Patricia Taylor
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"Old soldiers never die, Never die, never die, Old soldiers never die, They simply fade away." - "Kind Thoughts Can Never Die", Famous after being used by General Douglas MacArthur. "Good evening! Lords and nobles of Thessaloniki! I am your host today, Nikolas, tell me lords, are you enjoying this feast?" Nikolas flung the door wide open and asked the panicking Ottoman nobles inside shouting. "What is the meaning of this, Nikolas?" "What is the meaning of this?" Nikolas chortled. "Sorry I have…-
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In the middle of the night the mass concert is still on going in the Bath of Paradise. With the aroma of food, sweetness of wine and the exotic scene of young lass dancing around making all the participants melt themselves thoroughly in to this sea of joy, embracing the delight of the night gulping down jar after jar of wine feeling the softness of… squandering their time and energy under the moon until their exhausted heart and mind called for the luxurious touch of bed and the chaos of their entwined…
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Feeling disrespected Nikolas moved on to the next phase of his plan. While the warriors that sneaked in to the city of Thessaloniki hides themselves within the ware house that Nikolas has bought before hand catching fleas on their body and chasing rats in the damn environment. Nikolas himself decorated himself in gorgeous Mediterranean Palermo fashions, wore some make ups on his face tidying his body odour from the sweat preparing for the grand feast he is hosting tonight. Nikolas has prepared a lot for…
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Julian' heart skipped a beat as he stares at the sharp blade protruding in and out of the hay stack he is hiding in. The blade came so damn close to him that it almost hit his nose going through right through his head, but luckily it never happened. He looked at the Varangian lying right next to him, seeing fear but also perseverance and valiance in his eyes. Both of them knows clearly that even the smallest bit of noise screeched, and movement made by any of them inside the ay stack shall result to them…
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"Ἔστω ὁ τόπος οὗτος κλῆρος σὸς καὶ περιβόλαιον σὸν καὶ παράδεισος, ἔτι δὲ καὶ λιμὴν σωτήριος τῶν θελόντων σωθῆναι" - "Let this place be your inheritance and your garden, a paradise and a haven of salvation for those seeking to be saved" "Hey! My dear Zülfikar, it has been a long time since I last seen you! How are you doing recently? Great? Splendid? I just heard that you embraced another…
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"The Aegean sea washes Greece on two sides: first, the side that faces towards the east and stretches from Sunium, towards the north as far as the Thermaean Gulf and Thessaloniceia, a Macedonian city...; and secondly, the side that faces towards the south, I mean the Macedonian country, extending from Thessaloniceia as far as the Strymon." - Strabos, Introduction of Thessaloniki's location in 'Geography' "The city has a matured defensive system since almost ten centuries ago getting renovated and renewed…
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"We have special ties with Thessaloniki." "What kind of connections are you talking about?" The ambassador thought for a while rephrasing his sentence and replied. " if, admiral you want to expand your territory into the city of Thessaloniki, we can offer some guidance communicating with the citizens of Thessaloniki trying to get them to your side and in the best scenario, we might be able to get the citizens to… open the gate for you." Hearing this sentence Antonius quickly went through Antonius'…
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"In the depths of the sea on the cliff Between Tenedos and craggy Imbros There is a cave, wide gaping Poseidon who made the earth tremble, stopped the horses there" The Lliad, Homa "The Rumelians are starting their offensive!" "What do we do! Where is our Agha!" "Sir! Our Agha have ran away! I saw him at the stable behind just now!" "Screw that man!" A junior officer cursed his general with the worst possible worded he can find in his dictionary but swearing will not do any thing to turn the…
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On the Fifteenth of July, year 1454, Antonius finally leapt his first foot out onto the expansion southwards towards the warmer waters of the Aegean, and the first and most difficult obstacle he must go past is the series of fortresses along the strait of Gallipoli, with the biggest and most defensive capable of them being the Kilitbahir Castle, a brand new fortress constructed a year ago under the order of Candarli Halil Pasha to trap the beast inside. However even the most elite bureaucrat of the…
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After the siege of Izmit, Antonius have spread his influence to all the islands and coasts in the Sea of Marmara, now every one, from the commoners in Constantinople to the traders of Italian peninsula now knows that a new over lord have dominated his shadows over the skies of Marmara. Every ship passing through this part of the sea must pay the required amount of taxation to Antonius in the correct currency, if they do not want any trouble from the now 'legal pirates' of Antonius to come finding them…
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