#0.5 – Freedom’s Sword
Scotland, 1296. Newly knighted Andrew Moray joins the army resisting Edward I’s invasion, only to be captured after the Scottish defeat and carried to an English prison. His escape returns him to a northern country occupied by English garrisons, with his family’s lands seized and his…
#1 – A Kingdom’s Cost
Scotland, 1305–1307. The execution of William Wallace and the death of his father leave the young James Douglas without land or protection under English rule. Refused the restoration of his inheritance, he commits himself to Robert the Bruce, whose seizure of the crown begins a desperate…
#2 – Countenance of War
James Douglas continues the campaign to drive English forces from Scotland and recover the lordship taken from his family. Raids, castle attacks and scorched-earth tactics make him indispensable to Robert the Bruce and increasingly notorious among the English as the Black Douglas. Edward II responds with…
#3 – Not for Glory
At Bannockburn in 1314, James Douglas commands part of the Scottish army that breaks Edward II’s invasion and secures Robert the Bruce’s hold over the kingdom. Victory brings him honour at home and a reputation that inspires fear across the border, but it does not bring…