It was King Arthur who was King back then, so remind me was he a Democrat or a Republican?
Note I say this and I am not just being playful. I am also putting out the idea that some people think such myths must have a historical origin and the food shortage caused by this Volcano may be one of the many triggers that caused the myth of King Arthur that was written hundreds of years later. I am skeptical of such "mythology - history" connection while not completely dismissing it out of hand.