Sussex

Culture/Religion: Cymric/British Christian Sussex is liberated by King Arthur and handed over to vassals. Its peasantry keep to themselves, and pay their taxes each year with much muttering. It is a backward county, famous only for the quantity of alcohol imbibed there. It provides some Saxon knights in the post-Conquest period. Places Castle Bodiam, on an island in the Romney Marsh, is one of the finest castles in Britain. Magouns [Arundel] is a city and small castle. Pevensey is the earl's seat, and includes a medium sized castle which is built into the corner of the ruins of a Roman army camp. The Long Man is an ancient figure, 203 feet tall, which is cut into the topsoil to reveal the chalk below. Rulers 518-553 Ruler: Earl Celyn ap Caw Vassal of: Arthur Pendragon 553-564 Ruler: Earl Cilydd Vassal of: Arthur Pendragon 564+ Ruler: King Aethelgar Vassal of: no one