History Characters / WarhammerBretonnia

-->''"...That which is sacrosanct I shall preserve.''

-->''That which threaten, I will destroy.''

* BadassPreacher: Grail Knights are ''technically'' supposed to be this, since it's traditional to build or renovate a Grail Shrine after drinking from the Grail, becoming its priest...[[RealityEnsues except the Grail Knights aren't chosen for being great orators]], so many of them end up fumbling through the sermons and getting a more charismatic Grail Pilgrim to speak for them.

* KnightErrant: Surprisingly not the Knights Errant, who are just young knights eager to prove themselves in battle, but actually the Questing Knights, who discard everything in search of the Grail. They can, however, should they drink from the grail, take back the lands and titles they gave up before, but most choose not to.

* UpperClassTwit: A depressing number of knights, though they're a minority. Since nobles have effectively unlimited authority in their dominions, the power can go straight to their heads, and result in some...interesting laws unless directly countermanded by order of the king (with another law-one book relates the tale of how this means that, legally speaking, every male of a certain age must shout "griffon fingers!" to the sky while saluting it on the evening of a full moon, though the nobility is sane enough to pretend the law doesn't exist).

* {{BFS}}: Questing Knights discard their lances in favor of a greatsword.

* {{Hero Worshipper}}s: Grail Pilgrims, who worship the Grail Knights and follow them around so as to share in the Lady of the Lake's blessing. It's also deconstructed as the pilgrims loot the corpses of Grail Knights for any idols of the Lady, but sometimes they even end up accidentally killing wounded, but still alive, Grail Knights by running them over. Sometimes they even loot an entire Grail Knight's body and load him up on a Grail Reliquae.

* PosthumousCharacter: Died many years before the present timeline of the setting. [[spoiler:Or not. He's actually the Green Knight.]]

* KilledOffForReal: Slain in a duel against the Green Knight.
* OffWithHisHead: The Green Knight cuts off his head after [[spoiler:revealing himself to be Gilles le Breton.]]

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Bretonnia is a feudal kingdom situated to the west of The Empire and seperated from the latter by the Grey Mountains. It was founded nearly a thousand years after the Empire when [[FounderOfTheKingdom Gilles le Breton]] united the people of the land and drove the orcs away. Thematically, it's essentially high medieval France meets the [[KingArthur Arthurian mythos]]. In Bretonnia, they worship the Lady of the Lake, whose religion is implied to have been engineered by the Wood Elves in order to have the humans of Bretonnia act as a buffer against outside threats, primarily the Orcs.

The pride of Bretonnia is its knights, who receive the best possible training available in Bretonnia. Aspiring knighs would, as they come of age, first of all start out as Knights Errant; eager young knights, still unproven in combat. Should they prove themselves, they will become Knights of the Realm, full-fledged knights of Bretonnia. Most stop there, but some knights discard their possessions and take up a greatsword as they embark on a quest for the Grail, becoming Questing Knights. Few ever succeed, but those who do and get to drink from the Grail become the almighty [[ThePaladin Grail Knights]], the greatest knights in all of Bretonnia. The current king of Bretonnia, Louen Leoncoeur, went on the quest himself and got to drink from the grail, before he took the throne.

-->''For my holy wrath will knows no bound..."''
* BadassNormal: Even moreso than the Empire, as they make no use of firearms and only use magic in limited amounts. Bretonnia is effectively medieval France dropped into a horrific DarkFantasy, and they make do with only steel, faith and courage.
* {{BFS}}: Questing Knights discard their lances in favour of a greatsword.

* KnightErrant: Surprisingly not the Knights Errant, who are just young knights eager to prove themselves in battle, but actually the Questing Knights, who discard everything in search of the Grail. They can however, should they drink from the grail, take back the lands and titles they gave up before, but most choose not to.

* IntangibleMan: Due to his ethereal nature, he can pass through physical obstacles, while most physical attacks pass right through him. He can however be wounded if bested in combat, but will always reappear if slain.

* BastardBastard: The king's illegimate offspring, who starts a civil war to take the throne and allies with dark powers such as Nagash's lieutenant Arkhan the Black.

* TheQuest: The quest for the Grail is a central institution in Bretonnian culture. Those who find it tend to become really {{Badass}}.

* {{Expy}}: Of [[SirGawainAndTheGreenKnight another Green Knight]].

* KilledOffForReal: Killed by his bastard son Mallobaude.

* CombatByChampion: Issues a personal challenge to the leader of the slain Louen's remnant armies. Backfires for him when the Green Knight accepts the challenge and kills him.

* OffWithHisHead: The Green Knight cuts off his head after [[spoiler:revealing himself to be Gilles le Breton.]]
* {{Patricide}}: Personally slays his own father in battle.

