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    The most northern part of the British Island in what was later to become eastern and northern Scotland, are a confederation of tribes called the Picts. The Romans called this pre-Celtic people Pictii, or "Painted," although Claudius' words are proof that (as claimed by many historians) the ancient Picts actually tattooed their bodies with designs.

    Much of the mods Pict units will depict the artwork and unit cards below


    Presenting The Picts from artwork and from IBRR and BI ArthurianTW



    Gai Aurmahr, Chodaoer, Schiltron or Gaimorlom, Noble Pict Cavalry, Mormaers(Body gaurd) Gairlom, Saiogdaoer archers, Marchan Tho, Ludodaoer, Aumue Boai


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    Great work!

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    Southern Pictland:
    Fortriu
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    Traditionally the kingdom has been seen as centered on central Scotland, equivalent to the Kingdom of the Southern Picts, with a heartland perhaps in Strathearn. Over the last century or so this has become a scholarly consensus. However, new research by Alex Woolf seems to have destroyed this consensus, if not the idea itself.
    the only basis for it had been that a battle had taken place in Strathearn in which the Men of Fortriu had taken part. This is an unconvincing reason on its own, because there are two Strathearns - one in the south, and one in the north - and, moreover, every battle has to be fought outside the territory of one of the combatants. By contrast, a northern recension of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle makes it clear that Fortriu was north of the Mounth (i.e. the eastern Grampians), in the area visited by Columba. The Prophecy of Berchán says that King Dub was killed in the Plain of Fortriu. Another source, the Chronicle of the Kings of Alba, indicates that King Dub was killed at Forres, a location in Moray. Moreover, additions to the Chronicle of Melrose confirm that Dub was killed by the men of Moray at Forres.
    The long poem known as The Prophecy of Berchán, written perhaps in the 12th century, but purporting to be a prophecy made in the Early Middle Ages, states that "Mac Bethad, the glorious king of Fortriu, will take [Scotland]." As Mac Bethad (Macbeth) was Mormaer of Moray before he became King of Scots, there can be no doubt that Moray was how Fortriu was still understood in High Middle Ages. Fortriu is also mentioned as one of the seven ancient Pictish kingdoms in the 13th-century source known as De Situ Albanie.
    Indeed, other Pictish scholars, such as James E. Fraser are now taking it for granted that Fortriu was in the north of Scotland, centered on Moray and Easter Ross, where most early Pictish monuments are located. Hence, it is in these areas that the united kingdom of the Picts originated, perhaps acquiring southern Pictland after the expulsion of the Northumbrians by King Bridei I at the Battle of Dunnichen.


