Brighthelm Stane Library

Being the public documents available to those visiting Brighthelm Stane without prior appointment.

Foreign Detail Missive: Great Erdrejan Fayre 1118

– From the Office of the Lord Ambassador of Albion Subjects of the Albion Throne, I write to keep you abreast of events taking place outside our borders, and across Erdreja. Factional Relations with the Guilds: Following the attack on the Lions Faction, by the Guilds, it was agreed that the 10 Nations of the…

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Foreign Detail Missive: The First Moot 1118

Foreign Detail Missive: The First Moot 1118 – From the Office of the Lord Ambassador of Albion Subjects of the Albion Throne, I write to keep you abreast of events taking place outside our borders, and across Erdreja. Lions under Siege: It has been brought to the attention of the Ambassadors Office that our Friends…

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Excerpt – The Art of Diplomancy by Addemar Fitzhoward

Though initially passed by in our initial search, this book was brought to our attention by a librarian, owing to the section within which focuses on Marital Alliances with Other Nations as a tool for diplomacy, giving examples of ages past – The Art of Diplomancy by Addemar Fitzhoward – “For peace reigned in Albion,…

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On Writing by Wagglestaff the Bard

The works of Londinium-based bard Wagglestaff are myriad, but amongst them are several which are inspired by the lives and deeds of the Kings and Queens of Albion. Amongst them is the play known as “Love & Duty” – which was, allegedly, inspired by the life and times of Matthew Pendragon, a Prince of Albion…

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White Ship Wreckage Reports

A report dated from the same year that the White Ship was lost in the seas between Southern Albion and Lyonesse: “We did find washed up on Lundy’s shores some timbers, well-felled and constructed, of the finest white wood that we had ever seen. The beachcombers were sore pressed to hand them over to us…

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The Pilgrimage of the Loyal

The Pilgrimage of the Loyal was the worst uprising in the Reign of the Council of Albion. It was a direct result of the decision of Chancellor Ravern’s successor that the search for the True Heir should be abandoned, a policy which confused and angered most Albiones. The original rebellion began at in Lincoln in…

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Letters of Aloyisius Frobisher

In a book from the diplomancy section of the library, we discovered the following letters, in a bundle of correspondence from the Ambassador’s Office, dated some years after the loss of the white ship. When queried with a librarian, they believed that there are several letters from Aloysius Frobisher: “841 My Lord Chancellor, As per…

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Excerpt – The Blood of Kings by Doctor Nicholas Weatherwax

In the library there is a ponderous tome written in several volumes on the topic of the royal bloodline of Arthur’s House – though clearly some scholars attempt to curry favour with the monarch of the time, as there are lengthy passages describing the blood of kings to bestow grace and wisdom on those whose…

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Excerrpt – Historia Regum Pendraconiae by Godfrey of Lindisfarne

In several volumes, the lengthy Historia Regum Pendraconiae by Godfrey of Lindisfarne can be found in the library – an exceedingly long and meandering account of the lives of the Kings and Queens of the Pendragon Royal Line, this book is not as detailed as one might hope, talking in grand terms about the merits…

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Excerpt – Verbia Princeps Magus, by Jack, Apprentice Mage

Though the provenance of this tome is in doubt, you are nevertheless struck by the words contained within. Many pages appear to be written in an indecipherable script, with symbols both arcane and mundane littered throughout the pages. Here and there, however, something appears written in the common tongue: “It is not the sword, but…

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