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The '''Daughters of Lerion''' was the collective term for the daughters of the wealthy [[East Anglia]]n [[ealdorman]] [[Lerion]], who claimed lineage from the {{Wiki|Wuffingas|House of Wuffingas}}. Namely, it consisted of [[Goneril]], [[Regan]], and [[Cordelia]].
The '''Daughters of Lerion''' was the collective term for the daughters of the mythical [[Britons|Briton]] king [[Lerion]], namely, [[Goneril]], [[Regan]], and [[Cordelia]].


Claimed to have lived in the 8th century BCE, the story of king Lerion and his daughters was still alive in the 9th century CE, when the [[Viking]] [[Eivor Varinsdottir]] learned about it while exploring the [[England]].<ref name="ACV">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]''</ref>
==History==
In 864, Lerion, with assurance of support from [[Ælla of Northumbria|Ælla]], the king of [[Northumbria]] and a [[Order of the Ancients]] member, sought to overthrow [[Burgred of Mercia|Burgred]], the king of [[Mercia]], and merge the two kingdoms into one, under the Wuffingas dynasty. However, his plot was uncovered by King [[Edmund the Martyr|Edmund]], who arrested and executed for treason. His remaning daughters, fearing they would suffer the same fate, fled their [[Lerion's Estate|estate]] into the {{Wiki|The Fens}}<ref name="Lerion Daughters Database">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Database: The Daughters of Lerion]]</ref>, where they devoted themselves into the occult and sorcery to plot their revenge against their father's killers.<ref name="ACV">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]''</ref>


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The Daughters of Lerion

The Daughters of Lerion was the collective term for the daughters of the wealthy East Anglian ealdorman Lerion, who claimed lineage from the House of Wuffingas. Namely, it consisted of Goneril, Regan, and Cordelia.

History

In 864, Lerion, with assurance of support from Ælla, the king of Northumbria and a Order of the Ancients member, sought to overthrow Burgred, the king of Mercia, and merge the two kingdoms into one, under the Wuffingas dynasty. However, his plot was uncovered by King Edmund, who arrested and executed for treason. His remaning daughters, fearing they would suffer the same fate, fled their estate into the The Fens[1], where they devoted themselves into the occult and sorcery to plot their revenge against their father's killers.[2]

Appearances

References