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{{JournalHeader |Image=imber.jpg |Author=Arcas |Character=Cadry |Year=480 }} == The Bear == The strangest things can happen when one does something as simple (yet dangerous) as hunting a bear. The slaying of Imber bear by [[Cadry]] ap [[Cadwallon]], [[Melkin]] of Marwth, [[Gamond]] ap [[Edern]] and [[Maelgwyn]] ap [[Ceiwyn]] put them all to the [[test]] and allowed the young squires to prove their mettle and valour. The first thing that came from the slaying of the bear was an ill thing. A pregnant woman by the name of Erin had been slain be the beast during the night that the squires waited out the bear. This in turn led to Erins husband Kenryc accusing the young men of cowardliness and slothfulness and claimed that if they had gone after the bear as soon as possible his wife and unborn child would still be alive. [[Cadry]], being a proud young hunter, had his good mood spoiled by these accusations and told the peasant that he should be grateful that they had hunted down the bear at all since otherwise it would have kept terrorizing the village for a long time. Harsh words were traded and when the squires finally left the village grudges were nursed on both sides of the conflict. Kenryc would not soon forget and he would vainly try to come up with some way to revenge himself on the young lord to be. The [[Maiden]] Fair The second and third thing that came from the slaying of the beast was the arrival of a young woman and with her came a magnificent cow. The girl, [[Brangwen]] by name, had arrived several days before [[Cadry]] rode home to [[Tisbury]] and she had stayed as a guest of the [[Cellydon]] household. The usually suspicious Cellydons had welcomed the girl since she said that she had come in the name of the goddess Damona to deliver the cow to the young man who had helped slay [[The Imber Bear|the Imber bear]] that had killed so many cows. When [[Cadry]] entered the yard of the manor that would be his in a few short years he called out his regular greetings to different family members and retainers that he had known for as long as he could remember. When approaching the door to the hall he stopped however when he heard an unfamiliar song sound around the houses. He turned towards one of the outhouses and there he first beheld the [[maiden]] who was singing and at that moment he lost his heart into her keeping. When she turned around whilst still singing, she gazed directly at [[Cadry]] as if she had been expecting him and then she smiled. The young squire, who seldom lacked for words or opinions, was struck mute for the first time in his life. He could only stand gazing at the young red-haired beauty as she walked by him while giving him an enigmatic smile and not saying a single word of greeting or presentation. Only when she had left his presence did he regain his composure and immediately he headed towards the hall and searched for his uncle and foster mother. He barely got out a few words of greeting before demanding to know who the fair [[lady]] that was a guest in the household was. His mother, [[Lady]] [[Cerys]] was the one who spoke and told him that her name was [[Brangwen]] and that she had brought an incredibly fine gift as thanks for Cadrys deeds. [[Cerys]] brought her son out to the stable to show him the wondrous bovine but he barely had eyes for the gift and only afterwards would he remember to make a sacrifice to the [[Lady]] of Cows for this blessing. The young man only had eyes for the messenger who had brought the gift and to his thinking she had been the greatest gift that anyone, man or god, had ever given him. The guest soon left the manor but stayed in [[Hillfort]] hundred and from time to time [[Cadry]] would find her out in the [[forest]] or out among the other commoners although no one seemed to know where she belonged. When winter finally came and he couldn’t see her anymore he turned quiet and introspective to a degree that he had never been before. He would often request his elder relatives to recount old love stories from tribal times and he would often sing the lovesong of Rhiannon, the song that [[Brangwen]] had sung when he first saw her, to himself. {{Completed |active=No }}
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