THE FARMER
AND HIS MAID
What neither of them had thought about when booking the hotel was how near it was to the Temple. That night, from their adjoining balcony they could see the structure floodlit with torches.
“It was not like that last night,” Mehta said.
“No,” Soren murmured, sitting down, still looking at it.
The spires were lit all around the Temple like the points of a crown. From out of the crown, every hour or so rose smoke and the heavy scent of incense, and now and again came the long, low horn.
“It’s not really a comforting place,” Mehta said.
Soren gave a harsh laugh.
“And it makes the city so silent. We were so happy before, I thought. If it’s all the same to you, I’d like to get back home to Turnthistle as soon as possible.”
“It is all the same to me.
“Always I’ve known about the Temple. Only now I wonder, what sort of God is served there?”
“No God at all, despite what the Zahem have been led to believe,” Nelson said, “but one of the Hidden Ones. In the history of the Zahem, the Priests rose up to help them in a time when the Prophets could not. But the truth is this priesthood is far older than Zahem, as is the Temple. The priesthood infiltrated Zahem and now they serve a Hidden One. A Dark One. That’s who the Hands and the Sorcerers make their vow to. It isn’t to be spoken of lightly. It isn’t to be spoken of at all, really.”
Mehta looked at him.
Soren looked at her, and the black band was around his wrist and suddenly he took it off, and revealed his bare white wrist and the Black Star burned into it.
She gasped.
“It was a long time ago,” Soren said, “and I didn’t have any name at all. They take your name. They take you. In those days I was called Gimble. I scarcely got away with my life. I did not really. I had to work very hard to get that life back, and that name, and now we shouldn’t discuss this again.”
Mehta let out a long breath before speaking.
“After, I’d left, I arrived at the home of a woman who was all alone except for her baby. Her whole family was killed by Hands. The men were. The women were taken away. A troop of Hands, silent and all in black with long black swords. This girl had a charm given to her by what she swore was a fairy woman. Must have been or how would she have gotten away from them. She spoke of them. Of their eyes, these deadly eyes.”
Soren remained silent.
“Master, tell me you didn’t do that. Things like that. Kill people. Destroy families. Put the fear of hell in folks. Put spells on them. Tell me you didn’t really have a part in that business.”
When Soren said nothing, she said, “That’s me being foolish. I don’t suppose you could have been a “good Hand”. A Hand that didn’t do any of that.”
Nelson was silent and sad looking, and the drumming from the Temple continued into the night.
“Ahhh,” Mehta sighed. “You told me, and that’s what matters, and you’re who you are now. Not what you were. I can’t… How can I make sense of any of it?”
All of this time Soren kept looking at the Temple.
“I have been frightened to tell you, Mehta, and I never knew that till now. I wanted to start over again and forget there was a past. But there was. I thought I’d paid for it, but I haven’t even begun to pay for the things I’ve done, the person I was.”
Very sensibly, Mehta rose up and said, “And you can’t pay for it by obsessing. Good or bad what’s done is done. And what has to be done is we get up early in the morning. So let’s be up,” she nodded stoutly in the direction of the Temple, then back to her open door, “and to bed, and out of this place.”
She was gone and, despite his shame, Soren found himself, in a slightly painful way, smiling.
The Longbook of Locrys
will reach its conclusion
in
The Book of the Bright Sun
APPENDICES
THE ALMANAK
Anson Aethelyn Prince of Westrial- (b. 1699)- the second son of King Anthal of Westrial, born to Essily of the Crystal Isle. Appointed First Knight of the House by the age of nineteen, 1718, served with distinction in the border wars and was appointed Captain of the King’s Horse in 1727. The animosity between the prince and his brother Cedd led to Anson’s flight at his brother’s accession to the throne. Now more famously known as the lover of Ohean Penannyn of Reghed.
Caedmon Aethelyn King of Westrial– (b. 1694) the first child and heir of King Anthal of Westrial and the only son of his first queen, Tourmaline of Harrowfast. He succeeded his father as King in the fall of 1729, triggering the flights of his brother Anson and sister Imogen. Generally known as Cedd.
Hilda Aeseflad Princess Aethelyn – (b.1707) the second born daughter of King Anthal and Queen Emmaline. She entered into the Abbey of Saint Clew at the age of fifteen (1722) was declared Reverend Mother. In 1729 she was ordained Abbess of Saint Clew and Directoress of Inglad.
Imogen Aethelyn Queen of Reghed - (b. 1711) the youngest daughter of Queen Emmaline, the last wife of King Anthal. She fled Westrial with her brother Anson, and upon reaching Reghed wed King Idris in the early summer of 1729.
Morgellyn Princess Aethelyn Queen of Essail – (b. 1700) the firstborn of King Anthal by his third wife, Emmaline. Upon her mother’s death she was married to King Stephen of Essail (1715) becoming Queen at the age of fifteen and shortly bore Linalla, Philip, Peter and Lewys. In 1729, after the sudden death of King Stephen, she assumed the Regency of Essail in the stead of her son, Young King Philip.
Quinton Allaveros- (b.1702-) in Callaion near the Sussail border to a family of Sinercian descent, priest of the Second Grade Ascending to Third and chief lover of Matteo Vallarti.
Derek Annakar- (b.1700) to a minor noble Doman house near the Essail and Senach border. He is the principal lover of Conn Aragareth and a priest of the Third Grade moving toward the Fourth. His sisters are Julia and Tessaya. His brother is Douglas Annakar.
Connleth (Aragareth)- (b. 1707-) the son of Willem and Maire of the village of Trott. In 1724 he followed his older sister to the Blue Temple in Kingsboro to become a dependent, but ended up joining the Azul Ierateío after his first year there, training to be a priest of the Third Grade. In 1729, he and his Ogdoad left Kingsboro with Ohean Pennanyn and Anson Aethelyn.
Allyn Baldwin- (b. 1697-) son and heir of Ulfin Baldwin, younger brother of Edith Baldwin and current Earl of North Hale.
Edith Baldwin- (b. 1691- ) oldest child of Ulfin of North Hale and Alice of Cleves, Queen of Inglad, Hale and North Hale.
Ulfin Baldwin- (b. 1669- ) Earl of North Hale and father-in-law to King Edmund. His children are Allyn, Edith and Pollanikar.
Isobel Beregond Tryvanwy- (b. 1709) Queen of Westrial and elder daughter of King Raoul Beregond of Sussail and Hermudis Tryvanwy Queen of Sussail and Princess of Armor, wife to King Caedmon, secretly trained as an enchantress on the Rootless Isle.
