Before a battle the Bretonnian Knights kneel and pray to the Lady of the Lake, avowing to fight to the death for honor and justice. It is an awesome sight to behold as the mists of magic seep from the ground in response to the Bretonnians' affirmation of faith. The enemy can but watch with dread as rays of sunlight break through the clouds, glinting on the armor and dancing upon the lance tips of the Bretonnian host, stirring an otherworldly chorus from the very earth itself. The foes of Bretonnia know that they face divine as well as Human forces, and uncertainty gnaws at their resolve and their hearts sink within their quailing breasts.

The Bretonnian player may petition the blessing of the Lady before the battle begins, after both sides have deployed their army, but before they deploy scouts. If he chooses to pray, then the Bretonnian must immediately deploy any Foresters inside his own deployment zone and the enemy can deploy his own scouts as normal. The enemy can then choose to go first or second (first being a popular choice!), as the whole Bretonnian army must kneel to pray before they begin to fight. The Lady's blessing is automatically granted so long as the army remains true to the Bretonnian laws of chivalry.

The Lady's blessing takes the form of a powerful curse upon the enemies of chivalry, and in particular upon those who make use of foul and dishonorable weapons of mass destruction and vile sorcery against her Knights.

Consequently, before the enemy can shoot against Bretonnian Knights or characters with a war machine, whether a stone thrower, bolt thrower, cannon, or machinery of any kind, he must roll a D6 and score 4, 5 or 6 to overcome the blessing. He must roll each time each war machine wishes to shoot, and if he fails the test he may not fire with the war machine that turn. The machine's crew is momentarily overcome with dread, or their senses are befuddled and confused by the Lady's curse, so that they stand around in confusion and are unable to proceed.

Other shooters, such as enemy bowmen or crossbows, that are targeting Bretonnian Knights or characters must first roll a 4, 5 or 6 to overcome the blessing. Roll for each model, and proceed to work out shots from only those models that successfully overcome the curse. The remaining individuals are unable to confront the power of the Lady.

The Lady's blessing is immediately lost for the rest of the game if one of the following things happen during the battle.

• A unit of Knights or a Knightly character chooses to flee as a reaction to an enemy charge.
• The Bretonnian player refuses to meet a challenge in a fight where a Knightly character (or the Champion of a unit of Knights) could have accepted it.
• The Bretonnian army shoots with missile weapons at a unit of cavalry with an armor save of 4+ or better, or an enemy character.
• The Bretonnian Battle Standard is captured by the enemy.
• A Prophetess is killed.
• Two Damsels are killed (the blessing is lost as soon as the second Damsel is killed).

Note that by 'Knightly Characters' we mean those who have a Virtue.