Full Faction List

[Lugotorix]

This is the thread for all playable and non-playable factions in Attila:TW

I'll start:
Alans Nomadic (Sarmatian)
Huns Horde
Vandals Germanic Migrators
Ostrogoths Germanic Migrators
Visigoths Germanic Migrators
Sassanid Empire Persian Sedentary
Western Roman Empire Roman Sedentary
Eastern Roman Empire Roman Sedentary
Saxons Germanic Sedentary
Geats Norse Sedentary
Jutes Norse Sedentary
Danes Norse Sedentary
Franks Germanic Sedentary
Pontus Roman Emergent
Egypt Roman Emergent
Caucasians (Confirmed) Caucasian Sedentary
Burgundians (Confirmed) Germanic Migrators
Alamans (Confimed) Alemanni Germanic Sedentary
Ebdanians (Confirmed) Celtic Sedentary
Caledonians (Confirmed) Celtic Sedentary
Sclavenians (Confirmed) Slavic Migrators
Picts (Confirmed) Celtic Sedentary
Venedians (Confirmed) Germanic * (Possibly Roman) (Possibly Slavic)
Anteans (Confirmed) Slavic
Bastarnians (Confirmed) Dacian (Germanic) Sedentary
Gepids (Confirmed) Germanic Migrators/ Sedentary at start
Greuthungians (Confirmed) Germanic Migrators
Lugians (Confirmed) Germanic Migrators
Angles (Confirmed) Germanic Sedentary
Rugians (Confirmed) Germanic Sedentary
Marcomans (Confirmed) Germanic Sedentary
Langobards (Confirmed) Lombards Germanic Migrators
Quadrians (Confirmed) Germanic Migrators
Armenia (Confirmed) Caucasian Sedentary
Abasgia (Confirmed) Caucasian Sedentary
Suebians (Confirmed) Germanic Sedentary
Thuringians (Confirmed) Germanic (Norse) Sedentary (Migrators?)
Arran (Confirmed) Eastern/ Caucasian? Sedentary
Kartli (Confirmed) Caucasian Sedentary
Lazica (Confirmed) Caucasian Sedentary
Axum (Confirmed) African Sedentary
Gaetulians (Confirmed) Numidian Sedentary
Garamantians (Confirmed) African Sedentary
Ghassanids (Confirmed) Middle Eastern Sedentary
Himyar (Confirmed) Middle-Eastern
Lahkmids (Confirmed) Eastern Sedentary
Maurians (Confirmed) Numidian Sedentary
Mazun (Confirmed) Persian Sedentary
Nobatea (Confirmed) African Sedentary
Abahrshahr (Confirmed) Eastern Sedentary
Afhrigids (Confirmed) Eastern Sedentary
Aria (Confirmed) Persian Sedentary
Atropene (Confirmed) Eastern Sedentary
Makhran (Confirmed) Persian Sedentary
Parthia (Confirmed) Eastern (Persian) Sedentary
Magyars (Confirmed) Nomadic (Migrators)
Budinians (Confirmed) Sarmatian/Germanic Migrators
Sabirs (Confrimed) Nomadic (Scythian)
Roxolani (Confirmed) Nomadic (Sarmatian)
Macedonia (Confirmed) Roman Emergent
Britain (Confirmed) Romano-Celtic
Iritria (Confirmed) Yes African Sedentary
Iazyges (Confirmed) Nomadic (Sarmatian)

[Achilles Lacedaemon]

Macedonia?!

How.. How!? I wanna know more about it right now!

[Tuskin]

So are there more factions(playable and non playable) in this then Rome 2?

Also a few factions aren't correct.

Caucasians(I don't remember seeing them)
Sclaveni, Venedians and Anteans(Slavic not Germanic)
Gepids(They aren't migrators at the start)
Afrighids(Eastern)
Magyars(What does Hotness mean? But they are nomadic)
Macedonia(Roman not Hellenic also its an emergent faction)
Briton(I don't think it was confirmed Briton has access to Celtic units. They may just be Roman in game)

Also in the game are:
Pontus(Roman emergent)
Egypt(Roman emergent)
And there may be more Roman emergent factions we haven't seen yet.

[Lugotorix]

So are there more factions(playable and non playable) in this then Rome 2?

Also a few factions aren't correct.

Caucasians(I don't remember seeing them)
Sclaveni, Venedians and Anteans(Slavic not Germanic)
Gepids(They aren't migrators at the start)
Afrighids(Eastern)
Magyars(What does Hotness mean? But they are nomadic)
Macedonia(Roman not Hellenic also its an emergent faction)
Briton(I don't think it was confirmed Briton has access to Celtic units. They may just be Roman in game)

Also in the game are:
Pontus(Roman emergent)
Egypt(Roman emergent)
And there may be more Roman emergent factions we haven't seen yet.

Thank you, I was sure about all of them but the Anteans and updating the thread, as I narrowed down each one. Oh, I just think Hungarians are beautiful There's a rebel faction called Caucasian separatists: This may be default for Lazica, Kartli, Armenia, etc.

[Sherm]

During the game, Roman heritage successors state can appear around with the civil war, collapse. They are named like Egypt, Italia, Macedonia, Britannia etc.. are roman faction that try to survive and maybe rebuild the empire. Is like they expanded the Roman-Britons to all the roman world as possible ahistorical outcome but plausible.

[Påsan]

During the game, Roman heritage successors state can appear around with the civil war, collapse. They are named like Egypt, Italia, Macedonia, Britannia etc.. are roman faction that try to survive and maybe rebuild the empire. Is like they expanded the Roman-Britons to all the roman world as possible ahistorical outcome but plausible.

