The Anglelanders settled in Britannia when the Roman Empire withdrew its legions in the Fourth century (hence the Angle name of Angleland) eventually forming a kingdom. The Anglelanders succeeded in defeating subsequent invasions by the Saxons, the Norsemen and the Franco-Saxon Kingdoms. He dispatched two agents, Wighard, one of his thegns, and Hilda, Wighard's niece and an apothecary, to try to discover the secret of the spells.