Uther Period

People and events for the period 485–495 of the Great Pendragon Campaign.

Player Knights

Sir Guy: Blazon: Per pale, gules sable
~~Sir James~~: Saxon convert. Married to Rædburh, a Saxon.; Blazon: Per pall, azure argent and purpure; Exiled 495 for betraying Salisbury and Logres to Ælle of Sussex.
Dame Eva: Christian religious knight.; Blazon: Argent, chief azure
Sir Argentum: Married to Adwen.; Blazon: Argent, a griffin sable reversed
Sir Jasper: Married to Alis. Vassal of both Roderick and Blaines.; Blazon: Gules, a cross argent
Sir Brian: Chaste companion of Indeg.; Blazon: Bendy gules and purpure
Sir Caletus: Married to Millicent.; Blazon: Sable, an eagle or

Sir Argentum
Sir Brian
Sir Caletus
Dame Eva
Sir Guy
Sir James
Sir Jasper

At court

~~Uther~~: King of Logres (modern Midlands and South-East England); Killed 495, poisoned at the Infamous Feast.
~~Madoc~~: Uther's illegitimate son and heir.; Killed 491, Battle of Terrabil.
Arthur: Uther's son. Stolen by Merlin.
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~~

Killed 491, by Sir James in a trial by combat.

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.

Killed 491, Battle of Terrabil.

Ygraine: Wife of Gorlois, remarried to Uther.

~~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; Killed 495, poisoned at the Infamous Feast.

Sir Brastias
Lord Ulfius

In Salisbury

~~Roderick, earl of Salisbury~~: Killed 495, poisoned at the Infamous Feast.
Ellen: Roderick's wife
Jenna: Daughter of Roderick and Ellen
Robert, son of Roderick and Ellen, infant earl of Salisbury

Older knights

Sir Elad: Roderick's marshal. Affair with Indeg.
~~Sir Hywel~~: widowed, only a daughter, refuses to remarry; Killed 495, in succession crisis in Salisbury.
Sir Amig: experienced in battle, now infirm

Younger knights

Sir Jaradan: Married to Gwiona, affair with Elaine. Arrogant, self-important, clearly the best swordsman around.
Sir Lycus: Straightforward
Sir Bar: Married to Elaine. Big and slow
Sir Leo: Upright and moral

Notable women

Adwen: Married to Sir Argenum (PC)
Elaine: Married to Sir Bar, affair with Sir Jaradan. Scandalously unfaithful
Gwiona: Ellen's handmaiden
Indeg: Host of chaste companion Sir Brian (PC). Affair with Elad.
Millicent: Daughter of Hywel. Married to Sir Caletus.

Lords Salisbury
Sir Bar
Sir Elad
Sir Jaradan
Sir Leo
Sir Lycus

Foreigners

~~Hengest~~ (d. 488): ~~King of Kent, elderly~~
Æsc: King of Kent
~~Octa~~: King of Nohaut, Hengest's son; Killed 495, Battle of St Albans
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. Gorlois kills Madoc, player knights kill Gorlois. Uther marries Ygraine, now obviously pregnant.
491: Arthur born to Uther and Ygraine. Merlin steals the baby. Player knights accused of treason but acquitted.
492, 493, 494: No notable events, except Uther ill and Octa and Eosa escape prison, return to Nohaut. Saxon kingdom of Nohaut allies with British kingdom of Malahut.
495: Battle of St Albans between Octa and Uther. Player knights kill Octa. Food at the victory feast is poisoned, all senior British nobles killed. Succession crisis in Salisbury. Sir James reveals his treachery, flees to Sussex; Argenum exiles James's brother Simon. Hywel and Lycus defeated by Argenum and Eva; Hywel killed. Caletus marries Millicent. Most of Hywel's lands given to Bishop Roger to buy his loyalty.