Timeline

Master timeline. Each bullet should link back to the session note that established it.

480

• The young squires of Salisbury are assembled under Count Roderick of Salisbury and ride patrol along the King’s Road near Woodhouse. (Source: Session 000 - The Young Squires of Salisbury)
• A wagon massacre near Woodhouse prompts a warning to Vagon: “Wolves are about.” The investigating knights fail to return by dawn. (Source: Session 001 - Wolves Are About)
• On the road to Vagon, the squires pass Unknown name - Burning Village-engulfed in flames and empty of people. (Source: Session 001 - Wolves Are About)
• The squires slip out of Vagon, retrace their knights’ trail toward Woodhouse and into the Forest of Gloom, and battle Cambrian Hillmen; Gregory dies after a heroic strike. (Source: Session 002 - Wolves, Hillmen, and the Ogre’s Trail)
• A cannibal camp and enormous footprints reveal an Ogre (Forest of Gloom) feeding in the forest; the knights’ deaths are confirmed by recovered gear. (Source: Session 002 - Wolves, Hillmen, and the Ogre’s Trail)
• Wider news reaches Salisbury: Irish Invaders invade Britain led by Vortigern’s son. (Source: Session 002 - Wolves, Hillmen, and the Ogre’s Trail)
• After a year’s recovery, Salisbury’s squires reorganize under Sir Jerem and travel to Silchester Castle to discreetly evaluate Lady Ellen of Winchbank as a marriage match for Count Roderick of Salisbury. (Source: Session 003 - The Empty Castle and the Forest Ambush)
• Silchester Castle is found nearly empty; the duke has marched south with levies due to Saxon activity near Hampshire. (Source: Session 003 - The Empty Castle and the Forest Ambush)
• A mysterious figure, The Woman in White (Silchester), enters the castle and is treated with deference by guards; rumors connect such figures to the Ladies of the Lake (rumor). (Source: Session 003 - The Empty Castle and the Forest Ambush)
• On the road east toward Winchbank, the delegation is ambushed in Purdue Forest by Saxon Warriors (Purdue Forest). (Source: Session 003 - The Empty Castle and the Forest Ambush)
• The delegation reaches Winchbank Castle; Lady Rachel of Carbonog stabilizes Assterius with unorthodox healing. (Source: Session 004 - The Lady’s Secret and the Feast at Winchbank)
• The squires learn more of Lady Ellen of Winchbank’s reputation (generous, but unconventional) and discover she secretly jousts in disguise. (Source: Session 004 - The Lady’s Secret and the Feast at Winchbank)
• At a Winchbank feast, Sir Blaine’s “gift” becomes a Fairy Dragon (Winchbank) attack; Sir Jerem kills it after the squires restrain it. (Source: Session 005 - The Fairy Dragon and the Ogre’s Return)
• Sir Blaine claims the egg came from Lady Niev (woman in white). The baron dismisses Silchester knights. (Source: Session 005 - The Fairy Dragon and the Ogre’s Return)
• The squires perform an appeasement burial with offerings (including a cow sacrifice and Liam’s silver dagger). (Source: Session 005 - The Fairy Dragon and the Ogre’s Return)
• Irish forces under Vortigern’s heir march on Salisbury; the Baron of Winchbank seeks knighthood to ride to war. (Source: Session 005 - The Fairy Dragon and the Ogre’s Return)
• Near Figsbury, an Irish force (kerns + warriors) is sighted with a towering ogre; Noah is killed in the opening clash. (Source: Session 005 - The Fairy Dragon and the Ogre’s Return)

481

• The Irish siege of Sarum is engaged by the High King’s relief host near Downton. The squires recover the Shield of St. Crispin and fight in Millicent’s conroi. (Source: Session 006 - The Shield of St. Crispin and the Fall of the Wyvern)
• A Wyvern (Downton) seizes and drops the Aurelius. Pedivere rescues him; Beon kills the wyvern; Pascent retreats. (Source: Session 006 - The Shield of St. Crispin and the Fall of the Wyvern)
• The Shield of St. Crispin is returned at Downton; an angel reclaims it. The squires are knighted by the High King and appointed household knights. (Source: Session 007 - The Vigil and the Knights of the High King)
• The Baron of Winchbank is confirmed dead; the High King takes wardship of Lady Ellen of Winchbank. (Source: Session 007 - The Vigil and the Knights of the High King)
• Court assigns three missions (Lindsey coordination, Rosalyn investigation, wyvern hunt). The knights defeat Eosa “the Giant” Horsason and accept ransom; later they discover a faerie rabbit-road and winter at Caer Bannog amid rumors of the Wyvern of Idris. (Source: Session 008 - The Giant King of Deira and the Fairy Road)
• High King Aurelius is betrayed and killed; Uther Pendragon musters at Leicester and destroys Bedegraine. Assterius later vanishes; the knights investigate Lady Llylla (Shisha) and Uther prepares a Summerland invasion. (Source: Session 009 - The Death of Aurelius and the Fall of Bedegraine)

