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Pevensey Marsh (0-20): A large marsh where Romans built a bridge, then a road pressing further into
Pevensey Bay intrudes onto the low-lying land. It is Britain and, in time, a walled town to defend the crosshome
to swamp creatures and a few tribes of hardy ing. The Roman town was captured by the Saxons durmarsh
men.
ing Vortimer’s rebellion. After 518, the town falls in the
fief of Richard de Warrene, an Occitanian knight. He
Portchester (R. Portus Adurni) (M-20): The west- builds a motte and bailey castle, then upgrades it to ordiernmost
of the Saxon Shore forts, Portchester was cap- nary status with the addition of a stone curtain wall,
tured by Aetheling Port in 501. The Roman wall was towers and a keep. One night he accidentally shoots his
used by the Saxons to defend their burh. After Badon, an wife with an arrow, and her ghost subsequently haunts
ordinary castle was built in the northwest quarter of the the battlements of the castle. The town is the seat of the
Roman walls. In the Second phase, the southeast quarter Bishop of Rochester.
is given over to Augustinians for a priory. Arthur appro- Ruler: Richard de Warrene
priated the castle in preparation for his French campaign Vassal of: Earl Kynniarc
in 526.
Ruler: Sir Childebert
Romney Marsh (P-19, P-20): The largest marsh in
Vassal of: Admiral Theoderic
southern Britain, formed by the
Rother river meeting the sea. The
Quarr Hill (M-21): A queen marsh is the home of Mearsc
of the Belgae tribe was buried
Feonds (marsh demons) and
here in a golden coffin.
primitive swamp men.
Quarry Wood (0-19): A St. Albans (R. Verulamium,
ancient hillfort, garrisoned by
5. Waeclingaceaster) (N-18):
the Regnenses to support the
The site of the death of the first
earthworks at Loose (q.v.). The
British martyr, the town is visited by hundreds of
Saxons slaughtered the garrison
pilgrims each year. The Saxons captured the town
during Vortimer’s rebellion and it
in 495, but Uther Pendragon ousted them for good
was never resettled.
the same year, in his last battle. Ghosts replay Uther’s
death every year on its anniversary. (Ambient 3d20,
Reculver (R. Regulbium) (P-19): A Saxon Shore fort, Divine Miracle 5d20 at St. Alban’s Tomb in the cathethe
mate of Richborough (q.v.) to the southeast. It pro- dral.)
tected the northern entrance to the Wantsum channel
(q.v.). Abandoned after the Roman withdrawal, and St. Leonard’s Forest (N-20): Part of the Forest Perdue,
shunned by Saxons because the ghosts of children mur- it is poisoned and sickly due to the small dragon which
dered by the Romans haunt the ruins. (Ambient 3d20, haunts the wood. The dragon is poisonous, but though
Necromancy 4d20)
it can kill men, it does not eat them afterward.
(Ambient 4d20, Summon Faerie Creature [the Dragon]
Richborough (R. Rutupiae) (P-20): A Saxon Shore 3d20)
fort and the Roman entry point to the diocese of
Britannia. The Saxons captured the town during their
rebellions against Vortigern. Arthur uses it as a staging
point during his invasion of Gaul. The Roman walls are
mined for building stones during Phase Three.
Saltwood Castle (P-20): This small castle dates from
the Third Phase. The original owner defied Arthur, and
the castle reverted to the King.
Ruler: Sir Rupert, later castellan
Vassal of: King Arthur Pendragon
Ridgeway: A prehistoric trade route along the White
Horse Hills from the Thames Valley to Salisbury Plain.
Rochester (R. Dubrobrivae, 5. Hrofaceaster) (0-19):
In AD 43, the invading legions of the Roman Emperor
Claudius swam across the Medway River at this relatively
shallow point in the face of a larger British army
camped on the opposite bank. The British fled and the
Saxonbury (0-20): A vein of iron in these hills has been
mined for centuries. The Saxon ceorls and slave-laborers
who give this village its name live in stone huts occupied
by Roman and Celtic miners before them. King Arthur
grants the mines to Earl Celyn during the Third phase.