Cumbria

Cumbria includes all lands north of the River Humber and south of Hadrian’s Wall. It was home to the powerful tribe of the Brigantes, who rebelled many times against the might of Rome, and a smaller tribe of Parisi, living just across from the River Trent, who were often allies or vassals of their larger neighbor. The Brigantes capitol was Eburacum, one of the old Roman provincial capitols and an important former legionary headquarters. The people of Eburacum are still proud of their Roman heritage, even though the legions are long gone. The might of the Brigantes in post-Roman Britain was reflected by the fact their land has four seats out of 28 in the Supreme Collegium, more than any other tribe can boast. Under Roman rule, this area had two of the five Roman provinces.

However, in 439, Dux Vortigern’s combined realm hosted six (one in Glevum, Logres), and Logres had 13, and as such, Cumbria’s interests rarely carried the day at the Supreme Collegium. As the result of this and also of geography, the Brigantes tended to look more to the north, to Caledonia, where the wilder, unconquered by Rome, Cymric and Pict tribes lived. And, although Hadrian’s Wall was a vivid reminder where the civilization ended and Barbaricum, the land of the barbarians began, the Cumbrians sought trade and alliances with the northern lands and peoples. But, as far as the Southern Cymri were concerned, there was precious little difference between the Brigantes and the Cymric tribes living north of the Wall. To them, the Cumbrians were strangers and poor cousins with barbaric ways unimportant to the future.

## History of the Region

### 11th century prior era vulgaris

**c. 1100 p.e.v.:** Aeneas’ great-grandson, Brutus, lands with his followers on an island called Albion. It is inhabited by the giants, whom the Trojans defeat in battle, claiming the island for themselves. Brutus names the island after himself as Britain and becomes its first king. His followers become known as Britons. Corineus, Brutus’ second-in-command, is rewarded with an area of land that becomes known as Cornwall after its ruler. Brutus’ three sons split the rest of the country at their father’s death, giving their names to the lands: Locrine gets Logres, Albanus gets Alba and Camber gets Cambria.

### 5th century prior era vulgaris

**c. 450:** Pictish invasion of Caledonia. The Picts are defeated by the Britons, but allowed to stay as those lands were rather sparse of people anyway, as long as they accept the King of the Britons as their overlord.

### 1st century era vulgaris

**c. 40 e.v.:** Emperor Claudius invades Britain but is defeated by King Arviragus of the Britons. They make peace and King Arviragus marries Emperor Claudius’ daughter. Roman traders and businessmen are allowed to settle into Britain.

**c. 60:** Excesses of Roman debt collectors cause the Iceni Revolt led by Queen Boudica. Almost 100,000 Romans and Britons are slaughtered in the sacking of Camulodunum, Londinium and Veramium. With the help of the Romans led by the future Emperor Vespasian, King Arviragus defeats the rebellion, and grants Romans southeastern Logres as their own.

### 2nd century era vulgaris

**c. 120:** Pro-Roman King Coill rebuilds Eburacum to imitate the Roman cities.

**c. 150:** King Lucius sponsors Christianity in Britain, asking the Pope in Rome to send missionaries.

**189:** King Lucius dies heirless, and the Britons fight amongst themselves. Senator Septimius Severus is sent with a Roman army to restore order, and he takes under Roman power the whole of Britain south of Solway Firth. A wall is built to mark the division between the Roman province and the wild Caledonia. His task completed, Senator Septimius Severus returns to Rome.

**193-197:** Roman pretenders take legions from Britain to fight for the Emperorship in the continent. The winner of the Roman civil war is Emperor Septimius Severus. Caledonians, Picts and Britons alike, raid into the Roman province of Britain.

**198:** Emperor Septimius Severus sends governors and legions to guard Britain against invaders, but the unrest continues.

