DXXX a.D. - incursion en Irlande
General Summary
La Cour de Pâques
A Carduel (Cambenet), en préparation de l'invasion de l'Irlande.
Invités d'honneur
Anguish de Leinster
Divers chefs de tribu irlandais
Absents de la Cour
Sire Lancelot
Nouveaux membres de la Table Ronde
Galeholt des Iles Longues
Ireland, the isle of savages, is the only part of the world that is not subject to the rule of Pax Arthur. This year we will bring to them our swords and spears, and show them the value of being our friends.
Conversations
A Carduel (Cambenet), en préparation de l'invasion de l'Irlande.
Invités d'honneur
Anguish de Leinster
Divers chefs de tribu irlandais
Absents de la Cour
Sire Lancelot
Nouveaux membres de la Table Ronde
Galeholt des Iles Longues
Ireland, the isle of savages, is the only part of the world that is not subject to the rule of Pax Arthur. This year we will bring to them our swords and spears, and show them the value of being our friends.
“Lancelot ran away again! What is wrong with that man? He is obsessed. I tell you, it isn’t healthy. I think he is unstable.”
“Well, I just think that he doesn’t like the attention that so many women force upon him. He is extremely shy, you know.”
“I bet he goes off to Ireland to fight. The king is going to go.”
“I like the Romance. It gives us women a chance to be someone. Not like the queen or something, or maybe so after all — queen of one man!”
“Well, good luck on finding your kingdom, honey. If that poetry satisfies the itch, let me know…”
Kay: “You think this Irish warlord is so great? He isn’t. If his father wasn’t of giant blood Galeholt would not be so strong. Nobody would care anything about him.”
Griflet: “We are going to invade Ireland now. With our own fleet and Galeholt’s, no one will even try to stop us. Those naked savages won’t have a chance.”
Gawaine: “Tragic news from Cornwall. King Mark’s champion killed the Irish champion, but was so wounded that surgeons left him adrift in a boat. The Irish Champion was Sir Marhaus. King Mark’s champion was some unknown newcomer.”
Les deux nains de Pellinore
One day, two dwarfs come to court bearing a note for Queen Guenever. The note is from King Pellinore’s wife, who begs the queen to accept the service of the dwarfs. She does so. No one is quite sure what two mute dwarfs will do, but they are assigned to Sir Kay, who puts them to work. They are just another fantastic feature of Arthur’s court.
Les deux bâtards d'Arthur
The two sons of King Arthur, all squires, arrive in town this year. One is his self-proclaimed son, Borre, who arrives early in the year and is quickly knighted, becoming the center of attention. He fights in Ireland and returns with his father to act the part of heir-apparent, even though he is never officially proclaimed.
Also before the battles in Ireland, another squire appears at court, but he does not announce his lineage. However, someone notices Loholt at his knighting ceremony, and he is quickly recognized as Arthur’s son as well. He too fights in Ireland.
Le défi du roi Jorans
A foreign king appears at court and challenges all knights to joust with him. He says his name is King Joran, and he comes from the Land Beyond the Mountains in order to test the skill of the knights of Arthur’s court. He jousts with, and defeats, everyone who rides against him.
Sir Gawaine goes last, and just as he is recovering from his fall, King Joran rides up to him and grapples him, lifts him, and rides away before anyone can act. Arthur is naturally distressed, but is forced by his planned invasion to perform other events.
La Guerre d'Irlande
King Anguish, who has many British friends already, is being attacked by the Irish High King. The Irish kings are in discord themselves about how to meet King Arthur in battle. They are already fighting among themselves. King Arthur sails to help his ally King Anguish, and his friend Sir Gerald of Striguil.
Automne, Logres : la Chasse Sauvage
As harvest approaches, all seems well. The crops look good, the weather is holding, the population prepares to turn out for the harvest. Abruptly, without any warning whatsoever, a terrible winds blows off the North Sea, howling with unearthly rage and bearing hail upon its biting winds. It is not a natural wind, but blows forth each night over a different part of the land. Experts and magicians are summoned to see what it is, and to stop it if they can.
It is the Wild Hunt of the Saxons! The magicians make spells and the priest makes prayers, but none of this works against the terrible wind.
Perhaps the only good news is that the storm is limited in the area it can ravage each night, so although the entire kingdom is visited it is not concentrated enough to destroy every piece of unharvested food.
Noël, Camelot : la Cour d'Arthur
Royal: A troublesome witch in Anglia has organized many to follow her, and sacrificed babies to send the Wild Hunt against the lands of Logres. The evil spirits and winds ravage the crops shortly before harvest time.
Salisbury: “Where is the Bishop? He is supposed to be protecting us from just this kind of ravage!”