Britain

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Britain (不列颠)
Alias(es)	Britannia; Albion, meaning “white land” 17 86
Type	Island and kingdom 17 138
Location	Separated from continental Europe by the sea 17
Ruling House	Pendragon; succeeded by the Plantagenet Dynasty in AD 1154 122 158
Royal Cities	Londinium under Constantine; Camelot under Arthur 122 140
Status	Survived the transition to the Age of Man; the ancient kingdom eventually reached a peaceful end 158
First Appearance	Chapter 1, “Son of the White Dragon” 1

Geography

Britain’s separation from continental Europe allowed its mystery and remnants of the Age of Gods to persist longer than those on the continent 17.

Region / Landmark	Significance
Wales	Preserved the island’s strongest remnants of the Age of Gods. Its abundant resources initially made demonic beasts less likely to attack humans 17.
Scotland	Retained more mystery than England, though less than Wales. Sovell later brought more than ninety percent of its territory under Camelot’s actual control 17 146.
England	Experienced the fastest decline of the Age of Gods and became the first region targeted by Sovell’s soil-transformation project 17 146.
Cornwall	A peninsula formerly ruled by Duke Gorlois, later occupied by Uther and subsequently ruled by King Mark. Under Arthur, it became a reduced earldom inherited by Tristan 42 112.
River Severn	Britain’s longest river, nearly ten kilometers longer than the Thames. It rises on Plynlimon Mountain’s northeastern slopes in Wales and flows into the Bristol Channel 17.
Southern chalk cliffs	Their white appearance from the sea gave the island its ancient name, Albion 86.
Caerleon	Arthur’s early center of recruitment and the site where the fourteen-seat Round Table was established 73.
Londinium	Former Roman administrative and military center reclaimed by Constantine as the Pendragon royal city. It possessed seven gates and extensive Roman-built defenses 122.
Camelot	Arthur’s royal city and the center of Sovell’s research into Britain’s transition to the Age of Man 140 146.
Camlann Hill	Site of Arthur’s final battle against Mordred and her proclamation ending Britain’s Age of Gods 158.
Great Hollow	A vast subterranean cavity containing Albion’s remaining body, created through her attempt to reach the Inner Sea of the Planet 135.

Ireland was included in Sovell’s proposed political unification and later served as one of the regions intended to support Age of Gods food production 60 146. Brittany, across the sea, was a separate kingdom rather than another name for Britain 58 138.

History

Roman Occupation and Pendragon Independence

In AD 43, Roman armies conquered the island apart from northern Scotland. The Catuvellauni resisted but were defeated, and their capital, Camulodunum, became a Roman colony. The Romans built Hadrian’s Wall and Antony’s Wall against the northern Picts 122.

Londinium subsequently replaced Camulodunum as Britain’s administrative seat and military hub. As Western Roman authority weakened, Constantine established an independent royal court, reclaimed Londinium, and founded the Pendragon royal family 122.

Succession, Invasions, and Fragmentation

The usurper Vortigern arranged Constans’s murder and seized the throne. When the Angles and Saxons invaded from the Jutland Peninsula, he was captured and purchased his survival by surrendering southern cities, inhabitants, and fortifications. He then withdrew to western Britain and attempted to build a fortress for his own protection 1.

Merlin discovered the Red and White Dragons beneath that fortress and prophesied a prolonged struggle in which Britons would either defend their country or betray it to foreign invaders. Aurelius and Uther subsequently drove off the Saxons and burned the usurper Vortigern to death 1.

Aurelius became king but was later poisoned through a conspiracy involving an Irish commander and Vortigern’s offspring. Uther succeeded him, defeated the remaining Saxon and Irish forces, and restored peace. As Britain’s mystery faded, Uther and Merlin arranged the birth of a child carrying the Red Dragon’s bloodline: Artoria 1.

The usurper was distinct from Sovell’s adoptive father, Vortigern, Uther’s brother and Artoria’s paternal uncle. This second Vortigern had defended southern Britain against invaders before becoming bound to the White Dragon 5 131 163.

After Uther’s death, former lords assumed royal titles and pursued competing ambitions. Some sought to preserve their territories; others aimed to unite Britain. The Sword of Selection offered a legitimate claim to kingship, but only Artoria could draw it 6.

