Warhammer: History and Geography of Estalia

Estalia is a minor Southern Realms faction introduced in Total War: Warhammer. They are present in The Old World and Mortal Empires campaigns.

They have the misfortune of their province being the spawn point of the Beastmen horde led by Khazrak the One-Eye.

Currently, Estalia uses the Empire unit roster.

Estalia is a nation in the southwestern corner of the Old World, politically divided into several small kingdoms and currently lacking a central government.

Geography

Estalia is a peninsula located in the western Old World, bordered to the northeast by Bretonnia. Its natural borders are the Irrana and Abasko Mountains to the east, the Great Western Ocean to the north and west and the Southern Sea to the south. The northern kingdoms of the Irrana mountains are humid lands populated by fierce and tough hill-fighters, and where solid fortresses guard the mountain passes, while the kingdoms along the south coast are barren but prosperous trading states whose ships ply the Southern Sea as far as Araby.

Estalian cities are solidly built and well-fortified, and of a generally younger foundation than those of the north. The two largest cities, along with both being port cities, also represent the two most important and powerful city-state kingdoms. The rivalry between these two port cities - Bilbali on the north coast and Magritta on the south - and between each and their Tilean neighbours, for that matter - has endured for centuries.

History

Estalia bore the brunt of Sultan Jaffar's invasion from Araby in 1448 IC, which was eventually driven from the peninsula by a combined force including knights from Bretonnia and The Empire during the Great Crusades.  The Estalians have also established a colony by the name of Santa Magritta on the New World continent of Lustria.

The End Times

By 2525 IC, the independence of Estalia's kingdoms had been lost and the entire peninsula had been overrun and suffered under the hideous domination of the Skaven.

Politics

Situated far to the south of the Old World, Chaos is too remote to be taken as a serious danger. With no external threat to unite the people, the region has remained politically fractured, with rival kingdoms warring against each other, as well as against the neighbouring city-states of Tilea, the Arabyans and the Bretonnians.

There are six kingdoms in Estalia. They are Novareno, Bilbali, Obregon, Avila, Magritta, and Cantonia.

Society

Estalians are a hardy people, and claim to be the first humans to have settled the Old World, although this claim is not taken seriously outside Estalia. Those within the cities make their living with fishing and trade. Estalians take great offence to being confused with Tileans, and it is said they will slay any man who mistakenly addresses them in the Tilean language. Estalia is renowned for its Diestros, skilled duellists who ply their trade across the Old World.

Religion

In Estalia, the worship of the goddess Myrmidia is paramount. In fact, the Estalians and Tileans both claim to have been the chosen people of Myrmidia.

There is some evidence that both the Tileans and Estalians are descended from the people of ancient Tylos, who were supposedly saved by Myrmidia.