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Toni Sihvonen (order #92780) 6
Saxon spy; his brother, Uther Pendragon, is newlycrowned
and out for vengeance. Players can fight Uther
at the battles of Mt. Damen, Windsor, and St. Albans,
where Uther finally dies - leading to fifteen years of
unopposed Saxon raiding, until the young Arthur draws
the sword from the stone in 510. The Saxon campaign
culminates at the Battle of Badon in 518, where
Bretwalda Aelle fails in his bid to become the High King
of all Britain. Saxons! also covers the aftermath of Badon,
as vengeful knights from Logres invade and pacify the
Saxon kingdoms.
After Badon, the southern Saxons enter the Pendragon
social system. They may be Saxon knights, with Glory
inherited from their pagan ancestors, but they belong to
a Cymric and chivalric culture. The northern lands of
Deira, Nohaut, and Sorestan (formerly Lindissi) remain
Saxon in culture. Anglia rebels against its duke several
times: a Saxon Rebellion campaign could make a change
from normal chivalrous duties. At the end of the
Pendragon era, Sir Mordred (like King Vortigern a centu-
ry before him) invites the Saxons to fight for him in a civil
war, and the Saxons (like Vortigern’s mercenaries) take
over the war-torn kingdom, this time forever.
Glossary
Simple Saxon Pronunciation
Vowels
Pronounce each vowel, including final “e.” Where two
sounds are listed, the second (“long”) sound is more common
in stressed (usually odd-numbered) syllables.
a
ee
e
i
0
U
Y
as in aha
a single sound, as in hat
as in bed or bade
as in bid or bead
as in body or bored
as in bull or booed
as i in bid