brentinberg
brentinberg is an island west of frank. populated by a group known as the bretins they have been occupied by several different peoples.
Structure
at the head of the organization is the king. under the king governors rule towns and the ports. there are no lords or dukes.
Public Agenda
keep the kingdom independent of foreign overlords as the island use to be part of the republic of san antonia
Assets
the nation has a booming tabaco industry.
it army is a professional force trained by mercenary officers from the verianberg empire. the royal army's commander is a verianberguer.
in the north there is a strong chalk and amethyst trade.
here is good land for framing around repton and in the south darmith is a strong trading post between the northern contient and san antiona
there are several important cities
Repton
Aegelsburg
Dallworth
History
the land of a unknown people-before even the slav people migrated during the exoduses of the 12 archons the island of bretinberg had a group of people living on it. it is not known where these people came from only that they say they came from a land far away. these people known as the bretions said they were driven from there homes by great beast from beyond the realms of mortals. in the attempt to save themselves the 8 most powerful lords of the breton people ( Aethelred, Offa,Oswic 'the old', edward, Alfred, penda, hengist and horsa) took there people and fled across the sea. just as they where about to give up, the youngest lord Penda saw land from his ship and move the vast fleet towards it. the land they found where fertile and full of animals to eat. in the south it was warm and a addictive plant was found there. that plant was tabacco. but they where not the only people on the island. a race only know as the great foe in the annals of bretin settlement attacked them almost as soon as they landed. all out war was caused when the sacred god's tree which had been transported all the way from the homeland was destroyed. this enraged the most poius of the bretion and horsa the most powerful of the 8 is said to have called down the wrath of his ancestor the god waldin (god of the gods of the bretin pantheon) and declared he was raising the first great fyrd. he told his people that when the 8th fyrd was called the gods would finally come to save them from destruction. it was written that an army the size of the horizon was formed and all the beast of the land joined them in there fight against the great foe.
it is written these people soon formed themselves into Waring petty kingdoms. these where the oldest human kingdoms some say as old as the kingdom of old wessia which was half a world away.
a land of feuds and bloodshed- as the brentin people settled there lands they started to build towns and villages. in the north dallworth was built. in the south west darmith was built. in the fertile central plains the large town of repton was built. soon these cities and many more became the seat of kings and lords. the first king was king egbert of repton.
northman raids and dominance (3021YBCW-2793YBCW)- in 3021YBCW a fleet of ships appeared off the northern coast of bretinberg. they landed a massive army and declared for grom fordesson arch-king. they quickly conquered the kingdom of dallworth and declared themselves kings of the region. these kings where of House Gromsson and soon the controlled the entire north of the island
san antionana take over 2676YBCW-2675YBCW- despite the fact offa of retpon (born 2847YBCW) had raised one of the 8 great fyrds and expelled the gormsson and there people from the island it was still weak. after offa's death in 2788YBCW the realm once again fragmented. his son Æthelfrith 3rd (2818YBCW-2768YBCW) held onto repton and the western kingdoms but those in the east and the north had fallen from his grasp and in the reign of his own son Aelle 2nd (2794YBCW-2730YBCW) they had lost total control. his own son Oswald (2760YBCW- 2676YBCW) in an attempt to keep what was left of the house of reptons control reached out west marrying into the family of president of the republic of san antonia. he asked for there help and within three months a massive invasion force had arrived under the command of magister millitum Agricola Ivarsson, with him march thousands of heavily armored soldiers. they where better equipped and trained than the bretins. with this support Oswald was able to take back control of the entire island as his great grand father had. but when he died in 2676YBCW with out a son the magister millitum married his 19 year old son Pertinax Ivarsson (born 2695YBCW) to Oswald only daughter Eawynn who was 17 at the time ( born 2693YBCW). with that he was able to quickly take control of the island destroy the ealdorman who tried to resit them and single handedly place the island under the republics control. for this the young 20 year old Ivarsson the second son of the magiaster millitum Agricola was given the lands once held by offa of repton. he was named the first govoner of the island and he began work to shape the island in the republic image.
formation of the kingdom freedom from the republic-before it war of Independence the island was ruled over by the republic of san antonia it was taxed heavily during the economic stagnation of the once great empire. resistance groups began to spring up.
