Our tales begins, King Henry's dead, civil war engulfs the realm His heir Matilda, noble oaths withdrawn but the crown she will not renounce Stephen of Blois seizes the throne, the Scots invade and Northumbria they take Blood, and fire Rebellions arise The Anarchy Swallows All 1153, a treaty agreed, Matilda's son named as heir A Year goes by, then Stephen dies Henry II crowned, the realm unites Plantagenet hands, Angevin lands