Great Pendragon Campaign

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Collected information on the Great Pendragon Campaign

Uther period

At court

Uther
King of Logres (modern Midlands and South-East England)
Madoc
Uther's illegitimate son and heir
Brastias
Uther's bodyguard
Ulfius, duke of Silchester (modern Thames valley)
Most powerful duke, loyal to Uther
Blains, count of Levcomagus : vassal of Ulfius, love rival of Roderick
Sir Moris
banneret knight, vassal of Blains
Alis
daughter of Sir Moris, married to Sir Jasper (PC)
Gorlois, duke of Cornwall (modern Devon & half Cornwall)
Questionable loyalty to Uther
Ygraine
Wife of Gorlois
Lucius, duke of Caercolun (modern Norfolk & Suffolk)
Questionable loyalty to Uther.
Killed 486 by Saxons
Cornues, duke of Lindsey (modern Lincolnshire)
Questionable loyalty to Uther

In Salisubry

Roderick, earl of Salisbury
Ellen
Roderick's wife
Jenna
Daughter of Roderick and Ellen

Older knights

Sir Elad
Roderick's marshal
Sir Hywel
widowed, only a daughter, refuses to remarry
Sir Amig
experienced in battle, now infirm

Younger knights

Sir Jaradan
arrogant, self-important, clearly the best swordsman around
Sir Lycus
straightforward
Sir Bar
big and slow
Sir Leo
upright and moral

Notable women

Adwen
Married to Sir Argenum (PC)
Elaine
scandalously unfaithful
Gwiona
Ellen's handmaiden
Indeg
Host of chaste companion Sir Brian (PC)
Millicent
daughter of Hywel

Foreigners

Hengest (d. 488)
King of Kent, elderly
Æsc
King of Kent
Octa
King of Nohaut, Hengest's son
Eosa
Octa's cousin, giant
Ælle
King of Sussex
Syagrius
Praetor of Gaul

Tale of Years

485
Many player knights knighted by Uther in Windsor. Witness of possible love affair between Blaines and Ellen. Battle of Mearced Creek. Blaines sows dissent in Roderick's forces.
486
Player Knights fight a giant, a magical green "knight", and help Merlin gain Excalibur. Uther praises PKs at Christmas feast. Guy thwarts Blaines' plan to lure Roderick into a honey trap, Elaine disgraced.
487, 488, 489
No notable events, apart from Madoc's off-screen betrayal of Syagrius.
490
Battle of Lindsey. Gorlois captures Eosa, PKs capture Octa. PKs prevent Syagrius's ambush of Madoc. Uther falls in love with Ygraine. PKs make a distraction for Gorlois and Ygraine to leave Uther's court. PKs pay for Roderick to host a feast for Brastias. James kills Blaines (trial by combat) after engineering him entering Ellen's chambers.
491
Battle of Terrabil.