    Kings of Pictland (Caledonia) According to Pictish (or rather Gaelic) legend, there was a Pict king named Cruithne (the Gaelic word for Pict), son of Cing. Cruithne reigned for a hundred years. He had seven sons (the number seven being very important to the Picts), who were named Fib, Fidach, Foclaid (or Fotla), Fortrenn (Fortriu), Caitt (or Cat), Ce and Circenn (Circind). The names of Cruithne's seven sons were also equated to the seven provinces of Pictland detailed in an ancient account of Scotland called De Situ Albanie (possibly written in the fourteenth century according to F T Wainwright). Argyll, which by the fifth century had been invaded by Gaelic Scotti, is not listed as a Pictish province.
    Reigned 100 yrs - Cruithne, Ruled all Pictland.
    Reigned 70 yrs - Fortriu / Fortrann
    AD 76 - after 86 - Corbredus / Calgucus / Galdus, fought Agricola.
    Within the Pictish heartland, firstly north of the Firth of Forth (83) and then at Mons Graupius (84), the Romans under Agricola win victories over what they call the 'Caledonians' led by Calgucus.
    90 - 556 - Pictland is obscured from history for most of the period of Roman rule in Britannia by the very fact of its exclusion from the Roman Empire and an absence of internal writings. But it eventually re-emerges as two distinct kingdoms, North & South, the latter of which is formed of about five occasionally feuding sub-kingdoms.
    197 - According to Dio, the tribes north of the Forth-Clyde line have by now coalesced into two main bodies, the Caledonii and the Maeatae. The latter live close to the Antonine Wall, north of the Forth-Clyde isthmus.
    fl 208 - 211 - Argentocoxos, King of Fib, and possible king of all Picts.
    364 - According to Ammianus Marcellinus, the Picts, Scotti, Saxons, and Attacotti attack Roman Britain in what seems to be a serious incursion.
    367 - The Picts, now divided into two main peoples; the Dicalydonae and the Verturiones, are part of the Barbarian Conspiracy that sees Britannia attacked from several sides at once.
    388 - 413 - Talorg mac Keother
    413 - 453 - Drust mac Erp / Yrb / Wirp, King of North and South Picts
    456 - 480 - Nectan Morbet mac Erp (the Great), Younger brother of Drust MacErp. His clan-lands were in the region of Tay, embracing parts of Forfarshire, Perthshire, and Fife. Traditionally a Christian.
    522 - 527 - Drust mac Udrost
    522 - 532 - Drust mac Gyrom, Ruled a united Pictland (527-532).
    This period probably marks the beginning of the division of Pictland into North and South. Drust mac Udrost and Drust mac Gyrom ruled jointly. Each would keep his seat in the capital of his clan, but in affairs that concerned all the clans they would lead together. It is not known who rules which division of Pictland.
    South Pictland Scone was the capital of the strongest of the southern sub-kingdoms, Fortriu (Roman Verturiones, modern Forteviot). The sub-kingdom of Fib, to the east, lives on as Fife. The remaining four were Fotla, Fidach, Circind, and Ce.
    552 - 580 - Galam Cennelath
    ? - 668 - Talorn?, Killed by the Northumbrians.

    Northern Pictland:
    Caith

    Kings of Pictland (Caledonia) According to Pictish (or rather Gaelic) legend, there was a Pict king named Cruithne (the Gaelic word for Pict), son of Cing. Cruithne reigned for a hundred years. He had seven sons (the number seven being very important to the Picts), who were named Fib, Fidach, Foclaid (or Fotla), Fortrenn (Fortriu), Caitt (or Cat), Ce and Circenn (Circind). The names of Cruithne's seven sons were also equated to the seven provinces of Pictland detailed in an ancient account of Scotland called De Situ Albanie (possibly written in the fourteenth century according to F T Wainwright). Argyll, which by the fifth century had been invaded by Gaelic Scotti, is not listed as a Pictish province.
    It may be possible that the term Picti was the Latinised version of their own collective name. Professor Watson states that in old Norse the name is 'Pettr', in Old English 'Peohta' and in Old Scots 'Pecht'. Today in Fife or Aberdeenshire they are still referred to as 'Pechs' or 'Pechties', suggesting Pect instead of Pict.

    The northern Picts were combined in one kingdom, that of Cat (Caithness), under the powerful Brudei. St Columba needed interpreters to be able to speak to the king, clear evidence that the Picts did not speak the Celtic language of the Irish and Scots (or at the very least not the Gael version of the Celtic tongue).
    553 - 584 - Brudei mac Maelcon Pagan son of Maelgwyn Gwynedd, High King. Met St Columba.
    573 - Brudei hands the invading Dal Riadan Scotti a heavy defeat at Lora (or Delgu/Telocho), and lays waste to their territory in the west.
    584 - 599 - Gartnait mac Aedan (IV) Son of Aedan mac Gabrán of Dal Riada. Son-in-law of Brudei.
    584 - Gartnait is the 37th Pictish king in The Pictish Chronicle, the only historical writing to have been left by the Picts.
    599 - 621 - Nectan mac Connon mocu Erp (II) Power base in the Tay and Forfar regions to the east.
    663 - 672 - Drust / Drest mac Donnel tries to expel the Northumbrian invaders from Pictland, but is defeated by Ecgfrith and removed from the throne.
    672 - 693 - Brudei mac Billi (III) Pictish Chronicle confirms reign. Killed Ecgfrith of Northumbria.
    685 - Brudei faces a huge Northumbrian host on the plains of Dunnichen, in Angus. The Battle of Nechtansmere (the English name which may originate from the same root word as the Caledonian one) is a turning point in which Brudei makes his name. The Northumbrians had defeated every force they had faced, and had occupied southern Pictland for thirty years. Brudei defeats them and massacres the entire enemy host including its king, and proceeds to clear Pictland of the remaining Northumbrians who had settled there, killing or enslaving them.
    693 - 697 - Taran mac Entifidich is deposed after ruling for only four years. Two of these years are nominal, the real power during that time being in the hands of Brude, chief of the powerful house of Derelei, who becomes sovereign. It seems to be this takeover that cements Pictland as a single nation.
    Hr. Alf han hugg til han var mod, Han sto i femten Ridderes Blod; Så tog han alle de Kogger ni Og sejlede dermed til Norge fri. Og der kom tidende til Rostock ind, Der blegned saa mangen Rosenkind. Der græd Enker og der græd Børn, Dem hadde gjort fattig den skadelige Ørn.
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    The Picts and Strathclyde (green dragon horsemen on the top picture). Can't wait. There's also "Pictish Strongholds" book coming from Osprey in Feb 2010. I wonder which will I enjoy first, the book or the mod ;-)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Teutonic View Post
    The Picts and Strathclyde (green dragon horsemen on the top picture). Can't wait. There's also "Pict's Strongholds" book coming from Osprey in Feb 2010. I wonder which will I enjoy first, the book or the mod ;-)
    Correct..Stathcylde was a very formidable kingdom and was holding its own well after Britain was being over run by the Anglo-Saxons



