The Empire benefits from a great diversity of units and magic. The Empire is based upon the real-world Holy Roman Empire, especially during the early modern period. Bretonnian armies can also contain cheap and expendable units of unskilled peasants to serve as fodder. Bretonnian knights are arguably the best heavy cavalry in the game, along with being the most varied. It is similar to the French armies before the Hundred Years' War, combined with a heavy dose of Arthurian Myth.īretonnian armies rely on powerful charges from their many heavily armed and armored knights in order to achieve victory.

All of the featured human nations are based in the Old World.īretonnia is a throwback feudal nation that relies on its haughty knights, heraldry, and their mysterious patron for military strength.