The Tilean village of Buccolia is a small vine-growing community located in the valleys of the Apuccini Mountains within the domain of the city-state of Pavona.[1a]
History[]
The villagers of Buccolia found themselves terrorised by a particularly violent gang of Orcs. These Greenskins had come to Tilea as mercenaries of fortune, but due to their animosity and characteristics they proved so unreliable and untrustworthy that no one would employ them. As a result they became bandits instead, raiding the small, isolated farms and villages around the edge of Tilea and generally making life miserable for poor hard-working village folk.[1a]
In Buccolia the villagers pooled all their savings to hire mercenaries to help them, but sadly no one was willing to work for seven ducats, three farthings, and a goat. Even the money lenders refused to deal with them. When Rodrigo Delmonte heard of their plight, he became angered and indignant. The villagers' story was a familiar tale of honest hard-working folk unable to find justice in the war-torn lands of Tilea, just for lack of social and financial status.[1a]
Although he had not exactly grown rich as a mercenary, what he had was enough, and so he decided to help the desperate village. The Alcatani Fellowship arrived in the dead of night, after a long march in the pouring rain. From the roadside they could see the smouldering torches of the Orc raiders as they climbed down the slopes behind the village. Tired and hungry as they were, the valiant pikemen prepared for battle. It was quite a surprise for the Orcs, for they had expected only helpless grovelling peasants. Instead they found themselves confronted by grim face men with steel-tipped pikes pointed at them, who fought with the determination of the possessed. After a short struggle the undisciplined Orc raiders lay dead or scattered. Rodrigo and his men were triumphant. In return he asked for no money - only the thanks of the villagers. This the villagers were more then willing to give.[1a]
Trivia[]
The name Buccolia is derived from the term bucolic, which was borrowed from Latin būcolicus, itself from Ancient Greek βουκολικός (boukolikós)—meaning 'rustic, pastoral,' a meter used by pastoral poets, and literally 'pertaining to cowherds.
Sources[]
- 1: Warhammer Armies: Dogs of War (5th Edition)
- 1a: pp. 6-7
- 2: Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 4th Edition: Up in Arms (RPG)
- 2a: pp. 51-53