I showed some restraint last night. I only stayed up till 0500. -_- There’s still a fair bit to hash out, but it’s going to have to be relegated to the side because the big mystery project has been revealed and it’s going to be a lot of work. I have places to be next weekend, so the objective is to get as much done before then as possible.

I did a major shakeup to the genealogies of my Arthurian cast based on better information I’ve acquired. You see, originally I wanted Caradoc the Elder to be a Coeling through Pellam (who I made a posthumous child of Coel Hen), the odd duck left to tend to most of Britannia while his father (in my version) Pellam retires to Listenoise with Pelles and Pellinore. However, learning about actual sons of Coel Hen and the Kings in the North, I decided to separate them out. Caradoc is now the adopted son of Ynyr, the son-in-law and heir of Vortimer, son of Vortigern, keeping him in the south. Well, I made kings like Loth and Urien sons of Caradoc who inherit their respective kingdoms after he abdicates. With Caradoc now being divorced from the north, that wasn’t going to work, so I shifted Angusel, Loth, Urien and Nentres from Caradoc’s line to that of Gwrast Lledlwn, the son of Ceneu the King in the North (one of the actual sons and successors to Coel Hen). They’re now half-brothers to Meirchion Gul of Rheged who gain their territories from Uther Pendragon after he’s named King of the Britons, a sort of consolation prize for him taking the title of King in the North from their family. (Although, in Uther’s defense, he’s a grandson of Coel Hen himself and as the son to King of the Britons Constantine II, has a strong claim as Coel Hen’s successor, but this conflict will play into the story.)

All that sound complicated and convoluted? Well, that’s just scratching the surface, but that gives you an idea of the kind of stuff I’ve been mired in. I’ve conflated Uther with King in the North Mor ap Ceneu, so I need to reconcile that line with Arthur. I may or may not choose to go the multiple Guinevere route to resolve some of it. (Some versions of the stories say he married three Guineveres in his day. It would explain why the more famous one appeared later in his reign.)

Once the genealogies and timelines are settled, I’ll probably switch back to writing on either Tico3 or TTWC1, but so long as I have the drive to advance this current work, I should capitalize on it. Stay tuned.

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