Brythoniaid (Gwynedd) Infantry Battle Host

We've got another incredible battle host from the Lands of Darkness for you in May, and it's an absolute beauty...

This month's battle host for the MIERCENARY and SELL-SWORD tiers comes from the lands of the Brythoniaid, specifically the kingdom of Gwynedd and the armies of the Red Dragon himself, Cadwaladr the Blessed.

There's three superb nobles to command your moustachioed marvels, including a totally new, never-before-seen version of Nerys, the abades of Penmôn, as well as the warlord Urien and his lieutenant Carys. The latter two come in three different flavours, and they lead three units of infantry - the teulu (pronounced ‘tay-lee’) hearthguard unit, the saethwr (‘sy-ther’) unit of bowmen and the helwr (‘hel-er’) unit of scouts, who come complete with be-leafed cloaks.

Heavy support comes from the Ceredigion realm in the south-west of Cymru, in the ornery shape of the marchomawr cogwyfern - wyvern riders - along with alternate weapons for the banner bearer and herald to form a unit of five.

Truly a magnificent host of warriors!

The Brythoniaid (Gwynedd) Infantry Battle Host contains:

• Shieldwall Urien, Teyrn of Môn (30mm base) - with spear and sword, helm and bare head options

• Saethwr Urien, Teyrn of Môn (30mm base)

• Greatsword Urien, Teyrn of Môn (30mm base)

• Shieldwall Carys, Uchelwr of Arfon (30mm base)

• Saethwr Carys, Uchelwr of Arfon (30mm base)

• Helwr Carys, Uchelwr of Arfon (30mm base)

•  **NEW** Nerys, Abades of Penmôn (30mm base)

• Urien's Guard, Teulu Unit (30mm bases) - 7x warriors

• Archers of Dyngonwy, Saethwr Unit (30mm bases) - 5x warriors

• Scouts of Dyngonwy, Helwr Unit (30mm bases) - 5x warriors

• **NEW** Morcant's Brood, Marchomawr Cogwyfern Unit (80mm bases) - 3x warriors

The latter is not yet ready, but they will be soon - have a look at the work in progress images above to see what you can expect.

If you've been a member of the MIERCENARY or  SELL-SWORD tiers for the previous two months (i.e., you've been charged  three times consecutively, including the current month), you'll get an extra miniature with your battle host!

May's loyalty reward for patrons that have been with us in March, April and May is four amazing miniatures from the Gwaelod realm of the Brythoniaid!

You'll get:

• Dragonshield Angedern, Prifdyndraig of Gwaelod (60mm base)

• Great Cleaver Angedern, Prifdyndraig of Gwaelod (60mm base)

• Two Cleaver Angedern, Prifdyndraig of Gwaelod (60mm base)

• Galon Garreg, Dewindraig of Gwaelod (60mm base)

If you are a new member, if you stay with us for the next two months you'll get the previous two loyalty rewards too, in that third month. That way, new Miercenaries are not penalised!

We've decided to pop the download links in a separate (patrons only) post to ensure they're not buried in a wall of text. You can find that post here:

• Brythoniaid (Gwynedd) Infantry Battle Host - download links

This post is now live.

The links for last month's host, the Anglecynn (Mierce) Ēored battle host, has been removed but is still available on our MyMiniFactory store. If you have become a patron during April, you will always be able to redeem the files for this host on MMF.

Supported and Unsupported Files

Our miniatures come in the form of test-printed, supported LYS project files as well as supported and unsupported STL files. Supported files are only offered at the 32mm scale used for our physical miniatures, and are optimised for resin printers, not FDM printers.

Supported by a Professional!

Note that our supports are NOT auto-supports built by a slicing program; they are manually applied to all of these files by our professional print prepper. We can never guarantee they'll work for everyone, of course, but we're confident they will!

Of the original inhabitants of what was once called the Island of the Mighty by their ancestors the Brythoniaid are all that is left, discounting the treacherous Cernyweg, for the Érainn and the Albainn and especially the Anglecynn and the Seaxans have taken great swathes of their lands for themselves. Clinging to their kingdoms that remain with rock-like intensity - Gododdin and Rheged in the old north and Powys and Ceredigion and powerful Gwynedd in the west, amongst others - the Brythoniaid resist all that is thrown at them and even strike back to reclaim the kingdoms that have been lost. Ancient alliances and pacts with many of the mightiest beasts that endure still, the dragons and the wyverns and the wocors, ensure that whilst the Brythoniaid are limited in number when they are brought to battle they must still be afforded the respect they deserve.

The lands of darkness

The Kingdom of Gwynedd is led by Cadwaladr ap Cadwallon, the famous 'Red Dragon' who boasted that he would kill every Saeson man, woman and child to reclaim the lands lost to the Brythoniaid, and yet he remains an uneasy ally of the Miercna as his father was before him. For Cadwaladr - as Cadwallon did - recognises the limitations of his people, their limited numbers and their reliance upon the ancient pacts with the dragons and their kin, and so he looks elsewhere for the strength to resist the marauding Northumbre to the east, the desperation of the Érainn to the west and the devastation wrought by the Fomoraic and the Norse beyond them. Other, more ancient pacts with the beasts of the crags and the coast are remembered and the strength of the wolf to the east is sought: for strength is something Cadwaladr knows Gwynedd and indeed all the kingdoms of the Brythoniaid need, no matter where that strength comes from, if they are to survive in this age of darkness.

You can learn more about the Brythoniaid on the Mierce Miniatures webstore and in the Lands of Darkness kindred guide!

• Brythoniaid - Mierce Miniatures webstore

• Brythoniaid - Kindred Muster

• The Lands of Darkness kindred guide

We've got some utterly fantastic Byzantii for you all next time around, including new legionaries and a smattering of Infernii...

Keep it Mierce, Miercenaries!