Patricia Taylor
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"Φράξαντες δόρυ δουρί, σάκος σάκεϊ προθελύμνῳ· ἀσπὶς ἄρ' ἀσπίδ' ἔρειδε, κόρυς κόρυν, ἀνέρα δ' ἀνήρ." "Locking spear by spear, shield against shield at the base, so buckler leaned on buckler, helmet on helmet, man against man." - Homer, Lliad So, what happened to our Mahumad Pasha Angelovic? Is he really capture or killed by the Romans, or according to some rumours spread around by Mauro's loud speakers, willingly…-
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Giovanni battles on against the increasing drowsiness inside him, he knows that he needs to bandage his wounds with his first aid dressing but the situation is unfavorable in doing so. Plus, he can feel that there are something wrong with his left knee, most probably there is a slight fracture in his ligament caused by the impact of that arrow just now as he can clearly see a huge dent right on the plate that is used to protect his legs. Finally, Giovanni could advance no more, this gigantic Latin man…
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"Whither are we fleeing, my most valiant men? Do you not know that flight never leads to safety, but shows the folly of a useless effort?" - Flavius Claudius Julianus, Battle of Strasburg Amongst the chaotic battle field, the eyes of Mahumad Pasha Angelovic and Giovanni met, with one being the prey and one being the predator. Without any thought Giovanni managed to figure out the identity of this man riding on white horse before him – not only because the Sultan's royal flag is behind him, but also he…
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The decisive moment came when the group of Latin knights clashed with the Ottoman frontier troops, even the emperor of the Romans Constantine himself could no longer resist the anxiety within himself and stoop up right stretching his neck trying to observe the situation of the battle. There are times after times he wanted to just take back the right of command from Giovanni and lead the troops himself, but he still resisted this temptation as he knows one very simple rule; leave the work to the…
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"The fate of the Empire rests on the outcome of this battle. Let each man do his utmost." - Tōgō Heihachirō, Battle of Tsushima, before engaging the Russian Baltic Fleet All of these factors pushed the skeptical thoughts questioning Giovanni's loyalty leaving him an entire army to command, but still he joined the army too as their marshal making strategic decisions, a tradition left to him by the past Roman emperors, for the countless amount of rebellions and coups when the general's prestige is…
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"Do you really think that those bronze pots are just for cooking lambs, my boy?" The teenager stomped his foot and made a tsk sound. "Indeed, a barbarian from the west who knows nothing except for prosecuting people in to following him through the use of blades as a threat." "Talking about threats." Borislav turned around. "After such a long time, did you really see this man pull out his blade and point it towards us? And how do you think about this entire 'five years plan' he distributed to us?"…
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Mikhail wanted to ask Antonius some thing further, but Yuri seating gave the teenager a look with his arms folded, then slightly shook his head in disapproval. Mikhail of course noticed this sign within this confined space and kept his mouth shut, leaving some time for the admiral himself to tidy up that mess in his head. The carriage slowly rode in to the darkness guided by only one horse lamp, just like the entire government of Drama being directed in to a path of the unknown, of the uncertainty, the…
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The people spent one entire night in the terrace despite the coldness of the winter, this gathering is not only a party thrown by the Caesar to make a better connection of himself with these truly influential characters of Drama that he is incapable of removing now, but it seems also like a good place to make a deal; Well there is an old saying among the Saracens that roughly means if you cannot remove a fellow as your enemy, then you try to unite him under your banner as your friend, or at least try to…
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Within a time less than half an hour, Antonius already got enough funding and land from these filthy rich people, that chubby merchant who gave Antonius a toast just now slammed himself on the chest, and promised that he shall be donating twenty percent of his total wealth, which is worth around five thousand Golden ducats which made Antonius took a deep breathe of cold air, not expecting this man to hold so much wealth, and so he too promised in exchange that he shall be more keen in trying to provide…
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Technically speaking, these three things are only the bare minimum criteria that is required for a government to start acting its power and function normally again, but honestly speaking with the current state of Drama being like post war it makes every kind of work hard to get started with. The chain of governance has been broken down in to several parts and segregated, the people's distrust towards the officials are way too high, and the influence of these land lords and merchants are still there in…
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