Jul 17, 2026 8:28 pm
You are squires on the verge of knighthood, scions of a line of vassal knights of Salisbury who have served that noble house long and well. The pivotal event of your childhoods was the Battle of St. Albans in 495, a great victory over the Saxon invaders that turned disastrous after
King Uther Pendragon of Logres and most of his barons (including Count Roderick of Salisbury) were poisoned in the subsequent victory
feast, plunging the kingdom into an Anarchy that continues to this day.
For the past 13 years, Salisbury has been plagued by raids and would-be usurpers—most notably from the neighboring Kingdom of Wessex,
ruled by Cerdic, the half-Cymric son of the tyrant King Vortigern, but also from neighboring Cymric counties such as Silchester. The old count’s widow Countess Ellen, with the assistance of her council of knights, has managed to guide Salisbury through the worst of all these challenges. Through this time, she acted as regent to her son, Robert, a lad a few years younger than yourselves and heir to the title of Count Salisbury.
You began your squire training at the age of 14, just in time to ride with the knights and other squires of the county in aid of good King Nanteleod of Escavalon in his fight against the Saxons. You followed your knights to the Battles of Levcomagus, Royston, and Hereford against the Saxons in 505, where King Nanteleod brought you victory, and in 506 you helped push King Idres of Cornwall out of Summerland.
Meanwhile, a marvel sits in the courtyard of St. Paul’s Cathedral in Londinium: A sword transfixing a solid iron anvil set atop a stone, which appeared as if from nowhere a year after the St. Albans massacre. It is said that an inscription on the stone declares the first person to pull the sword free is by right King of Britain.
A few have reportedly tried, but it does not budge. Now, over a decade later, it sits largely forgotten and neglected. Is this some strange trick of that old wizard Merlin? Will King Nanteleod be the one to pull the sword free at last? Who can say…
This one shot introduces new players to Pendragon. You will roll up new squires soon to be knighted.
Daily posting expected.
Express your interest below.
King Uther Pendragon of Logres and most of his barons (including Count Roderick of Salisbury) were poisoned in the subsequent victory
feast, plunging the kingdom into an Anarchy that continues to this day.
For the past 13 years, Salisbury has been plagued by raids and would-be usurpers—most notably from the neighboring Kingdom of Wessex,
ruled by Cerdic, the half-Cymric son of the tyrant King Vortigern, but also from neighboring Cymric counties such as Silchester. The old count’s widow Countess Ellen, with the assistance of her council of knights, has managed to guide Salisbury through the worst of all these challenges. Through this time, she acted as regent to her son, Robert, a lad a few years younger than yourselves and heir to the title of Count Salisbury.
You began your squire training at the age of 14, just in time to ride with the knights and other squires of the county in aid of good King Nanteleod of Escavalon in his fight against the Saxons. You followed your knights to the Battles of Levcomagus, Royston, and Hereford against the Saxons in 505, where King Nanteleod brought you victory, and in 506 you helped push King Idres of Cornwall out of Summerland.
Meanwhile, a marvel sits in the courtyard of St. Paul’s Cathedral in Londinium: A sword transfixing a solid iron anvil set atop a stone, which appeared as if from nowhere a year after the St. Albans massacre. It is said that an inscription on the stone declares the first person to pull the sword free is by right King of Britain.
A few have reportedly tried, but it does not budge. Now, over a decade later, it sits largely forgotten and neglected. Is this some strange trick of that old wizard Merlin? Will King Nanteleod be the one to pull the sword free at last? Who can say…
This one shot introduces new players to Pendragon. You will roll up new squires soon to be knighted.
Daily posting expected.
Express your interest below.
