I'd rather be with the Holy Roman Empire on steroids than England and France's love child of Western Europe that basically worships the Arthurian Legends. HAIL SIGMAR!!!
@@TheCoolCucumber The 9/10 rule isn't even as crazy in the current lore as it is in this video. The way it _usually_ works is that the peasants give their 9/10 to their lord, who then takes his share and his own lord's out of it and _stores the rest to be redistributed among the peasants as needed._ It's a way to ensure that even if some harvests fail there is no widespread starvation. There are of course those lords who straight up take 9/10 and give absolutely nothing back, but they're said to be the exception.
I always had a problem with bretonnia's 90% tax, and how peasants are all inbred, etc. Because it's like someone took a passing glance of how feudalism worked and decided it wasn't grimdark enough, so they made Bretonnia an impossible society, I can understand wanting to make bretonnia darker, but surely there is a better way than making them a society that would crumble under its own incompetence?
@@alpine7313 5th Edition Bretonnia had a system where knights were made by a village damsel, who'd make a quest for anyone to partake. Whoever did it became a knight errant, and would marry the damsel. It basically made Bretonnia into a meritocratic aristocracy loaded with D&D murder hobos. Errantry wars had much more significance thanks to this system, and made for better storytelling. Then 6th edition came by and gave us the 1-dimensional Bretonnia we know now.
@@Mr_cenzo I like that a ton better. The chivalric code wouldn't be nearly enough to keep the peasantry complacent in conditions like that. Plus, the rags to riches appeal of that would make for much better storytelling.
“By the will of the Lady of the Lake, beneficent deity of all Bretonnia, by lance and by sword, are the lands of the King kept safe from Greenskins and the mutant Beastmen of the darkling forests, from malicious Daemons and the walking dead.....” - The Goddess of Bretonnia Stronger Words of Faith and Hope... that truly stand strong in the face of such Chaos.
Good work on mentioning the growing "middle class" of Bretonnia. It paints a much more complex picture of the dark fantasy setting of Warhammer Fantasy. I don't like it when the fans treat it as a pure grimdark setting.
I mean, regardless of that middle class, income or no they're still locked into a rigid social structure where none but those born into positions of power have any say in what happens to those below them. That's about as grimdark as it gets when you think on the implications. This is the same franchise and overall tone as 40K afterall.
@@samwill7259 Warhammer has always been dark fantasy over grimdark. Also considering the importance of the bretonnian navy(which is run by the merchants) they do have some overall influence. Especially in trade cities such as L'Anguille and Bordeleaux. I just despise warhammer fans that want to insert grimdark("100 gorillion empire citizen die every second because only war xD") where there isn't. Also Game Workshop themselves gradually made Warhammer Fantasy more and more grimdark and concluded with the shitty End Times. In general Warhammer is a dark fantasy setting with a few outright grimdark elements here and there. It generally didn't have the same tone as 40k. Stuff like witch hunts and strict class structure isn't even grimdark considering we had those in real life(it is definitely really bad, but it is not grimdark since the latter is more than just bad stuff).
@@Kapita_Lismus There is no difference between "dark fantasy" and Grim Dark, especially not in this case. 99.99/100 Bretonnian citizens live short, helpless lives full of nothing but poverty, suffering and enslavement. Yes, I know feudalism existed in real life but that's because feaudalism and all other authoratarianism is just about as Grim Dark as real life gets. The world or Warhammer Fantasy was doomed long, long before the End Times. This is 1984, but fantasy, the weak crush the strong beneath their boots because they're "born better" if that very *concept* doesn't invoke some sort of deep seated, powerful anger within you just as a human being with basic empathy, I think you need to examine that. Bretonnia is evil, as evil as the rat folk, orcs and chaos knights, they're just less honest about their intention or dominate, pillage and enslave.
@@samwill7259 Roughly speaking one of the main differences between dark fantasy and grimdark is that the former still has hope, good people ect. Grimdark is overly dark, sometimes to the point of parody and unreasonableness(which is kinda part of the fun). There are stuff in Warhammer Fantasy that is grimdark, but the setting overall isn't. Warhammer fantasy is known for its more self-aware dark humor too, something the grimdark 40k has time and time again neglected. Even if you can for some reason argue that Bretonnia is just as evil as the skaven and chaos, then you definitely can't do the same for the Empire, Estalia, Tilea, and say the high elves. The Empire is basically a fantasy version of the 16th century holy roman empires(with all its good and all its horrors). Even when it comes to bretonnia you can also see a very reasonable medieval society from time to time if you read the RPG books. A pure grimdark setting wouldn't bother to talk about a growing middle class, trade and culture.
@@Kapita_Lismus Look, maybe this is something that is lost on you, since I can assume you're one of those Kaissereich fans who prefers a dictatorial and autocratic monarchy to the check and balence laden german democracy we have now. but authoratarianism. Is bad, in all contexts, regardless of any other factors. The Bretonnians enslave, violate and harvest their helpless population in the same way orcs, chaos or skaven might, it's just that those are factions are more honest about their intentions.
Bretonnia is a fun mix of High Middle Ages France, Arthurian England and the plains of Hungary(to hold all the horses). Also the bretonnian fleet is 17th century based.
@@SisterofBattle A price willingly embraced by the commoners in Bretonnia. The only honor a peasant can achieve is glory upon the field of battle. "Better to die gloriously in battle with honor than to disgrace the Lady of the Lake" Bretonnian Man-at-Arms saying....
@@SisterofBattle The "Saviour of Bretonnia"s own peasants I'd assume would only have been loyal unto to him. Given the fact the he was also a Duke of one the original 13 fiefdoms, all peasants would've brought their taxes to his castle or the local magistrates. Knights went forth issuing the tax orders upon graceful steeds before having the taxes sent forth to the capital. Especially after he claimed Lordship of Moursilon and thus the curruption of the city of the damned began. Later it was raised to the ground after a savage civil war as depicted in this epic tale told by the Templetin Institute. obviously me pre-assuming they would've been put to the sword like in the last battles between the Crusaders and Jaffars Araby forces. The ones who fled and returned to live as the peasantfolk now in 'modern Moursilon' ever since the death of the previous Duke, what remains of Mousillon is a backwater region filled with marshes, bogs and misty swamps. Those people still living within the Dukedom are inbred and horribly mutated. Mousillon villages look poor and rundown, more so than typical Bretonnian villages. The peasant hovels are on the verge of collapsing, streets are little more than sewers, and there are as many dead animals to be seen as living ones. The inhabitants watch any visitors silently from their homes, cowering within and giving only occasional glimpses of their malformed bodies. No one rules this accursed land, for none wish to do so otherwise. Coachmen traveling with merchant's and bounty hunters, have even reported encounters and sightings far worse than the mutated common folk. Even Ratmen the foul Skaven; have been reported to local magistrates and regional feudal Lord's. If any peasants that dwell their that may be loyal to Bretonnia probably are or will inevitably be wiped out my the Skaven.
The castles of the nobility also appear to be decaying, but here the appearance is somewhat illusory. Ruined portions are not unusual, but the parts that are still inhabited are always well maintained but never beautiful. The decaying corpses of gibbeted criminals hang outside most castles, fat ravens feeding on the remnants. The nobles all wear black armour with a helmet, and they never reveal their faces. Some are actually undead vampires wights and the same lord has ruled for centuries. Others are mutants, or servants of the Ruinous Powers bearing the marks of their lords. A few are simply human and need to hide that fact lest their neighbours think them weak. Adventurers do not need a reason to leave Moursilon. As for the "unholy Grail Knights" they would've been loyal to their leige in the fortress of Moursilon.
