Vance, Jack - Elder Isles 1 - Lyonesse

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other places and events which can less certainly be identified. Chretien of

Troyes rhapsodizes upon Ys and its pleasures; and Ys is also the frequent

locale of early Armorican folk-tales. Irish references are numerous but

confusing and contradictory. St. Bresabius of Cardiff propounds a rather

fanciful list of the Kings of Lyonesse; St. Columba inveighs against the

"heretics, witches, idolaters and Druids" of the island he calls "Hy Brasill,"

the medieval term for "Hybras." Otherwise the record is quiet.

Greeks and Phoenicians traded with the Elder Isles. Romans visited

Hybras and many settled there, leaving behind aqueducts, roads, villas and

temples. In the waning days of the Empire Christian dignitaries landed at

Avallon amid vast pomp and panoply. They established bishoprics,

appointed appropriate officials and spent good Roman gold to build their

basilicas, none of which prospered. The bishops strove mightily against the

olden gods, halflings and magicians alike, but few dared enter the Forest of

Tantrevalles. Aspergillums, thuribles and curses proved futile against such

as Dankvin the giant, Taudry the Weasoning, the fairies of Pithpenny Shee.

Dozens of missionaries, exalted through faith, paid terrible prices for their

zeal. Saint Elric marched barefoot to Smoorish Rock where he intended to

subdue the ogre Magre and bring him to the Faith. According to

subsequent tale-tellers, Saint Elric arrived at noon and Magre politely

agreed to hear his declaration. Elric spoke a mighty sermon, while Magre

started the fire in his pit. Elric expounded, recited Scripture and sang the

glories of the Faith. When he came to an end and declared his final

"Hallelujah!," Magre gave him a stoup of ale to ease his throat. Sharpening

a knife he complimented Elric upon the fervor of his rhetoric. Then he

smote off Elric's head, cut, drew, spitted, cooked and devoured the

sanctified morsel with a garnish of leeks and cabbages. Saint Uldine

attempted the baptism of a troll in the waters of Black Meira Tarn. She was

indefatigable; he raped her four times during her efforts, until at last she

despaired. In due course she gave birth to four imps. The first of these,

Ignaldus, became father to the eery knight Sir Sacrontine who could not

sleep of nights until he had killed a Christian. Saint Uldine's other children

Duchy of Dahaut. When Olam III s grandson Uther II fled to Britain (there to

sire Uther Pendragon, father of Arthur, King f Cornwall), the land

fragmented to become ten kingdoms: Dahaut, Lyonesse, North Ulfland,

South Ulfland, Godelia, Blaloc, Caduz, Pomperol, Dascinet and Troicinet.

*The deeds of the four have been chronicled in a rare volume,

"Saint Uldine's Children."

*The Round Table of King Arthur was later inspired by the

Cairbra an Meadhan.

The new kings found many pretexts for contention, and the Elder Isles

entered a time of trouble. North and South Ulfland, exposed to the Ska,*

became lawless wastes, occupied by robber knights and dire beasts. Only

the Vale Evander, guarded to the east by the castle Tintzin Fyral and to the

west by the city Ys, remained a realm of tranquility.

*See Glossary, III.

King Audry I of Dahaut at last took a fateful step. He declared that since

he sat on the throne Evandig, he must be acknowledged King of the Elder

Isles.

King Phristan of Lyonesse at once challenged him. Audry assembled a

great army and marched down Icnield Way through Pomperol and into

Lyonesse. King Phristan led his army north. At the Battle of Orm Hill the

armies fought for two days and finally separated in mutual exhaustion. Both

Phristan and Audry died in combat and both armies retired. Audry II failed

to press his father's claim; effectively Phristan had won the battle.

Twenty years pass. The Ska have made serious inroads into North

Ulfland and have taken to themselves a section known as the North

Foreshore. King Gax, old, half-blind and helpless has gone into hiding. The

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otherplacesandeventswhichcanlesscertainlybeidentified.ChretienofTroyesrhapsodizesuponYsanditspleasures;andYsisalsothefrequentlocaleofearlyArmoricanfolk-tales.Irishreferencesarenumerousbutconfusingandcontradictory.St.BresabiusofCardiffpropoundsaratherfancifullistoftheKingsofLyonesse;St.Columbainveigh...

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