More about our Campaign (Part 1)

Hi there, we announced ten days ago our new single player campaign. We only mentioned it briefly what was all that about and today we're here to explain what it is all about.

As only a reminder for everyone, when we started developing Rise of the Foederati our main idea was to bring the connection between Antiquity and Middle Ages to players, as a interstatial period for those wondering what happened in the continent of Europe, Northern Africa and the Levant. Being a turn-based strategy game where players do not play as the leader of a nation, but rather as a commander of a soldier detachment, the whole mission of players is generally to serve their king/leader as a military officer with a group of different sizes, from a small warband to a large military unit performing a multitude of tasks, related to combat, or not, as they weave through the intricacies of a very politically fluid historical age. As the game begins roughly in 459, a few years after the death of Attila the Hun and the massive routing of his hordes, as his sons cannot unite to continue his father's legacy, be it from lack of personal competence or behind-the-scenes sabotage.

All this being said, our campaign instead is not from the 5th, but rather the 6th century. What is the difference in a hundred years to our setting, you may ask? Not many in most places. Our biggest change maybe is that players will not be dealing with the Western Roman Empire, but rather the Byzantine Empire. During this century, the Western Roman Empire was dissoluted and became what is known in history as the Kingdom of the Ostrogoths, in 489. For a while, though; emperor Justinian of the Byzantines captured and unified both Empires for a while, before losing grasp again of Roman rule and becoming the Lombard Kingdom of Italy, in 568.

With all this confusion thrown in, but now out of the way for those wondering about the setting, who is our main character and the setting of the campaign, finally?

Meet our guy. He is a Visigoth prince, born in troubling times in the Visigoth court in their capital, Toletum, Hispania. He has a small brother and has just lost his mother, Theodosia. He will need to stay strong and be a great prince for his tribe, as his father is the first Visigoth king in a while that manages to find relative stability and peace.

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He also has a younger brother, who is just a (younger) kid when his adventures begin, but will play a big role in the future. What are the details surrounding these two princes and his people? Why is this map different than our official ones? Uncover more next week, as we showcase more details of the campaign in the future!