Bulgilla

Bulgilla The great Warlord of the Pontic Steppe also known as Bulgilla the Hun. His excact date of birth is unknown, but it is speculated to be around year 26BF. His place of birth is unknown. According to the evidence in the form of crude writings and pictures he wasn’t a son of any aristocrat. He was a simple boy who was helping his father who was a hunter. Bulgilla's tasks included cleaning his father’s equipment, and hunting small prey.

Portrait of Bulgilla from 23AF by an anonymous artist, mud on canvas

### Relatives

Bulgomir (eldest son)Buggir and Bulgir (twin sons)

Biggur (youngest son)

## Family

Throughout his life he had 4 wives and 16 children, but only 9 of them survived to the adulthood. Bulgilla truly loved only his first wife, her name was Bulgumilla. Every other marriage was strictly political. He had 9 sons, but only 4 survived long enough to see his death. The eldest’s name was Bulgomir, then he had twins – Buggir and Bulgir, and the youngest son was Biggur. They were responsible for the fall of the Horde as they couldn’t agree on who should rule.

## Early life

Many Bulgusian writings of that time said that Bulgilla was a skillful warrior and hunter. He was learning very fast and helped his clan in hunting expeditions. Bulgilla quickly started to play a crucial role in the life of the tribe as his plans have always worked and the biggest prey in the steppe has always been his. His tribe was depended on him to such a degree that when he got sick at age 16 every single Bulgus refused to go on a hunt and instead prayed for Bulgilla and helped local shaman in gathering necessary herbs. Luckily for his tribe Bulgilla quickly recovered and came back to hunting and helping his brethren.

## The loss

When Bulgilla was 19 years old he was recognized by elite warriors of his clan and they decided to train him for a warrior. The training lasted for 3 years and during it Bulgilla mastered his already unusual skills and learned new ones like tactics. He quickly gained renown in an elite squad of warriors and was raiding nearby villages. His natural skills of reconnaissance raids very easy and very profitable to the whole community. Bulgilla quickly became a leader of his and then the whole tribe. After 4 years of stable life while coming back after yet another successful raid he saw a very unusual number of pillars of smoke hovering over his clan’s camp. He quickly ordered to leave all the treasures and quickly rode to the village to check if anyone is alive. When Bulgilla got to the camp everything he saw was burned corpses and tents. Suddenly from behind the hill to the east came down what it seemed like the last alive Bulguses from his tribe. They told Bulgilla that the warriors came from the west and had comically large ears. From that moment Bulgilla was filled with hate and desire for revenge. He quickly started gathering warriors from other friendly tribes and after a year gathered a considerable amount of 3000 incredibly skilled warriors and 10000 tribesmen.

## The Great March

He said that it is time to find those big eared attackers and marched west, we now call this event “The Great March”. It is said that the ground trembled beneath their paws and grass was immediately stripped by their livestock, so great were their numbers. For many years Bulgilla was marching west looking for the attackers of his tribe plundering encountered villages while avoiding larger confrontations. One day, when he was about to give up, he saw a lonely trader wandering the steppe. As he got really big ears, Bulgilla quickly ordered to get him captured and interrogated. The trader said that he is of species called Floppa and that Bulgilla's horde is in the Kingdom of Floppaslavia. He also told Bulgilla that they can’t be confused with the Soggas, as the latter don’t have “flops” on their ears. The old tribesmen told Bulgilla that the mysterious warriors in fact didn’t have flops. Bulgilla now knew were to go, as he got information that Soggas lived further down south, in the place called Balkans. Bulgilla thanked the lonely trader and let him go.

## The settling

Year 20AF, and Bulgilla finaly got where he wanted to be and decided to settle, because he seen it as the best way to survive here in those woody highlands of the Balkans. He founded a town that he named Bulmarom that quickly became the great fortified city from which Bulgilla planned his attacks. He had to develop new tactics because the horse riders aren’t as good in the woods as they are in an open steppe. Many early cities in the Balkans burned just like his camp many years ago. He satisfied the grudge that he had been holding for many years, but sees and opportunity of gaining great wealth and hoisting Bulguses to the status of near gods in Europe.

## The coalition and death

Most of the nearby tribes started to see him as a threat and started to team up to be prepared for the worst, and their predictions were true. Shortly after establishing his town, Bulgilla started demanding a tribute and tribes that didn’t want to pay had their villages quickly exterminated and their tribesmen enslaved. Clans that teamed up before the rampage of Bulgilla in the year 33AF fomed a coalition named shortly G.O.B. that was supposed to be a counter to fend off the Bulgusian Invader. In the year 34AF G.O.B. started a siege of Bulmarom now great city that connected Central European Floppas with the Balkans. After a year of starving out the fort leaders of G.O.B. sent Bulgilla an ultimatum, that if he won’t pay up to the conquered tribes and clans in gold his town will be burnt to the ground and Bulguses enslaved. Brave, or maybe at this point insane, Bulgilla declined the ultimatum and on the next day, 16 june 35AF, around 8 am army of Coalition marched on Bulmarom. Driven by rage and proudness Bulgilla got his 3,000 most skilled warriors and equipped them with the most advanced and masterly made weaponry of that time and started to defend the city, but to his misfortune he saw 15,000 barbarians ready to attack. Bulgilla Bravely defended his city-fortress but was unfortunately overrun by the screaming angry mass of the coalition. During this battle Bulgilla was badly wounded and taken hostage. Without his entrusted shaman the wound quickly became infected and because of it after 6 days (on 22 june 35AF) of constant pain he died in agony. We don’t know the excact location of Bulgilla’s burial, but we know that his people buried him somewhere in the ruins of the city of Bulmarom.