### 3rd century era vulgaris

**208-211:** Emperor Septimius Severus comes to Britain. He brings the Constitutio Antoniniana that makes all free Roman subjects to be Roman citizens. He campaigns in the North, with Eburacum as his capital, moving the border to Firth of Forth and ordering the Antonine Wall built. However, as he lies dying in 211, the Romans retreat back to the Great Wall and abandon the Antonine Wall.

### 4th century era vulgaris

**306:** Constantine the Great is acclaimed as the Emperor by the soldiers in Eburacum. He goes on to defeat rival claimants and becomes the sole Emperor of the Roman Empire.

**337:** After Constantine’s death, Octavius is elected as the King of the Britons by the Supreme Collegium.

**380:** King Octavius marries his daughter, Helen, to General Macsen Wledig (father of Constantin and grandfather to Aurelius Ambrosius and Uther), who succeeds Octavius as the King of the Britons.

**383-388:** King Macsen Wledig takes his legions and his Cymric followers into Gaul, slays Emperor Gratian, and rules the Empire.

**388:** The eastern Emperor Theodosius defeats Emperor Macsen Wledig and beheads him in July of this year. Many of Macsen Wledig’s troops, as well as his sons, settle in Brittany. (This becomes known as the First Migration.) Gratian Municeps seizes power in Britain.

**395:** Britons rise up against the tyrant, Gratian, and kill him. They appeal to Rome for help against barbarian raids.

**398:** Count Stilicho comes to Britain and reorganizes British defenses decimated by the Macsen Wledig debacle. He begins the transfer of military authority from Roman commanders to local British chieftains, such as Coel Hen who is appointed as Dux of Eburacum.

### 5th century era vulgaris

**405:** Britain is stripped of its garrison to protect Italy against barbarian invasions. Raids by Saxons, Picts and Irish start almost straight away.

**c. 410:** After the abandonment of Britain by Emperor Honorius in 410, Coel Hen trades his title of a dux to a king. In the chaos that follows, he unifies the various Cymric tribes of the North under his rule.

**415:** In a bid to put an end to the internecine warfare and the barbarian raids, Coel Hen supports Constantin as High King, and marries his daughter to Constantin. Another one of his daughters marries Cunedda of the Votadini. High King Constantin ennobles the best men of each tribe as knights in return for military service, and brings peace to Britain, for a while.

**420:** Coel Hen dies, his sons and son-in-laws dividing his kingdom. Most of the northern kings, both north and south of the Wall, can trace their lineage to Coel Hen. His son, Ceneu, becomes the King of the Brigantes.

**423:** Constantin sires his first son, Constans, whom he entrusts to a monastery in the White City.

**433:** Constantin’s next son is born and named Aurelius Ambrosius for his distant relative St. Ambrose.

**436:** Constantin sires his last son, Uther. Guithelinus, Archbishop of Londinium, foster both Ambrosius and Uther.

**437:** King Ceneu dies and is followed by his son, Mor, as the King of the Brigantes.

**439:** High King Constantin calls for warriors against the Irish invading at the mouth of the River Severn. King Mor of the Brigantes sends only a small fraction of his warriors, claiming that the rest are needed for local defense against the pirates.

**440:** The Irish invade Cambenet, but are beaten back by the Brigantes. Pirates harass the eastern coast.

**441:** The Supreme Collegium receives a summons to gather next year to elect a new High King. The King of Brigantes decides to take advantage of the chaos and the lack of a higher authority in order to expand his kingdom northwards. However, his army is ambushed and defeated by a coalition of northern Cymric tribes, under the Votadini war-leader, Cunedda, just north of Hadrian’s Wall.

**442:** The Supreme Collegium meets. The King of Brigantes puts his own name forward as the next High King, claiming that Constantin’s three sons are unsuitable. They are either too out of touch (Constans, the eldest with his monkish inclinations) or too young (Aurelius and Uther). Dux Vortigern outmaneuvers him, however, through the Supreme Collegium vote process and manages to secure the votes to elect Constans as king, no doubt intending to rule through his bookish nephew.

