Toni Sihvonen (order #92780) 62.142.248.1

Toni Sihvonen (order #92780) 6
480: Paschent and Gillomanius land a great army of
Saxons and Irish at Menevia in Cambria. Aurelius is killed
by a Saxon poisoner. Uther leads the British to victory
over Paschent and takes the name Pendragon after a
prophetic comet. After the battle he buries his brother
beneath the Giant’s Ring. Uther and the Saxons spend the
next years strengthening their lands.
484: Octa and Eossa raid much of the northlands. They
besiege the king of the Brigantes in Eburacum. Uther leads
a great army north and defeats the Saxons at the Battle of
Mt. Damen. Octa and Eossa swear fealty to Uther, who
spends the rest of the year attacking Picts and Scots (Irish)
and organizing the Cymric north into Maris, Malahaut,
and Roestoc.
485: The Saxon Aethelswith leads a great armada into
Trinovantes civitas, killing many of its leaders and driving
refugees north and west, where they destabilize the lceni
and Catuvellauni. This is the beginning of Est Saexe.
Meanwhile, Britons under Duke Sarimarcus of the
Atrebates attack Suth Saexe, but Cyning Aelle defeats
them at the Battle of Mearcredesburna.
490: Octa and Eossa defy Uther, and lead another Saxon
invasion in the southeast, but are captured at the Battle of
Windsor and sent to Londinium in chains, along with
many Saxon hostages.
491: In the southeast, Aelle and Cissa besiege Anderida.
AI1 its Britons are sacrificed to Wotan. In the southwest,
Duke Gorlois of Cornwall rebels against Uther because
Uther has fallen in love with Corlois’ wife, Igraine.
492: Uther begets Arthur upon Igraine. kills Corlois, and
pacifies the Ui Cennsealaigh by letting them collect a
slave-tribute from Cornwall.
493: Uther falls ill. Octa and Eossa escape and rebel,
again. They land fleets in Garloth and Lothian, then, over
two years, move down the coast to the southeast, raiding
and ravaging as they go.
Other developments: All Phase 1 Outfits from The Boy
King become available.
Phase 1: Anarchy
495-509
With Uther dead and Arthur still an unacknowledged
minor, the Britons have no king for fifteen years. Before,
they were squeezed between three foes: the Saxons in the
east, the Picts in the north and the Irish in the west. Now,
they are faced by masive civil wars as well, as self-styled
kings, dukes and princes fight for the prize of all Britain.
More Saxons invade, in the south around the Isle of
Wight, and in the east below the Wash.
495: Though ill and directing the battle from a litter,
Uther defeats Octa and Eossa at the Battle of St. Albans
(formerly Verulamium) - but Saxons poison Uther after
the battle, creating a 15-year interregnum. Meanwhile,
Cerdic and Cynric, the half-Saxon son and grandson of
Vortigern, land in the south with many Jutes and seize
Hantonne, founding West Saexe.
500: In Jutland, Froda usurps the throne of the Danes
and drives the last Jutes and the Angles from what will
become Denmark. Angle refugees under Cwichelm land
in Britain, drive out the Iceni, and claim their lands as
Anglia.
501: Port seizes Portus Adurni, renaming it Portechester.
Port claims lands as far east as Suth Saexe, and feuds with
Cerdic of West Saexe until the Battle of Badon (518).
503: A combined army under Aesc of Kent and
Aethelswith of Est Saexe besieges London, which
surrenders.
505: Aethelswith dies, succeeded by Aescwine.
507: Under Count Corneus, Londoners evict the Saxons.
508: Cerdic and Cynric kill Natanleod, King of the
Belgae, and expand their borders north. They capture
Venta Belgarum in a surprise raid and name it
Win ta nceaster.
Other developments: Latin is now rare except in church.
British becomes the less Latin-like Cymric, while Saxon
tongues fuse into Old English. Epithets like gael (British for
Irish), lloiger (Cambrian for Logres), and wylisc or welsh
(Saxon for British) become common: all of these words
mean stranger.
Phase 2: Unification (Until Badon)
510-518
Arthur Pendragon, the Boy King, unites the Britons, subdues
the Saxons, and introduces Chivalry. His greatest foe
is Aelle of Suth Saexe, who also declares himself high king
(Saxon bretwalda), leading to a pitched battle at Badon
that decides the fate of the British Isles for sixty years.
510: Arthur draws the sword from the stone and wars
against rebel British kings. Some Saxons aid the rebels, but
most make opportunistic raids.
511: Sir Hervis de Revil, last surviving member of the lceni
royal family, raids Anglia.