I actually had a mind cannon after finding out the truth of the Lady during the End Times story line. The short version is that lords and ladies are almost worshiped by the peasants they lead. This worship empowers them, and higher nobles are in turn empowered even further by the fealty of the lesser nobles beneath them. The King and Queen are there for the most powerful people in the Kingdom, both personally and politically. The Lady is the culmination of every past Queen, and the Green Knight is the culmination of every past King. Because the Kings and Queens are about demigods the combination of their souls, not to mention the reverence and worship of an entire nation, has elevated these gestalt entities to true godhood.
>Tales are told of the children she gathers to her side, who are then taken to the enigmatic "otherworld". The girls taken occasionally return years later as "Damsels of the Lady, blessed in spirit and heart. Of the boys taken nothing is ever heard again. YOU JUST KNOW
_"Jou what? Want our 'elp in finding la grail? Non non we already got one! _*_*turns to la friends*_*_ i told 'im we already got one!"_ **muffled chuckling**
Here is one thing for the 90% food tax (aka the type that would devastate feudal economy). I was told that they kinda live near Athel Loren, which its energy made the land super fertile enough that 10% food is sustainable for a family. Also then there is tax loophole is marking certain percentages of crops as "weed", redistributing food for winter, or crop insurance.
jokes from Monty Python Holy Grail "Allo? Eh, I believe we already got a grail! It is very nice!" *to the others* "I told them we already got one." *Snickers*
Hark mighty Grail Knight! I, the Lady of the Lake declares your last trial is to join The Templin Institute's Discord server and bring peace and justice to that troubled land. discord.gg/templininstitute
A woman sitting in a lake distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. if you can have SIGMAR why would you want to settle for any other god
I played Warhammer Fantasy so long ago the Lady of the Lake didn't exist yet. Bretonnia was more like 100 years war France, and was still willing to use guns. In the naval game Man o' War they were the huge broadside cannon fleet.
[...] Brave Sir Robin ran away.~ Bravely Ran away away.~ When danger reared it´s ugly head.~ Honestly whenever i play as bretonia (both in TT and in TW) im always reminded of monthy python.
Oh boy, the lands of Bretonnia must be very fertile to be able to sustain a population that gets taxed at 90%, and any slight weather change would ravage the population.
That's also why they keep the 90%, in case of a weather change the knights have enough food storage to keep their seers feed and healthy, they also give to the grail maidens as tribute, who distribute it among the most needed
You have shown the 'brightest' kingdom in Warhammer. Now you must warn the old world. Over the World Edge Mountains, here in the blasted plains beyond lies a kingdom so steeped in darkness that it may yet consume all light. Warn them Templin Institute. The legends of Dwarves sworn to Chaos are no mere rumour. And they are more terrifying than your worst nightmares.
I would fight for Sigmar's god, Ulric. Not for Siggy tho. Going around like he does now, giving the souls of the dead form but removing their memories to that they will obey him and fight his wars
"Rejoice, for we the knights of Bretonnia will be your shield." I dont know why, but I get all weepy when I watch the Bretonnia Trailer or just hear the vows being recited.
"Now go, noble Knight of the Grail. Your decade long quest for this place has been completed at last. Find honor and glory with the power of the Grail within you." *Get's shot in the head during their first battle by a random imperial with a gun* "By the Emperor! Did you see the way his head exploded?! Shot went right through the helmet!"
Its Warhammer logic. Brettonian Knights have the literal blessing of the lady(more faithful and heroic= more plot armor as the Lady jills to them lol) Grail Knights also gain a small part of the Lady's power by drinking from the grail. Even a small fraction of the power of a deity is already a huge leap in power and durability. They become tireless fighters with perfect stamina and vigor hence they become literal one men armies. Basically each faction in Warhammer have some sort of Super Unit heroes. Orks have Black Orks. Brettonia Have their Grail Knights, chaos have their Chosen(also blessed by a God albeit a chaos one obviously) and so on.
The lore the surround grail knights is pretty inconsistent since it depends on the actual writer. There were a piece of writing where simply a corpse of one of them was capable of repelling an army of undeads. On the plain martial power, they are confirmed pretty much on the level of chaos champions, so consistently above a chosen. They are living saints, the chosen ones of the lady to become the future human pantheon. Their usual kill count on an average battle is stated to be the same as the entire army that follows them (as ridicolous as it may appears).
@@gokbay3057 you forget that Imperials can arm more men with good guns than brettonia fielding armies of Grail Knights. Grail knights are the shit, but they can dodge all the shots and tank forever now can they?
@@Vortiboy23 yes they can, there is a reason Bretonnia is still free from the empire of man. also the empire is too busy shooting peasants to ever be able to deal with the knights of the realm let alone the grail knights
Bretonnia sounds like it’s lowkey based off of Confucianism. Everyone does their job according to their lot in life, and everything runs as smoothly as possible. Ignoring the peasants, of course.
Thee Lady of Thy Lake protects thou ~ Sir Louen Leoncoeur Thee Lion of Bretonnia! The Lionhearted Greater and more righteous than even Sigmar himself". "Rise Sir Louen, land-knight, slayer of monsters and bane of the dead. You have spirit I thought long lost to this land. I dub thee Louen Leoncoeur, Heart of the Lion." Lady of the Lake.... Greatest Knights in the Old World all hail from Bretonnia. "Pompous is the ignorance of the Empire where they lack Chivalry and Honor, they allow curruption to run rapid throughout the very ranks of their Counts, Dukes, Barons, even the common Heraldry amongst the Knights and their Noble bloodlines are nothing whence compared to the true devotion of Honor and Chivalry... Who is more dubious more righteous than our Liege and General Sir Louen Leoncoeur? Who hath risen over death and darkness and drove the dreaded rat men from our land's kept the very over ambitious Empire to the south at bay with honorable diplomacy with their King; This usurper King who allows their Duke and Barons to plot internal war amongst our two realms? Nae' young sir Roubelle of Loucenyouer take heed and have faith in the Lady because our Kingdom well never truely die... For even the Empire as large as their border is with us; could never defeat the Golden Paladin. For as long as our Lady of the Lake remains we will defend her, her people and her chosen line of the Righteous Grail Knights." Bishop Loues ' The Devout ' to a young Sir Robelle of Loucenyouer. "We must talk sovereign to sovereign," said the King as he dismounted his dais and moved to stand next to Karl Franz." "I'm no sovereign. I'm not the Emperor." "Not yet," said Louen... KING LOUEN LEONCOUER, REVEALING HIS PROPHECY TO KARL FRANZ....
Games Workshop: Hey, y'know what would be a brilliant idea? Lets take King Arthur, King of the Britains and a cornerstone of British mythology and culture and make him *FRENCH!*
Not to be that guy but the Britons fled Britain and settled in Brittany which is in northern France. The modern fantasy literature about King Arthur and chivalry originates from an author in France; I'm not sure if he got the stories from the Britons or came up with them himself. I could be wrong on some of this, but I'm certain that the tales of King Arthur were more popular in France than they were in England.
@@20tifer not to mention that brittish and frensh royalty were VERY closely linked together... (though that could be said for about 95% of european royals...)
weldonwin well... Technically the rulers of England and France during the early to mid medieval ages kind of... blended. There's a lot of carry over between the two. The Normans regularly conquered both the French and the English, and French was for a long time the official language of the English Court.
