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Overcrowding

Londinium is fit to burst, Southampton staggers under the weight of people. Every port city in Albion is filled with villagers, peasants, commoners and even nobles. They have come from towns all over the country that lie near rivers. Water is being sold straight off the ships at prices as high as a gold a…

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The Hardware Song

Cadfannan, Ship’s Mage, Cutter’s Choice We are all Orcs We make the best forks Orcs’ forks are the best forks The best forks are Orcs’ forks We are all Trolls We make the best bowls Trolls’ bowls are the best bowls The best bowls are Trolls’ bowls We are all Elves We make the best…

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The Harts Yuletide invitation – 1111

Mistress Eleanor Tannyer invites the nobles of Albion to the Soldier’s rest for a night of revelry and remembrance. At her request the renowned Mummers of Albion will also be in attendance to learn the stories of the Heroes of Albion, from members of the Court; and will thenceforth ensure these stories are told throughout…

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Hereford

Proud she stood in Albion’s sun Now burnt and broken, a lifeless one Red now glows the evening sky As ashes towards the zenith fly Silence stalks the darkening night Statues of grief seen in embers light Night lays claim to heart and soul As pain and loss now take their toll As daylight stirs…

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Laws of Albion

transcribed by Justinian The Basis of the Laws of Albion The Pendragon Throne and Albion are One. All that the Pendragon Throne does is for the Good of Albion. Therefore the Pendragon Throne is the Law of Albion. As such any person acting with the direct authority of the Pendragon Throne is considered subject only…

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Letters on Hereford

Hereford, Earls Marshall, and surveys Proclamation by Lord Ranulf Farendon People of Albion By command of Her Majesty, Elspeth, Queen of Albion. On the 28th day of November 1098, the Fey of the one known as Lady Katherine declared war on Albion and then immediately proceeded to sack the town of Hereford. None were spared,…

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Cosmology and Life

It should be noted that these documents predate the cataclysm since when much has changed including the ability to travel from this egg to others. The Author is believed to be the Aratian philosopher Atan al-Rashish, written by his scribe Tiresh, 553 years before the founding of the Great Library of Norhault. Translated from the…

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Book of Unliving Pre 1105 – Enias Charenton

Librarians Note : This information is highly unlikely to still be accurate post the Cataclysm. Bone Demons Description It is not really fully known whether Bone Demons are themselves unliving, or if they are in fact a Demon that has come to look particularly like a form of unliving. Either way Bone Demons themselves are…

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Prayer of Order of the Stag

In the name of the Hunter and before his eyes I pledge myself in life and death.<br /> I shall serve and follow my Alpha tooth and claw.<br /> In the name of the Consort I shall protect and care for the young and my mate.<br /> In the name of the Woodsman this land…

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Elaine’s Lament

He burst into my world like sunlight on a winter’s day My one true love and my destiny in him entwined did lay For he was yet the noblest knight and I must bear his son To be the greatest and purest and so the tale did run But the knight loved Guinevere with all…

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