Brighthelm Stane Library

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

Etiquette – Jugga Drinking Game

The rules of this game generally only extend to members of the Club and those people recognized as guests by the Chairman and presented to all club members present All members of the Club are expected to be playing this game at all times with no warning Albion Jugga Club Winter 1108 The Blade Rule…

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The Line of Albion Monarchs

Born Ruled Died Arthur I 527AF 542 561 Arthur II 562 578 630 Arthur III 582 630 637 Matthew 612 637 661 Stephen I 633 661 689 Beatrice 651 689 700 Stephen II 679 700 726 Arthur IV 705 726 766 Stephen III 730 766 790 Igraine 756 790 803 Edward 755 803 836 Frederick…

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Biographical – Eclipse

Thenni Interviews … Eclipse Eclipse is a fairly well known face around the Harts camp. A beastkin with blue and black markings across her eyes, she currently holds the positions of both High Sheriff and Countess of Nottingham. Thenni, High Bard of Albion Summer, 1107 How did you come to live in Albion? Came to…

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The Land of Mist and Moor

trad. Cornish [start with chorus] Held between the sea and sky The land of mist and moor doth lie Tales and legends to be told So Cornwall’s heart will ne’er grow old High on the clifftop, a village apart Gwithean folk have a wanderer’s heart They return at last to the home of their birth…

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What Shall We Do With the Harts of Albion?

various hat shall we do with the Harts of Albion What shall we do with the Harts of Albion What shall we do with the Harts of Albion Ear-lie in the morning? Give ’em cake, but only square bits Give ’em cake, but only square bits Give ’em cake, but only square bits Ear-lie in…

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The Emperor – Josharim II

A Report The Emperor – Josharim II A Liche. *Was* a Tebronian Emperor, but it wasn’t Tebron himself. One of the later ones, maybe. If he’s a liche, he’s a very powerful one, his weakest followers could only be dismissed by a very large incantor wedge. He could also apparently use mind affecting magics on…

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Benedict Karlennon

What can I say of Benedict Karlennon which has not already been spoken? Some little perhaps, some token of the memory which stirs my heart and brings unquiet dreams and thoughts of what might otherwise have been. I met Benedict when my name was nothing in Albion and my face was unknown and he granted…

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Battlecry For Albion

A new song to the faction the latter days of the war against the Empire, Battle-cry For Albion neatly encompasses both morale-boosting ridicule of the faction’s enemies and the grim determination that followed the murder of the Queen. The writers’ intention is that the song might be easily re-worded for use in future conflicts, whilst…

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The Cauldon of Rebirth

In the legends of my people there is tale told of a King named Bendigeid Vran, and he was the son of Llyr, and there came a time when his sister Branwen was given in marriage to the King of Erin. And that marriage was a cause of more hate than love for strife followed…

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A Treaty between Queen Elspeth of Albion and Lord Richard of the Seelie Court

Tenets (10 of them) 1. Lord Richard will dispatch 1,000 (one thousand) of his fae troops to Winchester. They will stay until the fall. 2. The overall commander of Lord Richard’s troops will report directly to Queen Elspeth. She may deploy them as she sees fit. They will decide the method of carrying out her…

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