The whole chivalry theme of bretonnia is also very inspired by the themes of medieval southern France literature like Chrétien de Troyes (the guy who created Lancelot, the knightest knight who ever knight).
Man I have got a whole lot to tell you about how Medieval Britain was basically just France 2: It's an Island this time. Sure the actual people discounting the nobility were vastly different in terms of language, custom and culture but the nobles sure as hell didn't care.
So, a fantasy version of the Angevin Empire but with the Normans/French having pre-eminent or at least retaining substantial influence as the upper class of their society. The peasantry probably is a mix of Normans, Bretons, Anglo-Saxons and a very few Irish Celts and Scots in our world. Very Interesting.
I want to see how the Skaven were able to defeat Bretonnia, the only reason they were able to defeat the Empire was because they took advantage of the sewers that ran through every single Imperial city, perfect for them, but Bretonnia has no such infrastructure as far as I'm aware
Templin Institute: Explains the Bretonian oath of Chivalry then details how the peasants are actually treated Me (going back to listen to the oath again): Yeah, then there's the one about the three bears.
Multiple times. The conversation usually goes like - "My Lord, the peasants are revolting!" "Yes, they most definitely are. In other matters, isn't it time for the annual live arms training for my men-at-arms?"
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A lot of this makes little sense. Giving up 90% of the crops would mean the peasants would literally starve to death while the nobels would have SO much food they couldn't eat it before it spoils. There is a reason why in real history never that much was requested. - The same with conscripting the peasantry. That would mean there are no longer enough people to work the land, which would endanger long wars and the economy.
the Kingdom of Bretonnia, The faction GWS screwed over the most and who is the most die-hard defender of pre-End-Of-Times. I have always wondered why Brettonia had the most die-hard fans, and the best reply I can come up with is the fact that while the Empire and the Imperium are derived from actual empires that once existed (the Holy Roman Empire and The Dual-Monarchy), Brettonia is derived from something that never existed. Brettonia is take from the Arthurian legends, a French invention about a british kingdom that probably never was real, but seems to tug a certain glamour ontu people. The Once And Future King has always enchanted people.
I give my body, heart and soul, to the Lady whom I seek. No plea for help shall find me wanting. No obstacle will stand before me. No evil will taint the lands bequeathed unto me. When the clarion call is sounded, I will ride out and fight in the name of Liege and Lady. That which is sacrament, I shall preserve. That which is sublime, I will protect. That which threatens, I will destroy, for my holy wrath will know no bounds. Honor is all. Chivalry is all.
This answer about the social problems in Warhammer " hurr durr, chaos" is not just dumb, but escaping the meaning of the question, if you want to know just look in the golden age of technology or during the rule of the emperor when he is complete capable. Everything start to fall apart after the horus heresy, when the emperor coudnt hold tight anymore, the lousy habits of the mankind back, like greed, paranoic fear and fanatism.
@@the_corvid97 yes but also the Emperor, some of his sons or Space Marines (like the Dark Angels) were neglected. People always forget that the light that shines the brightest also projects the longest shadows, the more the Emperor set "order" the more Chaos bred
@@ismaeljunior8624 Late, really late reply but... Yeah, I agree strongly! I've never liked the whole "hurr durr it's always Chaos' fault" for why things happen that even tries to shake things up within the stagnant setting. Not everthing bad or different needs to be because of Chaos, that's super fuckin boring and irritating, it stifles characters and their own motivations and relegates potentially interesting dynamics to *"Chaos did it again, and it's probably going to try and end the world again, go stop it".*
The Knights of Brettonia are a class all of their own. They are philosopher warriors who serve the role they have been born in. The carpenter can not eat his chairs. The peasant cannot slay the monsters who swarm the woods. The Knight cannot feed himself. This is the union the Knights work under. 9/10ths of what a peasant produce is immediately used to feed, house, and cloth the rest of the population. Without the 9/10ths rule, infighting, greed, and scarcity will consume the kingdom. An imperial will sell his goods for as much as he can. A Brettonian understands that his tribute is only worth what it is made from and the effort put into it. A Knight's life is not one of luxury. Theirs is a permanent state of war against the enemies of order. They spend all of their money in arming themselves, they spend all of their free time training. A Knights life is either short, or a legendary campaign of battles that will resound through history forever.
Ok, so I'm not sure how much of this is you speaking in universe terms but uhh...no. There is nothing honorable or legandary about these inbred, tyrannical aristocrats, just like there isn't any of that stuff in real life feudalism. It's a rigged game where you're born into the only class that has any rights, and the only class that gets to actually make decisions. The video itself said that the taking of 9/10 of the crops the peasents makes keeps the peasentry poor, destitute and on the verge of constant starvation while being kept complacent and illiterate for their entire lives. In real life, this system condemned hundreads of thousands or millions of intelligence, clever, wise people to starvation, poverty and obsucity because of who their parents were, where they were born or what their gender was.
@Audio Sugar Free people being able to pursue their dreams and talents, holding positions of respect and authority based on what they can do rather than the name of their birth? Yea, no that sounds *exactly* like the kind of thing that would create a superpower in a world of feudal autocrats
@Audio Sugar You lost me when you made this about eugenics. I live in the 21st century. Men and women of every race and creed are equal, they are born into this world innocent and full of potential and leave this world with nothing more than their deeds good and ill. No nation "requires" a "birth right" of any kind to rally under, because a just and free enough nation will, by the nature of being just, free and fair, have people who are willing to fight for it. That's why the largest, best funded military on earth uses 99% volunteer soldiers. An Arab in German, a Turk in Italy, a Somali in America has just as much "right" as anybody else.
@Audio Sugar Yea this is getting into some UKIP, DNVP level stuff that I refuse to be a part of. I'll let it be known that as far as I'm concern, you are a disgusting, bigotted wreck of a human being that, if anything is holding us back from actually moving forward. People are just that, people. and a Chinese person, an Arabic person, a South African person or an American person have all the rights to go where they please, pursue the career they please, practice the faith they please, marry and love who they please. As an American, that idea is *integral* to my national identity and what I believe my nation is. America, at its best is a land where anyone, from anywhere, can be whatever they like, black, white, male, female, straight, gay, christian, muslim or any combination of anything at all. Fascism and ethnic purity lost this battle on the intellectual and battlefield fronts in 1945 and I refuse to humor whatever neo fascist, Hitler praising ideaolgy you are attempting to spew.
@Audio Sugar the empire is a fragmented confederacy of states who are only capable of facing down threats when someone stronger than then gets their shit together. The Lector Counts are more overbearing than the worst of knights. An oath breaker Brettonian is stripped of his land and chased from the land by Grail Knights. Knights who have no land. No wealth. Men who fight solely to destroy corruption and evil. When an Imperial breaks his word he is rewarded with wealth from his betrayal. He is not bound by the lady of the Lake. His God does not walk this earth. His power is shown through his priests, but the lords have lines of red tape and followers to keep them away. A brettonian court is made up of Knights sworn to slay the corrupt. An imperial court is one of Yes men.
Ah Bretonnia, where knights win battles by using peasants as cannonfodder. When knights successfully crush the enemy, then the victory is theirs. And when knights somehow fail to do so, then the peasants are to blame. Obviously.
So whenever I play Ikit claw, I use a mod that allows me to recruit defeated legendary lords (The diplomacy is bullshit in some cases, great power doesn't make sense most of the time) Skrolk would die over by Lustria, but he buffs plague claw catapults which had a sharp high arc and Bretonnia had walls everywhere, I never once built a tower or ram, just waited to neuter the defenders then take every wall slot.
