Patricia Taylor
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Antonius then moved on to the Ottoman holdings in Darıca, nothing special about this place with no natural bay making it a safe harbour from the not so dangerous Mediterranean tides, no strong fortress built here stopping the aggressors at its door steps, no tough terrain making it unreachable, and definitely no strong opposition army here to fend off its invaders, if one wants to set up a sea side outpost or fortress here to spy and blockade the ships sailing into the strait, this place is not the best…-
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Rolling rolling little shell~ How I wonder where you are~ Here I am honey~ The giant metal round shells the size of a man's head came tearing through the air pounding onto the ground bouncing off into the crowd of Ottoman soldiers, these soldiers here are pretty new recruits to replenish the previous batch of garrison forces here have been drawn by the previous sultan Mehmed into the siege of Constantinople, and of course they never returned as the grand vizier Candarli Halil Pasha prohibited them from…
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"Do not forget your dogs of war, your big guns, which are the most-to- be respected arguments of the rights of kings." - Frederick the Great of Prussia, 1712AD – 1786AD Antonius wasted no more time drawing back his forces laying siege to the different strategic spots on the Peninsula of Erdek, and laid anchor sailing north on the last day of August, going back to the Prince islands, the place where he started his conquest as a victor, a conqueror, on the second of September. The situation on the…
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A diplomat who says "yes" means "maybe", a diplomat who says "maybe" means "no", and a diplomat who says "no" is no diplomat." - Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, French minister of foreign affairs under Napoleon I, ambassador of France to London. Back in the out skirt of the city of Izmit, in the old city ruins of Astacus, stands a vast military encampment that seems to stretch for miles all the way from this end of the sea to that end of the sea, with countless flags flying high in the air in…
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"For siege works against bold and venturesome men shoulde be constructed on one plan, on another against cautious men, and on still another against the cowardly." - Marcus Vitruvius Pollio The siege is still ongoing stagnating at the same stage two weeks into the siege. Antonius and his men are unable to achieve a complete encirclement on the fortress due to the Ottoman superiority in numbers on land. Although they are assembled and came in a haste, but the sheer number of them outnumbering the…
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Death is the easiest of all things after it, and the hardest of all things before it - Caliph Abu Bakr The other Ottoman defenders, seeing there are neither an escape route nor any possible chance of pushing the invaders out of the fortress, willingly surrendered throwing their weapons on the ground after Yuri showed them the tied up Ulema. They are lined up together in teams of tens with their hands tied up using ropes standing by the sea side sited on the sands, staring blankly into the direction of…
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The best thing when it comes to philanthropy is to gift away other people's wealth and getting all the thanks and appreciation without the need of spending a single quid. - SaberFate ( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°) The boys acted quickly, within an hour after they went back sounds of shouting and fighting can be heard inside the fortress, the three gates came wide open and the local conscripted soldiers waved a fire torch to the fleet signaling that their operation is a success. Seeing the flare the Varangians under…
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The gigantic fleet sailed into their familiar Aegean once more, on the second of August, marking it the day when Antonius began his expansion of territories in the Aegean region. The current political map of the Aegean is relatively chaotic with mainly a total of five players down to the table drawing their sphere of influence on the map, creating dozens of exclaves and enclaves. The Venetians, Genoese, Ottomans, Greeks and the Hospitallers. Only god knows which island belongs to which side, as a usual…
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The construction plans went in a incredible speed as the workers under the guidance and supervision of the 'professional' Orban erected from the lands in a short range of time with its foundation already laid for seeing the coming visions of its future. From the foundations, in the middle of the noises produced by shovels and hammers smashing against the Earth, accompanied with the shouting and sweating of the laborer, a substantial sized fortress started showing itself on the beaches rising from the…
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"You have power over your mind - not outside events, realise this, and you will find strength." - Marcus Aurelius, The villagers stopped their discussion and looked back at their lord on the stage. Their eyes met with the eyes of Antonius, and under the latter's watch the elder of the village stood up, bowing to their lord and proclaiming the final decision of the entire village. "Your grace! All of us have understood your orders, from today onwards we shall abandon our old ways of living a humble life…
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