Arthur’s Unification

Artoria drew Caliburn and accepted kingship despite Merlin’s warning that the choice would cost her humanity and lead to a tragic death. Sovell swore to serve her, protect her, and uphold her laws 25.

During their early travels, Artoria, Sovell, and Kay fought foreign soldiers and rescued abducted civilians. They also sought continental allies, securing King Ban’s public alliance with Arthur’s court 32 35 58.

Sovell urged an early return to Britain to raise an army, arguing that continued delay would allow invaders to destroy Wales, the people’s last haven. His proposed campaign began with Wales and neighboring English territories, followed by Scotland, Lloegyr, and Ireland 60.

Arthur’s claim attracted knights and commoners to Caerleon. Her campaigns eventually placed every territory on the island under direct Pendragon rule except Lloegyr, Gwent, and Kent. The White Dragon remained the decisive obstacle to complete unification 73 120.

The final campaign culminated in the siege of Londinium and the defeat of the White Dragon by Artoria and Sovell. Its destruction revealed the mortally wounded Vortigern, whose life had become inseparable from the dragon after drinking its blood 124 131.

War with Rome

Sword Emperor Lucius’s envoys demanded Britain’s submission and tribute after Rome conquered Brittany. Arthur refused the threat, and Sovell sent the delegation back with a declaration that Britain’s army would march on Rome 138.

Arthur’s expedition recovered more than half of the former Kingdom of Brittany’s lands before confronting Lucius at Mount Migo in Gaul. Arthur and Sovell killed him together, breaking his Demon Sword, Florent 139.

Britain later prepared a second expedition. Arthur led it herself while Sovell remained responsible for the unfinished Age of Man project. By the end of her reign, she counted the destruction of the Western Roman Empire among her achievements 151 158.

Rebellion and Succession

Lancelot’s rebellion severely weakened Arthur’s authority and depleted the Round Table. Renewed Saxon raids attempted to exploit the crisis, but Gawain crushed the invading forces 151.

Morgan and Mordred then moved against the kingdom. Mordred betrayed Sovell, and Camelot fell while Arthur was away on campaign. Sovell died on the northern frontier; Arthur and Mordred subsequently inflicted fatal wounds on one another at Camlann 170.

Before dying, Arthur proclaimed the beginning of Britain’s Age of Man and named Gawain, the Sun Duke, her successor. As King of the Dawn, Gawain suppressed the rebellion within months, reclaimed Camelot, and reunited Britain, though his methods inflicted severe economic damage 158 169.

Gawain continued Sovell’s policy of encouraging intermarriage between people of the Age of Gods and the Age of Man. Their children adapted successfully, allowing the kingdom to endure 158.

Date	Later historical record
AD 500–600; exact year unknown	Britain’s Age of Gods ended; Arthur and Sovell died; Gawain succeeded and reunited the kingdom 158.
AD 1066	William I, Duke of Normandy, invaded Britain and died 158.
AD 1154	With no direct royal heir, Henry II succeeded as a distant relative, beginning the Plantagenet Dynasty 158.

Mystery and the Island’s Will

Survival of the Age of Gods

Britannia was regarded as something like the planet’s “navel” within the Western Magecraft System established by King Solomon. Magecraft-capable phantasmal species, including fairies, preserved and transmitted this understanding 17.

• True ether depletion weakened the island’s supernatural environment 17.
• Mystery dilution further reduced mystery as foreign invasions spread knowledge of Britain’s supernatural traditions 17.
• Uneven decline left Wales and Scotland more magically intact than England 17.
• Isolation was insufficient to preserve the Age of Gods indefinitely; Sovell rejected attempts to reverse history through a miraculous restoration 146.

Dragons and Self-Destruction

Albion’s dragon factor divided into two parts after her body remained beneath Britain. Those parts merged with her authorities over wind and fire to create two new lives 135.

The Red and White Dragons stood at the pinnacle of Britain’s phantasmal species but were natural enemies. The White Dragon became the executor of the island’s will to destroy itself, using war and foreign invasions as means toward that end 121.