!!King Louen Leoncoeur

The ruling king of Bretonnia.

* EternalHero: [[spoiler:The people who speculated him to be Gilles le Breton are eventually proven right. Ever since he was taken away to be healed, he has appeared as the Green Knight to protect the land.]]
* {{Expy}}: Of [[SirGawainAndTheGreenKnight another Green Knight]]. [[spoiler:Now King Arthur when he is revealed to be Gilles come again.]]

* KingInTheMountain: [[spoiler:It is said, that in Bretonnia's greatest hour of need, Gilles would return. When Bretonnia is on the verge of being destroyed in civil war, the Green Knight reveals himself as Gilles, returned to save the kingdom.]]

* OffWithHisHead: The Green Knight cuts off his head after [[spoiler:revealing himself to be Gilles le Breton.]]

* AnimalMotifs: His heraldry features a golden lion on a field of red and blue.

* TheDreaded: To the Beastmen, having slain untold thousands of their kind over the centuries.

* KnightInShiningArmour: What the Bretonnian nobles for the most part are, with some exceptions. Also subverted with their treatment of the peasantry.
* LeeroyJenkins: Knights Errant, young knights who are so eager to prove themselves in battle that they will often charge their foes without care and without orders.

* CoolCrown: Adorned with fleurs-de-lis and blessed with a kiss from the Lady of the Lake, the crown has passed from king to king since the coronation of Gilles' son.

* DramaticUnmask: Takes off his helmet to reveal himself as [[spoiler:Gilles le Breton, before killing Mallobaude.]]

* BastardBastard: Starts a civil war to take the throne and allies with dark powers such as Nagash's lieutenant Arkhan the Black.

* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:The Green Knight cuts off his head after revealing himself to be Gilles le Breton.]]

* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: Turned into a Vampire after being captured by Mannfred.

* KilledOffForReal: Sacrificed by Arkhan to bring back Nagash.

* OlderThanTheyLook: Looks to be in his prime, but is apparently about 90 years old, presumably due to drinking from the Grail.

* RedBaron: While the Bretonnians know him as the Green Knight, the Beastmen fear him as Shaabhekh, which literally means the Soul-Killer.

Bastard son of Louen Leoncoeur, who lays claim on the throne and leads Bretonnia into civil war.

* HonorBeforeReason

!!Fay Enchantress

* {{Unicorn}}: Rides one into battle.

* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:The Green Knight cuts off his head after revealing himself to be Gilles le Breton.]]

* {{Unicorn}}: Rides one into battle.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking
* HealingFactor

* {{Expy}}: Of [[SirGawainAndTheGreenKnight another Green Knight]].

** [[spoiler: Turns out he is Gilles le Breton and after Louen Leoncoeur gets killed he returns to take the crown unite the nation again.]]

* ShroudedInMyth: Who or what he actually is is never revealed. It is popularly speculated that he is Gilles le Breton, the original uniter of Bretonnia.

* MedievalStasis

* LosingYourHead: Several accounts speak of the Green Knight being decapitated and picking up his head once again.

* OlderThanTheyLook: Louen Leoncoeur, the current king of Bretonnia, looks to be in his prime, but is apparently about 90 years old, presumably due to drinking from the Grail.
* OurGryphonsAreDifferent: Hippogryphs.

* ShroudedInMyth: The Green Knight, the sworn enemy of the Questing Knights. It is speculated that he is Gilles le Breton, the uniter of Bretonnia.
* WeHaveReserves: Knights don't really care about commoners fleeing (though unusually for this trope this is more a case of ProudWarriorRaceGuy disdain than simple evilness.)

Bretonnia is a feudal kingdom situated to the west of The Empire and seperated from the latter by the Grey Mountains. It was founded nearly a thousand years after the Empire when [[FounderOfTheKingdom Gilles le Breton]] managed to united the people of the land and drove the orcs away. Thematically, it's essentially high medieval France meets the [[KingArthur Arthurian mythos]]. In Bretonnia, they worship the Lady of the Lake, whose religion is implied to have been engineered by the Wood Elves in order to have the humans of Bretonnia act as a buffer against outside threats, primarily the Orcs.

Bretonnia is a feudal kingdom situated to the west of The Empire and seperated from the latter by the Grey Mountains. It was founded nearly a thousand years after the Empire when Gilles le Breton managed to united the people of the land and drove the orcs away. Thematically, it's essentially high medieval France meets the [[KingArthur Arthurian mythos]]. In Bretonnia, they worship the Lady of the Lake, whose religion is implied to have been engineered by the Wood Elves in order to have the humans of Bretonnia act as a buffer against outside threats, primarily the Orcs.