[BRE] Léonard reporting here, I just arrived from a long journey to Artois accross the Vault and the Southern forests... may your journeys reward you too M&B II Bannerlord.
you guys should do age of sigmar. like that universe needs this . im a huge of fan of free citys/sigmars empire . its what world of warcraft used to be but better. also how bout some star wars the old republic lore like havoc squad or the sith empire. mmos would be great to cover.
This video is very well-made and conveys a lot of information. Thank you! The only thing worth changing is the sci-fi UI on the top and bottom, which is distracting as it doesn't fit the subject.
"I give my body, heart and soul, to the Lady whom I seek. No plea for help shall find me wanting. No obstacle will stand before me. No evil will taint the lands bequeathed unto me. When the clarion call is sounded, I will ride out and fight in the name of Liege and Lady. That which is sacrament, I shall preserve. That which is sublime, I will protect. That which threatens, I will destroy, for my holy wrath will know no bounds. Honour is all. Chivalry is all. Rejoice, for we, the Knights of Bretonnia... will be your shield." -The combined vows of the Knights of Bretonnia
Surrendering Rebel Peasants: my lord, they would have killed all of us if we haven't surrender, we had no choice! King: You could have chosen death, Hang them all! Ahh... chivalry
I love your videos. This is among my five favorites. I truly hope you do most, if not all of the warhammer fantasy. I look forward to your take on the Tomb Kings and Southern Realms.
What I remember from reading battle reports 16 years ago, is that they're kind of a high risk army, where it all rests on the HQ/elite units. Cause it's not with your shitty peasants that you'll be achieving much. Basically like tomb kings and vampires, but less extreme.
When Joe Peasant doesn't even know what a quill does, and only knows how to use the bow, sword and spear because their liege has trained them in such, that is not going to happen
"Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!"
- Chivalrous knights of Bretonnia defending their lands from invading greenskins
No the skaven don't care about family members that much
but not ween you say fuck the god rat then they became angry
what is your quest? lol
That's even better :D
"Fechez le vache."
"...Huh?"
"Fechez le vache!"
From extra history
This does have my consent, even tough you missed the Glorious empire by a few centimeters on the map.
But we're getting closer!
My emperor would you be interested in the new Sunmaker Rocket Battery?
@@brokensky2378 of Course, you can never have enough of those they get consistently the most kills in my armies
@@TemplinInstitute when you do finally find it I shall be there to give my consent.
srsly the empire of man should be first
Bretonnia: England and France's lovechild or Western Europe in general
The Empire: The Holy Roman Empire on steroids
I'd rather be with the Holy Roman Empire on steroids than England and France's love child of Western Europe that basically worships the Arthurian Legends. HAIL SIGMAR!!!
@@thelastsaints101 steam tanks and guns ftw
Gabriel Davila nah bruv dwarfs fantasy master race
@@rokmun680 That might've been true had they not lost most of their underground Empire to green skins and rat men.
@@thelastsaints101 nothing beats the sons of Sigmar.
Talking about the Code of Chivalry: Hell yeah, feudal knights!
Talking about crushing civic disparity: Oh yeah, feudal knights....
I know what you mean they’re cool but it’s like their assholes, some of them because of their chivalric codes I’m sure that not everyone is like that
And 900 years later ... nothings changed but the titles held.
@@TheCoolCucumber I mean chivalry is more or less meant for battle applying it to the civilian is bound to create problems.
@@torfinnzempel6123 and the technology and the divisions of power.
@@TheCoolCucumber The 9/10 rule isn't even as crazy in the current lore as it is in this video. The way it _usually_ works is that the peasants give their 9/10 to their lord, who then takes his share and his own lord's out of it and _stores the rest to be redistributed among the peasants as needed._ It's a way to ensure that even if some harvests fail there is no widespread starvation. There are of course those lords who straight up take 9/10 and give absolutely nothing back, but they're said to be the exception.
"Life in Bretonnia is great!" - gab-toothed peasant, with his Lord standing next to him, sword at his throat.
Its only great if you're part of the 1%. Just like the US although we don't murder our peasants.
Yes m'lord. Tis fine 'ere. Can I 'ave those extra rations of dung soup now?
@@MrHanderson91 Dung soup? Damn you guys living the high life, we only got dirt here.
Aquillifer dirt? Those be the lords highlights Compared to us, we lucky to get a measly speck of dirt per harvest season.
Ah yes, the grimderp
I always had a problem with bretonnia's 90% tax, and how peasants are all inbred, etc. Because it's like someone took a passing glance of how feudalism worked and decided it wasn't grimdark enough, so they made Bretonnia an impossible society, I can understand wanting to make bretonnia darker, but surely there is a better way than making them a society that would crumble under its own incompetence?
5th edition Bretonnia is the best iteration. The post 6th edition muh grimdark sucks ass
5th edition Bretonnia is the canon bretonnia for me. Very d&d like, and that's why I love it.
@@Mr_cenzo What is different about 5th vs 6th edition?
@@alpine7313 5th Edition Bretonnia had a system where knights were made by a village damsel, who'd make a quest for anyone to partake. Whoever did it became a knight errant, and would marry the damsel. It basically made Bretonnia into a meritocratic aristocracy loaded with D&D murder hobos. Errantry wars had much more significance thanks to this system, and made for better storytelling. Then 6th edition came by and gave us the 1-dimensional Bretonnia we know now.
@@Mr_cenzo I like that a ton better. The chivalric code wouldn't be nearly enough to keep the peasantry complacent in conditions like that. Plus, the rags to riches appeal of that would make for much better storytelling.
Lady of the Lake: I'm giving my bath water for all you thirsty knights
(its actually her blood)
@@matthiuskoenig3378 "I'm giving my period blood for all you thirsty knights"
@@matthiuskoenig3378 you made it worse
the Empire drinks Sigmar's
“By the will of the Lady of the Lake, beneficent deity of all Bretonnia, by lance and by sword, are the lands of the King kept safe from Greenskins and the mutant Beastmen of the darkling forests, from malicious Daemons and the walking dead.....”
- The Goddess of Bretonnia
Stronger Words of Faith and Hope... that truly stand strong in the face of such Chaos.
It was just a Ciri - traveling through time and dimensions...
And yet the french taunting takes you completely by surprise
Strange women laying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!
And then they all died.
*- The End Times*
In a nutshell yes
Fuck that
Fuck that shit, the End Times butchered the characters and setting, should be considered non-canon
Worse, they ceased to exist. Gone, reduced to atoms.
Actually the majority of the grail knights follows the Lady in a new world to become the new human Pantheon
So knights do quests so they can drink the bath Water of their Godess.
sounds familiar
FOR M'LADY *tips helm*
Well I mean, if it gets me the strength and powers of a fucking Grail Knight, I would drink all that up.
*Mmmmh*
Delicious
its actually her life blood
i do get the joke tho
Good work on mentioning the growing "middle class" of Bretonnia. It paints a much more complex picture of the dark fantasy setting of Warhammer Fantasy. I don't like it when the fans treat it as a pure grimdark setting.
I mean, regardless of that middle class, income or no they're still locked into a rigid social structure where none but those born into positions of power have any say in what happens to those below them. That's about as grimdark as it gets when you think on the implications. This is the same franchise and overall tone as 40K afterall.
