What is Bretonnia ?
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Bretonnia is one of the greatest realms of the Old World. It stretches from the coast of the Middle Sea in the north to the Irrana mountains in the south, and from the coast of the Great Western Ocean to the Grey Mountains. It is a vast land, upon which the mark of Chaos is less apparent than in the Empire or Kislev. The rolling hills and serene valleys of Bretonnia produce abundant crops, animal stockbreeding and fine wines, whilst the forestlands provide solid timber and good hunting.
The land was once settled by High Elves from Ulthuan. Here they built many kinds of buildings like ports or palaces which are now 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 Orcs, Skaven and natural hazards like earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. The Land became a wilderness settled by Orcs, Goblins and primitive human tribes. The latter were known as the Bretons and gave the country its name.
In the south of the country lies the Loren Forest, location of the major Wood Elf community, although this fact is disputed amongst Bretonnians, and since the Elven King and Queen go to considerable lengths to deter visitors, it is largely avoided by the prudent.

Bretonnian decadence
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The Bretonnian ruling classes are ridden with corruption, willfully blind to the decay around them and sordidly decadent in every way. Painted fops parade their finery amongst the mud and dung of the streets, ladies sit like dolls in shining carriages, bedecked in glittering jewels and tall white wigs, while hiding their ghastly pox-marks and worse disfigurements behind rouge and white powder. The taint of Chaos is less apparent in Bretonnia only because its citizens remain blind to it, unbelieving and unwilling to accept its dreadful implications, hiding their fear behind extravagance and tawdry display. (taken from the WFRP rulebook)

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Sources : WFRP and WFB5 Bretonnia
Written by Mirko Jakuszeit
Project - Email : peter.butterworth@ircom.unilim.fr
Last updated : 15th August 2001