The wolves of the West Saxons denotes the emblem of the House of Godhelming: three silver wolves against a black background covered by a golden crown. By the start of the 8th Century AD, this was the pre-eminent family of that rich and fertile part of the west and south of Britain. Having arrived , two hundred years before, as robber chieftains with Cerdic, the great Saxon warlord who wrested large parts of the island from the native Britons, the Godhelmings thrived to such an extent that by the 720s they first proclaimed themselves Chiefs then Petty Kings of Wessex. Yet danger hemmed them in from all sides with rapacious Mercia to the North, the fractious Welsh too and the mettlesome Cornish to the west and divided Anglia, Kent and Sussex on the east.
But through it all the wolves of Godhelming did prowl, ever hungry and driven by the prize of uniting the warring Saxon people under one dragon banner on one benighted island.
This is that story.
Hi guys. I'm back! I'm playing this with all DLC (less Horse Lords and Sunset Invasion), normal difficulty from 767AD. My aim to ultimately make Wessex the pre-eminent kingdom in Britain. I will be writing much as I did my Flower of Scotland AAR, from various 3rd person perspectives with the odd bit of historical narrative and Wiki style thrown in but throughout will be the thread of our noble family, the Godhelmings of Wessex.
Enjoy!
But through it all the wolves of Godhelming did prowl, ever hungry and driven by the prize of uniting the warring Saxon people under one dragon banner on one benighted island.
This is that story.
Hi guys. I'm back! I'm playing this with all DLC (less Horse Lords and Sunset Invasion), normal difficulty from 767AD. My aim to ultimately make Wessex the pre-eminent kingdom in Britain. I will be writing much as I did my Flower of Scotland AAR, from various 3rd person perspectives with the odd bit of historical narrative and Wiki style thrown in but throughout will be the thread of our noble family, the Godhelmings of Wessex.
Enjoy!
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: City Of Winchester 16 September 785 AD
Chapter 2: Royal City of Bath, Somerset 26th April 790 AD
Chapter 3: Portway Road (between Winchester and London) 29th November 793 AD
Chapter 4: The Royal Palace at Winchester, 5th February 798 AD
Chapter 5: City of Winchester, 15th September 806 AD
Chapter 6: hamlet of Lulworth Cove, South Wessex Coast, 26th September 812 AD
Chapter 7: Palace of Winchester, 5th January 817 AD
Chapter 8: County of Surrey, 18th April 823 AD
Chapter 9: The King’s Villa of Lambeth, Surrey, 29th May 828 AD
Chapter 10, Colchester, 12th September 836 AD
Chapter 11, Port City of London, March 852 AD
Chapter 12, Royal Residence at Colchester, Essex, August 855 AD
Chapter 13, City of Lincoln, County of Lindsay, Mercia, December 858 AD
Chapter 14, Fortified City of Tintagel, Cornwall, March 865.
Chapter 15, Saxon Encampment at Dover, 14th December 876AD
Chapter 16, Manor in Barony of Tottenham, Middlesex, Wessex July 880 AD
Chapter 17, November 14th 889 AD, Royal Palace at Winchester, Capital of the Kingdom of Wessex
Chapter 18, 25th March 890 AD, King’s Manor at Wareham, Royal County of Dorset
Chapter 19, Royal Palace of Winchester, Wessex, The Queens Birthing Chambers, 4th October 891 AD
Chapter 20, Lydford, Devon, 9th February 901 AD
Chapter 21, The Port of Southampton, Wessex, 6th November 902 AD
Chapter 22, Cahors, Aquitaine, 19th November 903 AD
Chapter 23, 2nd December 904 AD, Siege of Cahors, West Francia
Chapter 24, The Royal Palace at Winchester, 25th January 911 AD
Chapter 25, The Small Council Chamber, Winchester Palace, 22nd February 916 AD
Chapter 26, The English Fyrd, old Roman road towards Colchester, October 916 AD
Chapter 27, the Great Hall, Palace of Winchester, Wessex, 23rd November 920 AD
Chapter 28, Council Chamber, Palace of Winchester, 16th July 928 AD
Chapter 29, Saxon Fyrd camp before the walls of the Welsh city of Cardiff, Deheubarth 31st May 931 AD
Chapter 30, The Royal Villa at Lulworth, Dorset, 17th September 936 AD
Chapter 31, the Queen’s quarters, Winchester Palace, 18th August 939 AD
Chapter 32, the port town of Dover, 27th January 944 AD
Chapter 33, Bamburgh, Northumbria, 3rd May 948 AD
Chapter 34, Sonning Common, near the city of Reading, 19th April 951 AD
Chapter 35, The Palace at Winchester, September 952 AD
Chapter 36, Lambeth Palace, Surrey, 17th October 953 AD
Chapter 37, Bangor, Gwynedd, October 954 AD
Chapter 38, the Hamlet of Southwell, north of Leicester, July 956 AD
Chapter 39, Environs of the City of Leicester, 22 July 957 AD
