Kingdom of Wessex

Wessex isn't the oldest English Kingdom but he was the most powerful and scary. Being younger than England, he quickly became an adult and so was called England's big brother. He sometimes appearance as a ghost, particularly to Denmark who runs away screaming.

Appearance

Wessex had a height of 5ft6", that was tall back then! He wore typical anglo-saxon dress. His eyes were an intense green but his hair a light brown, cut carelessly with a braid on his right-hand side. Always seen carrying some form of weaponry, despite Alfred the great's keeness to get him to read Wessex would never read voluntarily - killing Vikings is so much better!

Personality

Wessex could either be considered loveable and caring or just full of bloodlust. To England, he was everything the little country wanted. Up until Wessex came around, England had kind of been taken care of by East Anglia, Suffolk and Norfolk but those three were always off fighting Wales and Mercia. England was certainly not alone. To the other kingdoms he was terrifying as he quickly became the most powerful kingdom and defeated them easily, however they were also grateful to him - he saw off viking threat after viking threat when the other kingdoms had fallen to them. Apparently Denmark still gets nightmares about the 1,000-year-old ghost of a kingdom. Wessex loved fighting and violence and found reading extremely boring  (yes he secretly loved viking weddings!), despite this Wessex was clever and was the only kingdom to be able to speak Latin fluently as well as read it. He may have appeared cold and harsh but he's just a protective sibling who would see nothing happen to England.

Demise

As the kingdoms were defeated and unified, they grew weaker as Wessex was essentially forced to fight every Danish invasion. Having defeated another viking raid, everything was looking great until France and Normandy decided to land virtually on the same day. Tired and weak, Wessex hurried south with the bruised kingdoms following him. England could do nothing but watch as Harold fell with France and Normandy cutting down the kingdoms. England's hate of France stems from this - France killed Wessex, the last kingdom left.

Animal Companion

Wessex had a gold dragon, as depicted on his flag. This gold dragon got on very well with the White Dragon of England, but not so well with the Red Dragon of Wales.

Relationships

Obviously he adored his brother England who loved him back. Wessex quarreled with his siblings and despised the viking nations. He hates Germania for deserting them. He does have a particular annoyance with Northumbria who could never decide if she was English or Scottish.