Adventure: THE KINGS PROGRESS-490

After the victory, King Uther marches his army to walls of Malahaut’s chief city, Eburacum. The Centurion King is outside, with his army assembled, at ease, behind him. The two kings meet warmly, and Uther is invited into the city under the condition that his army does not pillage, plunder, or act in any way other than friends to Malahaut. A couple days later, the two kings, plus a formidable and appropriate escort, ride out to Catterick, a fortified city at the edge of Malahaut. They camp, hunt, and so on, and after a week and a half visitors arrive: Eurain, the king of Rheged; the Duke of Cambenet, who speaks on behalf of his liege King Uriens; and the King of Garloth, who has no idea whatsoever about the evil of his brother-in-law Player Hooks: Players might go ahead as the messengers to the northern lords. They might stand as guards to the king and stop some assassins. They might wander into the hills and find some other adventure to change the military pounding of the last few years. Uther shows Excalibur to the rulers during their interviews andthe player knights recite the story of the Adventure of Sword Lake. It is a beautiful sword, but to men in power it seems to have a mesmerizing effect much greater than its effect on a mere knight. *