498 Session 5 - Group 1

A Chronicle of the Year of the Pax Saxoni,

Four-hundred and Ninety-Eight

In which three Saxon crowns demand their dues, a pagan woman outsmarts a prince, five knights ride south to collect an overdue debt, and two old men by a fire ruin everyone's evening plans.

Session Summary

• Salisbury faces simultaneous tribute demands from Essex, Wessex and Sussex — the treasury is essentially hollow.
• The five knights cultivate border lords between Sussex and Wessex with grain and a horse, purchasing quiet intelligence for future seasons.
• Arianrhod parleys with Prince Cynric of Wessex and negotiates a full military alliance, dissolving Salisbury's tribute obligation entirely — fifty glory well earned.
• Sir Aur declines  ...