Birch- a witch woman who lives at Stone Cottage
Lord Austin Buwa of Desseret- (1700- ) only son of Lord Nephy Buwa, and practioner of the Zahem faith. His wife is the Lady Ashley Buwa, also born of the Outer Zahem. His lover is Pol Kurusagan.
Myrne Cenned of Herreboro- (b. 1710-) daughter of Toman Earl of Herreboro and his wife Lady Imlay. Entered the Rootless Isle in 1724 and rose to the rank of Dame in 1727, In 1729 she came to the attention of Allyn Baldwin who proposed marriage to her at which she feinged acceptance, fleeing to her family’s holding of Herreboro to declare herself Queen of the Three Lands and wed Osric Wulfstan, her second cousin and co claimant to the Three Lands.
Ralph Curakin (Rafe) (b.1689-? ) Lord of Two Bridge, Ansafede and Clyddanon, Duke Sandabar and Powell, Knight of the Dragon, Chancellor of Idris of Rheged and member of the Order of the Red Lily, he was born in obscurity in northern Chyr and arrived at the court of King Math beside Ohean when they were both adolescents. There he proved himself a warrior par excellence. Ohean’s one time love, and oldest friend, currently serving King Osric and Queen Myrne at the pleasure of Idris and Imogen of Rheged.
Idris Desmond (b.1692-) son of King Amr of Rheged and Princess Llyell of Far Isles, King of Rheged (1714), wed Imogen Aethelyn (1729), first cousin to Ohean Penannyn and brother by marriage to Anson, Cedd, Morgellyn and Hilda. His two illegitimate children from a previous union are Kelyvn and Isomer.
Ohean Desmond Penannyn (Ash) (b.1689- ) the son of Senaye of the Rootless Isle and grandson of the Crystal Lady. He holds the title The Great Ash from which comes his nickname Ash. Chief councilor to both the kings of Rheged and Westrial, some attribute to him divine origins, calling Ekkrebeth or Akkrabeth, and he is acknowledged as the mightiest of sorcerers though only vaguely associated with the Wizards of the White Island. His cousins are Meredith, Pollanikar and Nimerly the Crystal Lady as well as his lover, Anson Aethelyn.
Rufus of Daumany- (b. 1689- ) King of Daumany and illegitimate son of William IV of Daumany by his one time lover, Herleva of Dinmont. He is King Edmund’s chosen heir to the Three Kingdoms.
Ruval- a Black Hand pursuing Theone. His true name is Kenneth
Odo Abbot of Saint Fundagast at Fonteroy- (b. 1692) younger brother of King Rufus, the oldest son of his mother Herleva of Dinmont’s marriage to Gearstand the Badger.
Calon Everidon- (b.1700) a chosen attendant of Abbot Fero of Fero House, Calon is a priest of the Second Grade and holds the position of Janitor of the White Door in the Blue Temple. His chief lover is Gabriel Rokomont, and his dearest friends are Obala Waymon, Sara Hemnon and Matteo Vallarti.
Michael Flynn Earl of Loxley- (b. 1699- ) dispossessed of Loxley Holding in Southern Inglad, the Loxley’s went to Westrial where Michael joined the army and befriended Anson Aethelyn. The Loxley’s were devotees to the Green Faith, and after the war, seeking peace, Michael came to the Green Wood where he was named Robin Wood in his generation.
Cynric Hessenfelt (b. 1705- ) maternal cousin to Myrne Cenned through his mother Mallory Thothanaye Lady Hessenfelt.
(His Holiness) Dahlan Kimball- (b.1715- ) current Prophet of the Zahem, born in southwestern Zahem to Aimee and Joses Kimball.
Pol Kurusagan- (b. 1704- ) born by the Sussail border from a Solahni mother and a half Itzumi father, he traveled to Kingsboro with his brother, in time becoming a successful streetworker. Close friends with Prince Anson and current companion of Austin Buwa and Ralph Curakin.
Arvad Lavran- (b. 1713?-) the houseboy of Turnthistle Farm
Dissenbark Layton- (b. 1705-) companion to Theone and later Ohean, Anson and Conn. A witch born in Chyr to a Vandish mother, but raised in the village of Layton by her Westiran father once he was widowed. At the time of the fires she flees to the Rootless Isle and becomes close to the Lady Nimerly.
Mehta- (b. 1713?-) the housekeeper of Turnthistle Farm in northeast Zahem.
Pollanikar Meretane, Mariamne of the Green Wood- (b.1704-) the daughter of the priestess Meredith, raised on the Rootless Isle, she attained the rank of Dame by the age of twelve. For some time she served in the court of Queen Ermengild IV under her councilor, Owena. Eventually she went into the New Forest seeking the Sword of Callasyl only to meet and love Michael Flynn. Her father is Ulfin Baldwin.
Soren Nelson- the owner of Turnthistle Farm.
Sir Anthony Pembroke of Gaverton (b. 1697) – chief steward to King Cedd and his one time squire. They both distinguished themselves at the Battle of Edmonton (1718) where Anthony was granted the title Duke of Wilmington.
Gabriel Rokomont- (b.1699) An Azul Ierateíon of the Fourth Grade, Gabriel Rokomont was born of Doman and Armorian stock in the Blue Temple of Nassagora to a Blue Priest and the Red Priestess Sharadon Rokomont. The Rokomonts, though of Sendic and Doman origin, have deep roots in the Blue, Red and Green Orders, seeming to have turned from their original Sendic faith during the time of Sir Wylan Rokomont during the Disposession. According to legend he married into an old Royan family and the Rokomonts, though white in appearance, have several notable kindred among the women of the Rootless Isle and the priestly families of Chyr. Though noted for his skill and poetry, Gabriel is most noted for his relations to Calon Everidon and Connleth Aragareth.
Maud Princess of Thaary- (b. 1705) daughter of Beregond of Thaary and his Solanhi wife, Juana, she was orphaned and raised by her fairy godmother, Yarrow, a councilor to Queen Ermengild IV. In the court of Ermengild she met Ethan of Vand who then became the love of her life from whom she was separated several years. She is close to Ethan’s grandfather, Ronnerick, councilor of Queen Ermengild.
Sir Teryn Wesley (b. 1713-) born in southern Westrial to a half Royan family, lover and squire to Lord Anthony Pembroke.
