Brune

Brune is the one the of five major kingdoms in Madan no Ou to Vanadis series. It is also the home country to many heroes. from King Charles to Tigrevrumud Vorn.

Overview
Brune is one of the strongest and most influential kingdoms within the continent, being a military powerhouse consisting of many loyal and gallant warriors willing to defend Brune from possible invasions from other kingdoms. Its people also have the tendency to put honor above all else. The flag of the kingdom would be Bayard, which is in the shape of a sacred horse with a black mane and crimson body.



Despite all its power and influence, Brune also has a much darker side. One of those being the minister's poor treatment towards archers, which are deemed as cowards in warfare situations. Due to their extreme views regarding honor in battle, the archers were often mistreated by other aristocrats, despite being one of the most crucial components of any major military victory. Among them, however, Tigre is the only archer who was able to distinguish himself, fighting enemy commanders without resorting to only sneak attacks (except in most ambush attacks). But due to his handicap of being unable to use any other weapon but a bow, he cannot escape the minister's hatred of archers even if he is an aristocrat of Brune.

King Charles of Brune
Though little is known about the founding of the kingdom, documents suggest that King Charles was Brune's founder and late ruler. Some legends suggested that Charles started his battles after receiving a revelation from a monk living in a holy cave shrine. King Charles fought in many battlefields, wielding the legendary Durandal, his victories highly praised by his peers and people. To show his gratitude for the gods' role in his achievements, King Charles built his Royal Palace halfway up a mountain so he could meet with them. In time, the town founded at the foot of the mountain prospered greatly, with the palace eventually moved down to the city of Nice down below. Thanks to the connections to all bordering kingdoms, Brune ended up becoming one of the richest and most powerful kingdoms in history.

Feud with Zhcted
For over 20 years, Brune and Zhcted fought each other for dominance over the entire continent, with the most recent conflict caused by a flooding river. As a result of the event, the victims started blaming the kingdoms for their "inefficiency", which resulted in the petitions to solve the problem sparking both kingdom's hostility towards each other as they blamed the other for what happened, resulting in war.

Brune's crisis began when King Faron was diagnosed with a strange illness that crippled his health, causing Brune to be wrapped in civil turbulence. To make matters worse, the crown princes, Felix Aaron Thenardier and Maximilian Benzer Ganelon, were feuding over who would rule after Faron, with no one standing against them due to their notorious reputation. In order to secure Brune's fragile stability, Prince Regnas was appointed as Faron's heir and the crown dispute between Thenardier and Ganelon was temporarily suppressed. Besides Zhcted, other kingdoms would used Brune's tensed turbulence to their advantages in order to invade the kingdom.

Current Figures

 * Tigrevurmud Vorn (King of Brune and Zhcted)
 * Regin Loire Bastien do Charles (Queen of Brune and Zhcted)
 * Pierre Badouin (Prime Minister of Brune and Zhcted)
 * Mashas Rodant (Chancellor of Brune)
 * Gerard Augre (Royal Secretary at Brune Royal Court)
 * Titta (Maid to Earl Tigrevurmud Vorn)
 * Celpet (Baron ; Brune Aristocrat (Noble))
 * Hughes Augre (Viscount of Territoire)
 * Gaspard Rodant (Heir to Viscounty of Territoire)
 * Urbain Rodant (Earl of Aude)
 * Olivier (Navarre Knight Commander)
 * Scheie (Lutece Knight Commander)
 * Emile (Perche Knight Commander)
 * Elvin (Alsace's chief administrator)

Former Figures

 * Faron Soleil Rauy Blainville de Charles (King of Brune)
 * Maximilian Bennusa Ganelon (Duke of Lutetia)
 * Charon Anquetil Greast (Marquis of Evreux)
 * Felix Aaron Thenardier (Duke of Nemetacum)
 * Zion Thenardier (Son of Duke Thenardier ; Heir to Duchy of Nemetacum)
 * Steid (Duke Thenardier's Right Hand General ; Commander of Thenardier Army)
 * Melisande Thenardier (Duchess of Nemetacum ; Wife of Duke Thenardier ; Niece of King Faron)
 * Armand (Viscount ; Brune Aristocrat (Noble))
 * Roland (Navarre Knight Commander)
 * Auguste (Calvados Knight Commander)
 * Bertrand (Attendant and Care taker for Earl Tigrevurmud Vorn)

