The Pendragon

Earth. The United Kingdom. London.

Kensington Palace Gardens is acknowledged as the boulevard of billionaires. The lowest-priced house over there costs fifteen million pounds. Converting it into dollars, you require having at least 18 million dollars to own an apartment in that street.

At a place like Kensington street. There is a manor situated right near Kensington Palace. This is a huge mansion with 24 rooms. It is also the only mansion in the entire street other than 'The Palace' to have an individual garden. This entire property is worth over 150 million dollars, but it is not for sale.

Because this property is owned by one of most influential families on this world, The Pendragons.

The Pendragons are one of the ancient families whose lineage is of Arthur Pendragon, the King of Britain in the 5th century.

After the death of King Arthur and dissolution of the Knights of Roundtable, Anglo-Saxons occupied and unified Britain, and later the House of Wessex took the reign of England.

The fall of King Arthur led the remnants of Pendragon family went into hiding and for nearly 300 years they secretly amassed money, influence and strength to take control of England and with what have, they can easily take the victory.

But the newly became head of Pendragon family, Launcelot thought otherwise. He is an idealist who preferred the peace. He saw the stability of England in the reign of Edgar the first. So Launcelot thought it would be better to stay in sidelines and preserve the lineage of Pendragon family rather than fighting with the house of Wessex.

So Launcelot Pendragon promptly declared his decision to the elders of his family. Even though they strongly opposed the decision. But later, looking into the reports from their informants in the palace of Denmark, they changed their stance and followed the orders of Launcelot.

Their decision to stay put showed its own value after nearly a century when Norman Conquest happened. England got invaded by Danish. Whole England embroiled in war, but when the Vikings tried to occupy the land belonging to Pendragons, they felt fear. All the Viking troops who tried to attack Pendragon were destroyed and plundered.

Throughout the conquest Pendragons never suffered a man, and by manipulating the war they even became rich. When Danish became the kings of England, all of them followed one rule without break "Never stir the Pendragons".

In the Norman Conquest Pendragon family prospered but no commoners or the nobles below the rank of Duke know about this because the Pendragons strictly believed "development in secrecy leads us to prosperity". Later the house of Normandy took control of England by still they feared the Pendragons.

Even though there were so many wars happening, lots of families and several houses tried and took reign of United Kingdom. No one tried to lay hands on the Pendragon family, and if anyone did they are suppressed or destroyed with force or power.

Maybe this lead to the incompetence in the later generations of the Pendragons. They got accustomed to this superiority and took everything for granted, and in 600 years they were at the brink of annihilation when Cromwell became the dictator of England.

Young William Pendragon at seventeen killed his father Modred Pendragon, then head of Pendragon family who tried to abandon his duty and flee England and became the new family head.

The first thing he did after becoming the head of the family is, he used his connections and money to assassinate Cromwell secretly and created political unrest. He manipulated the Parliament of the England in the support of restoration of monarchy and made Charles the second again the king of United Kingdom.

For helping him succeed the throne Charles the second wanted to make William Pendragon and his family as Knights of the United Kingdom but William refused this and instead asked the king to archive all the records related to Pendragons because William also believe the same motto of his ancestors which is "development in secrecy leads to prosperity".

Later William Pendragon created family rules so that the Pendragons to not became targeted again for their wealth. These rules include, always support the British Monarchy. The later successors of William Pendragon followed the rules and regulations strictly and made the Pendragon family prosperous again.

In 21st Century, they know Pendragons as the huge conglomerate with trillions of dollars in wealth rather than ancient family. Other than the elders and the head of the family, only the Monarch of United Kingdom and very few people know the history of current Pendragon family.

Arthur Paul Pendragon is not only the Heir of one of the universe's greatest Organization but also the unknown prince of this world's greatest family, The Pendragon.