Hello everybody !
I've tried to work on some missing bloodlines and so I have done the following :
Blood of Syagrius : This character is a descendant of Syagrius, the Roman general and magnate in Gallia. He led the army who faced Theodoric II, emperor of Hispania and pushed him back south in 465 with the help of the Franks. Though he had to subdue to the king of the Franks, Clovis, in 486, he managed to retain his holdings in Pictavia and became hereditary governor of the region.
In 604, his descendant Maximus managed to overrun the Frankish high-king Clotaire II in the battle of Tours and proclaimed himself emperor of Gallia. He strenghtened his authority in 606, winning the submission of various kings of Southern Gallia after the battle of Tours. Invited by the Roman Senate, he invaded Italy and was recognised as Princeps by the Eastern Emperors. He would then spend his life trying to restore the authority of the Empire over various provinces, earning the alliegance of the Lombards. His son Maximus II would then lose Northern Gallia to the Franks and would be assassinated on the orders of Alexandros XVI after he wanted the Exarchates of Ravenna and Valentia handed back to his authority. Bribed by the treacherous Alexandros, the Senate would then elect Tetricus Posthumus for the purple throne, leaving merely the province of Pictavia to the descendants of Syagrius.
The blood of Syagrius has been enduring the domination of others for far too long! It is time for his descendants to rise during this time of Anarchy and reclaim what is theirs : Gallia and then Rome .... ( +1 martial, +1 intrigue : seem like quite great generals and to stay in place for 400 years you have to know how to manipulate people
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Blood of Nominoë : This character is a descendant of Nominoë, king of Armorica. Having fled the Saxon attacks, Celts found shelter in the peninsula of Armorica where they were soon called "Bretons". The Bretons tribes led by several warlords raided deep in Gallia and Francia. Nominoë was the first to lead the Breton people together against the Frankish emperor Charlemagne. He pushed back the border saizing the rich cities of Roazhon and Naoned. To be accepted by the populations of the conquered lands, Nominoë converted to Christianity though influenced by the Druids. Taking benefit from the Viking Raids against the Franks, he proclaimed himself king of Armorica - a move the Karling Emperor could not oppose. During his reign he defended his lands against the Viking Raids and the Frankish attempts to recover the "Breton March". However his policies in favor of Christianity would anger the Druids who assassinated him while he was praying in a church.
Britanny would then fall into Anarchy because of succession crysis, Viking Raids and the Franks to the point that Nominoë's heir is now a mere Duke.... But the Breton are fierce warriors and they are recognized by their neighbours as a force one shall deal wisely with. Druidism is still very present in the forests of the western counties while Hibernicist priests are common in the cities of the East. The path is open to the heirs of Nominoë : will they push further into Gaul or go back to their homeland to unite the Celtic peoples ? ( +1 martial, +1 diplomacy : Well this one is basically made from scratch cause we know only that he became king in 845. I imagined and added things from the real Nominoë and Breton history. Well the stats are random cause I don't know which ones go best with his story )
Blood of Attalus : This character is a descendant of Attalus "Soter", basileus of Pergamum. Son of Eumenes I, who established the state of Pergamum after rebelling against Antiochus, Attalus earned his nickname after saving Pergamum from the Galatians in a great battle near the city itself. While his forces were slowly retreating under the attacks of the Galatians, Attalus charged with his elite cavalry on the flanks of the Galatian army, routing them out. Attalus earned thus the nickname of Sôter - Saviour. He then proposed an alliance to the Galatians against the Seleukids with him marrying the princess Berena. They defeated Antiochus near Tarsus and divided Anatolia between them. He would then make the Seleukids abandonning Anatolia after a quick campaign in which he captured Antiocheia. His successors would enter in an alliance with Rome, culminating with Pergamum becoming a Roman vassal in -134.
The Attalid have endured all the changes in the region, holding Pergamum and the lands around for a thousand years. Their survival is now at stake in this time of Anarchy. The Basileus managed to subdue the heirs of Belisarius to his authority but they are ready to rebel at any moment. The state is threatened by the Isaurians, the Galatians and the Rhomaion Imperator. Is is time for the Attalid to rise to prominence or fall and become ashes. ( +1 intrigue, +1 martial )
Well you can change them or correct them if it sounds strange ( I'm not a native speaker
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