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tribes, or in offense in the conquest and assimilation of smaller tribes into larger, more
powerful confederations.
Most cults preserve little more than lists of the great tribal heroes and cult leaders from
this period; accounts of great events like migrations and wars are notoriously vague, and
even the gods themselves apparently thought little of the period worth remembering. The
exception, of course, is the cult of Verena, originally a very small and scorned cult of
”sissy scribblers and number-worshippers.“ Verenan cultists faithfully recorded what
they observed and heard reported in their simple chronicles. Most of these accounts have
been lost, and much that survives seems often nonsensical and whimsically implausible;
nonetheless, these documents are crucial to our understanding of early Old World history.
Old World Civilizations:
[[Mike? Graeme? I don't know much about Renaissance European history. Please patch
this up as the spirit moves you.]]
The cultures of Tilea and Estalia are descended from sophisticated classical societies
similar to antique Near East, Greek, and Roman cultures of our earth's history. In the
twenty-sixth century Imperial, modern Tilea and Estalia resemble the Renaissance
cultures of Italy and Spain in our earth's history.
Verena has always been a favored cult in Tilea and Estalia; as seafaring commerce
came to play a crucial part in the wealth of these cultures, the cult of Manann also
achieved increasing prominence. Other important Young God cults of this region include
Myrmidia, Shallya, and Morr. Tilean culture is traditionally tolerant of various competing
religions; though Ecaté, Khaine, and Chaos cults are officially outlawed in Tilea,
membership in these cults may be considered deliciously sophisticated in upper class and
artistic circles. Estalia, on the other hand, is the home of the Inquisition, a commission
jointly administrated by the cult of Verena and the crown of Estalia which ruthlessly
persecutes proponents of heretical doctrines and outlawed cults in that nation. Verena is
the official state cult of Estalia, with other Young Gods deities worshipped only as
subordinate minor aspects.
The nations of the Northern Lands -- Kislev, Norsca, the Empire, the Wastelands, and
Bretonnia -- are descended from barbaric Medieval cultures, but the Empire, Bretonnia ,
and the Wastelands are currently undergoing a Renaissance stimulated by contact with
the Southern Sea nations of Tilea and Estalia. Though traditional Young Gods cults like
Manann, Shallya, Ulric, and Taal/Rhya are still popular in the Northern Lands, state cults
worshipping deified national heroes like Sigmar Heldenhammer of the Empire and
Jeanne du Lac of Bretonnia now dominate the religious and political landscape.
The history of Sigmar Heldenhammer and his cult should be already familiar to
students of Warhammer World (see Warhammer Campaign pages 8-12 especially).
Jeanne du Lac is an embodiment of courtly and chivalric virtues, a combination of the
Jeanne D’Arc, Lancelot du Lac, Galahad, and Percival legends of our history. A virgin
heroine, Jeanne du Lac's origins are obscure, but rumored to have been common. She
appeared mysteriously, disguised as a chivalric knight of indomitable arms, but excessive
courtesy, modesty, and mercy. She shamed the aristocratic knighthood serving the King
of Bretonnia by handily defeating them in tourneys, then won their favor and honor by
her heroic feats while leading peasant armies in great campaigns first against the
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