Knights of Bretonnia (Warhammer Omnibus)

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Not even the harsh desert conditions could perturb the knights, and their fervour very slowly took its toll on Jaffar's warriors as many desert tribes under Jaffar's control began growing tired of this war of attrition.

The Pirates' Grave still holds great mystique, and adventurers or the curious often come to visit it, to clamber among the decaying timbers of the beached ships and gaze on the wrecks of those further out to sea. Bretonnian armies frequently march to war under the banner of their realm, a massive flag that embodies the glory of their lord. Others saw Bretonnians fighting far from home, even as far across the oceans as the jungle lands of the New World. Peasant families are responsible for one strip each, and differences in treatment mean many fields look somewhat stripy.Furthermore, any large army passing in the vicinity of Skavenblight was certain to be decimated by plague. A knight shall not draw sword against his fellow Bretonnian knights, except in trial by combat or within a tournament.

Chateau de Chegney - For a thousand years the House de Chegney has dwelled in this massive, brooding, stone fortress, guarding the narrow Iron Pass through the Grey Mountains that linked Bretonnia with the sprawling Empire. In the following months, Merovech was publicly denounced by the Fay Enchantress and the newly crowned king. The Duke of Quenelles was victorious, cutting down his opponent, and the Dukedom of Quenelles expanded northwards into the Massif Orcal.At such times, a young Knight Errant may earn the title of Knight of the Realm through brave deeds and daring exploits on the field of battle.

Secondly, the nearest port of embarkation was Miragliano, but the mountain passes approaching it was infested with Skaven making the passage hazardous in the extreme. If the Knights of Bretonnia were ever to fail in their sacred duties, then the whole of the human race would surely be doomed. There, they found the great city under siege by an army of Norsemen marauders and Chaos warriors, attacking from both land and sea. This series of raids severely reduced Bretonnia's power and forced them to deny aid to other nations in their conflicts. The kings of Bretonnia have been known to truly care for all of their people, constantly finding ways to better the lives of the subjects under their rule and root out injustice wherever it grows.It is said that the destruction of Cuileux marked the beginning of the wars that would culminate in the unification of the entire Kingdom. So it was that Louis was crowned King of all Bretonnia, and presented with the golden crown, a gift given by the Fay Enchantress herself. This map shows the extent of the dukedoms of Bretonnia based upon the ancient Scrolls of Honour and inheritance of the Noble Lords of Bretonnia. It is seen as a land of honour and virtue, where noble knights keep the domain safe as peasants till the fields, where chivalrous heroes slay monsters and rescue fair damsels.

The Bretonnian calendar is offset from the Sigmarian Empire's by about 977 years, as the people of the Bretonni weren't fully united until King Gilles' reign as the first Bretonnian monarch in 977 IC. The leaders could not decide whether to take the ship from Estalia or march over the mountains into Tilea.

Thus, the king's power serves as a check on the abuses and exploitation of the peasantry by the lesser nobility, which is a constant problem in a political system as autocratic as that of Bretonnia. The voyage had been long and Khaine ever-thirsty, so each night, the weakest on each ship had been sacrificed to maintain the lord of Murder's favour. In Bretonnia, pollards are more common, so that pigs and sheep cannot eat the shoots of new branches.