Patricia Taylor
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"It has been said that something as small as the flutter of a butterfly's wing can ultimately cause a typhoon halfway around the world." - Chaos Theory, The Butterfly Effect. "I am your sworn enemy, rival and also victim, I am called Mehmed, the Sultan of the Ottomans – at least for last time." The long haired man answered in a calm tone observing his opponent's expression through his mug, anticipating emotions like nervousness, horror, shock, disbelief or any thing like that. However, he is deeply…-
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"War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity, it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it." - Martin Luther (1483AD – 1546AD) It has been only two weeks after the victory that the entire atmosphere in both the camp and Thessaloniki turned straight down from every one celebrating to every one praying. This news eventually could no longer be hidden and began to spread around to both the other camps and the city Thessaloniki, halting all actions…
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The night passed with the drum of Yuri, dance of Anjelo, the jeers and cheers of every one else. In the after a few hours of drinking the gang dropped asleep inside the tent together, until day break which Antonius became the first one of them to wake up hearing the horn from the infantry camp they are in resembling the dawn of a new day. The regular soldiers have gotten up from their blankets starting their work, and as their commander in charge of course Antonius in order to show a good example to his…
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Abraham and Khalid got carried back to Antonius being carried on a wagon pulled by a cow, stable enough unlike the carts pulled by horses allowing them to have a steady sleep on top there, after reading probably more paper and manuscripts in the past two days than their entire life. It proved a challenging task especially for Khalid who has only joined the literacy program for not more than three months trying his best to understand what does this fancy little alphabet means. Khalid almost felt like this…
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"What do you think, Khalid?" Abraham took his mask off stopping his horse next to Khalid and asked. "We cannot lay siege to the city, it is not a job for us." Khalid replied massaging his horse's manes. "We have done enough for this battle, lets call it a day and head back." However, Abraham seems to have some other thoughts feeling that he ought to at least try some thing before he goes, if not it is just a waste of time and effort embarking on such a long distance travel all for nothing but capturing…
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Ibrahim Pasha is dead. He died in a rather peaceful manner. Antonius gave him the last bit of respect and honour by not leaving any open wounds or marks on his body by suffocating him through covering his face with a few cloths soaked in the best grape wine he got in a local wine yard. The former chief commander of the Ottomans too laid down the burden of his former elusive shadow self and died like a man, with out even making a groan or a wimp at the place of the trial, dying quietly hugging his hands…
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"Lasciate ogni speranza, voi ch'entrate" "Abandon all hope, you who came here." - Dante Alighieri "…. Including the city Constantinople! We can help you get it! If you want!" Ibrahim Pasha pleaded with cold sweat dripping down his fore head. "We can recognize your ownership of Constantinople… We can admit you being the new emperor of Romania! We can become your vassal! We can pay tribute to you! Admiral! If you simply help me!" The whole tent fell in to a sudden silence after Ibrahim Pasha shouted…
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"You are Ibrahim Pasha?" Antonius asked in a intriguing tone scrutinizing this tiny little man before him curiously. "I almost thought that you are the newly recruited staff of Julian when I first saw you! You really know how to hide yourself don't you making people not even able to feel your presence." Ibrahim Pasha immediately kneeled down banging his head on the carpet towards Antonius. "To the majestic admiral, I am merely a defeated general who is lucky enough to be grabbed in to captain Julian and…
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"Entre los Individuos, como entre Las Naciones, El respeto al derecho ajeno es la paz!" "Peace comes from respecting people, respecting countries, and respecting the rights of others." - Benito Juárez, twenty sixth president of Mexico "Admiral! My troops is here for your inspection!" Upon seeing Antonius Julian quickly ran forward greeting his admiral. He too saw the various comrades of him like Khalid, Abraham, Helio and others around Antonius who clearly have just returned from a prolonged fighting…
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"You are Ibrahim Pasha?" Julian looked at the suspicious old man standing in front of him with his back bent to an almost forty degrees with a fishy but appeasing smile on his face, as Julian compared this old man before him with the supposed drawing portrait of Ibrahim Pasha on a warrant poster he is holding in his hands. "This Ibrahim Pasha here looks much younger than you.…" Ibrahim Pasha hurriedly explained trying to prove that his true identity. "My apologies, may you allow me to explain to you,…
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