Albia
(British Isles)
Albia, sometimes called "Old Albia," was a techno-barbarian state of Old Earth during the Unification Wars. Bordering Northern Atlan and known for its ancient warlike clans, the regions of Albia consisted of towering, soot-blackened castram-cities.
Evidence suggests that Albia is located in the area of the British Isles. Albia was described as bordering Northern Atlan (potentially referring to the North Atlantic Basin) and engaged in frequent wars with the Pan-Pacific Empire, itself far across the ancient Atlantic basin, though by this time the Atlantic Ocean had dried up. Furthermore, Albia was noted to have contained "towering soot-blackened castram-cities," which, although most likely ubiquitous across Terra in this period, evokes imagery of the smog-choked industrial cities of Victorian Britain. Albia was also said to have made use of "Ironside Clan" soldiers in their wars against the Emperor. However, most conclusively, it was said that the great dramaturges, "Shakespire" (William Shakespeare) and "Marlowe" (Christopher Marlowe) hailed from Old Albia, providing clear evidence that Old Albia was indeed some portion of the British Isles.
Albia is known to have clashed frequently with the Pan-Pacific Empire when it was under the rule of the Unspeakable King and was aided by the forces of the Emperor in this conflict. However, the Albians eventually refused to kneel before the Emperor and met His Thunder Warriors with their own proto-Dreadnoughts and armored Ironside Clan soldiers.
In battle after battle, the Albians managed to hold back the Emperor's forces but only at a staggering cost to the defenders. As a result, this techno-barbarian state presented a considerable challenge for the forces of the Emperor during the Unification Wars, so much so that the Emperor, impressed by the determined, brutal resistance of the state's defenders, decided to end the fighting and take Albia through negotiations.
Admitting the martial temper and indomitable spirit of His foe, the Emperor called for a ceasefire and sought a diplomatic solution. The Emperor appeared before the Albian clan lords unarmed and clothed in white and crimson, speaking of His vision for a unified Humanity. He offered the Albians glory among the stars and redemption. To the shock of many, the warlords of Albia, seeing the Emperor as different from past tyrants, accepted His terms and soon became one of the most zealous supporters of Unification.
Once Albia was under His sovereignty the Emperor saw the Albians as suitable gene-recruits for the nascent XIVth Legion (the Dusk Raiders). Indeed, such was the suitability of the warriors of these ancient clans for induction into the ranks of the Space Marines that recruits drawn from their castram-cities and Ironside Clans were also incorporated into the ranks of the First Founding VIIIth and Xth Legions, the Night Lords and the Iron Hands, respectively.
However, these Legions made use of Albian recruits to a lesser degree than the XIVth Legion, who were by blood and culture shaped by the traditions of the warlords of Albia as well as the hand of the Emperor.
Evidence suggests that Albia is located in the area of the British Isles. Albia was described as bordering Northern Atlan (potentially referring to the North Atlantic Basin) and engaged in frequent wars with the Pan-Pacific Empire, itself far across the ancient Atlantic basin, though by this time the Atlantic Ocean had dried up. Furthermore, Albia was noted to have contained "towering soot-blackened castram-cities," which, although most likely ubiquitous across Terra in this period, evokes imagery of the smog-choked industrial cities of Victorian Britain. Albia was also said to have made use of "Ironside Clan" soldiers in their wars against the Emperor. However, most conclusively, it was said that the great dramaturges, "Shakespire" (William Shakespeare) and "Marlowe" (Christopher Marlowe) hailed from Old Albia, providing clear evidence that Old Albia was indeed some portion of the British Isles.
Albia is known to have clashed frequently with the Pan-Pacific Empire when it was under the rule of the Unspeakable King and was aided by the forces of the Emperor in this conflict. However, the Albians eventually refused to kneel before the Emperor and met His Thunder Warriors with their own proto-Dreadnoughts and armored Ironside Clan soldiers.
In battle after battle, the Albians managed to hold back the Emperor's forces but only at a staggering cost to the defenders. As a result, this techno-barbarian state presented a considerable challenge for the forces of the Emperor during the Unification Wars, so much so that the Emperor, impressed by the determined, brutal resistance of the state's defenders, decided to end the fighting and take Albia through negotiations.
Admitting the martial temper and indomitable spirit of His foe, the Emperor called for a ceasefire and sought a diplomatic solution. The Emperor appeared before the Albian clan lords unarmed and clothed in white and crimson, speaking of His vision for a unified Humanity. He offered the Albians glory among the stars and redemption. To the shock of many, the warlords of Albia, seeing the Emperor as different from past tyrants, accepted His terms and soon became one of the most zealous supporters of Unification.
Once Albia was under His sovereignty the Emperor saw the Albians as suitable gene-recruits for the nascent XIVth Legion (the Dusk Raiders). Indeed, such was the suitability of the warriors of these ancient clans for induction into the ranks of the Space Marines that recruits drawn from their castram-cities and Ironside Clans were also incorporated into the ranks of the First Founding VIIIth and Xth Legions, the Night Lords and the Iron Hands, respectively.
However, these Legions made use of Albian recruits to a lesser degree than the XIVth Legion, who were by blood and culture shaped by the traditions of the warlords of Albia as well as the hand of the Emperor.
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