![]() North of Alesia lies the town of Samarobriva, capital of the Belgae, which was seized from us by the Painted People of the Islands. It is lacking a good palisade, however it does have a muster field where you may recruit warbands.Īside from these four, there are three other settlements in Gaul. Narbo is only a small town, despite its ancestral importance, because large numbers of people kept moving out of it to invade other lands. The Romans call it “Narbo Martius”, because it is dedicated to Belenos, whom they call Mars. To the southwest of Aquitania is our ancestral homeland, the vicinity of the town Narbo Beleni, that others call “Narbonne”. You may call forth Skirmisher Warbands, if you wish, to man the palisade here if an enemy threatens. As an interesting aside, although it is close to the Celtic homeland, the people here in fact do not speak Celtic but Vasconic, an Iberian language. It is a small settlement, but in a rich region. Some call this town “Rennes”.įurther south lies Aquitania, the capital of which is Lemonum, also known as “Poitiers”. It is a minor settlement, however here as well you may train warbands if you wish. Alesia is also defended by a wooden palisade.Īway to the northwest lies Condate of the Redones, the capital of Armorica. Here you already have quite a strong force of warriors, but you may also train, if you wish, barbarian cavalry, warhounds, and also the humble warband, backbone of your early armies. The population is also encouraged to grow by the understanding the people of this settlement have of farming Land Clearance is employed here to enable farmers to get better harvests. Our chief settlement is at Alesia, which is approaching the status of city already. Of course, other lands too that should be ours by right have been lost, abandoned, or captured by enemies, but for now, your lands are still the largest. When you first take the throne of the Overlord of Kings, you will find that Gaul is already the largest nation in the World. Galatia- the Greek name for that kingdom- has since become separated from our influence, but it is still nonetheless Celtic land.Īs you see, warlord, our history is that of a great people, and our greatness is not yet over! Our Lands and Strongholds So instead, we turned east, crossed the Hellespont, and founded a kingdom in Asia Minor, between Pontus and the Aegean. The Etruscans and Romans are not the only “civilised” people we have crushed in battle we also invaded the lands of the Hellenes that the Romans call Greece, and were only repulsed when the gods forbade our expansion that way. The sack of Rome was the high point in our history so far but a repeat of the same, coupled with a long-term conquest, could be higher still. We let them have their city back afterwards, such as it was- we may yet regret it. Insulted, we marched south, routed a Roman army, and sacked Rome. However, they called on the help of the Romans, who broke off peace-talks by joining in the battle on the Etruscan side. A short while later, our Etruscan neighbours questioned our right to dwell in the valley of the Padus, so we sent a warhost south to punish them. There we founded a great city, Mediolanium, because the gods had ordained that we should settle there. ![]() ![]() Anyway, after that we spread into the rest of what is now Gaul, other parts of Iberia- most of which have since declared their independence and formed their own Celtiberian confederacy- and the rich valley of the Padus River, north of the lands of the Etruscans. Whatever they’re called, those big mysterious islands off the north coast of Gaul in the middle of the Ocean, you know. Some of our kin also sailed north by ship, spreading our ways among the barbaric Painted People of the Cassiterides. At first our power grew gradually, spreading from the Pyrenees along the south coast of what is now Gaul towards the Alps, and also southwestwards into Greater Iberia, all this before ever Rome or Massilia was founded. Our people have spread far and wide, for a warlike race must always have new challenges, and we have roamed most of the known world seeking an equal in war. As such, we have much knowledge, much wisdom, and much skill. We are older than the Greeks and Romans, our so-called “civilised” neighbours, older even than the far away Egyptians. The famous artwork of that area was developed by us, but we are much older than that: indeed, we have dwelt on the slopes of the Pyrenees ever since the end of the Great Cold, when the whole world was covered in ice in the far-distant past. We are the Celts, a proud and warlike race who originated in the southwest of our lands on the fringes of Iberia others may tell you we came from Noricum, but this is misinformed ignorance. Hail, mighty warlord! We have been expecting you.
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