Couronne is the royal dukedom of Bretonnia's northern coast, the seat of its kings and the polished mirror in which the whole Old World is invited to behold what chivalry ought to be. Here stand the greatest tourney grounds in the kingdom, where knights break lances before roaring crowds and the flower of the realm is made and unmade in a single afternoon; here the crown itself resides, and with it the crushing expectation that Couronne must be, in all things and at all times, the very finest. Its knights ride in white and silver, and are forgiven nothing.
That perfection is not mere pageantry, for Couronne's long shoreline is forever tested by the dragon-prowed longships of Norsca, whose reavers care nothing for the etiquette of the tourney field. Between the spectacle and the raiding, the dukedom breeds a knighthood of relentless, almost unbearable excellence: Questing Knights bound for the Grail, household guards sworn to the king's own person, and lords who would sooner fall in the surf than let a single raider's sail slip past unchallenged. To be a knight of Couronne is to carry the honour of the crown upon your shield, and the certain knowledge that the whole kingdom is watching to see you bear it without a flaw.
Order of battle
The Couronne field the units of the Kingdom of Bretonnia, a detachment from the roster:
Other Kingdom of Bretonnia formations
BastonneThe cradle of the Uniter: Gilles le Breton was a son of Bastonne, and no dukedom carries his legend more heavily or more proudly. Its knights ride as though the founder himself were watching, and under dukes like Bohemond Beastslayer they have made Bastonne a byword for magnificent, unreasonable courage.
BordeleauxThe great port dukedom of Bretonnia's western shore, rich in wine, salt, and ships, where chivalry has learned to keep its footing on a rolling deck. Bordeleaux's knights patrol sea lanes as well as marches, and its dukes hold that a lord owes his people plenty as well as protection.
LyonesseA storm-hammered coastal dukedom whose knights are accounted the fiercest in Bretonnia, forever at war with raiders from the sea and rivals on land. Lyonesse was the home of Landuin, most perfect of the Grail Companions, and the memory of that unmatchable glory drives its knighthood to a pride that borders on fury.
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