Cauda Wulfstan- (b. 1688-) born in South Hale to an Elmeth mother and a Hale father, she became the lover then wife of Eoga Wulfstan and fled to Ohean at Eoga’s urging before he was imprisoned. In northern Rheged, under Ohean’s care she bore Osric, called Wolf.
Osric Wulfstan- (b. 1709-) the son of Prince Eoga of Inglad, Hale and North Hale and the grandson of King Edred. After the murder of his father, his mother, Gedran, fled to Rheged where she lived with Ohean Penannyn until her death. Raised with the understanding that he was heir to the Triple Throne, for his safety Ohean trained him to be a servant and taught all to refer to him as Wolf.
Matteo Vallarti- (b.1705) born in Kingsboro from a poor family of Sinercian, Armorian and probably Doman stock, Matteo is a priest of the First Grade Ascending to the Second, best friend and sometimes lover of Connleth and the chief love of Quinton Allaveros.
Ethan Prince of Vand- (b. 1695) a member of House Alcontrad though his mother, Xillihyha Princess of Vand, and his father, Lord Dessanon of Triary. His grandfather is Ronnerick, the councilor to Queen Ermengild IV and after it was known that Princess Essnara had died, Ethan went on a quest to find the Beryl of Elladyl. His affianced is Maud of Thaary.
Eryk (Lord) Waverly (b. 1705) the maternal cousin to Myrne Cenned through his mother, Margaret Yfildeth of Imlay.
Theone Xiihylah (b. 1709- ) daughter of the Black Star Jurgad and Princess Essnara of Chyr. Held captive by the Black Star until with the help of Ethan of Thaary, she escaped.
Yarrow- the Mistress of Stone Cottage in the Dauman Marches, though mighty in magic, little is known of her but that her true name is Indul. Her companion is the equally mysterious Birch.
THE KINGS OF WESTRIAL
The Kings of Westrial claim their descent from the God Wayland. According to their Chronicle, Wayland, of old, begat Wulfsun, Wulfsun begat Sevard, and Eoga, the first king of the West Ayl was descended of Sevard.
Wayland
Valkyras
Sevard
Rurgi
Sigmilund
Sigi
Sigir
Balda
Bældæg
HOUSE OF OESC
OEGA 622-647
Brond 647-665
Friðgar 665-678
Freawine 666-690[1]
Duncan 692-710[2]
Giwis 710-725
Esla 725-744
Elesa 744-765
Cerdic 766-790[3]
Athelstan the Great 790-831[4]
Anthal I 831-876[5]
Ceol 876-919
Ceolwulf 919-927
Cynegils (Kenneth) 927-953[6]
Gillem 953-975[7]
Cenwalh 975- 1003
Gillem II 1003- 1019[8]
THE DOMAN KINGS
A combined force of Domans and Senach sweep into Westrial and rule from Londres. Cenwalh calls himself Duke of Londres and then, in 1030, King of Londres and the West Ayl
Edric of Daumany- 1019-1025
Edric II- 1025-1047
Edric Henry- 1047-1059
Richard Cenfus - 1059-1063
Henry- 1063-1085
With the aid of the people of Elmet and Rheged, the Westrians come behind the Lady Rowena, a descendant of Cenwahl and a Rhegedi descendant of the House of Oesc called Jerami. He changes his name to Æscwine. After a long war, the Westrians expel the Senach-Hale dynasty, sending them into Senach or back to Daumany.
HOUSE AESCWINE
Anthal Æscwine 1065- crowned in Kingsboro beside R’asha.
Crowned in Ondres, 1085- 1101
Centwine 1101-1156[9]
Caedwalla 1156-1210
Caedmon the Bard 1210- 1248
Æthelheard 1248-1269
Cuthred 1269-1297
Sigeberht 1297-1347[10]
Cynewulf 1347-1361
HOUSE OF ENDIC
Beorhtric 1361-1385
Egbert 1385-1401
Egbert II 1401-1436[11]
Harold Bloodhands 1436-1441[12]
Edward the Naithling 1441-1465
HOUSE AETHELYN[13]
Æthelwulf 1471-1520
Æthelbald 1520-1555
Æthelberht 1555-1561
Æthelstan II 1561-1603
Ælfred 1603-1625
Anthal the Great 1625-1640
Edward the Elder 1640-1665
Edmund I 1665-1680
Edward II 1680-1690
Anthal IV 1690-
Caedmon II 1729-
KINGS OF HALE AND NORTH HALE
Kings of North Cambria
(Descended from King Avred Oss’s daughter, Fayn)
Berlan
Costanin
Arthur
Theral
Shavayn
Elric
Dispossessed by
Eoppa the Hale who begins the Old House of Hale
Ida – his brother
Glappa – Ida and Eoppa’s nephew by their sister Signy
Adda- his daughter who was wed to Elric the Second, grandson of King Elric, the last of the Royan Kings.
Æthelric –their son, the first half Royan, half Hale King
Theodric- his son by the daughter of the King of Westrial
Deoric- who fought The War of Wall whereby the Kingdom of Elmet was instituted.
Frithwale- the last King of North Cambria. His daughters married into Elmet, Rheged and Westrial and his senior daughter, Syllian, married Hussa of Norra Hail, that is the Northern Hales.
The Northern Hales took over the Kingdom of Eboracum whose line was also descended from Idris through his daughter Fayn
Æthelfrith betrothed his son to Elektra, a daughter of Budic the last king of Eboracum and became the first king of Norra Hail. Their son was:
Edwin, followed by:
Eanfrith
Oswald was the last king of Norra Hail. His son was Hussa, who wed Syllian of North Cambria, and joined the two kingdoms.
Oswiu-
wed Princess Lestana, the daughter of King Coel of Westrial (876-919) in 891 and declared his realm Hale, and himself the first king of Hale.
THE KINGS OF HALE
HOUSE HALE
Oswiu- 891-920
Ælla the Aethling 920-955
Æthelric (955-1021)
Æthelfrith (1021-1066)
Edwin (1066-1090)
Osric I (1090-1117)
Oswald (1117-1140)
Oswiu II (1140-1170)
Oswine (1170-1185)
Æthelwold (1185-1215)
At the death of Æthelwold, they send across the sea for his cousin, Oswiu the Wolf Bane known to be a shapechanger and a descendant of Sigurd and Beowulf. He is wed to Aethelwold’s neice, Kenig the Half Royan, beginning House Wulfstan
HOUSE WULFSTAN
Oswiu II (the grandson of Oswald) 1215-1250)
Beo Wulfstan (Beo the Hero) (1250-(85)1301- Beo Wulfstan, sometimes simply called Beowulf preferred to adventure in many lands. He sired children, but seeing that North Hale was in many ways still a separate land from Hale, he appointed his son, Alchfrith the Berserker Earl over it while his younger son, Ælfwine, became Earl of Hale. After this, North Hale would be a subkingdom of Hale ruled by Alchfrith’s line.