Pirates attack the mouth of the Humber, invading the Parisi lands. The King of Brigantes is willing to bring troops to chase the pirates away, but with this offer comes a price: the Parisi must now accept being a vassal kingdom of the Brigantes.

Two tribes of Picts migrate to Logres, invited by High King Constans to settle there. They march through Cumbria with an honor guard sent by Vortigern to escort them, but they do not bother the locals

**443:** Young High King Constans is murdered by his Pictish bodyguards; no one in Cumbria sheds a tear. Dux Vortigern has the murderers swiftly executed and is elected as the new King of Logres by the nobility, due to Contans’ younger brothers having disappeared. A common rumor among the Brigantes is that they were murdered by Vortigern. King Vortigern summons the Supreme Collegium to gather the next year, no doubt intending to have them elect him as the High King, too. The Picts are furious over the slaughter of their kinsmen. The King of Brigantes has no intention of bending his knee to his rival Vortigern, and instead, sends emissaries to the Picts, suggesting a joint invasion of Logres. They agree and together they defeat the northern British opening the way to the south for the Pict raiders.

**444:** The Picts and the Brigantes invade Logres with a great army. The Picts penetrate deeply into Logres in small raiding parties, striking suddenly and spreading terror, whilst the King of the Brigantes concentrates on subduing the Coritani to add their lands to his kingdom. The Coritani huddle in their strongholds, fearful of the might of the Brigantes. The King of the Brigantes sends emissaries to the Coritani asking for their surrender.

**445:** The Picts continue their invasion. The Coritani stay huddled in their strongholds, quivering like sheep. Even their High King, Vortigern, hides in the south, afraid to meet the Picts and the Brigantes in the field. The Brigantes continue to harass the Coritani, besieging and taking their strongholds one by one.

**446:** King Vortigern realizes that he needs assistance against the furious Picts, and in good Roman fashion, hires new barbarians to fight the old barbarians. The Saxon Kings Hengest and Horsa come from the continent with their bands of warriors to join Vortigern’s army. Thus reinforced, the British army marches north against the Picts and the Brigantes. Battle is met near the city of Linden Pool, and it is a great victory for the British. But Vortigern does not follow this victory up by moving further north.

**447:** Vortigern sends Hengest, who has been reinforced by more Saxons from the continent, against the Pictish coast and the Brigantes. The warriors of Cumbria fight against these new enemies. In the north, the northern Cymri manage to get the upper hand against the Picts and leave the Brigantes without their allies. After the successful summer campaign, Vortigern gives rewards. For the Saxons, the rewards are the Isle of Thanet as foederati. More Saxons come. Some Brigantes say they see the handwriting on the wall and when the king’s eyes are not present, talk about maybe Vortigern should be followed in this. After all, he is now the High King.

**448:** During this time, King Vortigern spares his own army, using the Saxons to defeat the Brigantes and drive the Picts back to the north. Some of the Brigantes nobles turn against their king after these defeats and submit themselves to Vortigern. Alarmed by this desertion, the King of the Brigantes rides south and surrenders to Vortigern himself, swearing loyalty in the hopes of salvaging the situation. High King Vortigern is glad to accept the King of the Brigantes swearing his oath in front of the entire court. As a reminder of just who the High King is, Vortigern says Brigantia will now be divided as some Brigantes have been unhappy with their King. Vortigern divides the Kingdom of Brigantia into the Kingdoms of Bedegraine, Roestoc, Maris, and Malahaut (includes also Nohaut and Cambenet), thus rewarding the Brigantes noblemen who deserted the King of the Brigantes. This last kingdom still belongs to the King of the Brigantes. The newly made kingdoms all become loyalists, except for Malahaut, whose King accepts the ruling of the High King with as much grace as he can muster. The Parisi regain their independence.

