Kingdom of Bretonia

"Built over the remains of the former Elven Kingdom in France, the Bretonians met the same fate all arrogant Kingdoms meet. A true waste of potential and lives."

-Bill Lovie

Bretonia was a major Human Kingdom centered around France, and the southern sections of England that was deemed by many to be the largest and most powerful Kingdom in Europe on par with even the mighty Empire. The Kingdom of Bretonia was ravaged and nearly destroyed during the War in France and this has changed the fabric of Europe along with the power bases of the Kingdoms of Europe that relied upon Bretonia just to surive. Following this disaster they moved the center of their kingdom to the England province. The destruction of France not only heavily damaged the soul of the Kingdom, but it left it with a desperatly small population, and severly depleted army. This situation has been further complicated by the fact that they appear to be facing a very serious foe in both Wales, and Pruta who are desperate they get their kingdoms back.

House Eisenburg was the house that came to define the Kingdom of Bretonia when they were one of the last houses given supplies and gold by the Dwarves who wanted to expand the human presence in France so that they were not alone in fighting the Trollocs and others. The Kingdom of Bretonia would expand massively and the members of House Eisenburg would be some of the largest benifactors of this growth as they became one of the top five houses in all of Europe and their wealth approached even that of House Franz. House Eisenburg would be nearly completely destroyed during the Fall of France with only one member suriving, and much of their wealth and power base lost on the battlefields that littered France. The Kingdom is now Ruled by the young King Jesse Eisenburg, who is married to the Queen of Bretonia Lindsay Eisenburg, and has been working tirelessly to both regrow the power base of House Eisenburg and at the same time to make sure his heirs that have been born are able to grow it as well.

The Kingdom of Bretonia was different from the other large kingdoms within Europe in that it was dominated by the Frankish ethnicity. This Frankish domination continued for much of their history but when England became a province the Franks begin to emmigrate their to suplement the population with more loyal citizens of Bretonia, and by the time of the Fall of France there were large numbers of Franks in England. The Franks would retreat on mass to England during the Fall of France further supllementing the population of Franks in England and allowing the continuation of a Frankish Kingdom but things had changed in England. As the KIngdom of Bretonia expanded in England they had brought more and more Anglos into their ranks and now they were a serious player in the Kingdom of Bretonia to the point that they needed to rewarded with positions of ranks or elce their might be trouble.

The Kingdom of Bretonia was founded during the days following the Downfall of Numeron, and the influx of Franks that flooded into France during the Great Migration. During this time the Kingdom of Bretonia was led by a large number of small tribes of which the largest power in the entire region was the Dwarves of Karak Matron, and the Trollocs who controlled much of the region. During this time the Dwarves gave huge resources, and support to the human Frankish Tribes of the region and from there a massive conflict would break out which would end with the rise of House Eisenburg, the creation of the Kingdom of Bretonia, and the destruction of much of the Trollocs of France.

Early History
The Kingdom of Bretonia began shortly after the retreat of the Elves from France, following the events of the War of Vengeance. Following the departure of the Elves, the Dwarves wanted a new trading partner, and one that would be able to resist the growth of the greenskins that they saw. In the early Franks that entered France the Dwarves found their trading partner. While over time the Dwarves would come to rely more on the Empire than Bretonia the beggining still made the two forever close.



Rise of House Eisenburg
Main Article : House Eisenburg

This changed when the Empire of Matron begin to attempt to uplift the Frankish of the region in an attempt to create a buffer between themselves and the ravaging tribes of Trolloc infesting the land. This experiment begin with the simple goal of expanding the human presence by giving equipment and in the proper places financing to Frankish tribes so that they would expand into regions dominated by the Trollocs. In this way the Dwarves sent caravans throughout the human controlled parts of France and found tribal leaders that they believed had competetent leadership and a foundation of popularity that would allow them to expand quickly. The Dwarves would come to empower many houses but the following were the most important and in the end the only houses to matter much during the rise of the Frankish in France.



