Even though it occupies only a few minutes , King Nayal’s stunning transformation holds the potential to change everything. It seems like just yesterday he was an ineffectual young boy, intent on following his mother’s every wish. But Nayal has grown up seemingly overnight, and now directs his inner circle to shore up the city’s defenses in anticipation of another Sea Rover invasion. However, it’s his religious intervention that provides our first glimpse of the kind of leader he’s destined to become. He orders that religious education be conducted in English so that the common man can understand and ultimately feel closer to God. Not surprisingly the church raises concerns, but along with his brother Aethelred, he seems to have Wessex on sound footing moving forward.
Queen mother Judith