Oswiu III (1301-1320)
Ecgfrith (1320-1347) –dies in the Halite War refusing to give the North Independence.
Aldfrid the Confessor (1347-1377)- weds his daughter to the Earl of North Hale and declares it independent. (though a generation before this the Earls had called themselves kings
Eadane- 1377-1402)
Eadwulf 1402-1431)
Osred I (1431-1469)
Coenred (1469-1485)
Osric (1485-1517)
Ceolwulf (1517-1540)- his son Cenn became the first lord of Herreboro.
Ceolwulf (1540-1578)- IN 1550 his cousin Ossa Queen of Inglad died without issue after reigning for forty years, thus Ceowulf became Ceowulf the II of Inglad and from then on the Eng were ruled by the Kings of Hale who also became the Kings of Inglad.
Ceodane (1578-1605)
Æthelred II (1605-1632)
Rædwulf (Red Wolf) (1632-1660)- his daughter was Edith Swanwhite
Æthelred III (1660-1674)
Svig the Boneless (1672-1675)- had already conquered North Hale and dispossessed its line, killing them or sending them into exile. During the last years of Aethelred he took the Royal County, appointing himself king, though many were loyal to Aethelred who escaped south, and to his son, Edmund, who was crowned in the south at Herreboro. Edmund was not decisively dispossessed until Svig’s son Sweyn took Herreboro and Edmund fled to Daumany.
Edmund Ironside (1674-1675)
HOUSE OF DAYNE
Sweyn (1675-1682- (banished Edmund to Inglad where he ruled as king. While Sweyn murdered the remnants of House Wulfstan, three of Edmund’s sons reigned after him in Inglad, the last being Edmund, who, it is suspected, murdered his remaining Wulfstan cousins)
Edmund Ironside (1680 -1682) In this year, in succession, Edward, Edred and lastly Edmund, in 1707 became kings of Inglad.
Nute (1682-1703)
Harold the Rabbit- (1703-1706) his son by a first wife
Harthanute- his son by Emma (1706-1709)
Edmund the Ætheling- 1709-
NORTH HALE
THE EARLS OF NORTH HALE
Alchfrith the Berserker, son of Beo Wulfstan (1285-1327)
Eadberht (1327-1358)
Oswulf (1358-1364)[14]
THE KINGS OF NORTH HALE
Oswulf and Morwenna (1364-1382)
Æthelwald Morwen (1382-1411)
Alhred (1411-1445)
Æthelred I (1445-1473)
Ælfwald I (1473-1500)
Osred II (1500-1505)
Æthelred I (1505-1549)
Osbald (1549-1570)
Eardwulf (1570-1572)
Ælfwald II (Elfwald II) (1572-1578)
Eardwulf (1578-1581) This was the last of Osbald’s children, all who died without issue, After this the throne passed to the youngest son of Ceodane King of Hale who had recently inherited Inglad. As not to inflame the ire of the Council of Hale, Ceodane never attempted to turn North Hale into his personal earldom, but passed it and its crown to his son:
HOUSE ANRED
Eanred (1579-1611) named his heir after his older brother, the King of Hale
Æthelred (1611-1645)
Æthelred II (1645-1670)
Ælle (1670-(72)75)- entered into war with Svig the Boneless, King of Dayne. Hale came to his defence, but he was defeated and fled, though the royal cousins were killed or sent into exile. Three years later, Ælle was killed in Jeracat Prison. Here ends the line of House Anred. Though many believe there were survivors, they have not resurfaced and some thirty years later it was a kinsman, Edmund who rose to take the throne, replacing the kingship with the Earldom of Herreboro.
THE KINGS AND QUEENS OF INGLAD
THE KINGS AND QUEENS OF INGLAD
(up until the House of Wulfstan)
Inglad differs from the other seven nations in several ways. Firstly, it has an abundance of female monarchs starting with their nation’s foundress. Secondly, it has a large Royan population and lastly, though counted a Hale kingdom and the seat of Hale power, it still recognizes itself as Ayl and Royan.
Wayland
Wulfsun
Sigurd
Bældæg was the father of
OESCA 622-647 and his sister:
BYRNHILD who founded Æmburgh across the the Amh River from the old Sinercian city of Boracum in 630 after wedding the Royan lowland king, Amys. This marks the beginning of the royal House of Bæl.
HOUSE OF BÆL
Byrnhild (630-681)
Risegis (681-714)
Ermengild I (714-740)
Allamandis (740-770)
Lucius (770-783)
Thumber (783-807)
Incumben (807-832)
Ecgberht I (832-850)
Retaxes (850-887)
Half Hale Ragnarsson (887-911)
Interregnum
Gudrun (921-940)
Ermengild II (940-985)
Wulvadane (985-1016)
After this the Senach branch of the family came to power. They were descended from Sigismundis the daughter of Allamandis and lodged at Branstock.
HOUSE OF SIGMUND
(SIGISMUNDIS)
Guðroðr- (1016-1040)- added the Southern Holding to Inglad and then extended a bridge from Æmburgh across to Boracum the old Royan and Sincerian capital, and after this the capital was called Ambridge.
Ermengild III- (1040-1071) was the daughter of Guðroðr and a Royan princess. She wed the son of the King of Rheged
Sigfroðr the Rejected (1071-1100)- would have been heir to Rheged, but the people would not have him because of his Sendic blood, though his daughter did become Queen of Rheged.
Knútr (1100-1125)
Signy (1125-1170)
Gudrun (1170-1175)
Æthelwold (1175-1191)
Hálfhale and Eowils (1191-1242) the brothers shared a throne. Eowil’s daughter Rhan married her cousin and then reputedly killed him, marrying a Hale prince and ruling alone.
