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Whenever possible, I have attempted to use the real, verifiable names from the time period of the book (464 AD – 517 AD). This includes the names of people and places.

However, there is a great lack of accurate historical records from the Post-Roman era. In addition, the list of petty kingdoms comprising Britain, and their borders, changed constantly (a king would die, and his sons divided the kingdom between themselves, creating multiple smaller kingdoms).

To avoid turning this novel into a geo-political commentary on the early kingdoms of Britain, I used the following as my list of kingdoms and their approximate geographies.

Kingdoms of Britain (from north to south):

Gododdin — Eastern Scottish Lowlands (Lothian, Edinburgh)

Strathclyde — Western Scottish lowlands (Dumbarton, Cumberland, Westmorland)

Bryneich — Northern England (Northumberland)

Ebrauc — York and northern Yorkshire

Rheged — Northwest Central England (Cumbria and Lancashire).

Elmet — Southwest Yorkshire (Lincolnshire)

Gwynedd — North Wales

Powys — Eastern Wales

Dyfed — Southwest Wales

Brycheiniog — Central and Western Wales

Glywysing — South Central Wales

Gwent — Southeast Wales

Ergyng — Southeast Wales (southwest Herefordshire, the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire)

Roman Kingdoms — South Central England (Lundun, Glouvia, Atrebatia)

Dumnonia — Southwest England (Devon and Kernow/Cornwall, parts of Somerset and Dorset)

Eastern Saxons — Essex

Southern Saxons — Sussex

Western Saxons — Wessex

I have also used the original, Roman names for the key cities and other locations whenever possible.

Cities/Locations/Battles in Britain:

Alauna — Castle Rock, Edinburgh, Scotland

Bassas — River Near Glasgow, Scotland

Caerleon — Chester, Powys, Wales

Caer-Anderida — Pevensey, England

Camlann — Roman Fort of Camboglanna, on Hadrian’s Wall

Camulodunum — Colchester, England

Carn Fadrun — Hillfort at Garnfadryn, Wales

Cataractonium — Catterick, North Yorkshire, England

Clausentum — Bittern, Southampton, England

Coed Celyddon — Near Dumbarton, Scotland

Dal Raita — Argyll, Scotland

Din Eidyn — Edinburgh, Scotland

Din Eidyn Hillfort — Arthur’s Seat, Edinburgh, Scotland

Dinas Emrys Hillfort — Near Beddgelert, Gwynedd, Wales

Durocornovium — Swindon, England

Eboracum — York, England

Eidynburghe — Edinburgh, Scotland

Lapis Tituli — Richborough, England

Llongborth — Near Winchester, England

Londinium — London, England

Luguvalium — Carlisle, Cumbria, England

Mercredesburne — Near Bexhill, East Sussex, England

Mount Badon — Herefordshire Beacon, Malvern Hills, England

Netley — Netley Marsh, Near Southampton, England

Pons Aelius — Newcastle, England

Ratae Corieltauvorum — Leicester, England

Venta Belgarum — Winchester, England