Post by Admin on Mar 9, 2016 22:33:32 GMT
Most of Bretain had been a Reman posession for 300 years. The Remans brought their culture and religion, and left a profound impact on the native Bretain population.
For the first 2 centuries of Reman rule, Bretain prospered. The Remans built towns, forts, and roads, and cultivated more and more of the countryside. The Bretain population boomed.
The long winter of 334-7 put and end to this prosperity. The abnormally cold weather and poor sunlight over the years led to widespread drought, and crop failures. Famine and starvation gripped the populace, and whole communities abandoned their villages and towns to seek more favourable lands and weather, leading to an exodus towards the south. This failed to solve the issue, and it is estimated that some 10% of the population died in the years 334 and 335 alone. Many Remans fled to the mainland, which fared little better.
To add insult to injury, plague broke out in 337, decimating the urban populations, before spreading in 338 to the rural areas. By 340, the population of Bretain was half of what it had been a decade ago.
The Reman Empire withdrew shortly after, and gradually the united Bretains divided into petty Kingdoms and tribes. Their population continued to dwindle to the years until now they are a fraction of their former selves.
The year is 470, and Anglian, Saxeish, and Friedlanders have been slowly migrating to Bretain ever since the Saxeish warlord Godwine established what was to become a prosperous Kingdom on the Western coast.
Over the past two decades, migration has stepped up a notch, mostly due to the pressure being exerted on the continent from the Bords, united and seeking to expand back into the East.
For the first 2 centuries of Reman rule, Bretain prospered. The Remans built towns, forts, and roads, and cultivated more and more of the countryside. The Bretain population boomed.
The long winter of 334-7 put and end to this prosperity. The abnormally cold weather and poor sunlight over the years led to widespread drought, and crop failures. Famine and starvation gripped the populace, and whole communities abandoned their villages and towns to seek more favourable lands and weather, leading to an exodus towards the south. This failed to solve the issue, and it is estimated that some 10% of the population died in the years 334 and 335 alone. Many Remans fled to the mainland, which fared little better.
To add insult to injury, plague broke out in 337, decimating the urban populations, before spreading in 338 to the rural areas. By 340, the population of Bretain was half of what it had been a decade ago.
The Reman Empire withdrew shortly after, and gradually the united Bretains divided into petty Kingdoms and tribes. Their population continued to dwindle to the years until now they are a fraction of their former selves.
The year is 470, and Anglian, Saxeish, and Friedlanders have been slowly migrating to Bretain ever since the Saxeish warlord Godwine established what was to become a prosperous Kingdom on the Western coast.
Over the past two decades, migration has stepped up a notch, mostly due to the pressure being exerted on the continent from the Bords, united and seeking to expand back into the East.