Lunden 999 AD
Lunden 999 ADKing Aethelred looked disparagingly at Aelfwynn and wondered about his decision. The man had undoubted qualities, but he did not have a vision of what was happening in the country beyond the confines of his native Kent. The monarch sighed and assumed the duty of informing him. Beginning with an enigmatic smile, he stated,
“For a man who has clashed many times with the Vikings, you seem to know very little about their movements. I should tell you that two years ago, the mercenary force created in 994 from the residue of the raiding army of 991 turned on those whom I hired them to protect.” The king sighed heavily, his expression sorrowful, giving him a careworn appearance. “They harried Cornwall, Devon, western Somerset and south Wales in 997; and not satisfied,
