General Summary
Cour de Pentecôte
Renaissance de Camelot
The site for the new city has been selected: it is Winchester, an ancient city of the Britons which has fallen in disrepair since the Saxons seized it. The king is going to ren.me it Camelot and move the court to there
Caer Gwent was a pre Roman city, called Winchester by the Saxons, and Venta Belgae in Latin. It has been mostly abandoned since the coming of the Saxons, and is generally quite run down.
Arthur sends an army of hired men to reconstruct the city and build his grand palace. He hires the best engineers to oversee the work.
Révolte en Anglie : la Bataille de Fort Guinnon
A revolt breaks out in Anglia, with Saxons killing many of the duke's men, and driving out the Cymric settlers with fire and steel. The duke reacts with severity, but is driven into his castles. When Arthur's army approaches, the Saxon rebels, commanded by Gorwin, withdraw and collect at the fortress of Guinnon.
Griflet spends three days negotiating with the Saxons and beating upon their fortress with siege equipment. Duke Hervis insists on leading an assault with his knights on the fourth day, and with great support of all types, he does. It is successful, and the city is mercilessly sacked by Hervis' men and the mercenaries.
The foot soldiers are especially exuberant at their riches, and express a great desire to plunder elsewhere.
Arthur is publicly dismayed at the wanton plundering of one of his own cities. Afterwards he declares that henceforth he will offer single chivalric combat to the besieged rather than risk such wholesale loss of innocent life. This marks the introduction of the "chivalric siege."
Du côté des héros
L'on dit que le Meilleur Vin au Monde se trouve en Gwaelod. Les PJ s'y rendent et, dès avant leur arrivée dans ce pays gagné sur la Mer d'Irlande, une fée malicieuse les prévient : la comtesse de Gwaelod est retenue prisonnière et si les PJ ne la libèrent pas, une terrible malédiction s'abattra sur eux. Arrivés en Gwaelod, ils se retrouvent pris au piège des différentes coutumes en usage ici : pour sauver cette comtesse qui se dit spoliée de ses droits, ils devront se soumettre au Concours du Vin de la Honte. Mais la libérant, ils violent les lois de l'hospitalité. Comme punition de la vanité des hommes et de la comtesse, le pays de Gwaelod sera englouti sous les flots.(cf. Savage Mountains, p. 63 : the Adventure of the Best Wine in the World)
