Wigmore

Wigmore Castle is the caput of the extensive Mortimer estates in Herefordshire and Shropshire. The massive castle was originally build shortly after the Conquest by William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford and a companion of King William the Conqueror. FitzOsbern was killed in Flanders in 1071, and his son Roger de Breteuil took part in the Revolt of the Earls in 1075; after the Earl's subsequent defeat, King William seized the castle and gave it to de Mortimer family.

Notables of the Court

 * Lord Ranulf de Mortimer, a renowned knight and a cunning and ruthless warrior
 * Lady Christina of Caynham, a flirtatious young lady, ward of Lord de Mortimer

Other Notable Figures

 * Ulrich, an infamous Saxon sorcerer, a gaunt, bald man with a high pitched voice, the leader of a secret pagan cult within the ranks of Wigmore's knights.
 * The ulfhednar, former knights of Wigmore seduced by pagan magic into savage warriors with the power to transform themselves into wolves

Former Members of the Court

 * Hawise, Lord de Mortimer's young daughter, married to Stephen, Count of Aumale
 * Sir William Ironarm, deceased, a notable knight and Marshal of Wigmore, a leader of Urich's ulfhednar, he was killed in trial by combat with Sir Henry de Say over his part in a scheme to sacrifice Lady Rosamund in one of Ulrich's pagan rites.
 * Sir Gilbert, deceased, a young knight of Wigmore, an ambitious young man who saw himself as a rival for Lady Rosamund's hand.