A Haunting at the Abbey

While Sir Bradwen and his allies searched far and wide for word of Lady Rhiannon, a letter arrived from his aunt, Sir Erin of Glastonburry Abbey, asking for assistance. The letter read:

To a knightly Nephew, your aunt a Sister of Galstonburry Abbey,   My dearest nephew, the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.   I want to assure you that you have my prayers in this trying time. Word of the kidnapping of your wife and the death of your sister have reached me, and they both fill me with sadness. I must also share more sad news with you ask you in your charity to see to prayers for my sister, your aunt Lady Catrin II. I have learned with sadness of her passing in childbirth this last winter. I need not tell you that her husband had died at the Infamous Feast and so her being with child is a matter of great scandal. I only pray she saw fit to confess to a priest before her death. We at Glastonburry are praying for her.   Yet it is not for either of these matters that I write you. I am afraid that I must ask your aid as a knight, and the aid of any other such men of noble arms as you might count friends. Vile men, knights who have forsaken all oaths, have beset us are are demanding the wealth of the monastery and our esteemed guests Queen Ygraine and Lady Morgan be given over to them.   They have gathered to their side Irish mercenaries. They have given us a week to comply and have said if we do not they will take the gold and more from us. We have begged King Cadwy for aid, but his men are busy fighting Irish raiders and scouting parties sent by King Idres of Cornwall. You are our last hope. Please come with the greatest haste, I beg of you.   I know my dear nephew of your love for Christ and family and that you will not hesitate to come to us in our time of need.   Your servant bids you farewell

In the name of Sir Bege of Wallingford, Lord of Shirburn, I declare the following demands for the end of our siege. The ladies of the Monastery of Glastonbury shall be left unharassed, we only ask that they give to us the treasures of their house, which are after all not suited for a house of God, and give into our protection Queen Ygraine and the Lady Morgan. If by tomorrow you have not given us what we demand, we will be forced to take what we ask by force of arms and you will be made to regret this.”

They learned that messengers of the robber knights would come every night at vespers, where they would demand, "In the name of Sir Bege of Wallingford, Lord of Shirburn, I declare the following demands for the end of our siege. The ladies of the Monastery of Glastonbury shall be left unharassed, we only ask that they give to us the treasures of their house, which are after all not suited for a house of God, and give into our protection Queen Ygraine and Princess Morgan. If by tomorrow you have not given us what we demand, we will be forced to take what we ask by force of arms and you will be made to regret this.”

Later that night, Sir Felix snuck off with Princess Morgan and had an affair in the belltower. Later, Dame Maylene was awoken by strange noises and, gathering her friends, was led by the sounds to the abbey library, where each knight beheld strange phantasms. Sir Bradwen was assailed with visions of his lost wife, accusing him of abandoning her and attempting to drive him to despair; Sir Felix beheld his dead wife, who blamed him for her death, and he saw visions of a strange child running away from him; and Dame Maylene beheld King Uther and the knights of the Infamous Feast, shaming her for their deaths.

Escaping the labyrinth of these visions, the knights found themselves once more in the ordinary library, where a nun was tutoring Princess Morgan. The nun attempted to leave, but the knights would not let her and when the bell rang for the hours, she was revealed to be Lady Siefe, who had been tutoring Princess Morgan in the ways of magic.

The next day, the knights prepared defenses and fought and killed the robber knights from Rydychan, saving Glastonburry Abbey.

Having had this experience at Glastonburry, Dame Maylene returned home, renounced her baptism, and underwent rites of druidic paganism.