House Liolen
In this search the first and most prominent house was House Liolen of whome was located north of Karak Matron, and south of Corone Hold. Led by Jamten Liolen the house was already quite powerful in the region and they had a large force with which to expand themselves outwards. House Liolen expanded well in their region and they in turn begin asking for more and more equipment for their expansion to the point that they had to go to the Dwarf Hold of Corone which they were told about through a series of Dwarven scouts. This would be the site of the first betrayal the Dwarves of Karak Ankor would suffer when the Humans of Liolen decided that the power of Corone was too much for them to ignore and they decided to sack the Hold and take the land for themselves. They talked to the Dwarves of Corone and got them to agree to a massive supply run and said that they themselves would pick up the goods and when the Dwarves went out to meet with them the Dwarves were ambushed and killed to the last. With the Dwarves dead the humans put on their clothing and equipment and used these disguises to get inside the Dwarven defences and as part of the humans infilitrated in this way the other part moved agressivly against the Dwarves who were shocked by this attack and put up little resistence. As the Dwarves begin to mount a defence they found their Thane slain and most of their commands killed as the infilitrating humans burned them from the inside. What few Dwarves managed to escape fled north to the small Dwarven port of Hekbrund where they boarded ships and fled westward towards Best where they would be safer.



House Aslan
House Aslan controlled one of the few major towns of the human controlled region in Reims of which had nearly a fifty thousand people of which were all dominated by House Aslan. This alone meant that House Aslan was someone who was in great demand by the Dwarves and they were provided heavily with supplies and weapons which the Dwarves hoped would allow them to expand southward into the heart of the Trolloc controlled provinces. House Aslan would be noticed by Charlagamne when his scouts begin to expand into villages north of his territories and so he sent his oldest son on a dangerous mission to visit Reims in the hopes that his son could barter an agreement between the two growing nations. This trip would become famous as his son Pepin travelled with a few of his closest men through hundreds of miles of Trolloc dominated landscape and by the time they reached Reims there were only a handful of the numerous force that had left but he arrived to see the splender of Reims and knew that his father was right in sending him. He and his force were greeted on the doorsteps of the city by Marian Aslan the heir to House Aslan and a wise young man for his age. The two would discuss things and over the course of several weeks of talking became shockingly close to the point that Marian begin to listen to the words of Pepin when it came to the alliance he wanted between the two forces.



House Naeniss
House Naeniss was much in the same as House Aslan in that they too were a house that once the Dwarven scouts approached the region and asked for leaders they were all pushed towards the village controlled by House Naeniss. When they got close the forces of House Naeniss nearly attacked the Dwarves as they were extremely barbaric in comparison to much of the other tribes of the Franks that were nearbye and the Dwarves quickly learned that House Naeniss was in fact Burgundian and the major Burgundian House in the region. House Naeniss attemted to expand but found their movement and attacks thwarted by a massive number of Trollocs in the region and thus they stalemated in their advance into the lands of the Trolloc. House Naeniss in this stalemate would be greeted by the second of Charlamagne's children in the form of Charlamagne III. or as he was called Charles the lesser as he was deemed by many to be the weakest of Charle's children, but during his time in the realm of Naeniss he would change this image completely. He would first arrive in Naeniss on the invite of Petter Naeniss the Lord of Naeniss and this had been after a series of offers has finally been accepted in order to facilitate the meeting. When he arrived he was laughed at by many in the higher rankings but his tenacity soon grew on Petter who took him with him when he led his force against a massive horde of Trollocs. During the battle Petter would lose two sons and his daughter would nearly die but she would be saved by the intervention of Chalie of whome after the battle was given to Petter's daughter as a reward and because she had fallen for him during this act. His marriage to Petria made him the heir to House Naeitriss a fact that didn't sit well with many in Naetriss but was perfect for House Eisenburg.



House Eisenburg
House Eisenburg was the last series of tribes that was uplifted by the Dwarves and their chances of success were deemed low as they had little in the way of support, and most problamatic was their proximity to the vast Orleans region which was a stronghold of the Trollocs and was causing serious problems for House Naeniss who was far larger. House Eisenburg though was controlled and led by a brilliant leader named Charlamagne of whome was perhaps the most intelligent of the leaders rising at this point.

"It would be folly, I think, to write a word concerning Charles' birth and infancy, or even his boyhood, for nothing has ever been written on the subject, and there is no one alive now who can give information on it. Accordingly, I determined to pass that by as unknown, and to proceed at once to treat of his character, his deed, and such other facts of his life as are worth telling and setting forth, and shall first give an account of his deed at home and abroad, then of his character and pursuits, and lastly of his administration and death, omitting nothing worth knowing or necessary to know."