Chapter 40, Lambeth Palace, 10th July 958 AD
Chapter 41, Bamburgh, Northumbria, 30th August 959 AD
Chapter 42, The Grey Mare Inn, Colchester, Essex, 7th September 961 AD
Chapter 43, The Duke of Cornwall’s Residence, Tintagel, 16th June 964 AD
Chapter 44, Anglo-Saxon Fyrd, Luneberg Heath, Saxony, 10th December 965 AD
Chapter 45: Anglo Saxon Fyrd, South of the Cantabrian Mountains, Hispania, April 967 AD
Chapter 46, Lambeth Palace, Surrey, 21st October 969 AD
Chapter 47, Winchester Palace, Wessex 2nd May 973 AD
Chapter 48, Port City of Lewes, Sussex, 7th September 974 AD
Chapter 49, Fortified City of Blanche Garde, Kingdom of Jerusalem, 2nd September 975 AD
Chapter 50, Near Monmouth, Petty Kingdom of Deheubarth, 6th June 977 AD
Chapter 51, Lambeth Palace, Surrey, 14th January 980 AD
Chapter 52, Lambeth Palace, Surrey, 3rd March 982 AD
Chapter 53, Fortified City of Oxford, The Duke of Hwicce’s Residence, 5th October 982 AD
Chapter 54, Lambeth Palace, Surrey, 1st September 985 AD
Chapter 1: City Of Winchester 16 September 785 AD
Chapter 2: Royal City of Bath, Somerset 26th April 790 AD
Chapter 3: Portway Road (between Winchester and London) 29th November 793 AD
Chapter 4: The Royal Palace at Winchester, 5th February 798 AD
Chapter 5: City of Winchester, 15th September 806 AD
Chapter 6: hamlet of Lulworth Cove, South Wessex Coast, 26th September 812 AD
Chapter 7: Palace of Winchester, 5th January 817 AD
Chapter 8: County of Surrey, 18th April 823 AD
Chapter 9: The King’s Villa of Lambeth, Surrey, 29th May 828 AD
Chapter 10, Colchester, 12th September 836 AD
Chapter 11, Port City of London, March 852 AD
Chapter 12, Royal Residence at Colchester, Essex, August 855 AD
Chapter 13, City of Lincoln, County of Lindsay, Mercia, December 858 AD
Chapter 14, Fortified City of Tintagel, Cornwall, March 865.
Chapter 15, Saxon Encampment at Dover, 14th December 876AD
Chapter 16, Manor in Barony of Tottenham, Middlesex, Wessex July 880 AD
Chapter 17, November 14th 889 AD, Royal Palace at Winchester, Capital of the Kingdom of Wessex
Chapter 18, 25th March 890 AD, King’s Manor at Wareham, Royal County of Dorset
Chapter 19, Royal Palace of Winchester, Wessex, The Queens Birthing Chambers, 4th October 891 AD
Chapter 20, Lydford, Devon, 9th February 901 AD
Chapter 21, The Port of Southampton, Wessex, 6th November 902 AD
Chapter 22, Cahors, Aquitaine, 19th November 903 AD
Chapter 23, 2nd December 904 AD, Siege of Cahors, West Francia
Chapter 24, The Royal Palace at Winchester, 25th January 911 AD
Chapter 25, The Small Council Chamber, Winchester Palace, 22nd February 916 AD
Chapter 26, The English Fyrd, old Roman road towards Colchester, October 916 AD
Chapter 27, the Great Hall, Palace of Winchester, Wessex, 23rd November 920 AD
Chapter 28, Council Chamber, Palace of Winchester, 16th July 928 AD
Chapter 29, Saxon Fyrd camp before the walls of the Welsh city of Cardiff, Deheubarth 31st May 931 AD
Chapter 30, The Royal Villa at Lulworth, Dorset, 17th September 936 AD
Chapter 31, the Queen’s quarters, Winchester Palace, 18th August 939 AD
Chapter 32, the port town of Dover, 27th January 944 AD
Chapter 33, Bamburgh, Northumbria, 3rd May 948 AD
Chapter 34, Sonning Common, near the city of Reading, 19th April 951 AD
Chapter 35, The Palace at Winchester, September 952 AD
Chapter 36, Lambeth Palace, Surrey, 17th October 953 AD
Chapter 37, Bangor, Gwynedd, October 954 AD
Chapter 38, the Hamlet of Southwell, north of Leicester, July 956 AD
Chapter 39, Environs of the City of Leicester, 22 July 957 AD
Chapter 40, Lambeth Palace, 10th July 958 AD
Chapter 41, Bamburgh, Northumbria, 30th August 959 AD
Chapter 42, The Grey Mare Inn, Colchester, Essex, 7th September 961 AD
Chapter 43, The Duke of Cornwall’s Residence, Tintagel, 16th June 964 AD
Chapter 44, Anglo-Saxon Fyrd, Luneberg Heath, Saxony, 10th December 965 AD
Chapter 45: Anglo Saxon Fyrd, South of the Cantabrian Mountains, Hispania, April 967 AD
Chapter 46, Lambeth Palace, Surrey, 21st October 969 AD
Chapter 47, Winchester Palace, Wessex 2nd May 973 AD
Chapter 48, Port City of Lewes, Sussex, 7th September 974 AD
Chapter 49, Fortified City of Blanche Garde, Kingdom of Jerusalem, 2nd September 975 AD
Chapter 50, Near Monmouth, Petty Kingdom of Deheubarth, 6th June 977 AD
Chapter 51, Lambeth Palace, Surrey, 14th January 980 AD
Chapter 52, Lambeth Palace, Surrey, 3rd March 982 AD
Chapter 53, Fortified City of Oxford, The Duke of Hwicce’s Residence, 5th October 982 AD
Chapter 54, Lambeth Palace, Surrey, 1st September 985 AD
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