Drustin

Quick facts

• Description: An energetic, eager young warrior who throws himself fully into the duties of service.

Timeline

• (485–486) — Hires Iorath as Sir Geraint’s squire; makes an offering at the Wilderspool true well; helps stabilize Geraint after the demon’s reveal. (Source: Session 019 - The Well of Bargains and the Demon Princess; Session 019 — Player Synopsis — Well of Bargains and Demon Princess)
• (480) — Introduced as a squire of Salisbury. (Source: Session 000 - The Young Squires of Salisbury)
• (480) — Splashed with fairy dragon blood at Winchbank; burned then transformed, his appearance dramatically improved. (Source: Session 005 - The Fairy Dragon and the Ogre’s Return)
• (481) — Claims the Shield of St. Crispin at Downton’s shrine; later passes it to Liam after his spear breaks. (Source: Session 006 - The Shield of St. Crispin and the Fall of the Wyvern)
• (482) — After Dunkerton, argues to abort Uther’s destructive mission (alongside Liam and Geraint). (Source: Session 012 - The Burning of Dunkerton and the Peace of Summerland; see also Session 012 — Player Synopsis — Dunkerton).
• (482) — Insists on a shortcut deer‑path toward Tisbury; the group is ambushed by wolves and Drustin is left near death before Millicent’s treatment gets them back to safety. (Source: Session 012 - The Burning of Dunkerton and the Peace of Summerland; see also Session 012 — Player Synopsis — Dunkerton).
• (483) — When Bruce probes about witch‑deals, refuses to betray Liam’s bargain. (Source: Session 013 - The Assassin’s Winter and the Escort of Lady Ellen; see also Session 013 — Player Synopsis — Assassin Winter and Ellen Escort).
• (483) — During the ogre ambush on the Ellen escort, shatters his spear on the ogre and helps disarm it; the conroi prevails with Ellen joining the fight. (Source: Session 013 - The Assassin’s Winter and the Escort of Lady Ellen; see also Session 013 — Player Synopsis — Assassin Winter and Ellen Escort).
• (483) — At Easter Court, gives alms, carefully speaks of Ellen when Roderick asks about passions, witnesses Lady Rhianneth force a kiss on Sir Madoc, and rejects Lady Triamors after counsel from Archbishop Dubricus. (Source: Session 014 - Easter Court at Sarum and the Duel of Sir Marius; see also Session 014 — Player Synopsis — Easter Court and Sir Marius Duel).
• (484) — Detained as a suspected Silchestrian spy while the company seeks dispositions; later found among prisoners in the “holing” pit. (Source: Session 015 - The Road to York and the Ambush in Sherwood; see also Session 015 — Player Synopsis — York Road and Sherwood Ambush).
• (484) — Loses his horse Brass to a trap during the hag clearing fight near Wilderspool. (Source: Session 016 - The Centurion-King, the Well of Wilderspool, and the Hag of the Dead; see also Session 016 — Player Synopsis — Wilderspool and Hag of the Dead).
• (484) — When the Hag of the Dead’s corpse resists burning, severs her head and buries it beneath a marked stone before entering Wilderspool. (Source: Session 017 - The Wyrd Pool of Wilderspool)
• (484) — Wakes in Wilderspool with strange marks on his neck (as if breathed upon in sleep) and later frees Ælflaed at the Wyrd Pool rite. (Source: Session 017 - The Wyrd Pool of Wilderspool)

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• 490: Borrows Clover, notices the Daughter of the Earl of Jagent, hunts venison for Uther, and volunteers the suspicion that prompts the immediate Exeter assault. (Source: Session 033 - The Crown Quest, the Siege of Exeter, and the Giant Erge)

• 490: In the assault on Exeter, becomes first onto the wall, fights from the ground, breaks the elite defenders, opens the gate, and is later blamed for the army’s wrong turn toward Tintagel. (Source: Session 034 - Erge, Exeter, and the Hounds of Hecate)

Lineage

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• Drustin

• (487) — Pushes the Merlin rescue and emerges strangely invigorated from the seven-day atonement before reclaiming the Shield of St. Crispin. (Source: Session 023 - The Dragon Beneath the Mine)

• (487) — At the Sarum feast, meets Ellen’s baby daughter and falls into misery: 100 Glory, -2 to all rolls for a year. (Source: Session 024 - The Feast at Sarum and the Forest’s Warning)

• (488) — Commands “Les Misérables” at Calais; his Lady Ellen rant inspires a decisive charge (+2 Hero Points). (Source: Session 025 - The Feast at Caen and the Battle of Calais)

• (488) — Helps train the XX Legion near Calais, then kills a werewolf at the Wildenburg Pagan Shrine but is bitten above the hauberk under a full moon. (Source: Session 026 - The Wolves of Wildenburg)

• (488) — In the House of Constantine trial, nearly fails through lust, vengeance, and weakness of devotion until Millicent sacrifices her own place so he can continue; at the end he chooses the Child. (Source: Session 027 - The House of Constantine and the Return to Wells)

• (488) — Breaks Sir Beefy’s arm in a feast contest, tells Merlin the truth about the sword, and is locked in an outhouse by companions before he can approach Lady Ellen of Winchbank again. (Source: Session 028 - The Easter Feast at the White Tower)

• (488–489) — Becomes lord of famine-struck Yarnbrook, receives £4 from Sir Geraint to feed families, entrusts the money to Lilwen, and fights the northern ogre near Lambor Castle after obeying Millicent’s withdrawal order. (Source: Session 029 - Madoc’s Penance, New Manors, and the March)

• (489) — Reaches Sir Madoc through shared understanding of despair, witnesses an angel catch him after a leap from Lambor Castle, escorts refugees safely into Salisbury with Lady Rosalyn, and begins courting her. (Source: Session 030 - The Angel’s Command and the Child King)

• (490) — Advances his courtship with Lady Rosalyn, but Duke Edaris of the March refuses to consider marriage unless Drustin becomes a banneret before Rosalyn finds another courtship. (Source: Session 032 - Madoc’s Funeral and the Question of Britain’s Crown)

• 490: Fights at Tintagel, is badly hit by mounted Cornish champions, falls melancholy during the peasant levy encounter, and is granted rest during the siege. (Source: Session 035 - The Battle of Tintagel and the Brownies of Appleby)

• 490: Is barred from Wells by maidens of the lake but proves enough devotion to Merlin/Merdwyl to learn the route to Merlin at the Standing Stones of Exmoor, with the warning not to wake him unless the realm depends on it. (Source: Session 036 - The Sun-Water of Loch Lomond and the Road to Merlin)