Little Republic of Apuccinia
Quick Disclaimer
This page is about 90% work in progress. I’m writing it solo between my full-time, cursed bills (sigh) and a vanishing social life. But ideas never stop coming, piling up in my head day after day, sometimes good, sometimes bad…you decide. Progress is slow, but this is the part of the hobby I truly love and the project keeps growing, one piece at a time.
Support is always welcome. Thanks!
That said, instead of leaving everything empty and outdated, what follows is a first early draft: the homebrew starting point meant to show the direction of this page and, hopefully, one day become a fully playable army with a kitbashed miniature collection.
Let me introduce you to the Little Republic of Apuccinia!
First Draft
As a proud Miraglianese at heart, I’ve always missed a truly Roman army. Sure, there are the City-States of Luccini and Remas, which echo fragments of the glorious URBE, but Tilea as a whole leans far more toward the Renaissance than toward Antiquity.
There is, however, another problem: a Roman-style army, in terms of battlefield organization, relentless expansion and a gladius-sharp mindset (or should I say forma mentis), would simply sweep the Old World aside. Tilea would be completely united!!! The Empire, Estalia and Araby reduced to vassal provinces, while even Ulthuan and Cathay would be next on the campaign list. Something like that clearly needed a nerf…the power-play-lore-decimation.
So, I changed the race. No towering warriors. No brute force. I chose a folk whose strength lies not in muscle, but in stubborn courage, unbreakable community and, of course, an impressive appetite. The Halflings…ROMAN HALFLINGS!
Small in stature, yet resolute in a world of barbarians twice their height. Victory does not come from physical might, but from a methodical discipline in doing things – whether cooking meals or waging wars, there must be order! Political charisma and drilled formations of little legionaries are incredible weapons…
Thus was born the Little Republic of Apuccinia. Whether its people come from the Moot or are native to Tilea remains open for now. Their homeland lies within the forests near the Apuccini Mountains, preserving the geography of the Old World and aligning it with a Roman-inspired history.
How I love the image of a Halfling dressed as a centurion or a shield-wall marching toward the Border Princes! Oh and wielding a military doctrine sharp enough to make even Karl Franz pale. Yet beneath the toga and the laws survives an older faith. The Apuccinians revere a powerful Cult of the Wolf, something ancient and almost primal. Perhaps it is a reflection of Ulric, perhaps a feral vision of Myrmidia or perhaps the two were never separate at all: divine twins, nurtured by the Great Wolf Mother. The Republic tolerates the old ways, yet never truly commands it. Within the forest shadows and the glow of ritual fires, the civil mask shatters, giving way to fur and flame, howls and traditions beyond the reach of the Senate.
This is the Little Republic of Apuccinia – small, but unyielding – surrounded by giants and ready to prove that discipline matters more than size.
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