Spoilers: Character background only; no quest or campaign ending.
The king at Couronne
Louen, known as the Lionhearted, rules Bretonnia from Couronne. The game’s background describes his accession with the support of his peers and the consent of the Fay Enchantress. Kingship places him above the dukedoms, while the Lady of the Lake provides the religious authority around which their chivalric ideals are built.
He is a Grail Knight who completed his quest and received the Lady’s blessing. His royal identity combines that sacred standing with the role of a warrior who leads his armies personally.
The king and the Enchantress
The Fay Enchantress represents the Lady of the Lake. Her authority is distinct from Louen’s crown: Bretonnia’s kings heed her counsel, and the Grail Knights owe service to the Lady. The king and the Enchantress therefore embody different forms of leadership within the same realm.
Beaquis and the warrior-king
Louen’s named Hippogryph is Beaquis. The mount accompanies his battlefield image as a king fighting at the head of his knights. In Immortal Empires, Louen leads Couronne; the wars and alliances that follow depend on the player’s campaign.
Couronne in Immortal Empires
The June 2022 list starts Louen at Couronne, the Fay Enchantress at Carcassonne, Alberic at Bregonne, and Repanse at Copher. Bretonnia is free, all four lords included, through Warhammer III or a Lords of the End Times pack. Louen is a melee king on the hippogryph Beaquis. A Damsel brings magic, Life among the options, and a Paladin is another fighter. Peasant Bowmen and Knights of the Realm share the battle with the Peasant Economy and with Chivalry, which can bring the Green Knight.
His accession in the game's background had his peers and the Fay's consent. He is a Grail Knight. That is the Total War king. The other three lords are dukedom, enchantress, and desert crusade. They are not chapters of his personal quest.
Gilles, 2276, and a later king
The Bretonnia almanack's founding is Gilles le Breton. With his companions he fought twelve great battles, met the Lady of the Lake, and drank from the Grail. The code of chivalry comes down from him and from his successors. Athel Loren borders three dukedoms and belongs to the wood elves, whatever a king claims. The Green Knight appears to questing knights and, when the kingdom is in great need, on the battlefield. The article leaves his nature as one of the land's mysteries. Some stories name Gilles. The article does not settle them.
The same almanack's present day is Imperial Calendar 2276, fourteen dukedoms, knights looking for borders to secure. A designer round table says that date sits a few decades before the Great War Against Chaos, and that 2276 is the year of Settra's assault on the Border Princes. Louen's Couronne campaign is the later Fantasy kingdom the game uses, with a crowned Grail Knight already on the throne. 2276 is not that reign.
The free lords around the crown
Alberic's title is duke of Bordeleaux, and his army is the Lustria expedition from Bregonne, on a Grail Quest postponed during his rule at home. The Fay Enchantress speaks for the Lady at Carcassonne, rides Silvaron in the game, and has a quest item named Morgianna's Mirror in Update 2.2. Repanse holds the Sword of Lyonesse at Copher, with Henri Le Massif, the mount Suleman, and Water Supplies for the desert. Update 2.2 names her quest battles Chalice of Potions, Guardian of Lyonesse, and Sword of Lyonesse, and a banner mission for Pierre d'Arden.
Those are game placements and patch names. They sit beside the king. They are not the fourteen dukedoms of 2276 written out as a list, and a player's chivalry score is not the Green Knight's legend by itself. The knight appears in the campaign when Chivalry allows it. The almanack's knight appears when Bretonnia is in great need. Keep the two accounts labeled.
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Sources
- Immortal Empires starting positions, a prologue — Total War — totalwar.com
- Old World Almanack: Discover Bretonnia — Warhammer Community — warhammer-community.com
- Old World Almanack: designer round table — Warhammer Community — warhammer-community.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