482

• The knights are ordered from Sarum to compel oaths at Wells, find the town deserted, and uncover a forced-muster incident. Horses vanish into the marsh; they slay a Cu‑Sith (Wells) and an Ogre (Wells Marsh), and discover a passage pointing toward Glastonbury / Tor of Glastonbury (Ynys Wydrin). (Source: Session 010 - The Silent Town of Wells and the Ogre of the Marsh)
• In the hidden passage complex near Glastonbury, the knights kill a goat-eyed hag and a druid, fight through ambushers and red cultists, free Merlin, capture a red sorceress, and meet undead knights. Liam bargains with the Lady of the Well for fame and takes a chest of rubies. (Source: Session 011 - The Hag of the Passage and the Lady of the Well)
• Dunkerton is burned; a giant slaughters Caradoc’s conroi; Sir Geraint survives. The red sorceress escapes by swapping places with Brother Maynard; Uther signs peace with Cadwy (Count of Somerset) and promises Lady Ellen to Count Roderick. (Source: Session 012 - The Burning of Dunkerton and the Peace of Summerland)

483

• Winter: an assassin targets Count Roderick; Millicent is grievously wounded. Spring: the conroi retrieves Lady Ellen from Londinium and fights false-flag ambushers (Deiran shields overpainted) and an ogre on the road. (Source: Session 013 - The Assassin’s Winter and the Escort of Lady Ellen)
• Easter Court at Sarum: Lucius (age 4) is knighted and made Duke of Saxon Shore; Assterius decapitates Sir Marius of Caerwent in a duel. (Source: Session 014 - Easter Court at Sarum and the Duel of Sir Marius)

484

• York falls to Saxons; Malahaut appeals to Uther; Madoc joins the conroi. On the road north, the company is ambushed in Sherwood (Ælflaed + huscarls); Millicent is nearly killed and Drimant intervenes; Lincoln is found under siege by Angles. (Source: Session 015 - The Road to York and the Ambush in Sherwood)
• Parley at York: Eosa hires the knights to investigate Wilderspool; Brodin rides south to confront Uther. On the road east, the knights find thirteen hanging knights and kill a brain-eating hag; three infants are discovered afterward. (Source: Session 016 - The Centurion-King, the Well of Wilderspool, and the Hag of the Dead)
• The company reaches Wilderspool with three brain-fed infants; serpent-marked surgeons take custody of Ælflaed, Madoc, and the infants. (Source: Session 017 - The Wyrd Pool of Wilderspool)
• Ælflaed, Madoc, Drimant, and the squires vanish overnight; the trail leads northwest toward the taboo-ridden Wyrd Pool. (Source: Session 017 - The Wyrd Pool of Wilderspool)
• Defying the Wyrd Pool’s purification taboo kills the company’s horses beyond the boundary. (Source: Session 017 - The Wyrd Pool of Wilderspool)
• At the Wyrd Pool summit, a red-haired priestess cuts Madoc’s throat and casts him into the pool; a serpent-woman rises as the company attacks to free the captives. (Source: Session 017 - The Wyrd Pool of Wilderspool)
• Millicent beheads the red-haired priestess; the serpent creature is slain (final blow from Maewyn Succat’s staff). Madoc and Ælflaed survive but remain dazed, and Liam wanders into the forest in madness. (Source: Session 017 - The Wyrd Pool of Wilderspool)
• The conroi returns to the Serpent Lodge in Wilderspool; serpent-healers transform and a new serpent-goddess manifestation is slain (final blow by Maewyn Succat). Ælflaed dies in the battle. (Source: Session 018 - The Serpent Lodge and the Fall of Ælflaed)
• The squires are found murdered and skinned on tanning racks in the lodge. (Source: Session 018 - The Serpent Lodge and the Fall of Ælflaed)
• The conroi races south to the City of the Legions; Sir Madoc is saved by chirurgeons; the conroi winters there. (Source: Session 018 - The Serpent Lodge and the Fall of Ælflaed)
• Word arrives: Uther Pendragon’s army is ambushed and decisively defeated by Octa and Eosa. (Source: Session 018 - The Serpent Lodge and the Fall of Ælflaed)

