You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason:
The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Write.
== The presentation of Excalibur == In the year of 487 word was sent that King [[Uther]] was going to assemble the dukes and his knights at Sarum. Preparations for the king’s arrival were made and our heroes found themselves at Sarum a couple of days before [[The Feast|the feast]]. [[Maelgwyn]] and [[Gamond]] seemed to have resolved the issue between themselves and were now as close as the two brothers had been during their childhood. This showed particularly clearly when [[Gamond]] went to talk to [[prince]] [[Madoc]], and [[Maelgwyn]] helped his brother by retelling the story of how they defeated the [[Three-Eyed Giant|three-eyed giant]] together. [[Cadry]] received a less pleasant surprise when a package from [[Silchester]] arrived to Sarum. It contained a rotting arm from an unknown man. Who the sender was, or whom the arm had belonged to was never revealed. During the preparations the four knights were called to count Roderick’s court. The count warned them to take care of the bandits in [[Hillfort]] soon. He had gotten word from [[Jagent]] that if the problem was not taken care of the people [[Jagent]] would make sure to wipe the bandits out, something that in turn would make count [[Roderick]] appear weak. Count [[Roderick]] also had two requests. Firstly he asked the knights to see to it so that sir [[Blains]] would not turn up at the party. However this was done, the count did not care for, but [[Roderick]] informed the knights that he politically could not afford to have sir [[Blains]] killed. The other request was to find a good husband for a young girl, [[Marion]], which was a favor count [[Roderick]] was making for duke Gorloy. Some obscure or bad thing had happened with the girl, which had caused her to lose honor, but what it was our knights never found out. The four knights decided to make sure to take care of the bandits in the summer of 488, even though count [[Roderick]] had given them a three year respite. They would make sure to rid [[Hillfort]] of bandits in the coming year. To take care of sir [[Blains]], [[Melkin]] came up with the idea of playing sir Blains’ hot feelings for [[lady]] [[Ellen]] against him. They thus sent out Maelgwyn’s chaplain Meical to supposedly search for a rare flower that count [[Roderick]] wanted to find for [[lady]] [[Ellen]]. Meical would tell sir [[Blains]] that [[Ellen]] adored these flowers, and that they would make her overcome with joy. After the knights had talked to sir [[Brastias]] from [[Cornwall]] about [[Marion]], and [[Gamond]] had talked to the harpist [[Airla]] about the girl, [[Maelgwyn]] decided to take it upon himself to wed the girl when she would be fit for marriage. [[The Feast|The feast]] itself was grand, and the presents handed out were even grander. Every count tried to outshine the others by giving the most expensive present to the king. [[Prince]] [[Madoc]] succeeded them all by handing king [[Uther]] an extensive treasure of gold, but nothing compared to the [[sword]] that [[Merlin]] brought for the king. [[Merlin]] made a late appearance just as the final gifts were handed out. He presented Excalibur to the king and all gathered. [[Merlin]] turned to [[Maelgwyn]], [[Cadry]], [[Gamond]] and [[Melkin]] and explained that they had helped him retrieve the [[sword]] of victory. [[Maelgwyn]] then retold the story of how it had happened, mixing up the details of what had happened when, even claiming that [[Merlin]] had turned himself into a goat, but the story was well appreciated, and both king [[Uther]] and count [[Roderick]] were pleased. Later on sir [[Blains]] finally arrived at [[The Feast|the feast]] (an entire day late). [[Gamond]] managed to have a serving girl, give him a cup of mead that had been filled with some laxative medicine for [[horses]]. When [[The Feast|the feast]] had ended [[Gamond]] was looking for sir [[Blains]] again when he stumbled upon a body in the courtyard. The girl who had served the mead had been strangled to death. == The Embassies of Malahut and Linden Pool == In the month of July, king [[Uther]] and the royal entourage traveled north towards [[Linden]] to see Duke [[Corneus]]. The Duke was absent however and [[Uther]] demanded to be entertained. [[Gamond]] thought that it would be a good idea to entertain the king with a demonstration of violence. It was decided that it should be a fight until one of the combatants surrendered. Sir [[Moneval]] was the one who accepted the challenge. When the fight began [[Gamond]] rammed his [[sword]] right through [[Moneval]] but it was [[Gamond]] who collapsed with a grievous wound through his abdomen. It turned out to be [[Merlin]] who had disguised himself as [[Moneval]] and had used his magic to deflect the damage back at [[Gamond]]. A hunt was also held while waiting for the duke, in which [[Cadry]] and [[Melkin]] acquitted themselves quite well. When the duke finally arrived he seemed uneasy over that fact that [[Uther]] had come to visit him. The duke held a feast to appease the king and on that feast [[Uther]] drew Excalibur and just seeing the mighty blade left the duke and his men awestruck. After [[The Feast|the feast]] [[Corneus]] swore allegiance to [[Uther]] and promised that he would have Corneus’ vote for him as high king. Before leaving [[Linden]] our four brave knights had a chance to speak with [[Merlin]] and ask him some questions. The archdruid proved to be his usual vague and annoying self however and only gave half-answers or no answers at all regarding most subjects. He did however tell that the mysterious potion that had been found in the basement of Sarum during the year of the disastrous feast was something called Hellthorn. [[Melkin]] also asked about a lake that he had had a vision of. [[Merlin]] said that the lake was real but was a gateway to the Otherside. The four knights accepted a mission to [[travel]] north to Eburacum to act as King Uthers emissaries. After having been kept waiting on his majesty’s pleasure for over two days the knights presented themselves before the Centurion King and delivered their message. The King derided Uther’s claim at high kingship and said that he would come visit [[Uther]] at his own pleasure. One small victory that the knights won was that they were allowed to participate in a counterraid against the [[saxons]]. They were put under the command of a knight by the name of Sir Decimus. Riding out towards the [[saxon]] occupied lands the company found a [[saxon]] raiding party who had attacked a caravan and was in the process of plundering it. The knights attacked the [[saxons]] and soundly defeated them. In the aftermath of the battle all surviving [[saxons]] were butchered by the men from Eburacum. A small half-naked and half feral woman was found hiding underneath the wagon and was at first mistaken for a pict. She turned out to be a [[saxon]] witch of the fenris line and she cursed [[Gamond]], [[Maelgwyn]] and [[Melkin]]. When she turned to curse [[Cadry]], [[Melkin]] stabbed her through the throat.
Unfinished
Comments active
Save page Show preview Show changes Cancel