Rhan the Haughty (1242-1269)
Ragnall (1269-1297)
Sigtrygg Longneck (1297-1340)
Gofraid ua Ímair (1340-1370)
Æthelstan of Wessex (1370-1392)
Olaf Guthfrithson (1392-1411)
Regency
Cuarán (1411-1423)
War breaks out between the supporters of King Olaf’s son Amlaib and the son of Prince Cuaran’s son:
Ragnall Guthfrithson (1423-1437)
Eadmund of Westrial (1437-1450)
Eadmund dies of poisoning, his daughter is married to:
Amlaíb (1450-1480)
They died without issue and Eadmund’s granddaughter, Cuara, also a daughter of King Æthelwulf of Westrial arrives with Lorell, her husband and a prince of Elmet, to found House Wess
HOUSE WESS
Queen Cuará (1480-1418)
Ceowulf I (1418-1455)
Eadred (1455-1469)
Ermengild IV (1469-1491)
Clothemar (1491-1510)- his sister, Queen Clode of Hale marries Coenred King of Hale
Ossa (1510-1550)
Ossa Queen of Inglad died without issue after reigning for forty years, thus her cousin Ceowulf became Ceowulf the II of Inglad and from then on the Kings of Hale were also Kings of Inglad.
THE KINGS OF ESSAIL
THE KINGS OF ESSAIL AND SENACH
The East Ayl establish themselves at the same time as the West Ayl and Ing. They do not come under the dominion of Westrial, but retain their own lords. A group of Ess Ayl establish the little kingdom of Senach around the mid 700’s in the environs of Ondres, which is not yet held by the Westrians. When Ondres is taken by Westrial, the then Lords of Ondres travel north, settling the kingdom of Essail under Hildeberct.
HOUSE OF SENACH AND ESSAIL
(HOUSE SENACH ESSAIL)
Hildeberct (1065-1090)
Theuderic (1090-1116)
Thedowald (1116-1140)
Theudebert (1140-1165)
Childebert (1165-1191)
Chlodemar (1191-1216)
Clothmar (1216-1232)
Chlodebert (1232-1275) begins the custom of appointing his son King of Senach while he is alive and then transferring his reign to the larger kingdom of Essail at his death whereby the new King must crown his heir as King of Senach)
Guntram (1275-1305)
Wigomart (1305-1317) when Wigobert becomes king he appoints his three year old son as King of Senach. When Wigobert dies with no further male issue civil war ensues. After an interregnum, the Senachs agree to accept women rulers appointing Wigomart’s daughter to their throne while the Essail appoint Wigomart’s cousin, Sigibert, thus beginning House Essail.
HOUSE ESSAIL MAJOR
Sigibert (1320-1355)
Childebert II (1355-1379)
Theudebert II (1379-1400)
Theuderic II (1400-1440)
Sigebert II (1440-1465)
Chilperic (1465-1490)
Clothar (1490-1511)
Clothar II (1511-1535)
When Clothar dies without issue, his throne can pass either to the House of Inglad, or to the House of Senach. Judging that Inglad itself is facing the end of its line and absorbtion by the Wulfstans, the Council gives the crown to the youngest son of Queen Clode of Inglad:
HOUSE CLODE
Dagobert (1535-1557)
Clovis the Lazy (1557-1571)
Clothar II (1571-1590)
Childebert III (1590-1595)
Theuderic III (1595-1603)
Theuderic’s throne passes to Clothar’s granddaughter, a Sussail princess
HOUSE LINDHAVEN
Moirian Lindhaven (1603-1630)
Clovis II (1630-1675)
Childar (1675-1699)
Chenodris (1699-1715)
Stephen (1715-
HOUSE SENACH MAJOR
Ermentrude (1320-1368)
Heragardis (1368-1401)
Pepin the Short Lived (1401-1406)
Heragardis II (1406-1439)
Carloman (1439-1462)
Charles (1462-1500)
Louis the Holy (1500-1515)
Charles the Bald (1515-1537)
Louis the Stutter (1537-1545)
Louis III (1545-1571)
Charmaine (1571-1610)
Chaliene (1610-1639)
INTERREGNUM
Louis II’s granddaughter from the Kingdom of Sussail comes to throne after Chaliene dies without issue.
Madeleine (1641-1675)
Odo (1675-1710)
Rudolph (1710-1720)
Duncan (1720-1730)
THE KINGS OF SUSSAIL
The Kingdom of Sussail covers the territory that was in pre imperial times Cantia and Belaqua. Later these became provinces, their kings counted as vassals to the imperial governor in Ondres. During the time when the Sendics first arrived, the governorship of what was then called Cantia Major remained strong, and several Royans came south to settle there while others, in time, departed across the sea to Armor and to Roymark further south. Cantia Major became the Kingdom of Cantia under the reign of Emrys. These are the Cantish kings.
Martin (480-500)
Corolanus (500-525)
Lindir (525-537)
Leir (537-557)
Branwigan (557-572)
Otrician (572-598)
Octavius Amricius (598-610)
Constantine (610-626)
During the reigns of Otrician, Octavius and Constantine, all brothers, there is long war between the Cantians, the Wessail and the Essail. At long last, Constantine marries his daughter to Decca, who agrees to always defend Cantia and ally his people to them, He declares Decca High Prince and then five year later, steps down, declaring Decca the first King of Cantia and Suss Aylland.
HOUSE OF DECCA
The House of Decca is noted for its refusal to marry with other Sendics, but always restrict the marrying lines either to Sussails, or to Royans of Armor and Roymark.
Decca (631-652)
Eoga (652-683)
Westorlan (683-702)
Essomarch (702-721)
March (721-756)
Winohecta (756-783) declares that Sussail and Cantia are one and the same.
Maellin (783-805)
Ambrosius (805-810)
Bellamy (810-823)- Bellamy is the first to call himself King of Sussail and no longer use the term Cantia.
Shaelian (823-849)
After the death of Shaelian, the Council of Seven turned to the Houses of Armor and chose Beregond of Kerry, the grandson of Maellin.