@@samwill7259 Warhammer has always been dark fantasy over grimdark. Also considering the importance of the bretonnian navy(which is run by the merchants) they do have some overall influence. Especially in trade cities such as L'Anguille and Bordeleaux. I just despise warhammer fans that want to insert grimdark("100 gorillion empire citizen die every second because only war xD") where there isn't. Also Game Workshop themselves gradually made Warhammer Fantasy more and more grimdark and concluded with the shitty End Times. In general Warhammer is a dark fantasy setting with a few outright grimdark elements here and there. It generally didn't have the same tone as 40k. Stuff like witch hunts and strict class structure isn't even grimdark considering we had those in real life(it is definitely really bad, but it is not grimdark since the latter is more than just bad stuff).
@@Kapita_Lismus There is no difference between "dark fantasy" and Grim Dark, especially not in this case. 99.99/100 Bretonnian citizens live short, helpless lives full of nothing but poverty, suffering and enslavement. Yes, I know feudalism existed in real life but that's because feaudalism and all other authoratarianism is just about as Grim Dark as real life gets. The world or Warhammer Fantasy was doomed long, long before the End Times. This is 1984, but fantasy, the weak crush the strong beneath their boots because they're "born better" if that very *concept* doesn't invoke some sort of deep seated, powerful anger within you just as a human being with basic empathy, I think you need to examine that. Bretonnia is evil, as evil as the rat folk, orcs and chaos knights, they're just less honest about their intention or dominate, pillage and enslave.
@@samwill7259
Roughly speaking one of the main differences between dark fantasy and grimdark is that the former still has hope, good people ect. Grimdark is overly dark, sometimes to the point of parody and unreasonableness(which is kinda part of the fun). There are stuff in Warhammer Fantasy that is grimdark, but the setting overall isn't. Warhammer fantasy is known for its more self-aware dark humor too, something the grimdark 40k has time and time again neglected.
Even if you can for some reason argue that Bretonnia is just as evil as the skaven and chaos, then you definitely can't do the same for the Empire, Estalia, Tilea, and say the high elves. The Empire is basically a fantasy version of the 16th century holy roman empires(with all its good and all its horrors). Even when it comes to bretonnia you can also see a very reasonable medieval society from time to time if you read the RPG books. A pure grimdark setting wouldn't bother to talk about a growing middle class, trade and culture.
@@Kapita_Lismus Look, maybe this is something that is lost on you, since I can assume you're one of those Kaissereich fans who prefers a dictatorial and autocratic monarchy to the check and balence laden german democracy we have now. but authoratarianism. Is bad, in all contexts, regardless of any other factors. The Bretonnians enslave, violate and harvest their helpless population in the same way orcs, chaos or skaven might, it's just that those are factions are more honest about their intentions.
Bretonnia is a fun mix of High Middle Ages France, Arthurian England and the plains of Hungary(to hold all the horses). Also the bretonnian fleet is 17th century based.
So, all the cannons and firearms that they could use on the field instead goes to their navy.
"Honor Before Glory!"
-Knights of Bretonnia motto
And rip your peasants of all they got
@@SisterofBattle A price willingly embraced by the commoners in Bretonnia. The only honor a peasant can achieve is glory upon the field of battle.
"Better to die gloriously in battle with honor than to disgrace the Lady of the Lake" Bretonnian Man-at-Arms saying....
@@benlovig5700 peasants of Moursilon. Future city of the Damned and home of Dark Grail Knights, also pledged such loyalties?
@@SisterofBattle The "Saviour of Bretonnia"s own peasants I'd assume would only have been loyal unto to him. Given the fact the he was also a Duke of one the original 13 fiefdoms, all peasants would've brought their taxes to his castle or the local magistrates. Knights went forth issuing the tax orders upon graceful steeds before having the taxes sent forth to the capital. Especially after he claimed Lordship of Moursilon and thus the curruption of the city of the damned began. Later it was raised to the ground after a savage civil war as depicted in this epic tale told by the Templetin Institute. obviously me pre-assuming they would've been put to the sword like in the last battles between the Crusaders and Jaffars Araby forces. The ones who fled and returned to live as the peasantfolk now in 'modern Moursilon' ever since the death of the previous Duke, what remains of Mousillon is a backwater region filled with marshes, bogs and misty swamps. Those people still living within the Dukedom are inbred and horribly mutated. Mousillon villages look poor and rundown, more so than typical Bretonnian villages. The peasant hovels are on the verge of collapsing, streets are little more than sewers, and there are as many dead animals to be seen as living ones. The inhabitants watch any visitors silently from their homes, cowering within and giving only occasional glimpses of their malformed bodies. No one rules this accursed land, for none wish to do so otherwise. Coachmen traveling with merchant's and bounty hunters, have even reported encounters and sightings far worse than the mutated common folk. Even Ratmen the foul Skaven; have been reported to local magistrates and regional feudal Lord's. If any peasants that dwell their that may be loyal to Bretonnia probably are or will inevitably be wiped out my the Skaven.
The castles of the nobility also appear to be decaying, but here the appearance is somewhat illusory. Ruined portions are not unusual, but the parts that are still inhabited are always well maintained but never beautiful. The decaying corpses of gibbeted criminals hang outside most castles, fat ravens feeding on the remnants. The nobles all wear black armour with a helmet, and they never reveal their faces. Some are actually undead vampires wights and the same lord has ruled for centuries. Others are mutants, or servants of the Ruinous Powers bearing the marks of their lords. A few are simply human and need to hide that fact lest their neighbours think them weak. Adventurers do not need a reason to leave Moursilon. As for the "unholy Grail Knights" they would've been loyal to their leige in the fortress of Moursilon.
I actually had a mind cannon after finding out the truth of the Lady during the End Times story line. The short version is that lords and ladies are almost worshiped by the peasants they lead. This worship empowers them, and higher nobles are in turn empowered even further by the fealty of the lesser nobles beneath them. The King and Queen are there for the most powerful people in the Kingdom, both personally and politically. The Lady is the culmination of every past Queen, and the Green Knight is the culmination of every past King. Because the Kings and Queens are about demigods the combination of their souls, not to mention the reverence and worship of an entire nation, has elevated these gestalt entities to true godhood.
>Tales are told of the children she gathers to her side, who are then taken to the enigmatic "otherworld". The girls taken occasionally return years later as "Damsels of the Lady, blessed in spirit and heart. Of the boys taken nothing is ever heard again.
YOU JUST KNOW
So
SS?
Yeah, they dead.
What exactly happens to these children that dont make it back? Did GW ever explain it?
@Mullerornis I was gonna say she keeps the pretty ones
They get ara ara'd obviously
_"Jou what? Want our 'elp in finding la grail? Non non we already got one! _*_*turns to la friends*_*_ i told 'im we already got one!"_ **muffled chuckling**
Pegasus knight proceeds to fly over the walls to claim their grail
Well can we come on in and 'ave a look?
@@rgm96x49 Afcourse naut! Jou are Imperial types!
“What a strange person!”
Your mother was a Skaven and your father smelt of Bugman
Here is one thing for the 90% food tax (aka the type that would devastate feudal economy).
I was told that they kinda live near Athel Loren, which its energy made the land super fertile enough that 10% food is sustainable for a family.
Also then there is tax loophole is marking certain percentages of crops as "weed", redistributing food for winter, or crop insurance.
17:50: "I hate this server"
Everyone else ignores him.
Turned that comment to 66 likes. Good soldiers follow orders.
jokes from Monty Python Holy Grail
"Allo? Eh, I believe we already got a grail! It is very nice!" *to the others* "I told them we already got one." *Snickers*
"Brettonians? What are you doing in Marienberg?"
