It is Friday, the second of January, 11 years
after the birth of somebody who nobody yet knows about. The sun rises
on the land of the Ordivices, spreading across England from Liverpool to
Lincoln.
We are a despotic monarchy, lead by a single
Ordovicarian king who rules above all others: King Maredudd III of house
Rohan. He is an adequate king, more an administrator than a diplomat or
a general, and on this day he has announced that a navy be created for
the kingdom, to defend against threats from overseas.
Many doubt the
ability of any navy the Ordovices could field to protect against the other nations on the isles, given the Ordivice's lack of experience in naval engineering, and not a single person thinks there is any chance of defending against the great Roman empire in Europe, but Maredudd remains strong in his convictions for the
nation.
However, he made a grave misstep against
the lords of his country when he decided to centralise his kingdom
further to increase its strength. Of the chiefs of his nation who were
disappointed by the restriction of their otherwise unfettered powers,
none were more enraged than Llewelyn Pees, lord of Coventry.
Upon
receiving his letter, outlining the new laws of the land, he raised an
army of a thousand of his most loyal peasants, and declared himself the
rightful king over all of the Ordovices. He first began by seeking those
loyal to king Maredudd, and driving them away from his lands or even
executing them.
An insult as grave as this did not go
unnoticed by King Maredudd. Not a general himself, he instead picked the
most distinguished soldier of his army to lead them. This was general
Dilwyn Thomas, an Ordovicarian nobleman moderately good at leading his
soldiers to victory. He was tasked with taking Llewelyn's lands from
him, and granted an army of a thousand archers directly from the king's
military to achieve this.
As they marched down to Coventry, lighter
news approached Liverpool. Caledonii had offered a royal marriage. A son of Maredudd Harcourt, king of the Caledonii, married a daughter of
Maredudd III Rohan, bringing the Caledonians and the Ordovicarians
closer together. This was followed by offers of marriage from the king
of Domonia and the king of Belgae, both of which were accepted.
The battle in Coventry raged on for a long
time, but eventually Dilwyn Thomas was able to take down the armies of
Llewelyn, despite with heavy casulaties. Llewelyn managed to escape the
armies sieging his fortress, and escaped with eighty men, but knew that
he would be sent to the dungeons and stripped of his titles if he ever
returned. Fleeing south, he asked for mercy from the king of the
Trinovantes, and became a minor courtier in Oxford.
Even before his secession and ultimately
doomed rebellion, Llewelyn was a thorn in the side of king Maredudd.
With him gone from his seat in Coventry, the realm was able to be
managed more efficiently, boosting its stability and reducing the risk
of any more rebellions. Furthermore, other nobles saw the defeat of
Llewelyn, and were confident that Maredudd III had the ability to fight
against any threats to their land, internal and external.
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