So I've been working out new details for my campaign now that I'm switching over to the Blackmoor +C&C map version of the world and I'm wondering about the vales.

So, from the DA series, about the only thing I've been able to gather is that there is some kind of organized polity there whose armies specialize in Heavy Foot.

There's no real cultural info that I missed, is there?

I turned to CHAINMAIL (p14) and found this list for Heavy Foot: "Normans, Saxons, Turks, Vikings, Men-at-Arms."

Given the proximity to the peshwah, etc., "turks" would seem to be the best fit off that list and I'm leaning toward modeling them on a scalled down version of Powers and Perils Rogizini empire, but I wondered what thoughts others might have before I commit. (Havard, I think you used a celtic model for the vales, right?)

Ah, okay. I think I will go with the turks for my vales, but I really like the idea of fleshing out Pictish culture with welsh influence, especially linguistically.