The Book of the Broken

By Chris Lewis Gibson

22 Dec 2022

Before we come to our last few chapters, a little bit of background... (glossary)

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The Kings of Westrial

Glossary

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 Armet 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

(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.

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

[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.

[14] 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

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