"MAHND YER OWN BIZNESS!"
"If you will not show us the grail, by Sigmar we shall take the castle by force!"
Hark mighty Grail Knight! I, the Lady of the Lake declares your last trial is to join The Templin Institute's Discord server and bring peace and justice to that troubled land. discord.gg/templininstitute
A woman sitting in a lake distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. if you can have SIGMAR why would you want to settle for any other god
When u guys gunna do the flood?
You did Bretonia now how about the Mootlands
You have earned my greatest respect... Fair Maiden Larissa and Scholar Marc!
Basically: “Thank You” 😇
You guys ever do an anime version? There are some decent ones to do like Code Geass and One Piece.
I played Warhammer Fantasy so long ago the Lady of the Lake didn't exist yet. Bretonnia was more like 100 years war France, and was still willing to use guns. In the naval game Man o' War they were the huge broadside cannon fleet.
[...] Brave Sir Robin ran away.~
Bravely Ran away away.~
When danger reared it´s ugly head.~
Honestly whenever i play as bretonia (both in TT and in TW) im always reminded of monthy python.
Oh boy, the lands of Bretonnia must be very fertile to be able to sustain a population that gets taxed at 90%, and any slight weather change would ravage the population.
That's also why they keep the 90%, in case of a weather change the knights have enough food storage to keep their seers feed and healthy, they also give to the grail maidens as tribute, who distribute it among the most needed
You have shown the 'brightest' kingdom in Warhammer. Now you must warn the old world. Over the World Edge Mountains, here in the blasted plains beyond lies a kingdom so steeped in darkness that it may yet consume all light. Warn them Templin Institute. The legends of Dwarves sworn to Chaos are no mere rumour. And they are more terrifying than your worst nightmares.
Imagine not fighting for Sigmar, Karl Franz and the Empire
Sigtard
I would fight for Sigmar's god, Ulric.
Not for Siggy tho. Going around like he does now, giving the souls of the dead form but removing their memories to that they will obey him and fight his wars
@@dimas3829 OI! mag'n not fight'n fer GORK an MORK wut are ya some puntzy GIT!!!
Imperial propaganda . You call yourselves knights?
Imagine not fighting for the glory of Bretonnia.
Bretonnia: We got some serious human rights abuses, but hey check out our Knights! Pretty cool huh? ;D
They also fuck horses
"Rejoice, for we the knights of Bretonnia will be your shield."
I dont know why, but I get all weepy when I watch the Bretonnia Trailer or just hear the vows being recited.
I know why
Because it’s awesome
I give my body, heart and soul to the Lady of whom I seek. No plea for help shall find me wanting, no obstacle shall stand before me.
"Now go, noble Knight of the Grail. Your decade long quest for this place has been completed at last. Find honor and glory with the power of the Grail within you."
*Get's shot in the head during their first battle by a random imperial with a gun*
"By the Emperor! Did you see the way his head exploded?! Shot went right through the helmet!"
Its Warhammer logic. Brettonian Knights have the literal blessing of the lady(more faithful and heroic= more plot armor as the Lady jills to them lol) Grail Knights also gain a small part of the Lady's power by drinking from the grail. Even a small fraction of the power of a deity is already a huge leap in power and durability. They become tireless fighters with perfect stamina and vigor hence they become literal one men armies.
Basically each faction in Warhammer have some sort of Super Unit heroes. Orks have Black Orks. Brettonia Have their Grail Knights, chaos have their Chosen(also blessed by a God albeit a chaos one obviously) and so on.
The lore the surround grail knights is pretty inconsistent since it depends on the actual writer.
There were a piece of writing where simply a corpse of one of them was capable of repelling an army of undeads.
On the plain martial power, they are confirmed pretty much on the level of chaos champions, so consistently above a chosen.
They are living saints, the chosen ones of the lady to become the future human pantheon.
Their usual kill count on an average battle is stated to be the same as the entire army that follows them (as ridicolous as it may appears).
A Knight of the Realm might get headshotted by an Imperial handgunner but a Grail Knight would survive a headshot from a cannon ball
@@gokbay3057 you forget that Imperials can arm more men with good guns than brettonia fielding armies of Grail Knights. Grail knights are the shit, but they can dodge all the shots and tank forever now can they?
@@Vortiboy23 yes they can, there is a reason Bretonnia is still free from the empire of man. also the empire is too busy shooting peasants to ever be able to deal with the knights of the realm let alone the grail knights
War of the beard? It's the War of Vengeance to you, umgi. That's going in the book
Bretonnia sounds like it’s lowkey based off of Confucianism. Everyone does their job according to their lot in life, and everything runs as smoothly as possible. Ignoring the peasants, of course.
Wood Elves: Don't mind Bretonia. We trained them wrong on purpose as a joke.
Thee Lady of Thy Lake protects thou ~ Sir Louen Leoncoeur Thee Lion of Bretonnia! The Lionhearted Greater and more righteous than even Sigmar himself". "Rise Sir Louen, land-knight, slayer of monsters and bane of the dead. You have spirit I thought long lost to this land. I dub thee Louen Leoncoeur, Heart of the Lion." Lady of the Lake.... Greatest Knights in the Old World all hail from Bretonnia. "Pompous is the ignorance of the Empire where they lack Chivalry and Honor, they allow curruption to run rapid throughout the very ranks of their Counts, Dukes, Barons, even the common Heraldry amongst the Knights and their Noble bloodlines are nothing whence compared to the true devotion of Honor and Chivalry... Who is more dubious more righteous than our Liege and General Sir Louen Leoncoeur? Who hath risen over death and darkness and drove the dreaded rat men from our land's kept the very over ambitious Empire to the south at bay with honorable diplomacy with their King; This usurper King who allows their Duke and Barons to plot internal war amongst our two realms? Nae' young sir Roubelle of Loucenyouer take heed and have faith in the Lady because our Kingdom well never truely die... For even the Empire as large as their border is with us; could never defeat the Golden Paladin. For as long as our Lady of the Lake remains we will defend her, her people and her chosen line of the Righteous Grail Knights." Bishop Loues ' The Devout ' to a young Sir Robelle of Loucenyouer.
"We must talk sovereign to sovereign," said the King as he dismounted his dais and moved to stand next to Karl Franz."
"I'm no sovereign. I'm not the Emperor."
"Not yet," said Louen...
KING LOUEN LEONCOUER, REVEALING HIS PROPHECY TO KARL FRANZ....
Sigmar worshippers disliked that
Watery tarts distributin weapons is hardly a basis for a system of government
THE FOUL CREATURE HAS BEEN *TRONCHED*
-Sir Wamri le Savoureux
The one good thing that came out of the End Times was Gilles le Breton being the Green Knight
"More efficient methods of governance." I wouldn't exactly call the Empire "efficient."
The focus should be on "more".
Dwarf suddenly hears the words, "War of the Beard".
"YOU PIECE OF SHIT WHERE IS MY BOOK OF GRUD-"
Squig happily smiles as it devours him .
Do the Lizardmen next!
I need muh dinos
Yes. The Grand Pepe Supreme demands it
No the high elves and tomb kings
@@joshberkin5567 ur pointy-ears and dusty bois r nothing before the Rarest of Pepes and Jurassic Park
Games Workshop: Hey, y'know what would be a brilliant idea? Lets take King Arthur, King of the Britains and a cornerstone of British mythology and culture and make him *FRENCH!*
Not to be that guy but the Britons fled Britain and settled in Brittany which is in northern France. The modern fantasy literature about King Arthur and chivalry originates from an author in France; I'm not sure if he got the stories from the Britons or came up with them himself. I could be wrong on some of this, but I'm certain that the tales of King Arthur were more popular in France than they were in England.
