EN065.15 Jon
Ott 2025
L. Era of Minerva
1. At Walhallagara
Jon’s Fleet
65.15 Hence comes the history of Jon:
(Jon, Ian, John, and Jan all come from the word Jeaven [give/given]. The variety arises from how the navigators, who are used to shortening everything, pronounce it so they can say things quickly and loudly while at sea.)
Jon — meaning: ‘given’ — was a sea king, born at the Alderga, who sailed out of the Flee Lake with a hundred and twenty-seven ships equipped for a great sea voyage, richly laden with amber, tin, copper, iron, cloth, linen, pelts, and maidens’ felt made of otter, beaver, and rabbit fur. He was then supposed to come here to take paper.
Once Jon arrived, however, and saw how Kelta had destroyed our famed burg, he became so utterly furious that he headed with all of his men to Fleeburg, [066] and set there the red rooster in revenge.[1] His watch-by-night and some of his men rescued the Lamp and the maidens. But Syrhed, or Kelta, they could not capture. She climbed the furthest battlement, and everyone thought she would perish in the flames. What happened then? While all her men stood frozen in fright, she appeared upon her steed, more radiant than ever, calling: “To Kelta, my people!” And the folk from over the Scheldt formed a great army. When the navigators saw this, they called: “We for Minerva!” A war ensued, in which thousands fell.
In those times, Rosamunde — that is, Rose-mouth — was mother. She had settled many conflicts amicably in order to keep the peace. But now that the situation had become so dire, she took decisive measures. Immediately, she sent messengers throughout all the districts to declare a state of emergency, and defenders of the land came from all over. The fighting landsmen were all captured, but Jon saved himself and his men upon his fleet, taking both of the Lamps with them, as well as Minerva and the maidens of both burgs.
Helprik, the captain of the guard force, ordered his arrest. But while all the host was still across the Scheldt, Jon sailed back to the Flee Lake and further onward to our islands. His men, and many of our folk, [067] took women and children on board and, as Jon realized that he and his crews would be punished like criminals, they quietly departed.
It was the right decision, because all of our islanders and all the folk from the other side of the Scheldt who had fought were banished to Britannia. This verdict proved disastrous, for now came the beginning of the end...
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Chapter L: Sandbach 1876