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It is presumed that Simon was born some time in the year 751 although there is little in the way of evidence. It is assumed that Simon was abandoned under mysterious circumstances by his parents someplace near Glastenbury-Avalon where he was raised by a pastry chef. He learned to speak Welsh within the year, and spoke so eloquently that he argued, at the age of barely 2 years, on the behalf of a woman accused of witchcraft. Inspired by a myth he changed his name to Myrlyn. By the age of six he had developed a crude system of magic, cast his first spell, and learned French, Danish, Latin, and Celtic. In a world where magic was all but unknown, rumors began to fly. Some said Myrlyn was fathered by a demonic elemental. Others claimed that Myrlyn was an underworlder masquerading as a child. Myrlyn overcame these rumors. He began to foretell the future and was said to have healing powers. In the summer of 760 King Ramiro called Myrlyn to his court. Myrlyn told a number of prophecies to the King in secret. The king was so delighted by these predictions that he offered Myrlyn the position of court viseer. When Myrlyn declined the King gave him a large sum of money to allow him to travel the land.

Myrlyn booked passage on numerous ships and sailed from isle to isle, but in the winter he was nearly killed repelling pirates. The ship limped back to port. The ship's captain insisted that Myrlyn had single-handedly saved the ship, but he returned the credit to the captain. Myrlyn decided to take up a less dangerous pastime and enrolled in Cambridge. At Cambridge he met up the Belruse, a foreign scholar. Aurthur referred to him in public as Blaise, and credits Blaise with helping him refine his magical techniques to their current form. In September of 761 he wrote A Treatise on Magic, but decided not to present it. Shortly thereafter Blaise disappeared and Myrlyn decided to leave Cambridge.

The next year Myrlyn is credited with moving The Stone Monoliths from Logres to Essex. The method and the motive behind this are, to this day, a mystery.

Late in the summer of 767 met the warrior Demnor just after a battle. Demnor misunderstood Myrlyn's reasons for being at the battlefield. Suspecting him of treachery he attacked Myrlyn. The two fought for nearly a half hour before calling a truce and reconciling their differences. Myrlyn decried that Demnor was to be Sir Aurthur from then on, and prophesied that Aurthur would some day be King. Sir Aurthur replaced the mercenary unit's Marshall as leader. With Myrlyn's sage tactical advice and magical support Aurthur's Cavalry unit gained prestige. In June of 768 Aurthur's Cavalry turned the battle of Carleon and united Cornwall.

Myrlyn spent the winter of 768-769 at Carnival. Some say he stayed awake partying through the entire three months. In this time Aurthur grew tired of the festival and left Myrlyn.

In 770 Myrlyn heard tales of an unstoppable avatar named Roland, and traveled to Rome to meet him. Roland, however, returned to Aachen just 20 days before Myrlyn arrived in Rome. In Rome Myrlyn learned of many engineering techniques and grew interested in machinery. However, roman officials, much better organized than the various Twentilese governments, began closing in on Myrlyn with charges of witchcraft. Myrlyn was forced to stow-away on and commandeer a roman steamship. When he returned to Sussex he found, and rush to, Aurthur who was mortally wounded. Myrlyn cast his mightiest healing spells to keep Aurthur alive and assured him that he would die in Avalon, and not in Sussex. Sir Aurthur eventually did recover and the two old friends went to lead another cavalry force.

In 774 Myrlyn had his first encounter with a Chaosite. This encounter remains unresolved to this day. Chaos has it's eye on Simon as he continues his travels with Sir Aurthur. He has been investigating stories of other spell casters in hopes they can lead him to the knowledge that will eventually allow him to engage and defeated Chaos.

Mood Music

 Here are a few bits of Celtic music that I thought did a nice job of setting the tone for these pages.