BRETONNIA 2

The People 2

Economy, Trade, Military & Justice 3

Dangers of Bretonnia 4

RELIGION IN BRETONNIA 5

The Lady of the Lake 5

The Grail 6

Grail Chapels 6

The Lady’s Blessing 7

The Prayer of Battle 7

Vows of Bretonnia 8

GEOGRAPHY OF BRETONNIA 9

The Mountain Frontiers 9

The Great Forests 10

The Plains & Valleys 11

The Rivers 11

The Cities & Dukedoms 12

The Walled Towns 12

The Ports 14

THE HISTORY OF BRETONNIA 17

The Dark Age of Bretonnia 17

The Leader of Battles 17

The Passing of Gilles le Breton 19

The Founding of the Kingdom 19

The Wars in Araby 20

The Border Princes 21

The Affair of the False Grail 22

The Errantry Wars 24

The Renewed Errantry Wars 24

The Battle of la Maisontaal 25

The Reign of Louen Leoncouer 25

BRETONNIAN CHIVALRY 26

The Origins of Knighthood 26

The Code of Chivalry 26

Becoming a Knight 27

Knights Errant 28

Knights of the Realm 28

Questing Knights 29

Grail Knights 29

Pegasus Knights 30

Bretonnian Tournaments 30

Heroes of Bretonnia 31

The Bretonnian WarHorses 32

Hippogryphs 33

THE MUSTERS OF BRETONNIA 34

Devoted of the Goddess 34

Battle Pilgrimms and the Grail Reliquae 34

Man-at-arms 35

Peasant Bowmen 35

Yeoman 36

Field Trebuchets 36

SPECIAL CHARACTERS 37

The Green Knight 37

The Fay Enchantress 37

King Louen Leoncoeur 38

Repanse de Lyonesse 38

Baron Odo d’Outremer and Suliman le Saracen 39

Tristan le Troubadour & Jules le Jougleur 39

Reynard le chasseur 39

Armand d'Aquitaine 39

Jasperre le Beau, Dragonslayer 40

Bohemond of Bastonne 40

Mergaste 40

Bretonnia

Bretonnia is one of the great realms of the Old World, almost rivalling the Empire in size, wealth and power. It stretches from the Grey Mountains in the east to the Great Ocean in the west. 'Го the south it is bordered by Estalia and Tilea and to the north its rocky coast is lashed by the stormy Sea of Claws.

The land which is now known as Bretonnia was once settled by High Elves from Ulthuan. Here they built ports, palaces and pinnacles to supply and protect their colonies in the Old World. These are now in ruins. The Elves abandoned this land after their long wars with the Dwarfs who were expanding westwards from the Worlds Edge Mountains. The Dwarfs in their turn retreated, when their mountain homelands were broken asunder by earthquake and volcanic eruptions. The land became a wilderness settled by Orcs, Goblins and primitive human tribes, the ancestors of the Bretonnians.

Bretonnia derives its name from the most powerful ol these tribes, the Bretonni. Under their greatest warlord, Gilles le Breton, the Bretonni were welded into a single nation united by an unshakable code of honour and chivalry.

The Bretonni settled and cultivated the land in the teeth of opposition from the Orc and Goblin tribes. After centuries of continuous warfare, the Bretonnians won the fertile valleys and plains and pushed their enemies into the forests and uplands. This struggle continued as new enemies emerged. Fleets of Undead raided the coastal regions of the West. Skaven appeared from the South, Norse and Chaos raiders came from across the Sea of Claws and sailed far inland along the wide rivers, spreading destruction in their wake. Through generations of continuous war against these relentless foes, the Bretonnians forged a formidable and heroic tradition of Knighthood. It is the Knights of Bretonnia who hold back the destructive forces which direaten to devour this fair land.

Unlike the Empire, Bretonnia has a kinder climate and is a more easily cultivated land. Its vast forests and wilderness regions are separated by great fertile plains and valleys where the nobility of Bretonnia have established their feudal domains. It is a rich, strong chivalrous and well defended land

Many of the cities are dark, brooding places where peasants toil in the filthy streets whilst the nobility, oblivious to their hardship, live in opulent luxury. Much of the countryside is lawless and travelling from one city to another can sometimes only be done with a large bodyguard. Only Knights dare travel alone on these muddy tracks; their battered armour, flowing tabard and pendants, sinister helmets and tall lances, are enough to see off any opportunistic attacker.

Within the boundaries of Bretonnia lies the mysterious Loren Forest. The Bretonnians stay well clear of this place for fear of the Wood Elves that live there. The Bretonnians do not wish to anger such a powerful neighbour on their doorstep as the largest settlement of Wood Elves, Athel Loren, lies within the forest. Throughout history, the Bretonnians have enjoyed a good relationship with the Elves of Loren seeing them as powerful allies to have to guard against any incursions of goblinoids or Chaos warbands to the south-east. Respected though the Wood Elves are, Bretonnian cartographers draw any maps of their great nation with the Loren Forest at its south eastern corner.

The language used in Bretonnia is Breton or Bretonnian. The most ancient dialect of this language is spoken in the south-western reaches of Albion and Morien.