The Frankish and Welsh pretenders to their respective thrones had both failed in their initial attempts on their kings lives. They had however come very close and the rulers were now ragged fugitives hiding out in wild countryside desperately evading the search parties of their adversaries. There was hope though. A cadre of loyal supporters remained and they were also searching for them. If they found them and rescued them then they had a chance of resuming their rule and banishing the usurpers to exile.
The Franks had the .most dramatic outcome. With the loyalist faction finding the dishevelled King Pepin Le Peu hiding in a stand of trees things looked to be positive. The loyalists threw themselves at the traitors and with their star killer dog to the fore were handing out a beat down to the rebels. A cordon of loyalist troops formed in front of Pepin to better protect him and a couple of marksmen urged him to move further away from the fighting to ensure his safety saying they'd give cover.
As the grateful Pepin limped towards safety the full extent of the rebels treachery was made clear. One of the marksmen had been bribed and stepped forward and shot poor Pepin through the heart. It was instant death for the diminutive ruler and though the loyalists killed the traitor and saw off the rebel warband the damage was done. Doubtless some enterprising loyalists will try to tie Pepin to his horse and pretend he's still alive but the rebels claimed victory and the crown of the Franks.
Back to Cynfarchwyn. His warband faced off against the loyalists forces of Dai. Fortunately for Dai his friends found him first. Unfortunately for Dai he was so panicked and scared that he didn't recognise them and fled directly towards Cynfarchwyn. Hardly Kingly behaviour, definitely not fitting for a ruler of the Welsh so Cynfarchwyn was left with no choice but to relieve him of the kingship. Of course this being Cynfarchwyn it involved a hail of javelins rather than duking it out mano a mano ( even if that was with a poor, bedraggled, confused, wretch).
To leave nothing to chance Cynfarchwyn relieved Dai of his head so no one was going to tie his corpse on a horse and claim he was still alive.
So it turns out being a ruler I dark age Britain is somewhat of a perilous occupation. We'll have to see how the new incumbents fare.