KoRT (Knights of the
Round Table)
Faith, Charity, Justice, Sagacity, Prudence, Temperance, Resolution, Truth, Liberality, Diligence, Hope, Valor.
“Let every man, woman, child bear witness that from this day all Britons will be united in one common cause. And as for the men and women who gave their lives, their deaths were cause for neither mourning nor sadness. For they will live forever, their names and deeds handed down from father to son, mother to daughter...”
Watch, Read, and Listen... of those final days of servitude...
Artorius Castus, also known as Arthur, is a Roman cavalry officer, the son of a Roman father and a Celtic mother, commanded a military force of Sarmatian auxiliary cavalry in Britain at the close of the Roman occupation. He is not the first Arthur – but for generations, his ancestors had manned the Wall, leading Sarmatian auxiliaries.
Arthur and his Sarmatian Knights guarded Hadrian's Wall against the Woads, a Celtic people who resisted Roman rule, led by the mysterious Merlin.
“O merciful God, I have such need of your mercy now. Not for myself, but for my knights, for this is truly their hour of need. Deliver them from the trials ahead, and I will repay you a thousandfold with any sacrifice you ask of me. And if, in your wisdom, you should determine that that sacrifice must be my life for theirs, so they may once again taste the freedom that has so long been denied to them, I will gladly make that covenant.” Artorius Castus
Arthur’s life was full of events that led to the loss of his faith in Rome as a bastion of justice. After realizing that the Rome of his ideals existed only in his dreams, Arthur and his men, having forsaken Roman citizenship or their returning to the lands of Sarmatia, formed an alliance with the Woads to fight the Saxons.
“My men are strong, but they have need of a true leader. They believe you can do anything. To defeat the Saxon we need a master of war. That sword you carry is made of iron from this earth, forged in the fires of Britannia.” Merlin, Leader of the Woad.
The Gift of Freedom is Yours By Right.....
Arthur’s elite armoured cavalry, and his allied Woads, defeated the Saxons in twelve engagements, culminating in the decisive battle of Mons Badonicus. That climactic battle, the "Battle of Badon Hill" just south of the then-abandoned Hadrian's Wall, allowed Arthur and his men a secured place to call their own.
After the victory, Arthur and his Knights, Guinevere, and Merlin promise to lead the Britons, united with the defeat of the Saxons and retreat of the Romans, against future invaders.
“Freedom. Arthur. Guinevere. Knights... Our people are free...”
Rule Your Fate
By 300 AD, the Roman Empire extended from Arabia to Britain.
But They wanted more. More land.
More people loyal and subservient to Rome.
But no people so important as the powerful Sarmatians to the east.
Thousand died on that field.
And when the smoke cleared on the fourth day, the only Sarmatian soldiers left alive were members of the decimated but legendary cavalry.
The Romans, impressed by their bravery and horsemanship, spared their lives.
In exchange, these warriors were incorporated into the Roman military.
Better they had died that day.
For the second part of the bargain,
they struck indebted not only themselves but also their sons, and their sons, and so on,
to serve the empire as knights.