Crown

 * (*) Because of Brune's patriarch rule, queens who bore daughter were usually scorned and their chances for the power were limited. Regin is the first and only female ruler in Brune to hold an absolute power.
 * (**) Due to Tigre's title as a Knight of Moonlight and Badouin's statement; the only person that received the title 'Knight of the Moonlight' later became the next King of Brune. The enthronement itself will commence on Halo Festival on Brune through Badouin's instruction. Tigre will be immediately coronated as a King of Brune at Nice after he was coronated as a King on Zhcted on Sun Festival at Silesia.

Ministers

 * Characters in bold are the current ministers of Brune.
 * Characters in italic are the former ministers of Brune, either deceased or resigned.

Knights

 * Characters in bold are the current leader of the knights squadrons.
 * Characters in italic are the former leader of the knights squadrons, either deceased or resigned.

Aristocrats
† (*)Even having gathering 10,000 soldiers away from Nice, Cotillard wasn't aware about the foiled uprising and Melisande's death despite his & the other fellow House Thenardier's loyalist's best efforts. ‡ (**)Celpet was originally one of Neutral Faction member who did not support either Melisande or Regin, although he later defected to Melisande Faction after hearing the rumors regarding Tigre's "treachery" against Brune.
 * Characters in bold are the current lords of their respective territories.
 * Characters in italic are the former lords of their respective territories, either they are deceased or resigned.

Zhcted
After 20 years of hostilities between the two nations, a truce was signed prior to the end of the Brune Civil War and the involvement of Four Vanadis, which contributed in settling the civil war. Elen and Mila join Silver Meteor Army under Tigre's Command while Sofy maintain the relationship with Brune as envoy to the Royal Palace and Liza support Tigre by sending some present to him.

Once the Brune Civil War ends, Regin is appointed as the next ruler and Sofy under Tigre's provisions. Tigre later went to Zhcted to fullfill one of the pact that he will stay on Zhcted for three years, notably Leitmeritz as Guest General, promoted from Prisoner of War that allows him to roam freely around Zhcted. The pact regarding Tigre was abolished prior to Asvarre Civil War that almost cost Tigre's life and dispatching Tigre on behalf of Zhcted to Asvarre as a sign of apology from King Viktor.

Prior to the Sachstein invasion, Zhcted increase their relationship with Brune to become allies where King Viktor assign Tina and Elen to aid Tigre in order to repel Sachstein Invasion from Brune, furthemore Tigre establish the coalition army, Moonlight Knights that consist the army of Brune and Zhcted together under his command again. King Viktor also wishes Tigre to become King of Brune due to his relationship trait with the Vanadises, something that King of Zhcted does not possess.

Trivia

 * According to the author, Brune is based on France.
 * By far, Queen Regin is Brune's first and only female ruler. Her predecessors before her, including her father and her ancestor King Charles were all male rulers.
 * Tigre is unofficially selected as a diplomat to Zhcted as his reputation on Zhcted was also recognized by King of Zhcted himself and the Vanadis, making him very suitable to be a diplomat and Emissary of Brune unofficially.
 * Brune has, noted by King Augusto, three mightiest heroes which was Knight Roland, King Faron and Duke Felix Thenardier. Currently there are no others as official recognized as Brune's mightiest hero but Tigre is already considered as a Hero of Brune due to his effort to quell Brune Civil War and many achievements which unofficially makes him a new Brune mightiest hero.
 * Later, Kureys's statement for Brune before he leave Severack is as long as Tigre was still alive, Brune will never fall even his army manage to capture Nice. This indirectly acknowledges Tigre as Brune mightiest hero from Muozinel.
 * Throughout the story, Tigre is the only character that has military authority aligned to Queen or King of Brune as Regin entrusted Tigre to take command of the entire Brune Army under his command (Moonlight Knights), making Tigre as a new Supreme Commander of Brune Army.