Editing Bretonnia (section)

==Oldhammer Oddities==
Bretonnia debuted for the very first time in the 3rd edition of [[Warhammer Fantasy Battles]], making them one of the youngest [[human]] factions - for comparion's sake, the [[Amazon]]s and [[Cathay]] debuted in 2nd edition, whilst [[Norsca]], [[Araby]] and [[Nippon]] all hailed back to 1st edition. The only other human factions to debut this late in the game where [[Tilea]] and [[Estalia]].

At this point, Bretonnia had something of a dichotomy. The lore presented in the corebook presents them as something of a pre-French Revolution hellhole, where a spoiled and vainglorious king rules over decadent aristocrats whilst the benighted peasantry struggles to survive - this is the lore that [[Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay]] 1st edition would also include, though it never visited the region.

The Grand Army of Bretonnia in ''Warhammer Armies'', on the other hand, is almost like something out of the [[Arthurian Mythos]], being made up of [[knight]]s and peasants. A female Bretonnian hero could ride a [[Unicorn]] and any Bretonnian hero could ride a [[dragon]] (either flightless or winged), but apart from those and the presence of war altars and cannons, it was basically just knights and peasants with very, ''very'' French names. They could supplement their armies by taking [[Halflings (Warhammer)|Halflings]], [[The Empire (Warhammer Fantasy)|Old Worlders]] and [[Wood Elves (Warhammer Fantasy)|Wood Elves]] as allies and [[Dwarfs (Warhammer Fantasy)|Dwarfs]], [[Half-Orc]]s, [[Norsca|Norse]], [[Ogre Kingdoms|Ogres]] and [[The Empire (Warhammer Fantasy)|Old Worlders]] as mercenaries, as well as take a monstrous host containing a [[dragon]], giant frogs, giant leeches, giant snails, and swarms of frogs and toads, though. though.

This interpretation didn't last long. Bretonnia went unvisited in 4th edition, but when it returned in 5th edition, it abandoned its corrupt and jaded lore for something far closer to the [[Arthurian Mythos]] its army had been built around. Whilst 6th edition would grimdark it back up, it'd still build from the 5e version of the lore, rather than the 3e version.