WFB (Warhammer Fantasy Battle) and WFRP (Warhammer Fantasy RolePlay) have evolved in different directions over time. It can be argued that there are now two different Warhammer worlds: the more high-fantasy world of WFB5 and the darker world of WFRP.
This project's aim is to describe WFRP Bretonnia in more detail. The starting point is the information given in the WFRP rulebook p274-277. A little additional information can be found in the WFB3 core book and in WFB3 armies.
Many people feel the "Arthurian-type" background featured in WFB5 Bretonnia doesn't fit in well with WFRP. For this reason the sourcebook does not aim at being compatible with WFB5. No direct references to WFB5 shall be made in the main text. However GMs using the sourcebook are free to integrate names or concepts from WFB5 as they see fit (some advice shall be given on how this can be handled).

To sum up: the project is both completely true to WFRP and quite open to WFB, though WFB5 Bretonnia is not considered canon.
 

Bretonnia, Call for papers :
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Main topics (The following subjects will be developed extensively):
- Bretonnian society - nobles and peasants: the powerful, the weak and the others.
- Religion in Bretonnia - even priests can be corrupt.
- A description of Guisoreux - a very corrupt version of the French Revolution.
- A description of the cruel town of Quenelles - the sadistic "milice" hunt down worshippers of Ranald.
- A description of Oisillon palace - intrigue at the court

Secondary topics (They may become main topics or not, depending on interest):
* Timeline (draft available for download)
* Moussillon, the city of the damned
* Additional information on the big towns (Brionne, L'Anguille, Couronne, Bordeleaux, ...)
* Information on the different Bretonnian regions
* Bretonnian settlements overseas (Lustria, The New Coast)
* Bretonnia - Goods, trade and travel
* Bretonnia - Knights
* Bretonnia - Non-humans (Elves, Dwarves, Halflings)
* Bretonnia - Greenskins
* Bretonnia - Vampires
* Bretonnia - Skaven
* Scenarios, NPCs set in Bretonnia
 

The Bretonnian knights (From WFB 3rd ed Armies) :
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           "All over the Old World, Knights look to the Bretonnians as a model of chivalry and Knightly virtue. Indeed, it is universally accepted that the Knights of Bretonnia represent the pinnacle of the warrior-ideal. In battle against other Old Worlders the Bretonnian Knight is magnanimous to noble captives, courteous to the defeated and generous in victory. War presents the Bretonnian Knight with a chance to show his 'mettle, to gain honour; and to further the ideal of Knighthood by his personal bravery. Whilst in everyway commendable, this rather idyllic attitude to conflict doesn't always work in the Bretonnian's favour. Eager to joust with their noble counterparts, they often ignore all other considerations. Infantry, whether friend or foe, they regard as low-bred and unworthy. In fact, much of the donkey work of the battle is left to the poor peasant levies. This fact is not often recalled in the epic poems and songs composed to commemorate the actions of the nobility."
 

My Bretonnia (by Peter Butterworth, project director)
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            My Bretonnia disregards most GW material to stay true to the original description (in the rulebook).
The setting is based on France at the end of the 16th century and up to 1625 (Dumas and Musketeers!) with some elements of later pre-Revolutionary France.
In some aspects, Bretonnia is the most modern country in the Old World. King Charles (you should pronounce it the French way) de la Tête d'Or likes to think he is an absolute monarch. But as the country is in such a disastrous state this claim can hardly be enforced. There is a strong contrast between the situation in the calm countryside (I fit in some archaic knights here) and in the big towns (life is fairly awful for most of the population) where social unrest is rife.
The country is very corrupt, yet unlike in the Empire, the main scenario focus is not chaos. You have scheming at the court in Oisillon, bunches of devious nobles, and an interesting religious and political background.
 

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peter butterworth peter.butterworth@ircom.unilim.fr
Last updated : 12th november 2000