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The year of our lord [[496]], one year after the death of the rightful king of [[Britain]] [[Uther]] Pendragon, the just [[Lady]] [[Ellen]] was besieged on all sides and sought counsel from her most trusted knight and so the sons of the bannermen were called to [[Salisbury]]. After seeking counsel with her knight [[lady]] [[Ellen]] decided to pay tribute to the [[Saxon]] invaders from the east and to begin the fortification of [[Salisbury]]; a task which would take many years. I shall also mention that not all the knight that had served [[Roderick]] remained in the service of [[Lady]] [[Ellen]]; many not content with serving a woman. Now the sons of the bannermen and some other assorted knights, led by myself, were sent to Hanntonne in order to save refugees and seek an audience with the new ruler of the land who had the audacity to call himself king. On the way south they met with the king’s son [[Prince]] [[Cynyr]], who even though he rode with [[Saxons]] conducted himself as a noble [[Cymrii]]. As the [[prince]] escorted the knight to his father’s court the knight witnessed much suffering and destruction at the hand of the [[Saxon]] invaders but found it to be less than expected. King [[Cerdic]] received them with open arms even though his demeanour was always proud. He declared that he was the son of High King Vortigen, thrice curse his name, and that he intended to become the new high king of [[Britain]]. He offered the most prominent of my fellowship manors and land if they would choose to serve him instead of [[Lady]] [[Ellen]]; but being ever faithful they refused. King [[Cerdic]] made it clear that he would demand tribute from [[Lady]] [[Ellen]] if she would not bend her knee to him but that the knight would be free to [[travel]] back to their homeland. The way home was tumultuous, many of the unproven knight felt disheartened by the destruction they saw by the invading force and many heated discussions were held. But at the end of the journey something extraordinary happened. We were beset by a great beast, which sir [[Cadry]] called a Hippogriff, and it was only by the quick thinking and bravery of Sir [[Padern]] that the beast was tricked away. But as the beast took of an even more fearful foe came from the [[forest]]: The Wild Hunt. We rode as hard as we could and as we entered [[Salisbury]] the vile apparitions abandoned their chase; content with the few sergeants and [[horses]] they had caught. We returned safely to [[Salisbury]] and counselled [[Lady]] [[Ellen]] to remain neutral and pay King [[Cerdic]] his blood money; at least until we had more knowledge of where we could seek alliances. As Recorded by [[Maelgwyn]] the Bulwark
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