Witan Hall

The Witan Hall was an Anglo-Saxon great hall, used by the Witan, in Wincestre, Hamtunscire.

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In 877, the Viking Eivor Varinsdottir arrived at the Witan Hall to stop Bishop Ealhferth from enacting his assassination plot on King Alfred. Despite the multiple decoys, Eivor figured out who was the real bishop and assassinated the Order Preost. After both Alfred and the Reeve Goodwin thanked her for her intervention, Eivor was soon met by the bishop's sister, Harriet. Although angered by her brother's death, Harriet assisted Eivor by giving her a key to Ealhferth's workplace at the Bishop's Residence as she hated the Order's influence over her brother.^[1]

In 878, King Alfred held a meeting at the great hall to plead his cause of building fortifications against the Vikings around Wincestre. Despite some resistance, Brother Ealric arrived with the Bishop Denewulf, who voiced the "Church" support for Alfred's cause. Right after, the ealdormen of Wincestre reluctantly agreed to Alfred's case.^[2]

Throughout her time in Wincestre, Eivor inspected the Witan Hall and came across a locked door. Unlocking it, Eivor soon made her way upward of the hall's tower and found a chest. Looting the chest, Eivor recovered a Tungsten ingot.^[3]