Talabecland (Warhammer)

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In the Warhammer Fantasy world, the provice of Talabecland lies deep in the heart of the Empire and is one of the largest provices within the Empire, Its capital city is Talabheim. The region of Talabeclad is defined by the river Stir in the south and the river Talabec in the north.

1 The River Talabec
2 History of Talabecland
3 The Army of Talabecland
4 References

[edit] The River Talabec

The river Talabec is named after Taal god of beasts. The river begins in the worlds edge mountains as two rivers, The Upper and Lower Talabec. The upper flows from southern Kislev whilst the lower flows from Northern Ostermark and Peak pass, the two forks converge in pine forest in the North of Ostermark. These forest carry and evil reputation as band of Orcs and beastmen regularly descend from the mountains to plunder the region. By the time it reaches the Urksoy in Northern Talabecland it is already a large river, its passes Talabheim and the borders of Hochland and flows past the Howling hills until it converges with the river Reik in Northern Reikland and from there flows towards the sea at Marienburg.

[edit] History of Talabecland

Throughout its history in the Warhammer world Talabecland has been one of the more aggressive regions of the Empire and was largely responsible for the time of the three Emperors When Countess Ottilia of Talabecland declared herself Empress, for the next few hundred years there were two Emperors one being the Elected Emperor and the ruling Elector of Talabecland. The situation came to a head when the Elector count of Middenheim declared himself Emperor and civil war ensued. The region has had many wars with neighboring provices in the past as well.

[edit] The Army of Talabecland

The Talabecland armies wear red and yellow uniforms and often consist of smaller numbers of elite soldiers rather than the larger armies fielded by other provices. The Talabecland army has a reputation of being resolutely professional and competent upon the field of battle.