Aberffraw and Y Werthyr, the summer solstice, 912 AD
Aberffraw and Y Werthyr, the summer solstice, 912 ADHaving decided to enlist the forces of darkness, the Dubgaill soon found themselves bound to obey their demonic overlords. Thus, the date and site of the conflict were not of their choosing but born of the long attritional warfare between the demons and the Druids. The former saw this as an opportunity to remove the Druidic thorn from their side: the constant interference of a light in their world of darkness. For their part, the Druids could not contemplate their sacred isle possessed by anyone other than Welshmen.
The Dubgaill forces gathered at the longphort, what they called the ship camp, overlooking the pool on the river Poddle, a tributary of the Liffey. There, they moored thei
