Bretalyon

Bretalyon
Feudal Status:	Chivalric Order
Capital:	St. Litavia
Largest Cities:	St. Litavia
Local Leadership Title:	Grand Master
Local Government:	Monarchy
Current leader:	John Giraud
Local language:	Cibolan Saxon, Bretallois
Local Religion:	Saxon Church

Bretalyon is a small semi-independent country associated with the United Principalities of Treisenberg. It occupies the southwestern peninsula of Cibola that bears the same name. It is one of the oldest regions of Cibola, having been settled by crusading knights dispatched from New Brittania during the first conquest of the continent. They were soon joined by Treisenberg, long considered to be the first civilized settlement on the continent, and established a crusader state on the peninsula. The fusion of Brittanic and Treisenberger cultures led to the rise of a unique local culture that combines elements of both.

Etymology and terminology

Prior to settlement by crusaders the peninsular region of Cibola had no formal name. It was during the crusading period when Brittanic forces met with the Treisenberg knights. The New Brittanian forces had landed at the northern tip of the peninsula, while Treisenberg's knights had been pushing west from the eastern boundary. Neither side was aware of the other until they met in battle with the heathen Cibolan tribes at the Fields of Litavis. Recognizing each other as fellow knights, the two sides joined forces and soundly defeated the heathens. The Treisenberg knights, known as the Knights of Liyon, decided to join the Brittanian crusaders, forming Bretalyon and founding the city of St. Litavia on the site of the battle.