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Toni Sihvonen (order #92780) 6
Phase 0: 480-494
The Haestingas Campaign begins in 480 with “The
Adventure of the New Town” and ends in 518 with “The
Battle of Badon“ (Chapter 6). Players will shape events in
these years themselves. The following events are likely
turning points in the Haestingas Campaign. They include
major Saxon battles described more fully in Chapter 2;
the Haestingas probably muster for the underlined battles,
and may send “unofficial” contingents to the others.
480: Battle of Menevia: Paschent’s Saxon-Irish army
invades Menevia, but Uther defeats them. The Saxons in
Paschent’s coalition are mostly slain as they run for their
ships, though some survive to join the pirate colonies
forming in Ireland, and a few others find their ways
home.
484 Battle of Mt. Damen: Octa and Eosa attack Brigante
lands but are defeated by Uther.
485: Aethelswith destroys the Trinovantes and founds Est
Saexe.
485: Battle of Mearcredesburna: Cyning Aelle defeats a
British expedition against Suth Saexe.
490: Battle of Windsor: Octa and Eosa lead another
Saxon invasion in the southeast, but are captured by
Uther and sent in chains to London, accompanied by
many other prominent Saxon leaders.
491: Siege of Anderida: Aelle and Cissa besiege Anderida
and sacrifice its inhabitants to Wotan, including the family
of Count Tyngyr. Some Haestingas, who never liked the
Romano-British presence in their theod, may side with
Aelle; others will recognize the Anderidans as cynn to be
protected at all costs. Wigfruma Llywel probably dies
defending Anderida, leaving his position vacant for player
characters to fill, if they can. Politically, Aelle is a powerful
figure on the Saxon Shore; ignoring the events at
Anderida may be the price of independence from him. If
the Haestingas have rescued Aelle’s bride from Sir Jaufre
(in “The Adventure of the Pitiless Tower“), they may be
in a better position to bargain with him - unless this
rather brutal and aggressive warlord rejects his kidnapped
wife, or simply waves aside the claims of weaker chiefs
who may have helped him. The Haestingas’ reaction to
the Anderida Massacre will probably be different in every
campaign. This chronicle assumes that they remain an
independent aethelingdom, yet still “Saxon” enough in
their sympathies to join Aelle at Badon.
493-95: Octa and Eosa raid the east coast from Garloth
to Verulamium.
495: Battle of St. Albans: Uther defeats and kills Octa
and Eosa, but dies from poison at the victory banquet.
495: Cerdic and Cynric seize Hantonne, founding West
Saexe.
500: The Angle cyning Cwichelm seizes lceni lands,
founding Anglia.
501: Port seizes Portus Adurni, founding Cewissa.
503: Siege of London: Aesc of Kent and Aethelswith of
Est Saexe capture the city of London. Britons recapture it
two years later.
503: Aetheling Cenwal of Haestingas is killed by a
Christian knight in a small skirmish north of the Weald.
His son Coenhelm is acclaimed the new aetheling.
508: Cerdic and Cynric capture Venta Belgarum, founding
Winchester.
510-13: War of the 12 Rebel Kings: Arthur claims the
throne of Britain and begins subduing his British rivals.
516: Battle of the Humber: Colgrin captures Eburacum,
and defeats Arthur.
517: Battle of Lincoln: Arthur defeats Colgrin, then chases
Colgrin’s army over Hadrian’s Wall, where he traps
them by building a timber palisade around their camp
overnight, at the Battle of the Caledonian Woods. The
survivors flee south and join Aelle, who declares himself
Bretwalda. That fall, Aelle’s messengers recruit the
Haestingas and other theods for a major campaign
against Arthur.
518: Battle of Badon: Coenhelm and the rest of the
Haestingas warriors die bravely. As Arthur’s victorious
knights recapture the Saxon Shore, Haestingaceaster
becomes a fief ruled by Sir Cerin, vassal of Earl Celyn.
Any Haestingas folk who did not die at Badon survive as
Cerin’s pauperized subjects. Cerin builds a church in the
village and forcibly converts his Saxon tenants.
The Adventure of the New Town
The Setting
Aetheling Cenwal wants to clear land from the weald. He
will award a wife and a stead to a player-thegn who has
served him well. The thegn will become the leader of this
new community.
Choosing a Player Character
The gamemaster needs to determine who among the
player characters deserves this great gift. The thegn should
have done great deeds for Cenwal, have a high Loyalty
(Lord) score, and have proven himself in combat and
counsel. In addition, the player should have proved himself
a steady and regular player, as his absence from game
can have more effect than others. If it comes down