@@20tifer not to mention that brittish and frensh royalty were VERY closely linked together... (though that could be said for about 95% of european royals...)
weldonwin well... Technically the rulers of England and France during the early to mid medieval ages kind of... blended. There's a lot of carry over between the two. The Normans regularly conquered both the French and the English, and French was for a long time the official language of the English Court.
The whole chivalry theme of bretonnia is also very inspired by the themes of medieval southern France literature like Chrétien de Troyes (the guy who created Lancelot, the knightest knight who ever knight).
Man I have got a whole lot to tell you about how Medieval Britain was basically just France 2: It's an Island this time. Sure the actual people discounting the nobility were vastly different in terms of language, custom and culture but the nobles sure as hell didn't care.
This is by far one lf the best videos on the channel, can't wait for more Warhammer fantasy
So, a fantasy version of the Angevin Empire but with the Normans/French having pre-eminent or at least retaining substantial influence as the upper class of their society. The peasantry probably is a mix of Normans, Bretons, Anglo-Saxons and a very few Irish Celts and Scots in our world. Very Interesting.
I want to see how the Skaven were able to defeat Bretonnia, the only reason they were able to defeat the Empire was because they took advantage of the sewers that ran through every single Imperial city, perfect for them, but Bretonnia has no such infrastructure as far as I'm aware
Templin Institute: Explains the Bretonian oath of Chivalry then details how the peasants are actually treated
Me (going back to listen to the oath again): Yeah, then there's the one about the three bears.
Jason Scarborough don’t pay attention to the peasant thing. It’s just Empire Propaganda
"North Korea? Sounds like a nice place."
-Bretonnian Peasantry
I’d love for you to do the SCP Foundation at one point
Bouncy yes good idea
Yea
Yes.
Screw that. I DEMAND that they do the SCP Foundation!
And then the Templin Foundation can get identified as a new G.O.I. by the Foundation database.
Kislev pls
I need my super slavs describe in such a dramatic manner
So since Brettonia basically fantasy France could they ever have a fantasy revolution? Viva la Commune?
Being Warhammer it'll probably fail just to make it dark.
Well there have been many Peasant Uprisings that failed.
Actually a Commune would be just grimdark enough for Warhammer.
Joseph Moffatt I think Archaeon has knocked all of the peasant’s dreams of freedom away
Multiple times. The conversation usually goes like - "My Lord, the peasants are revolting!" "Yes, they most definitely are. In other matters, isn't it time for the annual live arms training for my men-at-arms?"
How I miss the old WHFB lore. Great video as always. We need more 40K and WHFB stuff!
"Now we see the violence inherent in the system!"
Bloody Peasant
For the lady,
For Larissa.
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A lot of this makes little sense. Giving up 90% of the crops would mean the peasants would literally starve to death while the nobels would have SO much food they couldn't eat it before it spoils. There is a reason why in real history never that much was requested. - The same with conscripting the peasantry. That would mean there are no longer enough people to work the land, which would endanger long wars and the economy.
They are located next to the magic fertile forest.
the Kingdom of Bretonnia, The faction GWS screwed over the most and who is the most die-hard defender of pre-End-Of-Times.
I have always wondered why Brettonia had the most die-hard fans, and the best reply I can come up with is the fact that while the Empire and the Imperium are derived from actual empires that once existed (the Holy Roman Empire and The Dual-Monarchy), Brettonia is derived from something that never existed.
Brettonia is take from the Arthurian legends, a French invention about a british kingdom that probably never was real, but seems to tug a certain glamour ontu people.
The Once And Future King has always enchanted people.
I give my body, heart and soul, to the Lady whom I seek. No plea for help shall find me wanting. No obstacle will stand before me. No evil will taint the lands bequeathed unto me. When the clarion call is sounded, I will ride out and fight in the name of Liege and Lady. That which is sacrament, I shall preserve. That which is sublime, I will protect. That which threatens, I will destroy, for my holy wrath will know no bounds. Honor is all. Chivalry is all.
Bretonnia reminds me of Toussaint heavily from the Witcher game series, although that might just because they're both feudal societies and such.
What would Warhammer be if the peasants aren’t oppressed. XD
Well, you look at chaos and you get your answer.
This answer about the social problems in Warhammer " hurr durr, chaos" is not just dumb, but escaping the meaning of the question, if you want to know just look in the golden age of technology or during the rule of the emperor when he is complete capable. Everything start to fall apart after the horus heresy, when the emperor coudnt hold tight anymore, the lousy habits of the mankind back, like greed, paranoic fear and fanatism.
@@ismaeljunior8624 I know you commented 9 months ago, but who caused the Horus Heresy? Chaos
@@the_corvid97 yes but also the Emperor, some of his sons or Space Marines (like the Dark Angels) were neglected.
People always forget that the light that shines the brightest also projects the longest shadows, the more the Emperor set "order" the more Chaos bred
@@ismaeljunior8624
Late, really late reply but...
Yeah, I agree strongly! I've never liked the whole "hurr durr it's always Chaos' fault" for why things happen that even tries to shake things up within the stagnant setting. Not everthing bad or different needs to be because of Chaos, that's super fuckin boring and irritating, it stifles characters and their own motivations and relegates potentially interesting dynamics to *"Chaos did it again, and it's probably going to try and end the world again, go stop it".*
You have to do a video on one of Warhammer's most infamous villains, Nagash.
Still have my full Brettonia army on the shelf.
The Knights of Brettonia are a class all of their own.
They are philosopher warriors who serve the role they have been born in.
The carpenter can not eat his chairs.
The peasant cannot slay the monsters who swarm the woods.
The Knight cannot feed himself.
This is the union the Knights work under.
9/10ths of what a peasant produce is immediately used to feed, house, and cloth the rest of the population.
Without the 9/10ths rule, infighting, greed, and scarcity will consume the kingdom.
An imperial will sell his goods for as much as he can.
A Brettonian understands that his tribute is only worth what it is made from and the effort put into it.
A Knight's life is not one of luxury.
Theirs is a permanent state of war against the enemies of order.
They spend all of their money in arming themselves, they spend all of their free time training.
A Knights life is either short, or a legendary campaign of battles that will resound through history forever.
Ok, so I'm not sure how much of this is you speaking in universe terms but uhh...no. There is nothing honorable or legandary about these inbred, tyrannical aristocrats, just like there isn't any of that stuff in real life feudalism. It's a rigged game where you're born into the only class that has any rights, and the only class that gets to actually make decisions. The video itself said that the taking of 9/10 of the crops the peasents makes keeps the peasentry poor, destitute and on the verge of constant starvation while being kept complacent and illiterate for their entire lives. In real life, this system condemned hundreads of thousands or millions of intelligence, clever, wise people to starvation, poverty and obsucity because of who their parents were, where they were born or what their gender was.