-Tanlian Eisenburg

Charlamagne would take the supplies and finances that had been given to him and use them to massively expand his personal army which he would then use to take control over the region around him to the point that he controlled a land and population similar to the other four houses. On top of this he would use his children to attempt to broker arrangements with the other leaders, of which was a plan that brought great rewards to his relationships in all regards except for with House Liolen of whome refused to even respond to his ravens. This became an even greater concern when news filtered to the humans through the Dwarves that the Kingdom of Liolen had sacked Corone and was brutally massacring entire villaged of humans as it expanded westward, and to make matters even worse they had ambushed and killed a force of the Kingdom of Aslan which was on gaurd in the rear of the lines. All of this was a huge distraction that could have been avoided as the Trollocs of the Orleans regions were attacking all along the human borders in an increasingly coordinated fashion that wasn't something anyone had seen them capable of before.

Golden Age
In the years following the conquering of France the Bretonians would enter into a prolonged two hundred year period of extreme growth. During this time the trading convoys of the Bretonians were being sent as far away as Byzantine and Nehekhara while the armies of Bretonian were only truly apposed by the forces of Rome, and The Empire.

In order to proceede in their growth the Bretonians began talks with the Roman Empire to engage in an alliance which would allow them both to expand in their spheres of influence.



Expansion into England
With France completely under their control, and a strong alliance established with the Roman Empire, the Kingdom of Bretonia began plans to invade the island of England. This they felt would allow them to establish a large protected area behind the French front lines where they could have extreme economic growth.



War in Hispania
Main Article : War in Hispania

Everything was going brilliantly for the Bretonians, and there were growing members of European monarchs who wished to have the Bretonians began to confront the Empire, and its growing control of Europe.

Fall of France
Main Article : War in France

The Kingdom of Bretonia would face its most devestating moment in the form of the War in France.

Following the disasterous Fall of Hispania the Bretonians understood they were next and so they begin heavily fortifying the Andorra region of France.

Unfortunatly their defence would not hold and the orcs would overrun the border, before completely wiping out France in a war that culmninated in the Battle of Lyons.

Moving to England
"Once I got on the boat I just turned around and watched the coast of my homeland grow smaller and smaller. That was the saddest moment of my life."

-Flavias Lancelot

When Andorra fell there were elements of the goverment that believed the time to pull the leadership back from the capital was at hand. Unfortunatly this wasn't heeded and the number of people who actually escaped the graveyard that was France was quite small.

Of the nearly 13 million Bretonians that lived in France nearly 8.5 million lay dead in France while only 1 million managed to retreat to England with the rest filtering into the borders nations of Alcase and The Empire.

Consolidation
With the destruction of France the Bretonians are learning to deal with the reality that they went from the second largest Kingdom in Europe to a simple mid-size Kingdom almost overnight.

The situation in England while not exactly dire is in jeoperday as the opposing forces are very determined and in the case of the Kingdom of Wales are extremely well organized and populated.

At present the main focus of the Bretonians is a defensive posture on the northern flank, while they are going all out on the offensive against the coalition Kingdom of Wales.

France
Compared to the dark, oppressive and brooding forests of the Empire, the countryside of Bretonnia is relatively calm and prosperous, and the marks of Chaos less apparent. Bretonnia's rolling hills and serene valleys produce abundant crops and fine wines, while the forestlands provide solid timber and good hunting. The Grey Mountains form the natural border between Bretonnia to the west, and the Empire to the east. The northern extension of the Grey Mountains are known as the Pale Sisters, separated from the rest of the range by the Gisoreux gap, the confluence of all the overland trade routes between The Empire, Bretonnia and Rome. With the Fall of France the Kingdom of Bretonia consists of only England

England
England is a land of extremes. In the northern province of Rohavion their is year long snow, and the land is harsh and inhospitable. Very little farming or agriculture is done in the north, and vast tracts of land are covered by wild forests. In England the Trollocs have not come to exist and because of this the forests are a much less dangerous place then the forests of The Empire.

King of Bretonia
Bretonia is ruled with absolute authority by its King. This system of Fuedilism is meant to make sure that the entire kingdom is looked after. The King is the absolute power broker in the Kingdom of Bretonia and despite the fact that there are many below him in power he has the total power. He can remove Dukes from office, strip anyone of whatever rank they have in basically a whim. The King for this reason is someone that if not ruling properly can lead to chatostrophic moments.