More Saxons come to Britain, including many families, and Hengest’s daughter: Rowena. She becomes a favorite at Vortigern’s court. Persistent rumors about the king favoring his new subjects, the Saxons, come north to the court. An example that proves this is that Vortigern settles a group of Saxons, led by Beorhtric, Hengest’s cousin, on the marshlands of Sorestan, which had been depopulated by pirate raids and the recent invasion

**449:** The Cumbrians are ordered to provide warriors to help to fight against the Picts north of the Wall. Malahaut carries especially large burden. Despite the peace, the Coritani stage revenge-raids across the Humber with their Sorestan Saxon allies. They don’t differentiate between Malahaut and other Brigantes, nor between the Brigantes and the Parisi.

**450:** Vortigern, impressed with the battle prowess of the Saxons and even more with the talents of Rowena, the daughter of the Saxon chief Hengest, marries her this year in a lavish celebration. Hengest receives half of the Cantii Civitas as her bride price and renames it Kent. When the leader of the Cantii objects to the robbery of half of his people’s lands, he is executed for high treason. Now whispers truly start: Vortigern prefers the company of the savage Saxons over the civilized Britons, his own kind. Who is next to lose their head for speaking against this tyrant?

**451:** The Huns led by their king, Attila, invade Gaul for pillage and plunder, scouring the land of its wealth, slaughtering as they go. The commander in Gaul, Aetius, asks for help from all who will send it, and Vortigern sends a large contingent. He sends those who have spoken out against him, although curiously, he picks out also the Prince of the Parisi tribe to lead the Cumbrians. The allied army meets the Huns at Chalons, where the Huns are defeated and driven from Gaul. The Prince of the Parisi dies in the fighting, leaving his father, the King, heirless.

Cerdic is born to Vortigern and Rowena.

**452:** The Saxons continue pushing the Picts back north, with Malahaut grumbling that they end up doing all the fighting while Vortigern showers the Saxons with favors. The Parisi are in a state of mourning as their beloved Prince died in Chalons. The King declares a period of mourning.

**453:** Under Vortigern’s orders, the Saxons continue pushing the Picts back north. He commands the Kings of Bedegraine, Roestoc and Maris to send warriors to help his sons, Vortimer and Katigern, fight the Irish in Cambria, while Malahaut and Parisi are told to send troops to help the Saxons against the Picts. Despite this, the Coritani with their Sorestan Saxon allies continue raiding across the Humber

**454:** The situation in Cambria worsens with the Battle of Aberstwyth being lost against the Irish. Saxons and many Cumbrians are still busy in the north against the Picts, the skirmishing continuing. The King of the Parisi, never really gotten over his son’s death, dies without an heir. High King Vortigern claims the land for himself.

**455:** Vortigern makes peace with the Picts to free up his Saxons. He moves Cornovii warriors to Dumnonia, and Votadini under Cunedda to Cambria, where they expel the Irish. Vortigern is persuaded to settle Saxons under Hengest’s son Octa establishing Nohaut in northern Malahaut. Then, another Saxon enclave under Horsa’s son, Eosa, in former Parisi lands founding Deira. Many of the Parisi flee to Malahaut. Some forsake their homeland and flee to Brittany. Those who do not are made subjects of the Saxons. Shiploads of Continental Saxons flock to the new theods. As a result of the new arrivals, the King of Malahaut starts keeping a contigent of a hundred knights on call at all times.

**456:** Protesting the policies of King Vortigern, the eastern Britons decide to rebel late in the year. “A pox on the rebellion! With the Saxons so close, who needs to go anywhere else to fight,” say some in Cumbria. Others hope this Vortimer wins, while others decry this rebellion against the High King. Some Cumbrians, who have a beef with Vortigern and his Saxon allies, travel south to join in the rebellion.

**457:** As soon as the weather permits it, the eastern Britons continue their rebellion. King Vortigern summons his army, including the Saxons, and marches against them. The loyal kings send some of their warriors to help, while the King of Malahaut cites bandits as an excuse to not be able to attend. He keeps his warriors home, waiting to see if the rebels win or not, before committing himself.

