The Pendragon Chronicles (A Chronicle of the Pendragon's Rulers of Wales)

DKM

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Thanks I'll Try that When I start putting a table of contents together

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Prologue

I hate my Job, These were the bywords in Rhys memory words that were constantly thought as he sat at his desk deep in the bowels of the castle of Gwynedd in the royal archives. For Rhys was the recently appointed the royal chronicler, well that was its official title everyone else called it "the unluckiest job in Wales" with good reason for Rhys was the third man in a number of years to hold the post. His predecessor Gareth had in a drunken stupor sang a Monty Python song and was brutally killed were he stood for breaching copyright, and before that there was Owain who had been killed by a angry mob after being caught smoking inside a tavern.

Rhys sighed and stood up, he was a dwarf but no one said it to his face for fear of him destroying their testicles with a mace or in the case of women destroying all their makeup, but despite his small size he had the brain of a genius and was a lustful bastard, for he had more sex then a character from Game of Thrones. His early life was uneventful for at a early age his father threw him out of the house after he struck his brother with a battleaxe for mocking his height and dwarfism, he was sent to a monastery but ending up in brawl within hours of arriving after a argument over who should get a second helping of food. He would travel for a while before arriving at the court of the King of Wales and would shortly after before appointed the Royal Chronicler.

Suddenly the King entered with a fanfare of trumpets, "do you really need a trumpet fanfare every time you enter a room muttered Rhys" "it is to announce my presence replied the Monarch" "Your the king for God's sake everyone knows you without the bloody fanfare" Rhys snapped back "silence Dwarf" the king tried to sound threatening but was a coward at heart and sounded about as threatening as a rabbit with the word boo painted on its nose. Rhys fingered the handle of the mace he kept under his desk thinking of denying the King the chance to procreate before composing himself.

So my oh great and mighty king what brings you to my merry little slice of hell? I wish you to compose a chronicle of my ancestors ancestors who were much better then you thought Rhys. The King continued "I wish to spread the fame of my house throughout the known world by publishing this chronicle, oh and when get round to writing about me mention me in great detail". "Yes sire" said Rhys making a mental note to mention the current king in as little detail as possible, and what shall I call this chronicle?

The king thought for a moment call it The Pendragon Chronicles

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Comments and Feedback are appreciated, I hope you guys enjoy my humor. As a rule the interludes will include Rhys and possibly several other characters talking about the world map that year, (I'll try and do world updates after the death of every king). and I plan on doing one chapter per King but they will be more text based then my other AAR.

The first chapter should be out this weekend.

Enjoy reading the Pendragon Chronicles.

DensleyBlair said:

That will be because he used 'Enter name of chapter' as the URL. What you need to do, to clarify what others have said, is copy the link you get from the number in the top right of a post (for example, for this post you'd right click on #7) then insert that into the following code: [*URL="exampleURL"]Name of Chapter[*/URL]. (Minus the asterisks.)

Hopefully, that should help you.

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I try that but it does not remove the link from the word and form a proper link example [http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?799477-The-Pendragon-Chronicles-(A-Chronicle-of-the-Pendragon-s-Rulers-of-Wales)&p=18003678&viewfull=1#post18003678"]Prologue what am I doing wrong? Also I apologize for taking up your time.

DensleyBlair said:

You're missing the 'URL="' at the start of the first bracket and then the second bracket altogether. What you want, without asterisks, is the following: [*URL="http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?799477-The-Pendragon-Chronicles-(A-Chronicle-of-the-Pendragon-s-Rulers-of-Wales)&p=18003678&viewfull=1#post18003678"]Prologue[*/URL]

It's no problem on my part, by the way.

Aside from that, the prologue is very promising. I'm enjoying the humourous asides and would say only to keep on developing your style. You've got a good beginning here, and I'm looking forward to seeing what your Wales is like in the come updates.

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It Works now thanks for that. The humor will be limited to the World Updates, as I want the chronicle itself to be a serious piece of writing. Still glad your enjoying this AAR

interesting prologue I was especially intrigued by this thought: Rhys + Axe (instead of a Mace) = TYRION LANNISTER Looking forward to the first chapter and sorry for having screwed up in helping you to get a working table of contents built up

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Rhys Is sort of based on tyrion in the sense that he is a Dwarf Genius and is a lustful bastard.

The Reign Of King Uther Pendragon


Much is known about Uther Pendragon, he was considered to be a master of strategy, a man who would lead from the vanguard rather than cower in the rear and was said to be as brave as a lion. His good looks also did him credit as did his quickness; he also had a strong sense of justice and was a man skilled at social graces. His honesty and patient were well valued by his vassals. Uther was undoubtedly the strongest ruler in Wales holding procession of counties in the duchy of Gwynedd and the duchy of Powys.

How he came to become the most powerful man in Wales is shrouded in mystery. Uther was born into a family of some influence in Wales and his skill in battle was well known when the current ruler was forced to step down for unknown reasons, Uther took over and would take Wales by storm forming the Kingdom of Wales well before the end of his life. He is considered by many to be the greatest Pendragon.

Uther would be at war regularly during his reign, taking land in Wales and fighting pagans, his marriage to the one of the daughters of the King of Italy Gisile, was a good marriage and she bore six children, 4 daughters and two sons. Gwen, Morgana Arthur, Liliana, Rhys and Amy.

Uther however did have problems in his reign such as the Lollard heresy forming in the county of Maelienydd. A heresy which would remain for several years before it would be rooted out. But overall no civil wars would occur during his reign, showing how well beloved his was by both his vassals and the common folk. Uther would also expel the Jews from Wales in order to gain some gold, Reasons for this are speculated among historians but many believe that he did it in order to create the kingdom of Wales quickly so he could order the local rulers to submit to him to prevent the spread of pagan influence locally.





With the creation of the Kingdom of Wales in less than 30 years. Uther would spend the rest of his reign consolidating his power and trying to reclaim Welsh provinces under pagan control. He would also create a personal retinue of archers known as The Dragon’s Teeth who were well armed and trained by the standards of the time. Their numbers totaled 1000 men by the King’s death. Many new buildings were also built during Uther’s reign giving both a strong economy and a powerful standing army by the end of his reign he could nearly raise nearly 3000 men from his own holdings. Gwynedd the capital of Wales would also become a hub of technological advancement. Uther's power was also improved with the passing of limited crown authority.

Uther would also try and convert pagan savages to the true faith and would managed to convert the king of Jorvik to the true faith. However other attempts to convert Pagan rulers largely failed after this. Many years after the Jews had been expelled Uther welcomed them back in the year of 906.



The king would also make great gains in Ireland taking control of the county's in the duchy's of Munster and Lenister for the Welsh Crown. He would fight a holy war for Dublin which would be won after 2 years of heavy fighting which enabled him to form the kingdom of Ireland, and bring virtually all the divided Irish lords under the pendragon banner.


By the year of Uther’s death in 921 he was known the “Uther the Great” and for good reason for under his rule Wales has been transformed from a backwards country into an important nation on the world stage. They also held procession of 2 kingdoms Wales and Ireland. Uther had lived a very long life by the standards of the time was still was unaffected by infirmity in his last years and had been a furious warrior and diplomat, Arthur Uther’s son would have a heavy reputation to live up to.

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Remember to Comment and criticize. Next chapter will be a interlude with Rhys the Dwarf .

I've decided to do a one ruler per chapter style so this first chapter is going to go and have some major removal and additions in the next few hours. Apologies for those who have read the first chapter already, but it will be easier for me to write as I do not need to do multiple updates for one ruler.

First Chapter is done images and all. Next Chapter will be a world interlude for the year of 921.