Winter 495

◆ A Londinium Event: you finally have a chance to return to Londinium after the death of King Uther and the other nobles. London is in upheaval and there is a power vacuum. Nobles and merchants alike are both positioning themselves to secure power and also nervous about the future to come.

• Both Duke Ulfius of Silchester and Duke Derfel of Lindsey are claiming Londinium for themselves. The council will have a role to play in deciding whose ancestral claims will prove true. Duke Ulfius has promised protection from the Saxons should the council rule in his favor and Duke Derfel has offered lands and titles to council members in Lindsey should they rule in his favor. Your vote could sway the decision one way or another. How do you vote?
• A miracle in London! A sword has appeared, stuck through an anvil and block of marble outside Saint Paul’s cathedral. It says that whoever pulls the sword out of the stone will be the next High King of Britain. Do you attempt to pull the sword?

◆ Your brother, Ulric, leaves to find his way in life and is gone for 3d6 years. He earns 100 Glory per year gone and then returns.
◆ Bishop Roland and his retinue visit your manor. Pay £1d2+1 from Treasury, check Spiritual, and gain Glory equal to that amount or check Worldly. Donate £1 to the church or check Selfish.
◆ Your uncle, Rhobert, dies after wounds sustained at the Battle of St. Albans .

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