See Also : Jesse Eisenburg

Jesse Eisenburg is the King of Bretonia, and the sole surviving son of Tanlian, and Maria Eisenburg making him the Patriarch, and member of House Eisenburg. Jesse is married to Lindsay Eisenburg and through her he has a large extended family through the Stones. Despite this he is deeply hurt by the loss of his entire family in such violent ways.

A kind young man whose subtle and often withdrawen personality meant he was fourth in line for the Bretonian Throne. This didn`t bother him, and as he was seven years old when the Fall of France occured he probably barely understood what he had been passed over for. The death of his older brother Maltivian Eisenburg and heir to the throne during the events of the War in France meant he was crowned king of Bretonia by the surviving nobles. Following this he would make the difficult and controversial decision to abandon France for the colony of England, and following this order the Franks of France fled the region on mass creating a refugee stream that the world has never seen before. He worked impossible odds to get as many ships as he could to the ports of north France so that he could get as many people out as possible, and he did the best he could before finally the ports of Verdun, and Crais were overrun by Orcs.

Queen of Bretonia
Beside the King rules the largely ceremonial position of the Queen. The Queen though has some surprising powers that create a situation that if the King were to fall or become less powerful the Queen could litteraly take control of the Kingdom of Bretonia through the power she has to control the Dukes. The Queen was given these powers over the Dukes during the reign of Mantrian Eisenburg of whom had trouble with several Dukes giving up some of their power because they did not trust him. But during this time they did trust the Queen and so the compromise was that the Queen was given larger powers so that in the case that the King betrayed them the Queen could basically swoop in and save them.

See Also : Lindsay Eisenburg

Lindsay Eisenburg is the daughter of Alain, and Isabelle Stone making her a member of House Stone. Her parents were killed in Paris, as well as one of her brothers, and a sister. She still has her two siblings in the form of Emma, and Abigail Stone of which Abigail is believed to be dead but is in fact a prisoner of a brutal Welsh farm owner, while her other sister Emma Stone is married to Mike Newton and is a powerful member of the province of Plymouth. Lindsay is married to Jesse Eisenburg, the King of Bretonia, which makes her the Queen of Bretonia, as well as a member of House Eisenburg. Lindsay Eisenburg has been the rock for Jesse Eisenburg as he attempts to manage the responsibilities of running the Bretonian Kingdom in the current state it's in. She knows he is a great man, and together the two unlikely marriage partners have made a perfect pair.

Lindsay Stone was born in Aquintaine the most southern province in France, and thus when France begin to fall to the Orcs she was in great danger of being killed. She became seperated from the rest of her family, and since she was such a young girl she attempted to find someone to help her, and luckily for her she saw the army of Theodred Ednew who was the young son of the powerful Theoden Ednew. She accompanied them as they made their way north, and nearly took part in the Battle of Lyons but the battle ended before Theodred arrived. After this Theodred took her with his army as they crossed into England. Once she arrived in England she happened to meet Jesse Eisenburg who was the King of Bretonia and without knowing who he was she flew into his arms and hugged him before sobbing over everything she had lost. This blossomed into a relationship and the two became married, only a year after that fateful hug. Lindsay would have one young son with Jesse before she would be captured in the Battle of Camelyn and taken to stay with the Welsh as a political prisoner.

Heir
No heir apparent

Dukes
The King gives rule of individual provinces to the control of his Dukes of whome rule over the provinces within the Kingdom of Bretonia. Once there were 39 Dukes in Bretonia, but with the massive destruction of Bretonia during The War in France the number has declined to just 7. The Dukes are usually hereditary leaders but in terms of possible changed the King can at any point remove the rights of a Duke and replace him with someone of his own choice, although this is done only rarely as it creates a lot of opposition if not done right.

Dukes then pass leadership down to their Lords of whom rule over smaller territories in the name of the Duke, and their King. Their are thus hundreds of Lords throughout the Kingdom of Bretonia of which owe their loyalty to the Duke that makes them in that position.

Londinium
See Also : Londinuim

Londinium is the current capital of the Kingdom of Bretonia. Though it is the capital in size, the ceremonial capital remains the Eyrie because of its formidable defences.The City is by far one of the largest cities in all of England, and its population is only really approached by the Wales capital of Daneland.

