An Adventure based on historical fact:
It is the fourth decade of the seventh century, and within a short period of this tumultuous era, four kings will die in battle. Three kings of Northumbria and one king of Gwynedd will perish in the northern lands of what will eventually become a country named England.
Oswald Iding, the Atheling of Northumbria, exiled since the age of twelve and spending almost all of eighteen years under the tutelage of the Christian monastery on the remote isle of Iona off the wild and wind battered shores of the west coast of modern-day Scotland, is suddenly thrown into the continual battle for power that is the ubiquitous fate of all who have a claim to authority in seventh-century Britain. Backed by his followers, he journeys from the holy isle of Iona to destroy the invader of the mighty Northumbria, Cadwallon ap Cadfan of Gwynedd.
Oswald’s prowess in battle has led to him being colloquially known as Lamiguin, translating as ‘White Blade’, by those who pray for his coming. Oswald’s campaign draws in the innocent inhabitants of those northern lands, and their tale of courage, comradeship, treachery and love become the precursor to the foundation of the seat of a Christian king destined to become the first great English Christian king and the resulting spread of Christianity in the north of England.
It is the fourth decade of the seventh century, and within a short period of this tumultuous era, four kings will die in battle. Three kings of Northumbria and one king of Gwynedd will perish in the northern lands of what will eventually become a country named England.
Oswald Iding, the Atheling of Northumbria, exiled since the age of twelve and spending almost all of eighteen years under the tutelage of the Christian monastery on the remote isle of Iona off the wild and wind battered shores of the west coast of modern-day Scotland, is suddenly thrown into the continual battle for power that is the ubiquitous fate of all who have a claim to authority in seventh-century Britain. Backed by his followers, he journeys from the holy isle of Iona to destroy the invader of the mighty Northumbria, Cadwallon ap Cadfan of Gwynedd.
Oswald’s prowess in battle has led to him being colloquially known as Lamiguin, translating as ‘White Blade’, by those who pray for his coming. Oswald’s campaign draws in the innocent inhabitants of those northern lands, and their tale of courage, comradeship, treachery and love become the precursor to the foundation of the seat of a Christian king destined to become the first great English Christian king and the resulting spread of Christianity in the north of England.