HOUSE BEREGOND
Beregond (849-876
Beregond II (876-899)
Therewald (899-925)
Inwald (925-966)
Ermengild I (966-999)
Herendel (999-1027)
Celebrand (1027-1055)
Therewald II (1055-1076)
Ureval (1076-1110)
Heremond (1110-1145)
Gerald (1145-1200)
Gefren (1200-1216)
Ordoño I (1216-1240)
Alfonso III the Great (1240-1261)
García I (1261-1287)
Ordoño II (1287-1316)
Fruela II (1316-1335)
Alfonso IV the Monk (1335-1360)
Ramiro II (1360-1391)
Ordoño III (1391-1400)
Sancho I the Fat (1400-1407)
Ordoño IV the Wicked (1407-1411)
Sancho I the Fat (1411-1439)
Ramiro III (1439-1492)
Bermudo II the Gouty (1492-1530)
Alfonso V (1530-1571)
Bermudo III (1571-1600)
Ferdinand I the Great (1600-1622)
Alfonso VI (1622-1664)
Sancho II (1664-1686)
Raoul I (1686-1716)
Raoul II (1716-
THE KINGS OF LOCRYS AND RHEGED
The roots of Locrys and her line of rulers is unknown and many rulers are unknown. The first known King of Locrys is Isshaylin of the Golden Key. When Isshaylin was killed in battle, then did the people come to Ondres and make Vahar king, and his name was made Vaharion. From his line come all Royan kings save those of the House of Chyr, whose origins are from of old.
Vaharion
Davyn
After the death of Davyn his son Abirym came to the throne. The people asked if he would be as ruthless as his father, and he replied that he would be more ruthless still. After this, Locrys was split so that what is now Locrys remained to Abirym, but the northern heritage, call Ambria, went through the line of his cousin Joram.
These are the Kings of Locrys (The South)
Abirym
Asa
Jehohn
Jehor
Hazaman
Athal (Queen)
Hoash
Azzamar
Uzza
Tham
Abirym II
Heze
Asse
Amon
Hur
Hur Jehan (Queen)
Iakim
Jecon
Kedayu (Queen)
After the death of Kedayu, came trouble over the succession which led to civil war and an age known as The Time of the Thousand Kingdoms. The Northern line in Ambria had already fallen.
Kingdom Restored
The Kingdom of Locrys: Encompassing the lands still known as Locrys, the five southern Sendic Kingdoms, was re eastablished by the line of Neral through Jeoshavia, a prince of Chyr descended from Hur Jehan and living in the ancient city of Neral (now Kingsboro). The people of the south and the minor princes called him Penderil, High King.
Jeroshavia
Narily
Vasily
Amarion
Zimrion
Omrionyu: under this monarch, the north which is now modern Hale, gave allegiance to Locrys, but remained independent and a series of small kingdoms and cantrevs
Aharion (Queen)
Ahazarion
Jehoram
Yasily
Jehosamar
Jehozemal
Chyrion
Marramor (Queen)
Shayalind (Queen)
Menahem
Pehal
Pekal
Zahorum
Zahorum died without issue causing The Strife of the Succession, but a priestess of the Rootless Isle and her husband came to power, reigning for several years.
Mattharyl and Alexandra
Aristobulus I ( Aristobulus was commanded to step down from the throne unless he married a descendant of the House of Neral. He wed Salome of Renayyad (in modern Elmet) Their son was:
Alexander Jannallyn
Xiilia Alexandra
Aristobulus II
Ircanus
Ircanus II
Ircanus was the last independent king. The Sinercian Empire made war with the Locrysians at this time, and his descendents were made client kings.
Ircanus Minor
Ircanus Raymond
Caradoc
Savarion
Savarion was thrown from the Tower of Ondres, and the people rebelled against The House of Mattharyl, finding it tainted. Many gave their allegiances to Chyr, the newly established line of Old Rheged, or one of the northern kings. This began a sixty years war between the Sincercians and the Royan. Soliane of the Rootless Isle, and the Mage Canyadarn appointed a new, rebel king, Vaharys, who reigned at Ondres, only sometimes, but spent much of his reign and the reign of his descendents, in hiding.
Vaharys
Victorion
Ceddlemel
Ceddlemel died at the Battle of Southmagan (Southboro), declared the last King of Locrys. Locrys was then made a archprovince with a governorship. A long war was fought with the Western Royans, though their land was never taken. Magic was outlawed and Locrys and the North separated from the West and the Rootless Isle. After a century, in the first full year of the reign of the Emperor Timon, the Sincercians appointed a Royan King, re establishing, in a way, The Kingdom. Here is the final line of the Kings of Locrys.
Brutus 171- 205
Troy 205-247
Trifinius 247-255
Rufus Clarent 255-278
Taharion 278-311
Ermen 311-326
Sassamel 326
Avandel 326-329
Ahorav 329
Ravanar 329-357
Cletus 357-391
Sylvester 391-412
Indarion 412-414
Ostragant 414-421
Terramar 421-426
Cellidor the Queen 426-430
Embassion 430
430- Chryon House of Locrys, House Amellus established in Armor
470- Amlodian Sendar 470-502- first of House Chryon, declared King of All Locrys and High King of the Royan of the North
Amellus Caradoc 502-518
Constantine Oss 518-535 (killed)
Embry Caddan(535) 551-560
Avred Yuther 560-571
Interregnum
Avred Oss 586-620?- last King of all Locrys and the North. Dies at the Battle of Cadarn at the hands of his nephew, Lot. His bastard son, Ardrade, comes to rule in Locrys after him, though what they control is really modern Westrial. Avred Oss’s grandson, counted as the last king of Locrys, is the father-in-law of Eoga first king of Westrial and the father of Princess Syarr its first Queen.
THE KINGS OF RHEGED, ELMET AND OSSARIAND
After much war, Great Cambria is established by the son in law of Avred Oss, Berlan, and the Princess Fayn. They are declared High King and High Queen over the territories of Eboracum, North Cambria, and the Reaches of Elmet and Rheged.
Berlan 620-641
Costanin 641-652
Arthur 652-678
Theral 678-681
Shavayn 681
Elric 681-699
King Elric, the last of the Royan Kings of Greater Cambria. (d.699)
Because the southerners establish their High Kingdom around the same time the Hale arrive, the exact beginning of Hale and end of Greater Cambria is hard to say. Elric removes his capital to Dynas Madden
Deoric (Elric’s younger brother and heir) - who fought The War of Wall whereby the Kingdom of Elmet was instituted. (711)
Elric II- (730) son of Elric, exiles his uncle and cousins to the north, establishing himself as King of Rheged and Elmet.
Frithwale- the last King of North Cambria. His daughters married into Elmet, Rheged and Westrial and his senior daughter, Syllian, married Hussa of Norra Hail, that is the Northern Hales. (740)
750- Truce of Paradane: Elmet and Rheged are considered two distinct nations both with a claim on the new nation of Greater Hale.
