Gottfried
Gottfried Suzerain Bonus
Receive +2 Loyalty per turn in cities for each Encampment district building.Historical Context
Until it was fortified in the early 9th Century BE, the village Gottfried was just a sleepy little tribal settlement. But by the time of the coronation of Gottfried II, it was an important strategic center and the seat of the Terre "brown general" commander of the capital’s garrison and de facto head of the kingdom’s military. The town also became a religious center when the Terre converted to Pelorianism in 864 CE and built a number of churches there. But Gottfried’s primary business was war. Once a druidic revolt was finally defeated in 892 and Gottfried appointed Caleb I as his successor, the decision was made to move the capital from Gottfried to the much-more Pelorian Bredon that would be renamed Gottfried during the rule of Caleb I. For the next 80 years, not only did the new capital become the political and military center of Atheau, but its cultural, artistic, and religious center as well. The walls were expanded and reinforced, and its barracks became the training ground for Terre delusions of grandeur. Until, that is, the Terres were defeated by the Chakyik prince Slav Kruskal and Gottfried occupied. The ensuing war between Anian and Chakyik left the city ravaged and nigh razed by the liberating Anian armies. A lesson in being beware of one’s allies. The Anian carried off the Terrarian treasury, the royal jewels and regalia, and most of the royal library. Gottfried recovered some of its military importance in the first decades of the “Second Terrarian Empire,” c. 1185 CE. Indeed, it was – along with the fortress at Hookerhill – one of the joint seats of the kingdom under the co-rulers. But the strategic defensive position of Hookerhill proved better able to withstand outside threats. The Tartar raids of the 1270s drove off what citizens in Gottfried survived; they built a new village of the same name a couple miles away, plundering the once-mighty walls for building materials.
Alternative Name(s)
Second Gottfried
Type
Capital
Population
4,800
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