At sixteen, Clovis became King of a small tribe.  Through force of will he would bring all Frankish tribes together and forge them into a mighty nation.  In that first year of kingship he defeated a renegade Roman force to begin to build his legend in the hearts of his people.  He next took to dispatching each of his many rivals in turn, playing one against the other, conquering here, murdering there, always focused on his goal of winning a vast kingdom.  In addition to Roman and internal rivals, he defeated Alamanni, Visigoth, Burgundian, and Teuton forces.  By the end of his illustrious reign, Clovis ruled the whole of the land which bears his people’s name today, France.  His line became the Merovingian Dynasty, prospering and reaching its pinnacle a few centuries later under Charlemagne the Great, the first authentic Emperor of Europe since the Romans.

The Franks have few cavalry and little true missile fire.  However, their exclusive francisca weapon gives quite a shock at the onset of a melee, and with this advantage Frankish warriors are among the best heavy infantry in Fall of Rome, although their armies are not fast moving.  The cold and calculating nature of Clovis is represented in the game by the Franks beginning with the significant covert advantage of a Level 4 Agent in addition to the normal agent complement.    Most of their holdings are in Aquitania.