THE KINGS OF RHEGED
Elric II (730) 750-771
Elric III 771-812
Avred 812-840
Amr 840-855
Idris I 855-872
Idris II 872-906
Lanallyn 906-935
Vanalyn 935-942
Chrysandos 942-968
Isomer 968-999
Budic 999-1027
Deodoric 1027-1045
Sessta 1045-1066
Nemiane 1066-1081
Viviane 1081-1103
Celeste 1103-1120
Valandos 1120-1150
Dewy 1150-1173
Kelvyn 1173-1187
Lindir 1187-1216
Hall 1216-1237
Victarion 1237-1265
Dyfed 1265-1300
Amnyn 1300-1336
Davyn 1336-1365
Saladic 1365-1398
Math 1398-1350
Math II 1350-1407
Yate 1407-1426
Yateholder 1426-1439
Devin 1439-1456
Cashiyl 1456-1480
Corodugan 1480-1504
Caramae 1504-1522
Coralind 1522-1538
Dessandae 1538-1570
Wenys 1570-1600
Verys 1600-1622
Valery 1622-1647
Valery II 1647-1677
Math III 1677-1704
Amr II 1704-1714
Idris III 1714-
GLOSS
The Age of Chaos- not the be confused with The Flood, a time often ill described, when the various peoples of the earth who, up until then, lived close together, split up due to warfare. According to the Book of Nations, many people were destroyed. It was at this time that Osse took his people to Ossar and they became the Royan.
Ankar- the western settlement of Royans who left Chyr and spread across Ossar. A millennium before the Imperium, it solidified into a massive high kingdom under the leadership of the Kingdom of Locrys at Ondres. This mighty union last five centuries and then began to devolve into five main kingdoms, but by the time of the Sinercians, had fallen so far, it was known at the Hundred Kingdoms, with Prince of Ondres and King of Locrys remaining only an honorific. In the time of the Sendics, Ankar was divided into the five kingdoms of Inglad, Westrial, Essail, Senach and Sussail.
The Ard- the Sinercian teacher regarded as an incarnation of Varayan whose main disciples became the White and the Black Monks. They brought his teachings to Ossar, but later other followers formed an institutional church (The Communion) with a highly hierarchical clergy (The White, Black and Brown Orders of Priests) which eventually came to dominate the south of Ossar as well as Daumany and Armor.
Armor- the land across the Solahn Sea, east of Solahn, west of Daumany and north of Ferrar, Eshaan and Marandé, a holdover of the old Sinercian Imperium.
The Book of the Blessed- the last of the holy books of the Royan, commited to memory until around seven centuries ago, in some ways associated with the end of this present world and the beginning of another.
The Book of Oloreth- a love poem, and the most ancient of the Royan poems dating, in fact, from the ancient land of Atlé, from which Osse and the first Royan came.
Creation- it is widely held that the Earth was created several times, and twice before destroyed. Only by divine and magical means did some survive the destruction and was the world remade. The last destruction of the world is said to have been only thirty-five hundred years ago, and this current world is believed by not only Royans, but many peoples, to be the Third Creation, held together by magic. It is said that there will not be another one.
Chyr- the kingdom that shares the Cambrian Peninsula with Armet and Rheged, known for generally having women rulers, who are often schooled on the Rootless Isle. Its current queen is Ermengild IV.
Daumany- the kingdom east of Armor which was taken over by the Dauman, a group of Dayne who intermarried with the native population around four hundred years ago. Their current king is Willem (William) and by an old marriage they are now linked with the House of Armor.
Dayne- the peninsula to the northeast of Ossar, icebound at its northern region from which the Hale, the Ayl, the Daumans and many other groups come. Though it seems at one point in time Dayne was the name of one of the many tribes of the peninsula, in time it came to be known as the entire land. Less than three centuries ago the Ragnarsson family began the union of Dayne and in 1108 most of the peninsula became the Kingdom of Dayne.
The Flood- according to the Song of Oloreth, the mighty flood which destroyed the Old World and brought an end to the Age of Heroes. The whole landmass of Atlé sank beneath the sea in this destruction, but most of their direct descendants settled on Solea and then later the contient of Ossar becoming the Royan.
Hale- the nation north of Inglad that takes up the Trunk of Ossar, also the people for whom the nation is named. At one point in time it included the northernmost country of the Sendics, North Hale.
Locrys- the high kingdom roughly approximating modern Westrial which, descended from the House of Chyr and the House of Enro, ruled over the once might kingdom of Ankar. After the fall of Ankar, Locrys maintained its unity and its name conjured respect so that even now, the Kings of Westrial, Rheged and Elmet all count themselves heirs to Locrys. The ruling city of of Locrys, was Ondres, south of Kingsboro on the River Westyl, then called Astyl.
Marnen- along with the Thads of Thadden Ro, are the herding people whose home is in central Chyr. They are known for the great circuit they make through Chyr, the Sendic kingdoms and Solahn which takes around two and a half years. Famously, though they are brown and black and resemble (and have surely intermarried with) Royans, their origin is unknown save that the Thad and Marnen are related to each other. They seem to have appeared shortly after the end of the Second Creation, though there is no agreement as to their prior history.
The New Faith- (also called The Communion) the religion born from the teachings of the Ard. It is new in comparison to the religions it replaced or incorporated, but has dominated Westrial for eight hundred years. Also called The Kirk, also called The Assembly and/or The Assemblies.
North Hale- see Hale.
The Book of Oloreth- a love poem, and the most ancient of the Royan poems dating, in fact, from the ancient land of Hur from which Osse and the first Royan came.
Oloreth- the great Hero of the Song of Oloreth who lived after the age of Heroes on the island of Solea. He was the son (or grandson) of the hero Enkial, and his song records the love for his best friend, Nardil, their adventures, and the history of the Osse, the ancestors of the Royan.
Osse- Father of the Royan (the Ossar), who was accompanied by the sorcerer Akkrebeth, then called Tismarion, on his flight from Atlé.
Ossar- the landmass incorporating the Royan kingdoms, the Sendic kingdoms, and Solahn, named for Osse, the legendary father of the Royans.
