The crusades

In the middle of the 15th century, the Arabians under the command of their despotic ruler Sultan Jaffar invaded Estalia and parts of Tilea with vast hordes of dessert warriors. Soon the great city of Magritta fell to the invaders. This event spread alarm throughout the Old World. The current king of Bretonnia, Louis the Righteous, raised a mighty army of Knights and struck alliance with the lands of Tilea and the Empire. A mighty army consisting of Bretionnian and Empire Knights and mercenaries from Tilea marched into Estalia and drove the Arabians out of Estalia. Sultan Jaffar and the greater part of his army escaped back to Araby. The alliance decided to pursue Jaffar into his own land, as it was told that the lands of Araby wher filled with untold riches. So a great fleet was hastily assembled and the crusading army set its sails for Araby.
When the crusaders landed on the shores of Araby they realised that they were unprepared for the desert heat and the lack of water. Their progress was slow and Jaffars light equipped and highly mobile forces. At first it seemed that the crusaders would be defeated by Jaffars troops.
But the grim determination of the crusading Knights forced some of Jaffar's warriors, tired of his tyranny, to desert and disappear into the desserts. At the Battle of El Haikk the sultans army was finally defeated.

When the news of the battles in araby reached Bretonnia, another huge army of Knights began rally to reinforce the troops in Araby. The greatest problem of the military commanders was to decide which way should be chosen to Araby: the fast by ship or the long march over the montains of Tilea and through the Badlands. Finally they deidet to reach Araby by the long and hazardous land routeto the east. Under the command of Baron Tybalt du Bois de Balzac, a large army marched through the southern parts of the Empire over the Black Mountains into the lands now known as the Border Princess. Their plan was to reach the Dwarf port of Barak Varr and to join there the forces of the Empire and Tilea. But everything came different. As they ventured into the lands south of the Black Mountains, the host of knights was slowed down by the Orc and Goblin tribes which settled in those parts of the Old World. It almost took them a year to reach Barak Varr, and when they arrived at the dwarfen port, they heard the news of the defeat of Jaffars army in the south. So Tybalt had to choose if he should continue the travel to Araby or to return to Bretonnia. As the morale of his troops was not all too great, he decided to conquer the lands they just crossed and make them a part of Bretonnia. Thus the region that now is know as the Border Princess came into existence.

The years that followed the Crussades

In the year 1597 the Duc de L'Anguille seized the city of Marienburg and so started a war between Bretonnia and the Empire. For more than five years the Bretonnians controlled Marienburg until the port was liberated by a huge Empire army under the command of the Grand Duke of Middenheim. Since that time there is a constant struggle between the two countries to get control of the port.

In spring 1635 a huge fleet of mysterious Raiders from the lands beyond the sea attack the port of L'Anguille. Under the tactical genius of King Philippe the Strong the attackers were driven back and defeated at the batlle of Castellet.

In 1813 the Red Pox broke out and a huge army of Skaven launched attacks at the cities of Brionne and Quellenes. Only by renewing the age-old alliance Giles le Breton struck with the Wood Elves, the Duc de Parravon can fight back the Skaven and liberate the towns from their deadly grasp. In 1851 a huge army under the Command of Count von Drachenfels seizes the city of Parravon and sacks it. During the next centuries, there are constant wars with the Forces from the foul city of Skavenblight and the Greenskins began to increase again. The lands of Bretonnia once more became a dangerous place. In the 22nd century the Orcs and Goblins became a real menace to Bretonnia. Therefore King Louen Orcslayer declared an Errantry War to get rid of the Greenskin plague. Within the next years most of the land which had fallen to the Orcs was regained. By the end of his reign there were hardly any Orcs left.