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Chapter 1 - The Water's Wrath
The waters of the Mediterranean swayed in anger as the storms raged across the sea. The waves thrashed and rippled among the walls of the Inconstant. Aboard the ship was a collective of men, including one particular man who had nearly brought the empires and kingdoms of Europe to their knee's until his eventual downfall. His name was Napoleon Bonaparte. This man was aboard the ship for a reason; to return to the fields of France once more and once again become the leader of its people. Doing such, however, would not be easy as not only does it seem like the nations of the continent were at his throat, but so were the very waters that surrounded and provided it.
(1769 - 1815)
[1] - This is obviously meant to be our point of divergence. IOTL, the dog kept Napoleon above water until he was pulled back onto the brig, making way for the general to return to France and begin his hundred days regime.
So after about more than a year of lurking, commenting, and occasionally making threads, I decided to finally make an actual timeline. Now, to clarify a few things, I will firstly mention that I am not an expert researcher or writer, so there may be some points in this timeline that may get glossed over, be rather implausible, or even inaccurate to history, so if there's any wrong to that, then mention it to me. Second, I'll probably be using a bit of Wikipedia for this so again, my information for some of this could be wrong. Thirdly, The updates to this timeline will likely not be consistent in release, especially when I have school starting up later in the month, So don't expect an update every day or week. Hell, I'm not really sure how long this series will last or how in depth I would get into it, so I may occasionally need help for it. Anyways, this timeline will of course be in which the hundred days government doesn't happen, leading to a mildly different Europe at first which would slowly change overtime (along with the world in general). Anyway, I hope you enjoy this timeline and we'll see what we can expect in the future.
The Ligurian Sea - 1815
The waters of the Mediterranean swayed in anger as the storms raged across the sea. The waves thrashed and rippled among the walls of the Inconstant. Aboard the ship was a collective of men, including one particular man who had nearly brought the empires and kingdoms of Europe to their knee's until his eventual downfall. His name was Napoleon Bonaparte. This man was aboard the ship for a reason; to return to the fields of France once more and once again become the leader of its people. Doing such, however, would not be easy as not only does it seem like the nations of the continent were at his throat, but so were the very waters that surrounded and provided it.
The sea that encased this boat kept everyone at bay, trying to make sure not to fall and drown; Napoleon especially. But like all men, the former Emperor was not invulnerable and, in a swift turn of events, was cast overboard by the thrashing waves, driving everyone to a near panic. Not long afterwards, a dog of one of the men jumped to the waters to save the fallen general, but to no avail [1]. In the span of 15 minutes, the man that challenged nearly the entirety of Europe and would change the course of history forever, had drowned.
(1769 - 1815)
[1] - This is obviously meant to be our point of divergence. IOTL, the dog kept Napoleon above water until he was pulled back onto the brig, making way for the general to return to France and begin his hundred days regime.
So after about more than a year of lurking, commenting, and occasionally making threads, I decided to finally make an actual timeline. Now, to clarify a few things, I will firstly mention that I am not an expert researcher or writer, so there may be some points in this timeline that may get glossed over, be rather implausible, or even inaccurate to history, so if there's any wrong to that, then mention it to me. Second, I'll probably be using a bit of Wikipedia for this so again, my information for some of this could be wrong. Thirdly, The updates to this timeline will likely not be consistent in release, especially when I have school starting up later in the month, So don't expect an update every day or week. Hell, I'm not really sure how long this series will last or how in depth I would get into it, so I may occasionally need help for it. Anyways, this timeline will of course be in which the hundred days government doesn't happen, leading to a mildly different Europe at first which would slowly change overtime (along with the world in general). Anyway, I hope you enjoy this timeline and we'll see what we can expect in the future.
- connorCD
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