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5 unusual facts about Pendragon


Andy Sears

In 2011 he released a limited edition CD of work in progress, Souvenir to coincide with a European Tour as support to Pendragon.

Charlotte Ritchie

Ritchie joined the National Youth Music Theatre (NYMT) aged eleven and performed in a touring production of Pendragon in Japan, as well as appearing in summer productions in London, Devon and Edinburgh with the NYMT and Youth Music Theatre:UK.

Concerto Maximo

Concerto Maximo is a live album by the British progressive rock band Pendragon, released in 2009, recorded in Katowice, on October 13, 2008.

Pendragon: Sword of His Father

Raymond Burns as Justinian Pendragon-father of Artos and a garrison commander in the east of britannia; killed during the initial Saxon invasion.

Starbotton

She wrote in her diary I went into John Symondson's house at Starbotton in Craven, where I lay one night, and then on to Pendragon.


Arthur Uther Pendragon

In the early 1970s, Pendragon rode a custom-built Triumph Thunderbird, attended events such as the Windsor Free Festival and Stonehenge Festival, and became head of a biker gang called the Gravediggers (later renamed the Saddletramps).

His case was presided over by Lord Tenby, who allowed Pendragon to wear his robes and sword in court, and allowed him to swear oath on his sword.

Basic Role-Playing

Pendragon (acquired in 1998 by Green Knight Publishing, and 2005 by White Wolf), while related, has sufficiently different mechanics that it can be seen as a separate system.

Campaign setting

Settings that have been explored in roleplaying games include Pendragon (Arthurian), Sengoku (Japanese warring states), Recon (Vietnam War), Tibet (historical Tibet), and Fantasy Imperium (historical Europe).

Chaosium

Green Knight Publishing formed to focus on Pendragon, Chaosium "proper" retained Call of Cthulhu, Stormbringer, and Mythos, while Greg Stafford (who left Chaosium in 1998) founded Issaries, Inc. to publish HeroQuest and focus on bringing new Glorantha related material into print.

Edward Balliol

On his retreat from Scotland, Balliol sought refuge with the Clifford family, land owners in Westmorland, and stayed in their castles at Appleby, Brougham, Brough, and Pendragon.

League of Legends

They partnered with Steve "Guinsoo" Feak, the previous designer of the popular Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne custom map Defense of the Ancients, and Steve "Pendragon" Mescon, the administrator of the former official support base for the map (www.dota-allstars.com) to develop League Of Legends.

Riot Games

Employees at the company include veterans of Defense of the Ancients, such as the former lead developer Steve "Guinsoo" Feak, and the former official DotA-Allstars.com website founder Steve "Pendragon" Mescon.

Siglind Bruhn

Frank Martin's Musical Reflections on Death, Pendragon 2011.

Smythson

In the 1950s, the John Menzies Group acquired Smythson, which was at the time also operating under the name "Pendragon".

Spy Castle

A terrorist named Pendragon delivers an ultimatum to heads of state in London, Paris, Rome and Bonn.

Tenacity on the Tasman

While shooting a Virgin advertisement for Olver’s company Pendragon Productions, Hicks and Olver pitches the idea of a circumnavigation to Richard Branson, who sponsored Hicks’s transatlantic row previously.

The Knight of the Sacred Lake

Morgan le Fay, now the mother of Arthur's only son, Mordred, has become the focus of Merlin's age-old quest to ensure the survival of the house of Pendragon.

The Pendragons

Jonathan Pendragon was involved at a production and direction level in many of the shows in which The Pendragons appeared and was jointly responsible with conductor Erich Kunzel for creating their innovative show with the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra.

Welsh Dragon

Note that Arthur's father was named Uther Pendragon ('Pendragon': 'Pen' (Head) and 'Dragon', being translated by Geoffrey as "dragon's head").


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