Aberffraw, Ynys Dryyll 854 AD
Aberffraw, Ynys Dryyll 854 ADWhen he was younger with his father on the throne, Rhodri was aware of the malicious voices circulating about the legitimacy of his father’s claim to kingship. So, he gave short shrift to the tongues wagging against the King of Dyfed. Some claimed that Hyfaidd ap Bleddri was the son of a serf. Rhodri didn’t care but was concerned at Hyfaidd’s troubling message. The King of Dyfed had sent an appeal for help to deal with the Norsemen in his kingdom. After his recent experience of fighting the Vikings, King Rhodri was receptive to the plea, and he summoned Alun and Cadfael to discuss the matter.
“The Norsemen from Ireland are colonising the isles off Dyfed,” Rhodri began, and a note of peevishness entered his booming voice, “and the
