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Kings of War - Basilean Legacy is a 64 page supplement for Kings of War which takes an in-depth look at the background and history of the heavenly army of Basilea, complete with Angelic troops and holy mounted Paladins.
Story
- Foundations of Republic of Primovantor
- The Battle that Never Was (Tribune Gorthion vs Hymenikos the Wise)
- Resulted in Basila joining the Republic of Primovantor
- Four millennia passed. Primovantor incorporated the human lands in and around the basin that would oneday become the Infant Sea,
- Between -4170 and -170 The City of The Golden Horn was founded
- The God war begins in -170
- Primovantor was deeply affected by this conflict, fully a third of it laid to waste.
- The God war ends in year 0
- Primovantor suffered along decline: the character of its rulers lessened, the lifespan and wisdom of its peoples dwindled. The lands of the Republic fell away, depopulated by disease and battle.
- Winter's War in 2499
- The northern-western provinces were lost
- Winter's war in ends in 2649
- Its population was reduced to a tenth of the numbers of the golden days and many cities had been destroyed or ravaged.
- The Great Inundation. The rush of water that flooded much of the remaining lands of the Republic, destroyed it forever and turned the Damar Mountains and the Basilean Massif into peninsulas surrounded by sea.
- Republic of Primovantor was mostly wiped out except Basilea
- Primovantor and the Golden Horn, being mountain cities, were spared.
- Battle of Antovar
- After Winters War
- Surrounded by Orcs, Bolisean, the first Hegemon, begged the shining ones for help and they gave it. Becoming gods to the Basileans. He made Bolisean swear an oath that the Shining Ones would be forever worshipped in Basilea
- Flights of Elohi, the winged, angelic warriors of the Shining Ones, fell upon the Orcs from above
- The Shining ones stepped out of these portals, swinging magical weapons the length of three men and scattering the enemy.
- The Orcish horde was utterly destroyed. As the last Orc was speared by the Elohi
- The gods danced a wild dance, and the groundshook, a spear of rock a mile across burst through theground, soaring high into the sky, taking the Shining Ones with it. Upon this unnatural peak, ever since called Kolosu, they built their city.
- The Elohi stayed at Bolisean’s side.The Hegemony had been born.
Factions Mentioned
- Primovantor Republic (Solioskoi were the people of Basilean Massif/Solios, founded Primovantor city, led by Tribune Gorthion)
- Basilea the Golden (Led by Hymenikos the Wise, King of Spartha)
Battles Mentioned
- Battle of AntovarPost-Winter's war. Surrounded by Orcs, Bolisean, the first Hegemon, begged the shining ones for help and they gave it. Becoming gods to the Basileans. He made Bolisean swear an oath that the Shining Ones would be forever worshipped in Basilea
Races Mentioned
Characters Featured
Primovanthor Republic Era
- Tribune GorthionLed the war to expand the Primovantian borders across the Primovantian Peninsula. The war took on something of a crusadingaspect. Gorthion vowed to bring all men under therule of Primovantor
- Hymenikos the Wise, King of Spartha
- Primovanthor or Basilea the Golden
- Died after a mistakenly shot arrow was released while Tribune Gorthion and Hymenikos debated
- Kept the peace after Clementor's death
- Winter Was defeated but caused The Great Inundation before being cast to the abyss
- Basilean
- Hegemon Bolisean, the first Hegemon
New Character Units
Locations
Republic of Primovantor
- Basilean Massif/Solios (Province)
- Primovantor(state) (state)
- Primovantor (City)
- Spartha (City)
- Kolosu (Home of the Elohi)
Hegemony of Basilea
- Basilea
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