@Audio Sugar Free people being able to pursue their dreams and talents, holding positions of respect and authority based on what they can do rather than the name of their birth? Yea, no that sounds *exactly* like the kind of thing that would create a superpower in a world of feudal autocrats
@Audio Sugar You lost me when you made this about eugenics. I live in the 21st century. Men and women of every race and creed are equal, they are born into this world innocent and full of potential and leave this world with nothing more than their deeds good and ill. No nation "requires" a "birth right" of any kind to rally under, because a just and free enough nation will, by the nature of being just, free and fair, have people who are willing to fight for it. That's why the largest, best funded military on earth uses 99% volunteer soldiers. An Arab in German, a Turk in Italy, a Somali in America has just as much "right" as anybody else.
@Audio Sugar Yea this is getting into some UKIP, DNVP level stuff that I refuse to be a part of. I'll let it be known that as far as I'm concern, you are a disgusting, bigotted wreck of a human being that, if anything is holding us back from actually moving forward. People are just that, people. and a Chinese person, an Arabic person, a South African person or an American person have all the rights to go where they please, pursue the career they please, practice the faith they please, marry and love who they please. As an American, that idea is *integral* to my national identity and what I believe my nation is. America, at its best is a land where anyone, from anywhere, can be whatever they like, black, white, male, female, straight, gay, christian, muslim or any combination of anything at all. Fascism and ethnic purity lost this battle on the intellectual and battlefield fronts in 1945 and I refuse to humor whatever neo fascist, Hitler praising ideaolgy you are attempting to spew.
@Audio Sugar the empire is a fragmented confederacy of states who are only capable of facing down threats when someone stronger than then gets their shit together.
The Lector Counts are more overbearing than the worst of knights.
An oath breaker Brettonian is stripped of his land and chased from the land by Grail Knights.
Knights who have no land.
No wealth.
Men who fight solely to destroy corruption and evil.
When an Imperial breaks his word he is rewarded with wealth from his betrayal.
He is not bound by the lady of the Lake.
His God does not walk this earth.
His power is shown through his priests, but the lords have lines of red tape and followers to keep them away.
A brettonian court is made up of Knights sworn to slay the corrupt.
An imperial court is one of Yes men.
Avert your eyes from the wenches men. Bosoms are temporary, but the cavalry charge is eternal!
They wouldn't have a term like wenches for women. Their god is a woman so they clearly must have respect for women more so than others
Ah Bretonnia, where knights win battles by using peasants as cannonfodder.
When knights successfully crush the enemy, then the victory is theirs.
And when knights somehow fail to do so, then the peasants are to blame. Obviously.
Time for my first ever Bretonnia campaign on TW!
The Chad Bretonnian Knight vs the Virgin Imperial Reiksguard.
Tell that to my ten Hellstorm batteries and Hellblaster Volleyguns boosted by Balthazar Gelt.
yes
BY THE LIGHT OF THE LADY!
If I ever start a Fantasy army, it would brettonia.
FOR THE LADY!!!!
Horse fondler!No nation of man compares to the mighty EMPRIRE.SIGMAR VOLT!
@@cratoss.4772 hammer sucker. Better a Knight of the Grail than some dude who thinks a guy with a hammer is a god.
@@kingjonstarkgeryan8573 last time you pondpinchers were running away when he called you to arms cause you were to afraid of fighting greenskins :D
FOR HONOR, FOR JUSTICE, FOR THE LADY!
@@Denterify2 I mainly am a 40K fan, I have no idea what you are talking about.
So whenever I play Ikit claw, I use a mod that allows me to recruit defeated legendary lords (The diplomacy is bullshit in some cases, great power doesn't make sense most of the time)
Skrolk would die over by Lustria, but he buffs plague claw catapults which had a sharp high arc and Bretonnia had walls everywhere, I never once built a tower or ram, just waited to neuter the defenders then take every wall slot.
Ok, theres one thing im missing here: The Empire!!!!
I love your videos on Warhammer Fantasy. Please cover the Lizardmen, Tomb Kings, or Skaven next!
8:22 this is not a ranged weapon this is a barrel of oil
I was searching for a TTS reference
[BRE] Léonard reporting here, I just arrived from a long journey to Artois accross the Vault and the Southern forests... may your journeys reward you too
M&B II Bannerlord.
Next The Tomb Kings :D
Thank you Templin and Happy new Year! 2020 will be your best year yet!!!!!
When I saw the title I thought you were going to talk about Code Geass for a second.
you guys should do age of sigmar. like that universe needs this . im a huge of fan of free citys/sigmars empire . its what world of warcraft used to be but better. also how bout some star wars the old republic lore like havoc squad or the sith empire. mmos would be great to cover.
*Son* : Dad can you tell me story...
*Dad* : I got a story you’ll like.
Thats so cool. I have started a campaign 4 days ago and now you guys make a video about them! Inspiring.
By the God Emperor's will, these long lost settler cousins shall be reincorporated into the Imperium and serve the Astra Militarum well
Yes
One of my favorite factions in WHF. Problematic faves, but faves none the less.
My french ego was pleased. Very nice, once again! Longue vie au royarch!
Your storytelling is breathtaking
i feel like you kinda skipped through the Red Duke. Is there more info about him or does he just save Britannia and then becomes a traitor then dies?
The best method of cooking rice is on the stove. Bring to a hard boil, fluff, and then let simmer until dry. Then fluff once more before serving.
Makes me want to play bretonnians in TWW now
A shame they didn’t quite do grail knights justice
A whole unit of paladins
This video is very well-made and conveys a lot of information. Thank you! The only thing worth changing is the sci-fi UI on the top and bottom, which is distracting as it doesn't fit the subject.
"I give my body, heart and soul, to the Lady whom I seek. No plea for help shall find me wanting. No obstacle will stand before me. No evil will taint the lands bequeathed unto me. When the clarion call is sounded, I will ride out and fight in the name of Liege and Lady. That which is sacrament, I shall preserve. That which is sublime, I will protect. That which threatens, I will destroy, for my holy wrath will know no bounds. Honour is all. Chivalry is all. Rejoice, for we, the Knights of Bretonnia... will be your shield."
-The combined vows of the Knights of Bretonnia
Ah, the Lady of the Lake. The woman who sold bath water in grails to SIMPS before Belle Delphine made it cool again.
Surrendering Rebel Peasants: my lord, they would have killed all of us if we haven't surrender, we had no choice!
King: You could have chosen death, Hang them all!
Ahh... chivalry
"...the best method of cooking rice, and other critical issues." Cracks me up every time.
Do the Vanguard of the Last Safe City!
I love your videos. This is among my five favorites. I truly hope you do most, if not all of the warhammer fantasy. I look forward to your take on the Tomb Kings and Southern Realms.
Bretonia seems to me like disneyland gone crazy in awesome, weird and terrible way.
I think you guys should look into the Space Batlleship Yamato 2199 universe. I think you might find it interesting.
Rule Bretonnia! Bretonnia rules the waves!
0:22 this realm might be seen as an (archaic) backwater
1:17 develops architecture which defies gravity.
righto...
For ze Lady?
Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government…
What I remember from reading battle reports 16 years ago, is that they're kind of a high risk army, where it all rests on the HQ/elite units. Cause it's not with your shitty peasants that you'll be achieving much.
Basically like tomb kings and vampires, but less extreme.
In a land full of goblins and vampires let’s bash bretonnia for 18 minutes straight for being different.
That's a very convincing horse at 8:48.
Lets wish for another faction in warhammer universe.
A musket wieldingpeasants of communism.
When Joe Peasant doesn't even know what a quill does, and only knows how to use the bow, sword and spear because their liege has trained them in such, that is not going to happen
They would be crushed.
If you're dipping your toes in fantasy now, I will have to lobby for a video of the Scarlet Dynasty (Exalted) soon!