The island was under Frankish occupation for the durations of the wars of the Joachim emperors but in the wake of the Frankish defeats the island was handed back the republic
In 265YBCW lead by the local nobility a new army was formed which all believed was one of the 8 great fyrd. the cheep red dye was sued to create new unifroms for these citizen soldiers. the first battle of the war of libiration was 600 bretin soldiers defeated by the impieral garrsion outside alyesburgh but soon more and more sprung up. the 30000 strong garrsion soon had to deal with over 40000 civilian soldiers lead by officers drawn from the local nobility and merchant class. the republic unable to fund a war on the tabacco and mineral rich island cut its losses and withdrew from its last holdings on the island. by 263YBCW the island was clear of san antionans and the rebellions leader Alfred of maldon was made king. A witan was formed and the different groups in the island including the decadence of the Northmen still living on the north of the island where offered representation.
war in the west-in 260YBCW mercanires came to the islands. they had been invited by the royal goverment in order to help modernise the bretin army. led by bruno batchini these mercanires (which inculded his personal company known as Brutus's Bersaglieri) petitoned the new royal goverment for lands in the lew of not being able to be payed the wages they had been offered by the rebellious witan. the kings goverment was not able to and soon war broke out. the kingdoms new army was to weak to threw the mercnaires back and without allies they where forced to allow the mercines control of the eastern coast. they would go on to form there own state the mercenary coast. this in fact would be the best thing for the new kingdom as the eastern coast lacked miliral recounrces and the new kingdom lack a strong army so trade in these comodities allowed the two to co exisit. the birth of a new power- in 245YBCW alfred 1st died leaving the realm to his son. Merewald aged 42 (born 287YBCW) was a cunning dipolmat and a eager soldier. he also knew that his young kingdom wouldbnt be able to survive without help. first he took the tiny navy into royal hands. every ships was know the kings personal property. the army was given over to a man called penda of elowich. bron 300YBCW he was a verten of the young kingdoms tow wars. he invited mercenaries to impornve the taining of the soldiers and officers as well as officers from the continet. the army grew from 10000 men with no artillary or cavlary to 50000 in three years. the artilliary was brought over from the sultan ( who was in need of funds) and a small cavlary corp was made up of the nobility and middle class inculding many bankers. one regiment was made up of entrily bankers sons and was nicknamed (the gilded hussars) for the coins they had embrodered on there unifroms. the struggling cities and twoners of the islands where connected by a decrepid road strucre built by the rebpublic so the king began refroms to imporve it. this made jobs as did the build up of the ports on the wester coast of the islands and the build up of the trading fleet. the navy was also grown with ships being bought from the northern isles inculding the new flagship which was given the new name the great fyrd. when merewald died in 228YBCW his own son ceol (born 254YBCW) became king. his father had built realtions with all the empires and kingdsom of the east but the was still stratigcly isolated having not been to war in his fathers regin. in 227YBCW envoys from the republic demanded that tarrfis be lifted on all there ships when they where conducting trade. the reason for this was that bretinberg remained the republics main market and so needed to lesson the tax burden on there trades to make good ceep back home. the king refused and took the opertunity as a justifaction for war. his royal navy blockaded all republican shipping. the republic was forced to repond. there fleet was sent to attack the blockading vessels. the first naval battle of the war was won by the new bretin navy and started the war between the new kingdom and the old republic. the bretin army well drilled and dicaplined was then transported over to the old republic and went on the offensive. the army swelling to 70000 invaded the ports of the west. the republican army decrepid and sluggish wasnt able to stop the ranks of the soldiers they would nick name rubrum iaccam Red jackets or the red coats. the Bretin-Republican war 227-220 lasted 7 years. fighting was sporadic with the two great battles legoria bay (fought at sea) and telantaro (land) saw what was left of the once proud republican armed forces crushed and the bretins taking control of several of the largest ports on the east coast and most importably there industries. alliance with the empire-in 219YBCW the forgin office in the witan was awarded to in late 216YBCW after conculding an allience with the empire the bretins joined @Frankish-Verainberg war 217YBCW-215YBCW the bretin navy bombarded the black rock and the henar navy bases. a blockade was set up and it allowed the bretin navy to start shipping goods to the empire. 210YBCW the republic would once again join the war but this time they would land 15000 men under general Offa in fregal.
