Stranggore History

Twelfth Century

1190: Start of the Saga timeline.

1186: Ozerk went into a lengthy Wizard's Twilight.

c. 1120-1130: Brother Martin, the covenant librarian at the time, became a drunkard and sadly neglected the collection. Many books were stolen by departing covenant members or hoarded by residents. Others became damaged due to neglect and an infestation of book-worms.

Eleventh Century

1066: The Norman Conquest changed the face of England. Stranggore failed to adapt. Much of the covenant's pride was connected to its traditional role as advisors to kings and nobles. Stranggore did not embrace the invaders and found itself supporting a lost cause. There were practical effects as well - much of the covenant's land was seized by Norman barons, and of course its allies in the Saxon nobility greatly declined in power. It was the covenant's sense that it had failed in its ancient role of safeguarding the land that sent it into irreversible decline. Since the Conquest, the covenant of Stranggore has lacked vitality and purpose.

1003-1017: The Schism War occurred early in the century. The Stonehenge Tribunal was a major battleground. Stranggore tried to stay out of the fighting and suffered a great loss of prestige as a result. Three or four magi deserted the covenant in order to join the hostilities on the side of the Roman Houses. Others left shortly after the war due to bad blood within the covenant over its reluctance to fight. There was a post-war boom of new covenants being founded that drew potential recruits away from Stranggore and into Spring covenants.

Ninth Century

817: The Ordo Miscellanea joined the Order of Hermes as the thirteenth House; the Stonehenge Tribunal was founded. The Wizards' Council of Stranggore resisted joining the Order because they did not want to agree to the Code's proscription against interfering in mundane affairs. They were reluctant to renounce their allegiance to the ancient throne. Eventually they were persuaded to swear the Code of Hermes, but only by threat of violence. As a condition for joining the Order, the Wizards' Council was forced to formally renounce its connection to the royal line of Stanggore and to relocate away from its ancestral home. The forced relocation was thought by the Quaesitores to be a precaution against the covenant re-establishing its strong ties to the nobility.

Eighth Century

After Stranggore as a kingdom ceased to exist, the wizards migrated (some would say they fled) to the site of what is now (in the late twelfth century) Winchester Castle. They preserved the claim that they were stewards of the Kingdom of Stranggore.

Seventh Century

Shortly after the fall of Camelot and the dissolution of Arthur's Britain, the Wizards' Council was founded by the newly-independent petty king of Stranggore. Stranggore was sooner or later absorbed into Wessex.