Remulans (Sincercians)- are a people combined of two (or three) races, the Remulans of the Isle of Cyra, the Achaens who are identified as Sinercians because they and the Rufanians came together in the Sinercian Peninsula to make the City States from which sprang the empire. The people of Armor and Sussail are in part descended from them as are many old families in Westrial and Rheged. Their first king was the legendary Remus and their capital was Remane. The modern calendar marks itself from the beginning of their empire seventeen centuries ago. The Imperium began in the Merid Sea, Southeast of Ossar, and incorporated the whole of that sea and its coastlands and extended into modern Ossar, Solahn, Daumany and Armor, holding power for nearly five hundred years. They subsumed the many small kingdoms Locrys had devolved into, but were unable to take Chyr and the more ancient and powerful Royan lands of Cambria, so ended up making a peace with them. The Sinercians and Remulans, before the days of the empire, had already populated the land of Solahn and mixed with the native population founding a royal house, and many people from Solahn and from the chief Remulan isle of Cyra would colonize what would become the Kingdom of Armor after the Devolution of the Imperium around the late 400’s. Other lands born from the the empire lie on the southern mainland and are Borgund, Allataye, Sephara and the Sinercian City States themselves from which the Ard came and where the New Faith was founded.
When the Sinercian Imperium began to fold, though most of Ossar was left to its own devices, the southern part of it was still heavily populated by Armorians and Remulans, thus Sussail, though a Sendic Kingdom, is often thought of as more Armorian in culture, and the people of Southern Westrial are very often of Sinercian, Armorian, or Solahni stock, being olive or copper complexioned, dark or grey eyed and dark of hair. and are related to the Royan who ruled much of the western world including Ossar for millennia before the Empire and continue to do so to this day. Matteo Vallarti and Quinton Allaveros are both Remulan in descent.
Rheged- Kingdom north of Chyr and east of Inglad, Hale and Westrial. It was, of old, a Royan territory part of the High Land of Locrys but, after the arrival of the Hale, a retreat for many of the Royan who had then lived in Inland Ossar. After the Battle of Colden, the descendants of the Kingdom of Dera reestablished themselves at Rheged and Elmet. The Kings of Rheged consider themselves the heirs of Avred Oss, the legendary last great king of Ossar.
The Rootless Isle- the revolving island of enchantresses and enchanters south of Westrial, currently ruled by the Lady Nimerly, birthplace of Ohean Pennanyn.
Royan- the descendants of Osse who lived in Ossar long before the coming of the Sendics at least fifteen centuries before the Imperium. Their oldest lands were in the Western Sea, and the Royan share kinship with the people of the Far South and Chem as well as the Remulans. They now live chiefly in the west, though most people in the Ayl kingdoms and not some few in the Hale lands have Royan blood. Royans are known for being darker than Sendics and gifted with magic but being composed of three main peoples, they differ more from each other than do Sendics.
Sendic- the term the Royan use for the Domans, the Daumans, the Hale and the Ayl collectively. As mercenaries and then later raiders they came from the northlands over a thousand years ago and now inhabit the East Country and the North Country. The lands of the Hale and the Ayl are referred to as Sussany or Sussainy.
Westrial- the kingdom founded by Eoga the Sendic when he wed himself to the last Princess of Ankar. It is considered the hub of all the kingdoms of old Locrys, and the Kings of Westrial were, until the time of Edmund the Atheling, considered first among equals of the Ayl in the South.
Zahem- a primarily desert territory southwest of Westrial over the Siral Mountains, north of Solahn. It is primarily dominated by the ethno-religious group who follow the teachings of Joses Zahem.
[1] Freawine was Fridgar’s younger brother who took for himself what is now Sussail, contesting and eventually succeeding his brother.
[2] There was a two year interregnum before Duncan solidified his power in the old Remulan city of Ondres
[3] Known as Cerdic the Great, married a princess of the Sanach Sendics, binding himself to those people and solidifying his reign.
[4] Athelstan marries the Royan princess Elhane beginning the policy of mixing his line with the old lines of the Royan instead of fighting or ignoring him. He also creates the double kingship, crowning his heir in his lifetime so that his son, Cealwin, already crowned, simply takes over at his death, throne uncontested. To religious history is also the first king crowned with the traditional rite by the Archbishops.
[5] Anthal marries Princess Ynark of Rheged creating a policy of joining his house not only to the old Royan families of the Midlands, but to the great royal houses of the West Country. Anthal, sometimes called The Great, moves his capital ot Kingsboro, sometimes called Caelboro or Caelbara.
[6] Cynegils is the king who brings the Black Monks into Westrial at the request of his Rheged bride, Taharma.
[7] Cwichelm is the last king of pan Westrial, the lands which include, Senach, Essail and Westrial. Under his son, the northern Sendics secede, wanting less mixing with the Royan and to keep the old religion. They also wish to ally themselves with the newly arrived Hale. They fight for fifteen years, and in the end, at the Compact of Londres agree to be ruled by Cwichelm’s nephew, EOSA, the grandson of Cynegils, thus the House of Harthesk (Son of Eoga) is born, ruling Essail and what will be Senach.
[8] Gillem, the last king of House Eoga, dies without issue, but has familiar ties to the House of Senach, and the Dauman royal line, thus initiated the Doman Conquest.
[9] He marries a princess of Essail to strengthen one claim and marries his daughter to the king of the newly formed kingdom of Senach. He reigns fifty-five years.
[10] Sigebercht dies at a very old age leaving the throne to his nine year old grandson Cynewulf. Cynewulf, extremely unable, is deposed by his first cousin, Sion who becomes Beorthic, founding The House of Endic.
[11] Comes to the throne as an infant and is eventually found to bed mad. His cousin rules first as regent, and then kills him, marries his widow and takes the throne. Eventually he attempts to kill her children by him to see his heirs inherit.
[12] Harold’s nephew murders him and marries Egbert’s daughter, Ethane, continuing a civil war which. Edward is killed at the Battle of Cosro while fighting against his brother Tosta and the Essail allies. There is a time when there is no king in Westrial until the widowed Prince Ethane, daughter of Queen Ethane and King Edward agrees to marry the war leader Aethelwulf, a member of House Hale and a descendant of
[13] Aethelyn means The Pure and Royal House. Aethelwulf marries Princess Ethane the Second and as the daughter of a king she and her heirs have a right to the throne of Kingsboro, but that king was a traitor. It is the lines of Aethewulf’s father, Aethelgetta, who is descended from the Kings of Westrial through the House of Hale and the House of Essail that are Aethelwulf’s one claim. His other claim is through his mother, Vetetegia, who is a princess of Elmet on one side and descended from the princes of the Old Westlands on the other.
Oswulf weds Princess Morwenna daughter of Aldfrid the Confessor and is acknowledged by the seven kingdoms as the first King of North Hale until his death 1382
