Brittany

*I'm Brittany and I belong to the Verforet Gendarmerie. I used to be a Forestier in Brocéliande Forest before joining the SSS. Although we are not related by blood, Rennes is ma soeur cadette. I am very grateful to my family for raising me, a shana, to be a great Forestier.*

## Trivia

* Brittany's birthday is the date of the liberation of Rennes in 1944, ending four years of capture of the city by the Nazi Germans as part of the liberation of Brittany.
* Brittany is Rennes' adopted older sister.
* Brittany's liking of apple cider references the Brittany region, as it is the second-largest cider-producing region in France. Pommeau de Bretagne is a combination of apple juice and apple brandy (lambig) that hails from Brittany.
* Brittany's lantern is a Breton-style lantern, which may be a subtle reference to Breton horse breeds, which originated in Brittany, France. The Breton was used as a working animal for agricultural and military purposes.
* The building in the background of [Rumbling Thunder] features the Mont Saint-Michel, a medieval Christian site.

## Counterpart

Dol-de-Bretagne station is a French railway station on the Rennes-St. Malo-St. Servan line and the Lison-Lamballe line located near the city center of Dol- de-Bretagne in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine in the region of Brittany. Located south of the historic city center in the heart of a new district that developed at the end of the 19th century, Avenue de la Gare is now renamed Avenue Aristide Briand.

The station was commissioned and inaugurated by the Western Railway Company on June 27, 1864, at the same time as the line from Rennes to St. Malo-St. Servan was completed.

The station is connected with neighboring Normandy with the commissioning of the section from Avranchesto Dol. to the Lison-Lambelle line. In December 29, 1879, the Dol-de-Bretagne station is later connected with Caen and Saint-Brieuc. Wikipedia

Brittany is a peninsula, historical country, and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period of Roman occupation. It became an independent kingdom and then a duchy before being united with the Kingdom of France in 1532 as a province governed as a separate nation under the crown. Brittany has also been referred to as Little Britain (as opposed to Great Britain, with which it shares an etymology). It is bordered by the English Channel to the north, Normandy to the northeast, eastern Pays de la Loire to the southeast, the Bay of Biscay to the south, and the Celtic Sea and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Its land area is 34,023 km2 (13,136 sq mi).

Le Mont-Saint-Michel is a tidal island and mainland commune in Normandy, France. Mont Saint-Michel and its surrounding bay were inscribed on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 1979 for its unique aesthetic and importance as a medieval Christian site. It is visited by more than 3 million people each year. Over 60 buildings within the commune are protected in France as monuments historiques.

The commune's position—on an island just a few hundred metres from land—made it accessible at low tide to the many pilgrims to its abbey, but defensible as an incoming tide stranded, drove off, or drowned would-be assailants. The island remained unconquered during the Hundred Years' War; a small garrison fended off a full attack by the English in 1433. Louis XI recognised the reverse benefits of its natural defence and turned it into a prison. The abbey was used regularly as a prison during the Ancien Régime.

In the 11th century, William of Volpiano, the Italian architect who had built Fécamp Abbey in Normandy, was chosen by Richard II, Duke of Normandy, to be the building contractor. He designed the Romanesque church of the abbey, daringly placing the transept crossing at the top of the mount. Many underground crypts and chapels had to be built to compensate for this weight; these formed the basis for the supportive upward structure that can be seen today. Today Mont Saint-Michel is seen as a building of Romanesque architecture. Wikipedia

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