• Morgan’s protection: Her status as the island’s ruler granted her continuous protection while on British soil. Her actions aligned with its desire for self-destruction, strengthening her until she approached the power of an ancient deity 156.
• Interruption of that protection: Sovell destroyed his Holy Spear projection in a strike that briefly affected the true spear and shook Britain. Morgan’s protection failed for that instant, allowing the Witch of Dusk to die 157.
• Rhongomyniad: The Tower of Radiance manifested the Holy Lance, an anchor securing the world’s surface and reverse side 7.

The Wild Hunt

Roman occupation mixed Celtic, Roman-Greek, and Christian divine traditions in Britain. This made its Wild Hunt more dangerous than those elsewhere, while Ireland’s better-preserved Otherworld still offered souls a destination 145.

With Arthur’s approval, Sovell destroyed every Wild Hunt band across the British islands within a month and established a vast Soul-Guiding Magecraft Array to direct the dead to their proper afterlives 145.

Agriculture and the Age of Man Project

Food Crisis

Britain’s crops depended on the magical energy of the Age of Gods. As that energy diminished, harvests declined faster than crops could adapt. Invasions compounded the shortage by consuming wild food, destroying fields and orchards, and burning homes 5 17.

A midsummer harvest later averaged only forty pounds of grain per mu across Arthur’s controlled regions, threatening widespread famine 103. Importing continental varieties alone could not solve the problem: even Britain’s declining soil remained far more magical than continental soil 64.

Planned Transformation

Measure	Purpose and result
Secure Scotland	Obtain territory and northern resources; Sovell’s campaign placed more than ninety percent of Scotland under actual royal control 146.
Stockpile Age of Gods crops	Use surviving mystery in Scotland, Wales, and Ireland to grow food, especially potatoes, for the transition. Potatoes had already nearly eliminated armies’ reliance on supplies extracted from villages 146.
Transform England’s soil	Extract magical energy through magecraft formations, bringing soil closer to Age of Man conditions before planting suitable crops 146.
Delay atmospheric extraction	Allow human bodies to adapt before reducing atmospheric magical energy 146.
Extend the transformation	Gradually repeat England’s conversion throughout Britain. Age of Man crops outside England were subsequently reported to be growing well 146 147.

During the difficult transition, declining potato yields forced Arthur to centralize and redistribute grain. Priority went to soldiers, able-bodied young adults, young children, women, and finally the elderly 147.

Britain ultimately outlasted its foretold destruction. Arthur’s final assessment credited her reign with prolonging the kingdom’s existence by fifteen years, while its adaptation allowed it to continue for approximately five centuries into the Age of Man 158 177.

Government and Institutions

• Pendragon kingship — “Dragonhead” was the British royal title, particularly associated with Wales. Pendragon meant “dragon king,” “chief dragon,” or “chief of dragons” 37.
• Knights of the Round Table — Arthur established fourteen seats at Caerleon. Its membership included military leaders, court officers, and Sovell in an additional seat 73 160.
• Round Table Resolutions — Arthur convened a temporary resolution to vote on the proposed marriage alliance with Guinevere 86.
• Court administration — Agravain coordinated military formations and later trained political officials to share the court’s administrative workload 114 149.
• Court magecraft — Merlin transferred the office of chief Court Mage to Sovell, whose research became central to Britain’s environmental transformation 121 146.
• Royal succession treasures — Caliburn established Arthur’s legitimate claim, while Clarent symbolized succession to Britain’s throne 25 170.

Legacy

• Arthur’s golden age — Later historians regarded Arthur as the outstanding monarch of the Pendragon bloodline’s six hundred years of rule and the founder of its golden age 168.
• National heroes — Arthur and Sovell were remembered for defending Britain against foreign invasion; Sovell remained a celebrated knight and national hero in medieval literature 159 168.
• Dragon symbolism — The Red and White Dragons associated with Arthur and Sovell became national and ethnic symbols for Wales and the Celtic people 159.
• Survival rather than restoration — Britain’s lasting achievement was its successful departure from the Age of Gods, not the indefinite preservation of mystery. The author explicitly identifies that transition as necessary to avoid pruning 205.