Better to have the rebels continue the Roman military legacy they have been part of for centuries rather than having some ancient regional units popping out of the woodwork.

[JERUSALEM]

Arran and Abasgia should be Caucasian as I think, if CA really have included the Caucasian sub-culture in Attila TW then it is great, but i do not know whether it is confirmed. I guess Aorsi have to be included as separate faction in North-East of Caucasus, on the west bank of Caspian Sea. Also you have missed Lakhmids. they are the vassals of Sassanids in modern day Iraq. And we definitely need the official vanilla map of the Attila Total War.

[Brivime]

By Nobatea I'm assuming they mean Nabataea? This is good so West Arabia is not desolate as I thought then.

I'm also glad they have finally separated Arab, Persian and African cultures. I saw a general in one of DarrenTW's videos called "al-Nuaman" and was awash with relief my generals will not be called Amanistabokhe and Micispa again.

[Abdülmecid I]

I'm also glad they have finally separated Arab, Persian and African cultures. I saw a general in one of DarrenTW's videos called "al-Nuaman" and was awash with relief my generals will not be called Amanistabokhe and Micispa again.

Don't be too excited. In one of the preview videos, a member of the Sassanid family was named al-Nuaman, so my guess is that the Arabs and the Persians share the same culture. Let's all prasie the great Ghassanid Emir, Yazdegerd I!

[LinusLinothorax]

By Nobatea I'm assuming they mean Nabataea? This is good so West Arabia is not desolate as I thought then.

No, its Nobatia, the Nubian faction that will replace Meroe.

[Brivime]

No, its Nobatia, the Nubian faction that will replace Meroe.

Ah, I was thrown off because it said the culture was Middle Eastern.

Don't be too excited. In one of the preview videos, a member of the Sassanid family was named al-Nuaman, so my guess is that the Arabs and the Persians share the same culture. Let's all prasie the great Ghassanid Emir, Yazdegerd I!

Yeah and I saw in the diplomacy screen that the guy for Mazun was dressed like a Sassanid.

I mean how hard is it really for CA to understand we are two entirely different people...

[ShadowMassa]

The Ghassanids are located around the area where the Nabataeans were on Rome II.

During the game, Roman heritage successors state can appear around with the civil war, collapse. They are named like Egypt, Italia, Macedonia, Britannia etc.. are roman faction that try to survive and maybe rebuild the empire. Is like they expanded the Roman-Britons to all the roman world as possible ahistorical outcome but plausible.

Agreed, it's quite plausible. The minor emerging Roman factions are a nice addition.

[Linke]

Cool with the emergent roman kingdoms.

[FrozenmenSS]

Where are The bulgars . Go????????........ they were the right hand of attilas. confederation. Wtf the Maguars are doing in This. game. + the vikings .Do. everyone knowns that both are from the 8-9th century...... CA did A parody with the history part of this game ALREADY. YOU KILLED IT CA - YOU DID CA. - FAIL FAIL FAIL FAIL FAIL

[AnonMilwaukean]

I'm really, really, really curious what their plan with DLC will be in regards to factions. I've hunted around, and maybe just missed it, but I don't think there's been much info about DLC other than the Viking Ancestors or whatever that is part of the pre-order.

The reason I'm curious is that there was never a North African culture pack in R2, nor an Eastern culture pack. Because of this, I sort of wonder if this means they will try and do more with those factions in Attila. Now, I know that Western and Eastern Rome include some of those potential factions, yet I'm really curious if there will be DLC campaigns where the Roman sides have started the downhill slide thus opening up the ability to play as some of those factions.

Really, Attila will be interesting, because this is the first base-game campaign in a long while (since Napoleon at least), where you can start off as a faction that owns practically a third of the map. Which means that potential DLC factions are fewer in number in some ways unless they do a lot with migration mechanics and have a bunch of factions added that have similar starts to the current line-up of migratory sides. That, or have mini-campaigns with later start dates allowing you to play as factions that sprung up as Western Rome disintegrated.

[Yayattasa]

To be fair, I liked the faction list. Also, lots of emergent Romans seems like a good feature.

[Gäiten]

No Kidarites/Red Huns or Hephtalites/White Huns? The Eastern frontier of the Sassanians seems to be very peaceful ...

[Sebor]

Where did you base your list on? I noticed a few mistakes. And where did you base the factions cultures on? Not counting the playable an and emergent factions CA makes only the distinction of 10 cultural groups. 3 different german groups included. Suebians for example start in migration. The sabirs are not in the same cultural group as the roxolani for example and are not classified as sarmatian. Probably they are in the same group as the huns.

[Lugotorix]

Where did you base your list on? I noticed a few mistakes. And where did you base the factions cultures on? Not counting the playable an and emergent factions CA makes only the distinction of 10 cultural groups. 3 different german groups included. Suebians for example start in migration. The sabirs are not in the same cultural group as the roxolani for example and are not classified as sarmatian. Probably they are in the same group as the huns.

Faction's cultures are based on historical knowledge and encyclopedia searches. If you'd like to amend their designation, I'm open to changes and additions. All factions, except for the Caucasian faction (Caucasian Separatists: They're probably Roman emergent) are in the game and have faction icons. It's based on the 'Huns confirmed as playable.' interview and play-through.

[Abdülmecid I]

No Kidarites/Red Huns or Hephtalites/White Huns? The Eastern frontier of the Sassanians seems to be very peaceful ...

Well, to begin with, there's no eastern frontier in the game. The maps stops in modern eastern Iran, so no Kidarites or Hepthalites. Even Iran itself is squeezed, its shape distorted in order not to make the map extended to the east "too much"...