreds in Wuerensis

* Cattleherds, a stop along the King's Road; the road north from it leads to Warcastle
* Horsemane Fort
* Huntsend Lodge
* Lonely Path
* Slayersfort (owes 0 days to the King's Progress)

### Castles

* Castle Dykes (owes 0 days to the King's Progress)
* The Red Tower, a small castle and royal demesne, home of Boadicea’s Daughters (the most prominent order of female knights) (owes 2 days to the King's Progress)
* Warcastle, the primary city of the county, a beautiful British Christian city protected by a castle, located on the north side of the Avon River, ruled by a city council (owes 6 days to the King's Progress)

### Church Sites

* Blockstown, an abbey of Roman Black Monks (£36, provides no eschilles)
* St. Cofa's Tree, an abbey of British Russet Monks patronized by the Duke of the Marche (£54 income, provides no eschilles)

### Rivers

* Avon River, a tributary to the Severn River that goes through Wuerensis and serves as the main drainage for Salisbury, navigable by boat from near Sarum south to the sea, navigable in Summerland from Bath north to the sea.

### Royal Forests

* Wuerensis Woods (£150 income), a forest north and west of Wuerensis, filling the area between Wuerensis (on the Avon River), Galvoie (on the Severn) and Cameliard (on the Trent), forming one of the borders of Logres; most of it is in Cambria.
	+ Boar's Lodge, hunting lodge and royal demesne (owes 3 days to the King's Progress)