Britannia: A Realm Shattered

While the Romans were all but driven from the shores of Britannia in the early 5th century, the land has known little but fire and war ever since. The realm itself has never been more divided, with men claiming kingship over dozens of fractured regions throughout the island, nearly each and every one at war with their neighbours.

## **Regions**

### **Caledonii**

The home of the Picts. Even across the battle-scarred land of Britannia, they are regarded by all those to the south of them as animalistic barbarians, with the Roman-built Antonine Wall largely closing them off from the regions of Gododdin and Strathclyde.

### **Gododdin**

The most north-eastern region of Britannia, save that of Caledonii, also known as Hen Ogledd or the Old North. An extremely war-versed people, they are at constant odds with not only the Picts from the north, but also their neigbouring regions of Strathclyde and Bryneich.

### **Strathclyde**

The largest of the northern regions south of the Antonine Wall, Strathclyde was like it's direct neighbours, a battleborn nation, fighting off enemies from the east and the north. The largest settlement in the region is Dumbarton, which boasts a mighty castle located on Dumbarton rock, an ancient volcanic plug of basalt, acting as a natural fortress. The boundaries of Strathclyde end where Hadrian's Wall sits.

### **Bryneich**

The third of the northern regions, although looked down upon it's neighbours as not truly 'north', being located below Gododdin and southeast of Strathclyde. Although it is contested to be ruled from a large fortress known as Din Guarie on its north-east coast, it is split into two by Hadrian's Wall, and therefore has two kings, each claiming supremacy and fighting a civil regional war.

### **Ebrauc**

The name of both the region and its main city, Ebrauc is a significant regional centre for Britons of the local area. The city is a bustling hub, with the streets lined notably with a number of Roman-era villas. The city also supports one of the country's largest trading markets, and is hugely popular among travelers and merchants.

### **Rheged**

Although one of the largest regions in Britannia, much of Rheged is unremarkable and a mass of wild countryside, forests and rolling hills. The realm is ruled over by King Urien Rheged, a monarch from one of the oldest royal lines in Britannia.

### **Gwynedd**

The largest of the Welsh regions, a largely independent kingdom occupied by a number of Welsh tribes. With a completely open western seaboard, many within the land are fishermen and boatmakers.

### **Linnuis**

Home to various different warring tribes including the infamous Iceni, Linnuis's capital is known as Lindum Colonia, retaining its Roman name, a former military stronghold. The south of Linnuis is noted as a large area of bog and marshland known as 'The Fens'.

### **Powys**

Nearly all but landlocked, Powys is a unique region, home to tribes of both Welsh to the west and Britons to the east alike. Clashes between the two are frequent, bloody and numerous.

### **Londein**

With the collapse of Roman rule, the great walled city of Londinium has been left largely abandoned, having become a near-ghost town, with only farmers and peasants remaining on various outskirts of the region.

### **Dyfed**

Sharing similarities with its neighbour Gwynedd, much of Dyfed's commerce comes from fishing and boatmaking, although it is the land's largest region for sheep rearing, adding considerably to its profit.

### **Atrebatis**

A lone region in Britannia, where there remains a Roman fortress with soldiers still loyal to Rome and the emperor determined to hold onto their claim of Britannia. Their grasp weakens by the day and they face opposition on all sides, yet still remain.

### **Cantia**

A south-eastern region that has been conquered by King Vortigen of Durotrigia. While officially under his rule, the region is commanded by King Hengist.

### **Regia**

A southern region conquered by King Vortigen, Regia is famous for being the most Romanised of the regions of Britons, with still-existing trade links to Rome. The realm is overseen by King Cogidubnus, though he is a puppet of conqueror of the land.

### **Durotrigia**

A small but massively powerful region in the south-west of Britannia. Durotrigia is ruled over by King Vortigen, the conqueror of Cantia and Regia and by process of elimination, the most powerful warlord and king throughout the land as a whole. The region is at constant war with its neighbour Dumnonia, as Vortigen desperately seeks conquest of all of the south, as well as dominance over his archnemesis Uther Pendragon.

### **Dumnonia**

The most south-western region of Britannia, where the famous court of Camelot sits on the edge of the land, ruled over by Uther Pendragon. Although under constant attack from its neigbour Durotrigia, Dumnonia shows no sign of submission.