Patricia Taylor
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11
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"It never troubles the wolf how many the sheep be." - Publius Vergilius Maro, Virgil In the long wait the cavalries, especially the Mamluks, being eager for battle they grew increasingly impatient appealing to the admiral again and again seeking approval to have a pre emptive strike hitting the seemingly poorly defended Ottoman encampments with fire, just like how they treated them a week ago. But being extremely cautious as always Antonius told them that according to his understanding on the Ottomans…-
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Outside the tent of the Grand Vizier, the pashas and beys of the Sultanate clustered together in a group hugging themselves in the cold environment after being rejected by the Janissaries from entrance. "We cannot stagnate over here any longer." The official in charge of quarter masters and the storage stomped his foot in the damp soil and urged the other lords around him. "With only half of Rumelia and Bulgaria in our control we cannot be here feeding hundreds of thousands of people for too long, it will…
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The old man worked fast burning mid night oil interrogating the prisoners arrested with candles and whips, then collated all of these in to a report delivering it to the admiral miles away describing the entire situation inside Thesaloniki from how it started, how did it escalate, who is behind this, what did these rogues do, what did he as the governor do and finally enquiring the admiral what else can be done to help to ease up the situation. The letter reached in to the hands of Antonius the next day…
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"Ελευθερία ή θάνατος!" - Greek War of Independence The supposedly 'mistress' Anna sent the admiral and his army a gorgeously designed banner of war, using the most out standing silken material from the whole of Thessaly, and what she means by sending this flag is simple as described in the letter which came along with the flag; If Antonius managed to survive through this hardship along side with the city of Thessaloniki, he will have the amount of influence and prestige to no longer…
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Under the cover of the night shade the hundreds of Janissaries came in to action starting the first ever offensive of this battle. After the demise of the previous batch of Janissaries the Grand Vizier, after consulting the young Sultan of course, changed the entire structure of the Janissaries from only through selection of the fittest to compulsory recruitment of teenage young adults from rich and powerful Christian families in cities controlled by the Grand Vizier. These young kids, many experiencing…
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It is now the middle of October year 1454, Antonius and the bulk of his newly assembled army has moved in to the chain of fortification constructed near Diavata by Helio in preparation for the incoming battle. The quick fortress constructed by Helio is a mainly wooden structure building, with some of its foundation laid in stone bricks that Helio could find from nearest towns and settlements. The entire fortress has a simple moat of only one meter deep, two walls with one being only three meters tall and…
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The coast of Greece, near the port of Thessaloniki, a group of people stands watching urgently waiting for some thing to appear on the sea surface above the horizon. It seems like the wild animals are always the first ones to bring news, whether be it good or bad, before humans. The gulls sang their high notes skidding around the sea surface for a good day's catch along the shore lines, singing their melodies before the crowd as if they are celebrating some thing. In the twilight the beach sparkled the…
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After hearing the answers for the first two questions, the Mamluk Sultan hand gestured towards Abdullah and whispered before his ears. "Abdullah, tell me, are you a part of this coup tonight?" Abdullah is choked with his pre prepared words bending his back there not knowing what to say. "Just be honest Abdullah, I need an honest answer." Never in his life has Abdullah found a question so hard to answer. He opened his mouth with a great difficulty and answered. "Yes, your highness.. But I did…
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All dirty things happen when the darkness of the night comes. Just as what Hussein has expected, the Mamluk Sultan summoned Abdullah to accompany him for the night to have a little chatter with this old piece of bones, teach him on the various stars along the silver stretch of the milky way in the sky and relieve him of his long curiosity on astronomy. Abdullah complied and went to the Sultan seating next to him on a wooden stool and started pointing at the night giggling and chattering with the Old…
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"Ad Caelum Profundumque" - Genshin Impact In the end of the meeting the Bey of Levant even offered Abdullah to stay over night so that he can engage in a longer and more meaningful discussion with the later but was politely rejected by Abdullah. Hussein and Abdullah wasted no more time after leaving the place and hurried to the next estate, the bey governing over Asyut and expressed the same wishes getting him to promise his support too. Over the night the two men went around almost the entire city of…
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