The island was under Frankish occupation for the durations of the wars of the Joachim emperors but in the wake of the Frankish defeats the island was handed back the republic
In 265YBCW lead by the local nobility a new army was formed which all believed was one of the 8 great fyrd. the cheep red dye was sued to create new unifroms for these citizen soldiers. the first battle of the war of libiration was 600 bretin soldiers defeated by the impieral garrsion outside alyesburgh but soon more and more sprung up. the 30000 strong garrsion soon had to deal with over 40000 civilian soldiers lead by officers drawn from the local nobility and merchant class. the republic unable to fund a war on the tabacco and mineral rich island cut its losses and withdrew from its last holdings on the island. by 263YBCW the island was clear of san antionans and the rebellions leader Alfred of maldon was made king. A witan was formed and the different groups in the island including the decadence of the Northmen still living on the north of the island where offered representation.
war in the west-in 260YBCW mercanires came to the islands. they had been invited by the royal goverment in order to help modernise the bretin army. led by bruno batchini these mercanires (which inculded his personal company known as Brutus's Bersaglieri) petitoned the new royal goverment for lands in the lew of not being able to be payed the wages they had been offered by the rebellious witan. the kings goverment was not able to and soon war broke out. the kingdoms new army was to weak to threw the mercnaires back and without allies they where forced to allow the mercines control of the eastern coast. they would go on to form there own state the mercenary coast. this in fact would be the best thing for the new kingdom as the eastern coast lacked miliral recounrces and the new kingdom lack a strong army so trade in these comodities allowed the two to co exisit. the birth of a new power- in 245YBCW alfred 1st died leaving the realm to his son. Merewald aged 42 (born 287YBCW) was a cunning dipolmat and a eager soldier. he also knew that his young kingdom wouldbnt be able to survive without help. first he took the tiny navy into royal hands. every ships was know the kings personal property. the army was given over to a man called penda of elowich. bron 300YBCW he was a verten of the young kingdoms tow wars. he invited mercenaries to impornve the taining of the soldiers and officers as well as officers from the continet. the army grew from 10000 men with no artillary or cavlary to 50000 in three years. the artilliary was brought over from the sultan ( who was in need of funds) and a small cavlary corp was made up of the nobility and middle class inculding many bankers. one regiment was made up of entrily bankers sons and was nicknamed (the gilded hussars) for the coins they had embrodered on there unifroms. the struggling cities and twoners of the islands where connected by a decrepid road strucre built by the rebpublic so the king began refroms to imporve it. this made jobs as did the build up of the ports on the wester coast of the islands and the build up of the trading fleet. the navy was also grown with ships being bought from the northern isles inculding the new flagship which was given the new name the great fyrd. when merewald died in 228YBCW his own son ceol (born 254YBCW) became king. his father had built realtions with all the empires and kingdsom of the east but the was still stratigcly isolated having not been to war in his fathers regin. in 227YBCW envoys from the republic demanded that tarrfis be lifted on all there ships when they where conducting trade. the reason for this was that bretinberg remained the republics main market and so needed to lesson the tax burden on there trades to make good ceep back home. the king refused and took the opertunity as a justifaction for war. his royal navy blockaded all republican shipping. the republic was forced to repond. there fleet was sent to attack the blockading vessels. the first naval battle of the war was won by the new bretin navy and started the war between the new kingdom and the old republic. the bretin army well drilled and dicaplined was then transported over to the old republic and went on the offensive. the army swelling to 70000 invaded the ports of the west. the republican army decrepid and sluggish wasnt able to stop the ranks of the soldiers they would nick name rubrum iaccam Red jackets or the red coats. the Bretin-Republican war 227-220 lasted 7 years. fighting was sporadic with the two great battles legoria bay (fought at sea) and telantaro (land) saw what was left of the once proud republican armed forces crushed and the bretins taking control of several of the largest ports on the east coast and most importably there industries. alliance with the empire-in 219YBCW the forgin office in the witan was awarded to in late 216YBCW after conculding an allience with the empire the bretins joined @Frankish-Verainberg war 217YBCW-215YBCW the bretin navy bombarded the black rock and the henar navy bases. a blockade was set up and it allowed the bretin navy to start shipping goods to the empire. 210YBCW the republic would once again join the war but this time they would land 15000 men under general Offa in fregal.
Mythology & Lore
the beleif of the bretin people is that the great tree was the first of all life. it was the creator of all things from its roots sprouted all living things.
Born in blood
Type
Geopolitical, Kingdom
Demonym
brentins
Deities
Neighboring Nations
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