Liam

Quick facts

• Description: A prudent, dutiful knight known for supporting his conroi and tracking vital equipment and supplies.

Timeline

• (485–486) — Sacrifices his druidic spear into the Wilderspool true well; later pursues the maddened Geraint into the forest after the demon is slain and attempts to calm him. (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) — Wounds a Saxon in the Purdue Forest ambush after calling on his honor. (Source: Session 003 - The Empty Castle and the Forest Ambush)
• (480) — Jousts at Winchbank after provoking a challenge; is eventually knocked from his horse (opponent later revealed as Lady Ellen in disguise). (Source: Session 004 - The Lady’s Secret and the Feast at Winchbank)
• (480) — Buries his silver dagger (a gift from Ellen) as part of an offering to appease the fair folk after the fairy dragon’s death. (Source: Session 005 - The Fairy Dragon and the Ogre’s Return)
• (481) — Receives the Shield of St. Crispin from Drustin; attempts to lift the High King onto a horse during the wyvern crisis; the shield saves him from certain death. (Source: Session 006 - The Shield of St. Crispin and the Fall of the Wyvern)
• (482) — Bargains with the Lady of the Well for fame and success and takes a chest of rubies, owing a future return. (Source: Session 011 - The Hag of the Passage and the Lady of the Well)
• (482) — Furious Uther has not paid King Eosa’s ransom; additionally, by law the king is entitled to one-third of Liam’s rubies. (Source: Session 012 - The Burning of Dunkerton and the Peace of Summerland).
• (482) — Demands his horse back from the Children of Shepton; one child replies: “But sir, he led me here.” (Source: Session 012 - The Burning of Dunkerton and the Peace of Summerland; see also Session 012 — Player Synopsis — Dunkerton).
• (482) — Is left near death in the wolf ambush on the Tisbury deer‑path shortcut and survives via Millicent’s treatment. (Source: Session 012 - The Burning of Dunkerton and the Peace of Summerland; see also Session 012 — Player Synopsis — Dunkerton).
• (483) — Shows generosity to a young knight who lost his liege, giving him £1 and supplies. (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, wounds the ogre; later retrieves his shield from Ellen (“at least we’ll always have the ogre!”). (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, attempts to court Lady Dilwen (rebuffed) and later speaks with Ellen about the ogre fight, sensing she may be forced into something against her will. (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 during the “holing” incident (later found in the 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) — Tells Drimant about the Lady-of-the-Well bargain; Drimant warns it may be demonic and the rubies should be returned. (Source: Session 015 - The Road to York and the Ambush in Sherwood; see also Session 015 — Player Synopsis — York Road and Sherwood Ambush).
• (484) — Fights in the Hag of the Dead clearing near Wilderspool as the conroi closes in (alongside Millicent and Assterius). (Source: Session 016 - The Centurion-King, the Well of Wilderspool, and the Hag of the Dead).
• (484) — At Madam Eva’s cart near Wilderspool, receives a reading: he possesses no lifeline. (Source: Session 017 - The Wyrd Pool of Wilderspool)
• (484) — After the Wyrd Pool battle, suffers a grave break of spirit and wanders into the forest in madness. (Source: Session 017 - The Wyrd Pool of Wilderspool)

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• 490: Rides with Uther to cover for the questers, buys Rabbit, lends Clover to Drustin, grows miserable at the Exeter siege, and ends at the siege ladders. (Source: Session 033 - The Crown Quest, the Siege of Exeter, and the Giant Erge)

• 490: Spares a child soldier during the Exeter assault, is badly wounded but survives, and quietly delays Uther’s march toward Tintagel. (Source: Session 034 - Erge, Exeter, and the Hounds of Hecate)

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• Liam

• (487) — Presents the party’s sword in the dragon chamber, where it glows blue; badly wounded in the fight; his cursed rubies are used as collateral for Saint Brigid’s Flying Cauldron and later recovered. (Source: Session 023 - The Dragon Beneath the Mine)

• (487) — Receives Damsel Diana’s warning from Lady Wells, tells Count Roderick of Salisbury the party’s sword is not Excalibur, and consults Lady Wells about the encroaching forest. (Source: Session 024 - The Feast at Sarum and the Forest’s Warning)

• (488) — Leads “Team White” at Calais; befriends quartermaster Marius Gallus at Caen for javelins. (Source: Session 025 - The Feast at Caen and the Battle of Calais)

• (488) — Helps clear the countryside around Calais, deduces the Wildenburg threat is werewolves, suggests silvered spears, and kills a wolf and a werewolf in the Wildenwald. (Source: Session 026 - The Wolves of Wildenburg)

• (488) — Solves the riddle of chivalry in the House of Constantine, chooses the Cup, uncovers the Holy Grail beneath the altar, and is cleansed of his cursed rubies after drinking from it. (Source: Session 027 - The House of Constantine and the Return to Wells)

• (488) — At the White Tower feast, learns Duke Edaris of the March needs aid against Saxon devastation and secures Roderick’s permission to assemble a relief force. (Source: Session 028 - The Easter Feast at the White Tower)

• (489) — Pursues Sir Madoc to Folkingham and Peterborough, is injured fighting Saxon guards, helps capture King Wihtlaeg of the Angles alive, and declines Duke Edaris’s banneret offer while crediting the whole company. (Source: Session 030 - The Angel’s Command and the Child King)

• (490) — At the Battle of Lincoln, unhorses a high-value enemy commander captured by his squire Gwinas, kills a small giant, and makes the decisive rescue that prevents Geraint and the fallen from being captured. (Source: Session 031 - The Battle of Lincoln and the Birth of Meredith)

• (490) — Prematurely pushes toward marriage with Damsel Diana, receives Roderick’s leave to court her, and accidentally worsens the Ygraine/Gorlois tension during Uther’s impropriety at Madoc’s funeral feast. (Source: Session 032 - Madoc’s Funeral and the Question of Britain’s Crown)

• 490: Fights at Tintagel with Uther’s army, is wounded, kills a peasant defender, is knocked down by a critical blow, and is rescued by Squire Gwinas. (Source: Session 035 - The Battle of Tintagel and the Brownies of Appleby)

• 490: Tracks signs from empty Exeter toward the east, sees no army at Glastonbury, spots the Duchess watching from the shadows, and is blocked from hearing the maidens’ hidden Merlin clue near Wells. (Source: Session 036 - The Sun-Water of Loch Lomond and the Road to Merlin)