Historia Fabularum

During the reign of King Lud, the Coraniaid came to Britain to torment its inhabitants. This strange brood had hearing so precise that no plot could be made to expel them, for it would always reach their ears.

Lleu Llaw Gyffes, a powerful Welsh warrior, was cursed by his mother Arianrhod to never have a human wife. Gwydion, his father, and Math, his great-uncle, counteracted this curse by creating a wife, Blodeuwedd, from the flowers of the forest.

The Giant King Bran the Blessed waged war against King Matholwch to save his sister Branwen from an abusive marriage. He is successful but is mortally wounded and his forces decimated, and so he has his seven surviving men decapitate him and carry his head to London.

Pwyll, a young prince of Dyfed, met Arawn, King of the otherworld Annwn, and his hounds while hunting near the river Cych. Pwyll angered Arawn by stealing a deer his hounds were eating and was made to atone by disguising himself as Arawn and defeating his rival Hafgan.

Cuthbert lived as a hermit on a small islet a short distance from Lindisfarne. While there he survived on plants and scraps of raw meat brought to him by the sea birds of the area. After his death he was venerated as a saint.

The Lilith were wild demons of the ancient desert said to feast upon infant flesh. They would make their homes in the desolate ruins of human settlements abandoned in times of war or famine.

The Nacken (also called the Nixie) is a kind of dangerous water-spirit of the North. As with most other water-spirits, they are said to lure people to drown in lakes, streams, and ponds, in this case via the use of an enchanted violin.

The goat-woman liked to leave out food for the forest-folk, but often found herself struggling to meet their demand.

During the years of famine, a peculiar beast made up from the fused bodies of countless pigs was oft sighted. The creature seemed to prefer to avoid humans and was most often seen in the many abandoned towns dotting the landscape.

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The Latin princess Lavinia was made the object of a war between Trojan refugees, lead by Aeneas, and those loyal to the Rutulian king Turnus. A skilled priestess in her own right, Lavinia maintained a special relationship with the gods of her homeland.

The Elder things, primordial extra-terrestrials who made earth their home in ages past, awoke from millions of years of slumber to a world changed and hostile to them.

Cernunnos, a mysterious antlered deity, was worshiped across Britain and Gaul in the days before the coming of Christianity. Little trace survives of his ancient cult and he remains shrouded in obscurity to this day.

Casca

Based on Kentaro Miura's 'Berserk'

The Black Swordsman

Based on Kentaro Miura's 'Berserk'

Princess Camilla of the Volsci, a fearsome warrior trained in warfare by the Amazons, aided her ally King Turnus in his war against the Trojan refugees. During the war she was slain by Arruns, a Trojan ally whom the Goddess Diana then killed in revenge.

"I am a fool with a heart but no brains"

Based on Fyodor Dostoevsky's 'The Idiot'