John I lives for a few more years, causing considerable butterflies to impact upon the life of Basil the Bulgar Slayer. Basil this never turns to the Rus for aid in his battles against the nobility, since these take a totally different form. Without the prospect of a Porphyrogenita for his troubles, Vladimir never converts to Christianity. Some years later, a civil war breaks out in Khazaria, and Vladimir takes the side of the victor, converting to Judaism afterward.