Camelot

Type
Factions: Main Faction.

Description
Camelot, where all men had a seat at the round table, where all were equal and all worked together for the common good. This is the ideal that the Camelot movement strives for. London as ruled by the Gentry is stratified, unequal and oppressive. The men and women of the Camelot movement, led by Richard “Arthur” Gwyn fight for a new order in Britain where all are equal and all may have their say.

In their early days they attempted to rally for reform of Gentry ruled London, only for the Gentry to clamp down on them and drive them underground. But they continue their campaign to bring a better life to the people of London and Britain. Now Camelot operates more quietly, but their dedication to a fair and democratic London has not wavered. Even as they are challenged by the Gentry and the 5th Column the brave and devoted women of Camelot shall not waver. The time for reform and peaceful agitation has passed, the revolution is coming.

Based on WWII British Commandos and Arthurian lore. They are currently decentralized and fighting from the shadows. Their current goal is building their numbers and turning public opinion back to their favor.

Location
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History/Background
Camelot is the brainchild of Richard Gwyn, a Welsh trader turned revolutionary. The story of Camelot is as much his story as it is that of the original king Arthur and that of Britain itself. Richard was born in the wastes of what was once Wales. Outside of the growing kingdom of Powys the wastes of Gwynedd. His parents were traders and as such he grew up on the British trading circuit, taking the young Richard across the width and Breadth of Britain, once going as far north as Edinburgh. As such, Richard had a broad set of experiences to draw from. Adding to the education provided by his parents and other traders he met, the young Richard struck up a friendship with the pre-war ghoul  and caravan guard, William Knight. Knight took a shine to the precocious boy and took an active part in his education, giving him access to his personal library and exposing him to the classics. Starting with tales of King Arthur and his Knights before branching into John Locke, St. Augustine, and Aristotle. The young Richard drank it in, and when his parents died of plague when he was 11, Knight took him in. Knight continued Richard’s education, teaching his survival techniques, combat skills and tactics. Richard would leave Knight sometime between the ages of 17 and 18 to travel. Usually making a living as a trader or caravan guard, Richard traveled widely across Britain, even making a brief sojourn to Ireland and to the north of France. It is during this time that he began developing his own ideology.

He rejected the strongman rule seen in many wasteland states as well as the idea of trying to reclaim or rebuild pre-war states, instead choosing to view the pre-war world as something to be learned from and to adapt ideas from, but ultimately foolish to replicate. He advocated for representational democracy and for the idea that all should have a seat at the table.

London had long been a fixture of the young Richard’s childhood. The city had long been a fixture of the trade circuit and Richard had visited the city yearly throughout his childhood. It was a city that he adopted and that had adopted him.

Arthur’s first foray into London politics was spent mainly building a small movement in Eastminster, he quickly acquired a following and a small core of lieutenants. The movement’s philosophies were further distilled when Khajal Payyappilly, a Londoner who had her own pro-democracy movement, brought her own followers into the movement, soon becoming Arthur’s right hand, taking the code name “Bedevere.” Arthur found early on that his ideals of democracy and representative government were unfamiliar and confusing to the citizens of London many of whom were only familiar with the terms he was using in the context of the Gentry’s bastardizations. Drawing back to his childhood, Arthur and his followers began using Arthurian imagery and lore to represent themselves and their ideals. Where many might have only an imperfect idea of what democracy was, everyone knew the stories of King Arthur, this shift resulted in an explosion in popularity, finally drawing the proper ire of the Gentry.

The Gentry began a  violent crackdown on the Camelot Movement, scattering its followers. They failed to arrest or kill Richard or his top lieutenants, but much of the movement’s civilian following was scattered to the winds. Eastminster was subject to harsh reprisals that soured the perception of the movement in the area even to this day. Camelot still has sympathisers about London though, mainly in Camden and on the Isle of Dogs as well as a small following inside Westminster itself. For now, Camelot keeps their heads down, operating out of a Pindar Station in Peckham under nelson Mandela house, a bombed out council estate.

A reckoning is coming for the Gentry, and Camelot is ready to fight for what they believe is right, with London and all of Britain in the balance.

Prominent NPCs
Richard "Arthur" Gwyn

William “Merlin” Knight

Khajal “Bedevere” Muttathupadathu

Frances “Guinevere” Ingleby

Robert “Lancelot” Lawrence

Edmund “Gawain” Campion

John “Percival” Rigby

Bronagh “Morganna” MacDúin

Anne “Galahad” Line

Henry “Bors” Morse

Alban “Moriaen” Roe

John “Tristan” Clitherow

Margaret “Iseult” Clitherow

Simon “Lamorak” Chunfu

Assorted Information

 * While Arthur is the ideological and political head of the organization, he has taken careful steps to delegate power and put checks onto his power.
 * They’ve been in contact with someone within the Gentry/Angel over the radio who identifies as the callsign “Modred.” They’ve been passing good info on, but Arthur and Merlin are still suspicious.
 * Eastminster is somewhat hostile to Camelot following their initial attempts to organize caused strict reprisals on the demi-borough.
 * The Pistols are highly sympathetic to Camelot and as such Camelot has a strong foothold in Camden, one of the few boroughs where they can openly recruit.
 * The Isle of Dogs/Milwall is the other Borough where Camelot is most tolerated openly
 * Camelot is unwelcome in Islington due to Miller already trying to court the 5th column
 * Currently Camelot is decentralized, but as they get closer to a proper revolution, they will establish a  proper base.
 * Useful but currently unused names. Green Knight, Lady of the Lake, Fisher King
 * Foundational works: Arthur romances; Canterbury Tales; Robin Hood; Beowulf; Lord of the Rings; Seneca: Letters from a stoic; Aeneid; Discourses on Livy; Marcus Aurelius: Meditations; Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle’s Politics; Plato: Plato’s Republic; Aquinas: Treatise on Law; Augustine: City of God; John Locke;  Magna Carta

Soldier Types

 * Camelot Officer
 * Camelot Runner
 * Camelot Trooper
 * Camelot Militia
 * Camelot Scout
 * Camelot Gunner

Associated Quests

 * (Churchill quote): Help Percival with propaganda efforts.
 * Help them expand their base.
 * Begin swaying the public to their cause.
 * Re-establish Camelot’s foothold in Eastminster and try to win back that Borough.
 * Flip the boroughs to being Camelot friendly, either by convincing current leaders or installing leaders who are Camelot friendly.
 * Break into the BBM and broadcast one of Arthur’s speeches to begin the uprising
 * Wipe out the 5th column before the uprising.
 * Get the Tommies to back you in Act 3