Patricia Taylor
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The Ecumenical Patriarch's words came to an abrupt stop as he stared at the man before him with a pair of eyes full of misbelief and shock. He looked down at his chest and found a golden plated dagger stabbed right into his chest. The Ecumenical Patriarch Athanasius II, soon to be the ex-ecumenical Patriarch, held his hands tightly to the wound, but no matter how much pressure his rugged old hands apply to his chest, the blood is still gushing out beneath his fingers and oozed in his robes. The fresh red…-
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The Postern of Kerkaporta is in the middle of two forts. It is usually used for merchants and commuters when the main gates are remained shut. The Roman soldiers who ar3e supposedly guarding this gate and forts out of whatever reasons did not shut it down, making it wide open in front of the Ottoman Janissaries who wandered here, giving them an opportunity that is so rare that it makes no sense. It can only be concluded that sometimes fictional creations requires logic, while sometimes some pieces of…
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"Shoot! Shoot! Shoot your quiver empty! Dump all fire power on the Ottomans!" A junior Roman officer walks on the walls wielding his blades encouraging his novice recruits facing the raging Ottoman invaders. "They are also man! They bleed! They die! Just like you! But we have the blessings of Christ! They don't have!" "I know you are tired! But they are even more tired! Don't stop! Continue shooting…. AHHH!" A canon shell from god knows where found its way to the officer, torn him into two pieces,…
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Mahmud Pasha Angelović still cannot calculate the shock he got the other day when he received the news that the Sultan's navy has completely vanquished the other day in the imperial tent. His Sultan informed them of this tragic news that they will never be able to see the Kapudan Pasha and his ships once again, which only means one thing. The plan to have a prolong siege to force the Romans into submission is aborted. Reinforcements supplies from the Christendom and Black Sea might arrive in any moments…
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"Go Go Go! Move! Even a granny from the streets of Genoa can run faster than you!" This is what Giovanni loved to shout to his men when they are training last time. No one really knows who is the granny their captain is referring to and whether she can run faster than all of them, they dare not ask in the risk of getting charged for insubordination or confinement. However, in this battle field situation, they somehow started to thank Giovanni's grand mother for motivating them to run so god damn fast…
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"By the way, where is Loukas?" No one knows. George, not knowing the where abouts of the Mega Doux, eyed at Julian for help. But the latter shrouded his shoulders signaling that he do not have any idea also. "I have not seen my Mega Doux for around a week." Constantine took a deep breathe to control his fury which is causing his cerebrum to ache acutely. "I want to know his whereabouts immediately, send people all over the city looking for him." "Yes, your majesty." Constantine took another look…
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Just as Antonius is trying to dig deeper into the words and phrases, Constantine arrived in the monastery having already regained his consciousness and stopped the carriage. "Your majesty…" George Sphrantzes hesitated for a while persuaded the emperor. "Judging by your situation just now I urge you to seek medical attention from a physician immediately." "Thank you, George." Constantine replied with a warm but firm smile. "But duty calls, and I am the emperor and autocrat of my people, I must not…
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Thanks to Constantine's charisma and diplomatic skills, the soldiers around him managed to regain some morales. However, he forgot one thing, one rule of war that might get him killed, as a commander leading a battle, he is now dangerously exposed to the eyes of the Ottomans. His waving double eagle flag is just like a perfect signal target for Ottoman artilleries to pounder on. Zaganos Pasha who is inspecting the frontline whipped out his monocular spy glass and saw a man with a royal purple cloak…
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"Why, Ignatios, why?" Constantine asked the man with his eyes red from rage and hands trembling, trying to resist the temptation to give this man a few more harsh slashes on the face. This man before him is called Ignatios Vrestenitsa, a man from the Despotate of Epirus whose parents got brutally killed by the Ottoman during was taken by then still Despote of Morea Constantine out of pure pity when he came across this young fellow crying in hunger during his campaign in Thessaly. This boy gradually…
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Antonius thought for a while and retorted. "But I am not that kind of academic fit chap who can spend hours holding a quill and smelling ink." "It will prove helpful, my friend." Abdullah said adamantly. "It will help, there is nothing to be proud of being an illiterate man who does not know how to think, besides…." "She is a relatively seductive fine lass, isn't she?" Antonius thought for a while and nodded. "…" "So, there is nothing I can do to stop you from leaving?" "It is my destiny to…
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