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    Aumue Boai ( "naked warriors" on Gael and Pictish ) are dangerous men indeed. These man are fanatically brave as well as being fast and brutal on the attack.\n\nThey must make an effort to drive themselves into the right state of mind, although some prefer stimulants to build up to their killing frenzy. Having driven themselves into a state of blind rage, hounds of Culann will attack anyone who stands nearby. They feel no pain, feel no fear and simply do not understand the concepts of mercy or restraint. Once the red mist has descended across their sight, there is no stopping them. They usually fight without armour, and it's not unknown for them to fight without weapons from time to time, hurling themselves on enemies and trying to bite them!(IBRR Description)

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    Amazing preview and an Epic mod so far !
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    nation.

    There are a several shields that I like and will attempt to duplicate! Thanks for the pics!!
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    This is one of our Pictish load screens, The load shows a well equipped Pictish Chief(in the mail), Standard bearer and chosen man. They are well armoured by pictish standards, maybe there equipment is the spoils of a raid. The chosen man is the chiefs champion and will fight by his side to the death as needed, indeed even if the chief is killed in battle he will continue to fight until killed, he will never take a step back. Please notice the tarton cloaks.
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    Great!

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    Few more pict pics


    Ibfd and Arthurian TW picts and descriptions
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    Pictish warriors sometimes seem to have been trained in the use of a long spear, almost a pike, and to fight in a dense formation perfectly suited to resisting enemy cavalry charges, the schiltron. These men are only freemen, and so cannot be expected to stand and fight if the situation is desperate, but they can be expected to hold their formation and give any enemy that tries a frontal attack more than a bloody nose!

    Pictish raiding parties often seem to have been armed with a simple hand axe and a buckler, lightly encumbered so as not to restrict their movement. These men are good warriors, especially when they charge into enemy formations, but their short weapons and lack of armour meant that if they are attacked their formation will usually crumble into a rout.

    These elite Pictish warriors are drawn from the finest of the kingdom’s warriors. Though they are equipped like their poorer brethren with spears and shields, they wear helms and mail shirts, making them a sturdy force on the battlefield, and one to be feared by enemy cavalry. Of course, their armour means that they are not so quick or agile as the lighter troops, but are more useful for holding important parts of the battle line.

    Mormaers
    A warlord leads a personal guard of able and fierce warriors. These men are an the rulers of Gael and pictish society, ready to be thrown into the fight at the moment of decision. Given that he owes his authority to personal bravery as much as any tribal position, a warlord has to be willing to risk his own life in personal combat and stake the outcome of a battle on his own skills as a fighter as much as his grasp of command. A wise leader, therefore, makes sure that he has the best chance possible of coming through a fight alive so that he can inspire his men by example as well as by his mere presence. Politics and warfare mean that he must not just triumph, he must do so publicly and in brave style.

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