Tales From Cornwall: A History Of The Hubelaires

ARGUMENT FROM DATES

200 B. C. Folkes-King Eric rules in Wearfold, Norway. Olaf is Lord of the House of the Wolves in Jutland.

190 B. C. Balder, son of Olaf, is born.

189 B. C. Thyra, daughter of Eric, is born.

171 B. C. Balder, adventures to Wearfold, kills a giant and married Thyra.

170 B. C. Holga, oldest son of Balder, is born.

140 B. C. Odin, only son of Holga, is born.

100 B. C. The Wolves are driven from Jutland by the Norsemen. Balder is transmuted into at oak tree. Under the command of Lord Holga the Wolves sail southwest and find a new home in Armorica.

99 B. C. Harold, son of Odin, is born.

77 B. C. Edward, son of Harold, is born.

58 B. C. Edward adventures to the east and marries an eagle. She lays an egg, hatches a boy, changes to a woman and calls her son Cecil.

57 B. C. Caesar invades Gaul. The Wolves flee to Cornwall. Lord Harold dies and his son Edward becomes Lord. The family name is changed to Hubelaire.

43 A. D. Claudius conquers most of England and builds the Hadrian Wall.

350 A. D. The Romans are driven from England.

400 A. D. The Hubelaires are never conquered, but repeated sieges of their castle, destruction of their lands and frequent pestilences so weaken them that they leave Cornwall and sail to the Isle of Lundy in the Hungry Sea. Here they build a walled town and live at peace for thirty years.

430 A. D. The Rathlings invade Lundy and attack the Hubelaires. After long fighting with heavy losses on both sides, peace is declared; but the Rathlings remain in Lundy.

440 A. D. The Rathlings break the peace and kill all the Hubelaires; but Raymond the Golden, before his death, becomes the father of two sons, Raymond and Doom.

462 A. D. Raymond and Doom destroy the Rathlings and them sail to Armorica, where they establish the little kingdom of Walling.

782 A. D. Cecil is Lord of the Hubelaires in Walling. His only daughter, Angelica, dies, after destroying a giant.

783 A. D. Cecil, nephew of Lord Cecil, adventures to Cornwall and becomes the Overlord of that country. He lives in the castle of the Hubelaires, first occupied by his family in 57 B. C. He helps Lord FitzHugh marry Queen Broda of Ireland.