New scenes (update 30/12/2011: Saxon Village p. 32)

[Adorno]

New town scene in 1.3



Cantwaraburh






Known today as Canterbury. In 1. century A.D. the Romans conquered the settlement from the native Celtic population and erected a town.
When barbarian (Anglo, Saxon, Jute and Frisian) raids became more frequent an earth bank with walls was built.
Eventually the Romans left and the town decayed. Within the walls meant to protect against the barbarians,
the barbarians, mostly Jutes, settled, and it was the Jutes who named the place Cantwaraburh, meaning:
"Kent people's stronghold".

Legend has it that the two Jutish brothers Hengist and Horsa landed in 449 as mercenaries for a British king, Vortigern.
They rebelled against him and Horsa founded the kingdom of Kent.

Time passes and in the year 597 King Aethelberht of Kent is the first British ruler - brytenwalda - to convert to Christianity.
And around that time Aethelberht marries Bertha, daughter of the Christian king Charibert of the Franks.
All in all the Jutish culture in Kent shows more signs of Roman, Frankish, and Christian influence than that of the Angles or Saxons.
This scene is imagination based on how a Jutish settlement may have looked.


Town center

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Castle

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Tavern

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Prison

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Merchant

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Arena

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Besieging Cantwaraburh

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[Hengist]

Bless you Adorno! 

[Life_Erikson]

  Adorno you rule!

I've never seen such a wonderful town scene.

[Lokloklok]

Awesome work again adorno. These towns make besieging fun again and not just routine to grow your faction.

[Idibil]

 

I had see it before, but i must say that this Cantwaraburh is my favorite town now 

[BrustwarzenLenny]

Too awesome 
I'll rent a hut in there 

[Adorno]

Sure, that'll be 10 scillingas per week 
Thank you for the kind words. I made a video showing the scenes, called:


Brytenwalda - Scenes From the Dark Ages
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UL0_qN9MK4w

(Sorry about the low quality).

[Garluch]

Sure, that'll be 10 scillingas per week 
Thank you for the kind words. I made a video showing the scenes, called:


Brytenwalda - Scenes From the Dark Ages
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UL0_qN9MK4w

(Sorry about the low quality).

Adorno, you have a gift.

[Adorno]

Thanks 


Saxon Shore Forts


There was no Count of the Saxon Shore
  To meet her hand to hand,
As she took the beach with a grind and a roar,
  And the pirates rushed inland!
                                                       
                                                             Rudyard Kipling, The Pirates in England




The Romans built many forts by the sea to protect against Saxon raiders, called Saxon Shore Forts;
and ironically a few of them were actually inhabited by Saxons when the Romans left.
There were 9 in total under the command of a Count - 'Comes Litoris Saxonici' ('Count of the Saxon Shore').

Most had an approximately rectangular plan, the walls being up to about 4.5m thick and 8m high, with round towers projecting at intervals and at the corners.

One example is Richborough in Kent/Cantware, one of the first places the Romans arrived in Britain, and one of the last to be abandoned.
Around year 277 to 285 the fort was built with massive walls in a rectangular shape.

Inside the walls the Saxons built their own fortification, while the Roman walls and houses decayed.







Screenshots of a siege

The outer Roman walls in decay, and Saxon settlement in the centre

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First set of walls - the Roman

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Second set of walls - the Saxon

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Chaos at the gatehouse

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[beuse]

My eyes are crying when i see this last scene  soooo beautiful !!

[Tchan]

Great scenes as always. I was wondering if we could get some more scenes for bounty hunters... Something like an interior of a house or maybe some dungeon scenes, where we would have to venture into it to get our man, maybe even take on a small group in some dingy interior settings? Just some ideas.

[Morcant]

Trully awesome work Adorno. One question however Why Din Tagell (Tintagel) is only an inland fort when it should be a great coastal promontary fortress? Is it not possible to have scenes with the sea?

[Adorno]

Din Tagell is actually inspired by South Cadbury, but Idibil chose to make it Din Tagell.
Not sure why. You can make sea as border terrain, like in Hlew Ceaster.

I can announce there will be new scenes in version 1.31 

[Idibil]

Din Tagell is actually inspired by South Cadbury, but Idibil chose to make it Din Tagell.
Not sure why. You can make sea as border terrain, like in Hlew Ceaster.

I can announce there will be new scenes in version 1.31 

It is provisional, until we will have Din Tagell scene 

[Morcant]

Excellent
There is some nice drawings of those fortress in the osprey "Hillforts of the Age of Arthur" and "Pictish fortress". If you don't have them already, PM me and I'll see what I can do