**458:** Many dissident Britons depart the island, moving with their families and possessions to Brittany. Vortigern starts breaking the tribal lands in Logres into smaller counties. Since Brigantia has already been broken up into smaller kingdoms, he doesn’t bother with Cumbria. Vortimer’s emissaries come in secret and start whispering about a new rebellion behind closed doors. Strange man-eating beasts appear for the first time in Cumbrian marshes, and a Saxon visitor happens to mention off-handedly that those are trolls, “We used to have plenty back home”. Needless to say, the locals are not amused.

**459:** In the higher mountains, rumors of a wyrm reach the King of Malahaut’s ears. He sends knights to investigate. In Maris, a great hunt is organized that kills most of the trolls. Bedegraine and Roestoc, tired of being raided by the Coritani, complain to Vortigern about it. He promises to talk with the Coritani leaders to put a stop to the raiding. The concerns of the Maris emissaries about the trolls are also listened to. However, Malahaut emissaries complaining about Saxon raids receive a cold shoulder from the High King.

**460:** The King of Malahaut asks for volunteers to hunt for the wyrm and they flock from all over Cumbria, as everyone wants to be part of this legendary event. Prince Einion of Malahaut leads the hunt and is the first to land a blow on the beast. While it is not killed by the hunters, it must have been mortally wounded, people assume, as it is not seen again for years...

**461:** With a message from Vortimer to the King of Malahaut, the great rebellion starts. As agreed upon last year, the northern Cymri meet the Malahaut forces and together march and defeat the Saxons of Nohaut in a fierce battle. The Saxons flee to Deira and their strongholds. The Kings of Bedegraine, Roestoc and Maris are surprised by this uprising, and send messages of loyalty to Vortigern, even as some of their subjects join in the fighting against the Saxons

**462:** Building on last year’s successful battle, the King of Malahaut and his northern Cymri allies march against the Saxons of Deira who have been reinforced by the Coritani and their cousins, the Sorestan Saxons, as well as the Kings of Bedegraine, Roestoc and Maris with their armies. The ensuing battle is lost by Malahaut and the northern Cymri.

**463:** Ostensibly to bring peace to all sides, Vortigern and Hengest call a council of all combatants to meet at the Giant’s Dance for a feast of peace. Seeking reconciliation, almost all British knights attend. The Saxons prove their worth through great treachery, though, and the majority of the nobles of Britain (some three hundred) are slain in the “Night of Long Knives”, including the Kings of Bedegraine, Roestoc, Maris and Malahaut, who had gathered to discuss the peace. In the subsequent confusion, a large part of their armies are dispersed or slain. King Vortigern gives many southern lands to the Saxons.

**464:** Vortigern retreats to Gomeret. He starts building the impregnable tower of Ganarew. The southern Saxons plunder where they will in the aftermath of the Night of Long Knives.

The Saxons revolt! The Saxons demand that Eburacum should be surrendered to them on High King’s orders. The new King of Malahaut, Einion, the son of the late King Mor, refuses, so the Saxons attack Malahaut in its weakened state. The other Cumbrian kingdoms send help, knowing they are next otherwise. Whilst the Cumbrians march to engage the Saxons near Catterick, the dastardly Saxons send another force up the Ouse, which assaults and takes Eburacum by surprise. The news that the city has fallen comes at the worst possible moment, causing the Cumbrians to rout from the field.

**465:** Saxons march back and forth across Britain, extracting tribute and plunder. In Cumbria, Saxons try to push towards Cambenet to cut the northern Cymri off from the Cumbrians. However, they are ambushed in the Celibe Pass and forced to retreat.