Originally founded by the Empire of Pruta the city was never anything more then a small fishing village until the arrival of the Kingdom of Bretonia, who saw the importance of using it as the center of nearly all their movements in England. This meant that they heavily invested in the port growth, and as time went on the population of Londinium swelled with new arrivals from France seeking the new land of England, and riches that it promised. With the fall of the French area for the Bretonians, the city of Londinium became the capital of the Kingdom of Bretonia, and it was here where the new royal palaces, and the center of all goverment of the kingdom was centered.

See Also : Cameron Lancelot, House Lancelot



Brusland
See Also : Brusland

Brusland is a large province in England that stretches from the south west tip of England to the borders of Londinium. The Current Duke is Michael Craig of House Craig, of whome`s family was the Dukes of the southern French Province of Houlier before France fell into darkness. Brusland prduces a large amount of the food that is produced in England, and it also here where the majority of the population resides making the power of the Duke of Brusland a very powerful one. Brusland's main city is Aldberg

See Also : Michael Craig, House Craig



Plymouth
See Also : Plymouth

Plymouth is a major province of The Kingdom of Bretonia that lies in the east of England. The province is a province that is full of small villages and farms. The major city and capital of the Kingdom that lies in Plymouth is the Eyrie, and it this city that is the unofficial capital of the Kingdom of Bretonia due to its extreme defenses. Once the heartland of the Empire of Pruta the region has been transformed into a very agri based region under the new ownership of the Kingdom of Bretonia. In its east the vast ruins of Palagor still show the remains of the once vertile druids society that flourished in this region before its destruction by the forces of Chaos. Within Plymouth lies a large force of Lizardmen led by a Slann and whether the Bretonians will ever come to realize this is a completely interesting question that could define the region.

Plymouth as a region was dominated for centuries by the Murlocs, and then in nearly an instance the region was destroyed as the Murlocs were destroyed by the Trollocs. Following this the rise of the humans of Pruta would lead to the destruction of the Trollocs of England and the rise of the Plymouth culture of Pruta. Pruta would rule here for centuries alongside their allies in the Lizardmen and their fall would happen after the increasingly expansisist Bretonians would destroy their hold on the region and push them nearly out of England. Under Bretonia the land has become a staple of farming but also has seen a huge population increase due to the influx of Franks that feel this area reminds many of them of the lush lands of France.

See Also : Edwar Meinberg, House Meinberg



Wales
See Also : Wales

Wales is the western province of Bretonia, and it is in constant conflict with the independant kingdoms of Wales.

The largest city in Wales is Caemlyn



See Also : Rohavion
Rohavion is a large province that holds the northern border of the Kingdom of Bretonia. The province is the least densely populated in the Kingdom, but it's martial prowess has allowed it to survive a nearly constant invasion from the Welish and Pruta. The province has been led and dominated by House Eadig since they led their army into the region and took the land for the power of the Kingdom Of Bretonia

The Largest city in Rohavion is Edoras, and its size and importance are the reason that the region has become a hotbed of resistence from the forces of Pruta who truly want their land back and are willing to go to incredible lengths to get it returned to them.

For most of its history the region of Rohavion was one of the primary lands of the Empire of Pruta, and during this time their culture spread to all corners of the land. The Empire of Pruta lost control of the region during the rise of the Kingdom of Bretonia in the region and they would be pushed far to the north past the fortress of Helms Deep which was the last fortress to fall to the Bretonians. House Eadig unlike many of the other conquering houses from France begin to send large amounts of their followers into the land, and they spent huge amounts of funds rebuilding Edoras into a true city.

See Also : Eomer Eadig, House Eadig

Eomer Eadig is the son of Medag, and Linda Eadig making him the current Lord and Patriarch of House Eadig. Eomer took over the power of his father and is now a powerful Duke who controls the northern English province of Rohavian. Eomer has two siblings in the form of Theodwynn, and Eowyn Eadig of whome his brother Theodwynn is the Lord of Helms Deep where he defends the north of Rohavion, and his sister Eowyn is perhaps the leader of House Eadig in all non-military actions following the departure of Eomer`s wife when she returned to Dol Amroth. In this copasity he and his family have come to love the land, and this love has made their old noble southern friends think them to be uncivilized.