485–486

• After wintering in the City of the Legions, the conroi returns to Wilderspool to locate the true well with the Latin inscription; they identify a false lead (“Constantine Rex” stones) and then find the ancient inscriptioned well: Qui non dat quod habet, Dæmon infra vide. (Source: Session 019 - The Well of Bargains and the Demon Princess)
• The conroi offers Ælflaed’s preserved body and other sacrifices into the well; it answers with eerie silence. (Source: Session 019 - The Well of Bargains and the Demon Princess)
• In York, a false Ælflaed appears (a revenant/demonic impostor). The conroi slays it; Sir Geraint lands the decisive blow with King Eosa’s golden axe. (Source: Session 019 - The Well of Bargains and the Demon Princess)
• Sir Madoc’s disappearance is revealed as a February kidnapping involving a man described as “Bruce.” (Source: Session 019 - The Well of Bargains and the Demon Princess)
• Count Roderick reveals Excalibur is broken into three pieces; Merlin is missing; the conroi is bid to find Merlin and/or restore the sword. (Source: Session 019 - The Well of Bargains and the Demon Princess)

487

• Uther reorganizes after the northern defeat: he marches east toward Londinium, while Sir Madoc is sent west to Escavalon (Caerleon) to fight Saxons. (Source: Session 019 - The Well of Bargains and the Demon Princess)
• The Saxons retreat on every front; the King of Deira is said to have gone mad; the Angles abandon/desolate Linden after looting. (Source: Session 020 - The Road Beneath the World)
• The conroi refuses Uther Pendragon’s royal progress and earns +10 Contempt. (Source: Session 020 - The Road Beneath the World)
• Seeking Merlin and a path to restore Excalibur, the conroi consults Assterius’ father at Pitum and returns to Wells to seek the Ladies of the Lake. (Source: Session 020 - The Road Beneath the World)
• Lady Wells is revealed as a Lady of the Lake and confirms Merlin has crossed over (not in this world). (Source: Session 020 - The Road Beneath the World)
• The conroi enters the Otherworld via the Frome Stones cave with Guido (The Guide), endures dreams/visions, survives an abyss descent and a hobgoblin fight, and opens an iron door labeled “Exit.” (Source: Session 020 - The Road Beneath the World)
• The conroi emerges into Maybe future city (London?) and begins searching for a church with a golden angel. (Source: Session 020 - The Road Beneath the World)
• The conroi confirms the Otherworld “glass city” is Cardiff while pursuing the golden-angel lead. (Source: Session 021 - The Glass City and the Man in Vitriol)
• Merlin is found preserved in vitriol in a museum exhibit; he is dead in this future and slated for dissection. (Source: Session 021 - The Glass City and the Man in Vitriol)
• Excalibur is repaired by Elf Smith of Pengam Green. (Source: Session 021 - The Glass City and the Man in Vitriol)
• On the return below, the conroi slays a many-handed abomination that becomes Guido (The Guide). (Source: Session 021 - The Glass City and the Man in Vitriol)
• The conroi emerges near Caerleon; squires insist only ~7–7.5 hours have passed since descent, suggesting time distortion. (Source: Session 022 - The Mine of Blood and the Dragon’s Vigil)
• In the Caerwent copper mine, the conroi fights green slingers whose spiked shots spawn more creatures when they draw blood; the creatures’ blood is discovered to heal and some is collected. (Source: Session 022 - The Mine of Blood and the Dragon’s Vigil)
• Merlin is found encased in crystal in the mine, guarded by a dragon; the conroi retreats without engaging. (Source: Session 022 - The Mine of Blood and the Dragon’s Vigil)

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Entry format (recommended)

• [In-game date / season if known] - Event summary. (Source: Session 000 - Template)