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Bobby Pendragon must protect all of time and space from a demon named Saint Dane, a cold-blooded villain who wants nothing less than the dismantling of humanity.
In, we examined the Raid Command available to the Scotti and Saxon factions and in, we looked at the Foederati and how they can affect the game for the good, and also to the detriment, of the Romano factions the Dux and Civitates. In this Action Point, we will look at some of the very well done events on the Epoch Cards that add to the thematic and historical flavor of the time period. What are Epoch Cards?
Epoch Cards are used to mark the end of a round where a series of Event Cards have been played. This round is referred to as an Epoch, and is a very fancy word used to simply denote a period of time, usually with some notable events or particular characteristics. There are both Early and Late Epoch Cards that are determined randomly based on what scenario is being played. Typically, there are a predetermined amount of cards that will appear in each Epoch, ranging from 6-9 cards as during set up, you typically mix in an Epoch Card with the last 2 Event Cards in any given Epoch and place those three shuffled cards on the bottom of the deck. Each COIN Series game uses some form of this type of round ending card. In, it was Coup! Cards, in, it was Winter Quarters cards, etc.
These cards though in Pendragon, serve a slightly different purpose. Sure they mark the end of a round (Epoch) and start the players on the path of going through the very structured Epoch Round, where players gain resources, can lose Foederati and can see infighting where one faction can steal resources from their “partner” faction, but they also have a special Event that must now be taken. I really like these events and enjoy their addition to the game as it adds to the already deep and immersive historical experience of playing this game. I want to take a look at one of the cards and show you what is so interesting about them. We will take a look at Epoch Card #82 titled Rhiotamus.
This card is one that benefits the Dux and is based upon the British military leader Riothamus, who was active circa AD 470. He fought against the Goths in alliance with the declining Roman Empire. He is called “King of the Britons” by the 6th-century historian Jordanes, but the extent of his realm is unclear. Riothamus is a Latinization of the Brythonic personal name.Rigotamos, meaning ‘king-most’, ‘supreme king’ or ‘highest king’.
Though it is still a matter of debate, several scholars consider his life to have been one of the possible sources for the King Arthur legend. In our first play, this was the next to last Epoch Card that we drew in the deck and boy was it a great one for my Dux faction. It was a risk at this point of the game, but one that I knew that I had to take to have any chance at a victory as gaining Prestige with the Dux, which is one of their victory conditions, can be very difficult to accomplish, and the allure of +5 Prestige was just too tempting to pass up.
The Rhiotamus Epoch Card reads as follows: Contintental Adventure: Dux may select up to 4 Cavalry and up to the same number of Dux (red) Foederati Warbands on the map. If Dux selected any, roll 1d6 and multiply by 2: if result.
Uther Pendragon, by from The Story of King Arthur and His Knights (1903) Information Occupation King Title Pendragon Family, Spouse(s) Children, Uther Pendragon (;: Uthyr Pendragon, Uthyr Bendragon) also known as King Uther, is a legendary king of and the father of. A few minor references to Uther appear in, but his biography was first written down by in his ( History of the Kings of Britain), and Geoffrey's account of the character was used in most later versions. He is a fairly ambiguous individual throughout the literature, but is described as a strong king and a defender of the people. According to, magically disguises Uther to look like his enemy, enabling Uther to sleep with Gorlois' wife Lady.
Hp recovery flash disk utility for windows xp. Thus Arthur, 'the once and future king,' is an illegitimate child (though later legend, as found in Malory, emphasizes that the conception occurred after Gorlois's death and that he was legitimated by Uther's subsequent marriage to Igraine ). This act of conception occurs the very night that Uther's troops dispatch Gorlois. The theme of is repeated in Arthur's siring of by his own half-sister in the later prose romances; it is Mordred who mortally wounds in the.
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Contents. Epithet Uther's epithet Pendragon (composed of pen, 'head, chief, top' and dragon, 'dragon; warrior'; borrowed from the Latin word dracō, plural dracōnēs, 'dragons') literally means 'Chief-Dragon' or 'Head-Dragon', but in a figurative sense, 'chief leader', 'chief of warriors', 'commander-in-chief', 'generalissimo', or 'chief governor'. The name was misinterpreted by in to mean 'dragon's head'. According to Geoffrey and works based on his version, Uther acquired the epithet when he witnessed a portentous -shaped comet, which inspired him to use dragons on his. According to and the cycles based on his work, it was Uther's older brother (elsewhere called ) who saw the comet and received the name 'Pendragon', Uther taking his epithet after his death. Early Welsh poetry Though the Welsh tradition of the Arthurian legend is fragmentary, some material exists through the and various poems. Uther appears in these fragments, where he is associated with Arthur and, in some cases, even appears as his father.
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He is mentioned in the circa-10th-century Arthurian poem ' ('What man is the gatekeeper?' ), where it is only said of him that is his servant. He is also memorialized with 'The Death-song of Uther Pen' from the. The latter includes a reference to Arthur, so the marginal addition of 'dragon' to Uther's name is probably justified. 'The Colloquy of Arthur and the Eagle,' a poem contemporary with but independent of Geoffrey, mentions another son of Uther named Madoc, the father of Arthur's nephew.
In Triad 28, Uthyr is named the creator of one of the Three Great Enchantments of the Island of Britain, which he taught to the wizard. Since Menw is a shapeshifter according to, it might be that Uther was one as well. If this is so, it opens up the possibility that Geoffrey of Monmouth's narrative about Uther impregnating Igerna with 's help (see below) was taken from a Welsh legend where Uthyr changed his own shape, Merlin possibly being added to the story by Geoffrey.
Uthyr's other reference, Triad 51, however, shows influence from Geoffrey's Historia. It follows Geoffrey's description of Uther as son of, now called 'Custennin the Blessed', and brother of both ('Emrys Wledig') and ('Custennin the Younger'). Historia Regum Britanniae.
Longman Pronunciation Dictionary, 3rd ed., s.v. 'Uther', 'Pendragon'. Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru, University of Wales Press, Vol III, 1994, p. 2726-2739, 'pen', 'pendragon'; Vol I, 1963 p. 1081, 'dragon'. ^ Bromwich, Trioedd Ynys Prydein, p.
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