**466:** In Cumbria, the Cymri skirmish with the Saxons, using the knowledge of the local terrain, especially the Pennines and the marshlands, to their advantage. The Saxons are learning to be wary of the ambushes, but are still too strong to be faced on open ground or dislodged from the towns and castles they have taken

**467:** Aurelius Ambrosius defeats Vortigern at Carlion and then continues subduing Cambria and the Midlands of Logres. Cumbrian kings meet with Aurelius to petition him for help against the Saxons ravaging Cumbria, which he promises as soon as he deals with Vortigern. Some Cumbrian knights stay behind to help Aurelius.

Trolls suddenly appear in the bogs of Maris. Some say the Saxons brought these monsters with them when they came to cause mayhem amongst the brave peoples of Cumbria. Others say, “Nay, they are as much an enemy to the Saxons as to us. We just happen to be between them this time.” Regardless of their origin, none dispute the robed figure fighting with the Cumbrians against the trolls where ever they are the most numerous. Some say it is a druid of great power, and others claim it is a priest.

**468:** Aurelius Ambrosius and his army pursue Vortigern and besiege him in his new castle on Mount Snowdon. Others call this the Battle of Ganarew. Regardless, a battle ensues, and the besiegers try fire and this, once it takes hold, goes on blazing until it burns up the tower and Vortigern with it. Survivors of his army scatter.

Aurelius Ambrosius summons the High Council, and they elect him High King. He takes the title of Pendragon derived from his great battle banner. The Saxons consolidate their positions as they now understand Britain is as united as it ever was, and they will be next on the agenda.

**469:** Hengest gathers his Saxons and marches from Kent towards Cumbria to join with Octa and Eosa in Eburacum. Aurelius marches with his army and catches up with Hengest. Thanks to Cumbrians ambushing Hengest’s messengers, Octa and Eosa are unaware that they are needed by Hengest and stay put in Eburacum, waiting. Two major battles occur and in the second, Hengest is captured and killed. Octa and Eosa swear fealty to Aurelius Ambrosius, and get to keep Nohaut and Deira as vassal kings, over the objections of the Cumbrians, who would rather see the Saxons driven back into the sea. Æsc, the new King of Kent, continues to resist, but sends Rowena and Cerdic to their relatives in Saxony for safety.

**470:** Aurelius reorganizes the tribal nobility into landholding barons with widely scattered landholdings, and appoints six dukes to oversee the regional defense of parts of the realm (called dukedoms). He introduces vassalage, where a vassal swears homage to a liege in order for the barons to have the loyalty of knights who belong to a different tribe. Thus, the knight’s loyalty is to his liege, not to his old tribe, and the old tribal affiliations and loyalties largely fade away as the result.

For years, a band of trolls has plagued Maris. Now they are showing up in the marshes of Malahaut, too. The King of Malahaut sends a contingent to try to oust them from the marshes, with experienced men from Maris and volunteers from elsewhere coming to help. He also thinks long and hard on what Aurelius is doing and realizes it is also in his best interest to adopt this new way into his kingdom.

**471:** Saxons continue to come over from the continent. Raids and counter-raids are common near Kent, but no major conflicts occur for now. Not wanting to repeat the relationship with Vortigern, the Cumbrian kings send troops south to help with the Saxons down there, whilst turning a blind eye to knights wishing to raid the Saxons of Nohaut and Deira to pay back for their actions the previous decade.

**472:** The Saxons of Nohaut and Deira complain about the raids to the King of Malahaut, who piously claims to know nothing about it, but that he will look into it. Meanwhile, it is business as normal with Cumbrians raiding the Saxons or fighting alongside Prince Uther against the Saxons of Kent. This naturally causes the northern Saxons to grumble even more.