Eomer was born in the English city of Londinuem making him one of the new age English Bretonians that was beginning to rise as the Bretonians expanded into England. He would be fifteen when he would join his father, and he would be eighteen when his father was killed fighting during the capture of Helms Deep which signaled the end of the Bretonian expansion. He would be sent to Gondor in order to extend a trade deal with the Gondorians which would extend through the Kingdom of Lucerne and connect the two nations. During this time he would become wed to Lothriel Imrahil and she would return to England with him where they would live together for a year before the Andorran fortress came under assault and things started getting really bad. He is extremely loyal to King Jesse Eisenburg after he promiced Jesse's oldest brother while dying on the field of battle that he would protect the Eisenburg's. During the War in France Eomer Eadig would gain fame for his role in the victory at the Battle of Orleans.

Edoras
Edoras is the only major city that exists in the province of Rohavion and because of this is controlled by its own individual Lord of whome has traditionally since the rise of Bretonia been the position of House Ednew one of the Vassals of House Eadig. The current Duke is Theoden Ednew.

Helms Deep
The massive fortress of Helms Deep is a fortress so important that its security is controlled by the Duke of Rohavion, but also by the Count of Helms Deep. The current count of Helms Deep is Theodwynn Eadig.

Ethnicity
The Kingdom of Bretonia was different from the other large kingdoms within Europe in that it was dominated by the Frankish ethnicity. This Frankish domination continued for much of their history but when England became a province the Franks begin to emmigrate their to suplement the population with more loyal citizens of Bretonia, and by the time of the Fall of France there were large numbers of Franks in England. The Franks would retreat on mass to England during the Fall of France further supllementing the population of Franks in England and allowing the continuation of a Frankish Kingdom but things had changed in England. As the KIngdom of Bretonia expanded in England they had brought more and more Anglos into their ranks and now they were a serious player in the Kingdom of Bretonia to the point that they needed to rewarded with positions of ranks or elce their might be trouble.

Religion
Main Article : Christianity

Londinium
See Also : Londinium

Londinium is the current capital of the Kingdom of Bretonia. Though it is the capital in size, the ceremonial capital remains the Eyrie because of its formidable defences.The City is by far one of the largest cities in all of England, and its population is only really approached by the Wales capital of Daneland.

Originally founded by the Empire of Pruta the city was never anything more then a small fishing village until the arrival of the Kingdom of Bretonia, who saw the importance of using it as the center of nearly all their movements in England. This meant that they heavily invested in the port growth, and as time went on the population of Londinium swelled with new arrivals from France seeking the new land of England, and riches that it promised. With the fall of the French area for the Bretonians, the city of Londinium became the capital of the Kingdom of Bretonia, and it was here where the new royal palaces, and the center of all goverment of the kingdom was centered.

Eyrie
See Also : Eyrie

The Eyrie is a major fortress of the Kingdom of Bretonia, and the new Capital of the Bretonian Kingdom.

The new capital was chosen due to its extreme defencive abilities. After the loss of Viche caused the deaths of nearly the entire royal family it was decided the new capital would be a fortress and not a palace.

Edoras
See Also : Edoras

Edoras is a large city in the Bretonian province of Rohavion, that represents the largest settlement in Rohavion.

Rohavion's only real city, the capital of the province holds the Golden Hall of Meduseld. From this hall the two Dukes of Rohavion administer over the affairs of the province. The Duke of the city isTheoden Ednew, while the Duke of the province is Eomer Eadig.

With a population of well over 60,000 it is by far the largest city in the region, and because of this its importance is beyond anything in the province.



Caemlyn
See Also : Caemlyn

Caemlyn is the capital of the Bretonian province of Wales and a major city in The Kingdom Of Bretonia. Surrounded on all sides by walls it comes under very frequent attacks from the Wales kingdoms nearbye.

Once this city was a minor city in Pruta, but following their fall to the Bretonians the city saw massive expansion and this only increased following the Fall of France. Under King Jesse Eisenburg's overall goal of increasing the power of the capitals of each province the city has underwent heavy investment from the Kingdom itself.

As the city sits near the border with Wales the city is the center of the defence against the massive armies of Wales, and has been the site of numerous sieges even in its short time under the reign of the Kingdom of Bretonia.

Dortlund
See Also : Dortland