Despite that Bravery

In 1069, following a failed attempt by the Scottish King to restore the Anglo-Saxon royals to the throne of England, William the Conqueror pillaged the North as punishment for the uprising. With a third of England starving and the House of Wessex once again in exile, Scotland's King elects to marry the last English princess instead, ending any chance of a reprisal.

A young and still not quite united Scotland is tasked with handing over his little sister to this new Norman King. They talk on the route to York on what is to become of them now.

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