**473:** The news come of a great Saxon army gathering in Kent, with summons from High King Aurelius to bring Cumbrian forces south to help fight them. With the northern Saxons restless after being raided for the last two years, the Cumbrian kings dare not leave their lands unguarded and hence send only a fraction of the armies southward. The Saxons of Kent march up the Thames Valley and are met with the Cymric army of Aurelius. The battle is hard-fought, but the numbers of the Saxons prove decisive. After the battle, Prince Uther vents his frustration towards ‘the faithless vassals’ of the High King, blaming them for the defeat and listing among them the Cumbrian kings. The words reach the ears of the Cumbrian Kings, hardening their hearts towards Prince Uther.

**474:** The Saxons of Kent roam and pillage Logres. Only fortified places are safe, and the peasants suffer greatly. The Saxons of Deira, Nohaut, and Sorestan do not engage the King of Malahaut’s forces or possessions. Instead they send words that they are happy with their land and seek no expansion if the King of Malahaut agrees. They point north where enemies are like the flowers in a field. The King of Malahaut agrees to rein in his knights, and the raiding of the Saxon lands comes to an abrupt stop. Some of the Cumbrians see this as a capitulation and a weakness against the Saxons.

With the High King’s defeat the previous year and the preoccupation with the Saxons, the Cambrians and the Irish become bolder and start raiding Logres and Cumbria again. The Irish under King Gillomanius land in Cambenet and raid the countryside before the army of Malahaut has time to arrive.

**475:** Fortunately, it seems that the Saxons are keeping their word. There are some scattered incidents, but nothing major. Trolls still continue to pop up from time to time, devouring peasants and livestock, and need to be hunted down and killed. The wyrm, long thought dead, reappears! It plagues the area around Catterick with its ravenous hunger until forced to flee back to the mountains by the attacks of the knights. The families of those killed last year in the Irish raids, troll outbreaks, and wyrm devastations, petition the King of Malahaut to do something that would allow the army to respond quicker. Thanks to these incidents, the King of Malahaut decides to take example from Logres and divides his kingdom into Thirds, so that there is a local leader who can respond more quickly to local emergencies.

**476:** The Saxons of Deira, Nohaut, and Sorestan do not engage the King of Malahaut’s forces or possessions. Occasionally a raid happens, but it is local and singular. The elders of the Saxons say the young must prove themselves. They will ensure it does not get out of hand. Nonetheless, the King of Malahaut keeps the majority of his forces on alert.

A group of hand-picked knights are selected to accompany King Einion of Malahaut himself to track down and eliminate the wyrm. Alas, the serpent has learned guile and ambushes its hunters, crushing many of them in its coils or rending them with its teeth, including the King. The survivors escape the slaughter. Prince Heraut becomes the King of Malahaut after his father’s death.

**477:** In Cumbria, the wyrm terrorizes Roestoc. King Heraut of Malahaut, hearing this, leads a contingent of knights to help in fighting the wyrm, but they only manage to chase it away. To add insult to injury, giants come down from the moors and the mountains, too. Some peasants start wondering if God is against them.

**478:** Prince Uther arrives to Cumbria before the surprise attack and demands troops to help to defend Logres. His abrupt manner and previous words alienate the Cumbrian Kings, who retort that they have giants and trolls to consider, and even the wyrm! Prince Uther is unmoved by these arguments and finally the Kings agree to send some of their knights with him.

The wyrm ravages Bedegraine this year. With so many knights south to fight under Prince Uther, King Heraut of Malahaut needs the rest of his knights to defend his kingdom against the giants and is unable to help. The knights of Bedegraine manage to finally chase it away, but not without great loss of life.

**479:** Paschent, last British son of Vortigern, sails up the Humber with an army of Saxons and diehard Vortigern loyalists (the Gewisse) to regain his father’s throne. He raids Cumbria and northern parts of Logres, continuing down the River Trent. He is brought to battle by a coalition of Cymric forces at Carrick, in Bedegraine. Meanwhile, the Irish King Gillomanius raids Cambenet again. Fortunately, at least the wyrm is taking a break!

## Kingdoms

* Malahaut, ruled from Eburacum
* Roestoc, ruled from Dontown