Spoilers: The game's Grail Quest and the Bregonne start. No quest ending.
Who he is in Total War
Alberic leads Bordeleaux Errant. Bretonnia is free in Immortal Empires, and all four of its legendary lords come with that free race. Access is through Warhammer III or a Lords of the End Times pack. The June 2022 starting-position list places him at Bregonne. The lord page calls Bregonne a colony on Lustria's coast and says he is pursuing a Grail Quest he long postponed while he governed his dukedom. The title is Bordeleaux. The army is not campaigning in the Bretonnian homeland.
He fights in melee, with warhorse, Royal Pegasus, and hippogryph as mount options. Knights of the Realm need open ground. Peasant Bowmen need protection, and the Peasant Economy still counts labour even when the bowmen are recruited overseas. Chivalry and knightly vows are the same Bretonnian systems Louen, the Fay Enchantress, and Repanse use.
Duke, king, and enchantress
Louen Leoncoeur is the king at Couronne, a Grail Knight whose accession in the game's background had his peers' support and the Fay Enchantress's consent. The Fay leads Carcassonne and speaks for the Lady of the Lake. Repanse leads the Chevaliers de Lyonesse from Copher, on the Coast of Araby. Alberic is the duke on the Lustria voyage. Four free lords share a roster and do not share a capital.
A Damsel can add Beasts, Heavens, or Life magic to his army. A Paladin is a second melee character. The Green Knight is a chivalry champion, not a fifth legendary-lord start. Henri Le Massif is Repanse's paladin, not Alberic's.
2276 and the later kingdom
Warhammer Community's Bretonnia almanack describes The Old World's present as Imperial Calendar 2276, with fourteen dukedoms. Gilles le Breton, the first king, fought twelve great battles with his companions, met the Lady, and drank from the Grail. Athel Loren borders three dukedoms and belongs to none of them. The Green Knight appears when the kingdom is in great need. That article does not seat Alberic at Bregonne, and it does not make Louen the king of 2276.
A design note on the same setting places 2276 a few decades before the Great War Against Chaos. Alberic's Lustria expedition is the Total War campaign, later than that tabletop present. The voyage's outcome is the campaign you play.
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Sources
- Immortal Empires DLC Ownership Guide — SEGA — support.sega.com
- Immortal Empires starting positions, a prologue — Total War — totalwar.com
- Update 2.2.0 — Total War — totalwar.com
- Immortal Empires DLC Ownership Guide — support.sega.com
- Total War: WARHAMMER — A New Player Survival Guide & FAQ — community.creative-assembly.com
- Total War: WARHAMMER — Bretonnia — store.steampowered.com