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Toni Sihvonen (order #92780) 6
Amberley Castle (N-20): This former hillfort was fortified
by Aurelius against the Saxons. In Phase 3, it gains a
small castle, the residence of the Bishop of Chichester.
Ruler: Castellan
Vassal of: Bishop of Chichester
Ambersbury Banks (0-19): This ancient hillfort was
the residence of Queen Boudicca of the Iceni, who led a
failed revolt against the Romans and took poison to keep
from being captured. She and her daughters are said to
haunt this site. It was briefly occupied by Aurelius’ men in
Phase -1. (Ambient 4d20, Necromancy 3d20)
Astolat (M. Cuildford) (N-19): Never militarily useful
or politically important, this peaceful ford on the Ouse has
been a holy place since before the Romans. An ancient
path leading to a tumulus, called Pilgrim’s Path, was probably
a site of pagan processions in ancient times: the same
applies to a small stone circle at another hill nearby. The
Saxons established a village here and maintained the old
customs by holding a heathenish folk-moot at Pilgrim’s
Path every October 2, and lighting beacon fires on the
other hill at the start of each season. The beacon fires and
the October Fair persist in Christian times, although the
Path becomes the site of a church (later, a Norman cathedral)
dedicated to St. Catherine, and the stone circle is leveled
and replaced with a church for St. Martha. Rumor has
it that vampires sleep beneath this church. Arthur gives
Astolat a large castle, used as the county jail. Its castellan,
Sir Bernard, sires two sons and a daughter sometime in
the 540s; by 562 they have grown into the knights Sir
Lavaine and Sir Tirre, and the maiden Elaine of Astolat,
also called Elaine le Blank, a famous beauty who dies for
love of Sir Lancelot (Malory XVIII, 9-20). (Ambient 2d20,
Divine Miracle 2d20)
Ruler: Sir Bernard of Astolat
Vassal of: King Arthur Pendragon
Aylesford (5. Aegelsthrep) (0-19): This former capital of
the Aethelnothingas theod was ruled by Arthur until he
piously granted it to the Franciscans, who build a priory
here late in Phase 3. Kit’s Coty (q.v.) and Bluebill Hill, site
of the battle of Aegelsthrep, are nearby.
Ruler: Aylesford Priory
Bartlow Hills (0-18): A Pagan Roman burial site, noted
for its barrows.
Basing (5. Basinges. M. Basingstoke ) (M-19): The center
of the Basengas theod until Badon, quickly overrun
afterward. The Duke of Silchester burned old Basinges to
the ground and slaughtered or fostered its folk, according
to their ages. For this, Arthur took Basing away from the
Duke and retains the theodal lands himself.
Ruler: Reeve, for Arthur
Beachy Head (0-21): High cliffs rise above the beach
where the South Downs meet the sea. A place for suicides,
haunted by several ghosts: a suicide, a gray lady, and a
black monk who beckons people to their deaths.
(Ambient 3d20, Curse and Necromancy 4d20, Emotion
[Selfish or Vengeful] 3d20)
Beaulieu Abbey (M-20): Built soon after Badon by
Arthur, it was razed by French raids in 525 and rebuilt in
527. It is haunted: ghosts have been seen (sitting and reading,
or walking), and heard (sounds of two men carrying
a burden, then digging in the graveyard). (Ambient 3d20,
Necromancy 2d20)
Ruler: Abbot
Vassal of: Bishop of Camelot
Bigbury (P-19): An ancient hillfort became the refuge for
the citizens of Canterbury (4.v.) during the unsettled years
of Vortimer’s rebellion. The Saxons captured it and made
the inhabitants into slaves. The fort was abandoned after
Badon and the newly freed citizens returned to
Canterbury. See the Raids and Encounters chapter, page
116 for a detailed description.
Bishop’s Waltham (M-20): This small castle is built by
the Bishop of Camelot as a residence in the midThird
Phase.
Ruler: Castellan
Vassal of: Bishop of Camelot
Bletchingley Castle (N-19): A Saxon burh surrounded
by earthworks and ramparts was fortified by the addition
of a stone tower soon after Badon.
Ruler: Sir Lardans
Vassal of: Duke Ulfius
Bodiam Castle (0-20 ): Built to suppress the Saxons
after Badon, Bodiam castle is an ordinary castle, surrounded
by a wet moat. It lies in the heart of Romney
Marsh (q.v.), on a hill to keep it out of the water. The
inhabitants are plagued by marsh-demons.
Ruler: Castellan
Vassal of: Earl Celyn