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Period
6th century CE
During the sixth century, the Brittonic kingdom on the Clyde formed one of the major powers of northern Britain. Its royal centre was associated with Alt Clut, the fortress later known as Dumbarton Rock, while traditions connect rulers such as Tutagual and Rhydderch Hael with the wider network of Brittonic kingdoms known as the Old North.
Strathclyde’s rulers operated among neighbouring Brittonic kingdoms, the Picts, Dál Riata and the expanding Anglian kingdom of Bernicia. Warfare, marriage alliances and competition for overlordship shaped the region, while Christianity existed alongside older religious practices and gained increasing royal support.
It should be used in place of the broader Post-Roman Britain parent when Strathclyde is a principal setting.
Series
The Lost Queen series reimagines the political and spiritual world of sixth-century northern Britain through Languoreth, queen of Strathclyde, and her twin brother Lailoken, a warrior-seer whose story is woven into the traditions that later shaped Merlin. Across the sequence, the Brittonic kingdoms of the north face dynastic…
