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1. Li Zicheng (Shun Dynasty) 1644 - 1666? 2. Gu Zicheng (Shun Dynasty) 1666 - 1706 [1] Li Zicheng is made the first Prince of Shun. After nearly being assassinated by an army coup by his own men - he establishes a "kingdom" within the Ming. He aids the Ming in defeating the Manchu and settles...

Alphonse Capone in 1930, two years before his election to the Mayor's seat of Chicago. His assassination by Mafia members would reveal his leadership of the Chicago Mob nicknamed "The Outfit". Nevertheless, the Capone family continues to dominate Chicago and Illinois politics to this day and on...

Overhead shot of US Army Installation Patton outside Leeds, United Republic. The largest US base in the country and home of the HQ of UPCOM Soldiers and Civilians on USAI Schwartzkopf take cover as Royalist terrorists attack the base Jets from USAF Paris prepare to go on patrol over Saxony...

Photo of Tony 'Scarface' Montana at a club in downtown Miami, 1983. Having by then risen to the head of the Miami drug trade he was a multi-millionaire moving thousands of tons of drugs through the city. He would be killed in an attack on his house by goons hired by a rival drug lord just three...

Political Parties of Germany The National Conservative Union (NKU, Conservativism) Party Chancellor: Wolfgang Schauble Description: The dominant party in the German Republic the NKU has a complex history interwoven with the equally complex past of the nation it serves. After the fall of the...

Sharknado was a 2012 Lionsgate production starring Tom Hanks, Margot Robbie and Leonardo DiCaprio. It told the story of the Bryce family, a regular family living in LA with Tom Hanks playing John Bryce, the father to Lisa Bryce played by Robbie who was dating Steve Washington played by DiCaprio...

An ancient Yoruba story that was recently written down after contact with the Yoruba was made by American explorers. The story is rather simple, telling a short tale about a woman raising a baby rhino, letting it go when it was grown, and then it coming back to help her when she was attacked by...

A sports TL about the Cornhusker Dynasty, the name of the 1990 - 2005 Cornhusker seasons. After a lucky season in 1990 the Cornhuskers snatched Brett Favre after an abysmal season by him with the Falcons. Favre would go on to become the best QB in at least modern football history, leading the...

A quote by director Brad Bird on the set of the movie The Wizard of Oz in 2009. Infamously stuck in production hell for nearly 70 years Brid took on the project hoping to revive it. This began a 5 year long struggle to get a producer, and even longer to get actors. Finally, in 2010 the movie...

Title of a book on the infamous jewel thieves the Red Runners. Active in the decade after the collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1970s the Red Runners would take advantage of the chaos and warfare to steal millions in jewels from various banks across Russia. The book, while not giving any names...

Photos of the Revolution Day Uprising which took place in the United Provinces of Britannia. What began as a simple protest against rising housing prices quickly spiraled into a general protest against the Britannian government after Civil Guard units were called in to disperse the crowd...

Rather simple really right? Have Nicholas II be forced to abdicate the Russian throne during WWI, but return to the throne. Bonus points if he returns as an absolute monarch and stays that way for a long time.

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Concept art from the cancelled game Project: Dragonborn, an ambitious fantasy RPG from the game developer Bethesda Softworks. Helmed by legendary developer Todd Howard the game was to be a part of the The Elder Scrolls franchise. Set in the distant northern province of Tamriel, called Skyrim it...

The nickname of Charles Barkolzy, an infamous Hungarian serial killer active from 1965 - 1991. Assumed to have started killing at the young age of 19, when he killed his parents and siblings before faking his own death. He would continue killing off an on for nearly 3 decades, using his...

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The Van der Linde Gang, 1899 The Dutch Van der Linde Gang, otherwise known as just the Van der Linde Gang was a outlaw gang operational from 1874 - 1899. Originally founded in 1874 by petty criminal Dutch Van der Linde when he himself was swindled by fellow hustler Hosea Matthews. The gang...

James Earl Ray, 1974 James Earl Ray was a former electrician and Civil Rights advocate in the United States. In 1965 while working as an electrician in Knoxville, TN James Earl Ray was approached by two FBI agents. According to Ray they coerced him into a nearby building where he was told of...

Parties of the Second American Republic The Unionist Party (Union) Party Chairman: President Bob McDonnell Vice Secretary: Barack Obama Description: Founded in the Dominion of Virginia in 1823 the UP has one central idea uniting its party, the priority of the Union above all else. After the...

What would be the absolute extent of Ottoman expansion? Would it be the OTL borders since the Ottomans tried and failed to expand many times after Vienna or could've the Ottomans taken more of Europe/Middle East/Africa?