Call to Power II
Release Year: 2000
Developer: Activision
Publisher: Activision
Platform: PC
Welsh References: Ethnicity (Cymry), Historical Figure, Location, Mythical Figure, Name
Welsh Locations: Abertillery, Beddgelert, Brecon, Builth Wells, Caernarfon, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Cardigan, Chepstow, Cwmbran, Denbigh, Ebbw Vale, Gwaelod, Lampeter, Llandarcy, Llandow, Llandudno, Llandybie, Llangollen, Narberth, Pembrey, Pembroke, Penarth, Pentraeth, Pontypridd, Porth, Swansea, Taff's Well, Tresaith, Welshpool
Welsh People: Owain Glyndŵr
Welsh Mythology Figure: Rhiannon
Featured Welsh Content
The Welsh are a civilization that can be controlled by the player in Call to Power II.
The default Welsh leader names are Rhiannon for a female and Owain Glyndŵr for a male.
In Welsh mythology, Rhiannon is a major female figure and appears in the First Branch and Third Branch of the Mabinogi, a set of four stories originally written in Welsh, and the earliest prose stories in the literature of Britain. She is said to be from the Otherworld, interpreted as a goddess, and is often associated with horses, including the Gaulish horse goddess Epona.
Owain Glyndŵr lead Wales in a 15-year-long rebellion against England in 1400 and was the last native-born Welshman to lay claim to the title “Prince of Wales”.
Cities that can be founded while playing as the Welsh include the following: Cardiff, Swansea, Pentraeth, Brecon, Caerphilly, Pontypridd, Narberth, Llandow, Cwmbran, Pembroke, Cardigan, Llandarcy, Builth Wells, Beddgelert, Abertillery, Porth, Lampeter, Welshpool, Llangollen, Ebbw Vale, Chepstow, Llandybie, Denbigh, Pembrey, Tresaith, Taff’s Well, Penarth, Caernarfon, Llandudno, and Gwaelod.
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