No king sits on the British throne, and the Saxons have the largest armies in the land. Logres falls into chaos as bickering Barons war for the power over common men.

The Anarchy Period is roughly equivalent in terms of culture and methods of warfare to 11th-Century Britain, at the end of the Dark Ages and the start of the medieval era. In real history, the 11th Century marks the end of Anglo-Saxon England and the start of the Norman dynasty, with the successful invasion of William the Conqueror and the Norman expansion in general.