Apollo, Shiva and Tengri

[FONT=&quot]Prologue; Part I; The Age of Legends and Invincibles[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]​
[FONT=&quot]Europe, the land of legends. Where blood flew for hundreds of centuries in the name of the Gods, ancestors and claimants. It all started in the beginning of the Age of Legends. We in our timeline for simplicity and Alexandros-Apollonians refer this as the year 0 (326 BC OTL) with the birth of Alexander the Great. Because you, dear reader, we know that if you read this the age is already over.

It all started when the king of Hellenicos, King Alexander the Great of House Alexandros invaded Thracia in the year 18. After he declared himself King of Thracia two months after the invasion his ambition still stood strong to conquer more of the European territory. He married the Thracian princess Rescuturme in the year 19. In the year 20 his wife gave birth to Hellenica, Alexander's oldest child and one of the three descendents.

In the year 22 his only [/FONT][FONT=&quot]son[/FONT][FONT=&quot] Petros was born. In the year 26 his last child and daughter Apollonica was born. Alexander conquered the rest of the south-eastern peninsula in the year 24. He was declared Emperor of Daemos, starting a cult around his personality in the year 27, called Alexandros-Apollonian. It was a cult and religion based on the believe that Alexander was the earthly incarnate of Apollo, the God of war, and that only descendants of Alexander could reign the Empire of Daemos.

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An Alexandros-Apollonian temple in the year of 320

However, his cult would soon fall apart with the death of Alexander the Great in the year 28. His only son Petros I was the heir to the throne. And so, at age 6, Petros I became the Emperor of Daemos.

Petros was not a cruel and might hungry man as his father. Instead, Petros was largely content with the Empire he ruled. The reign and conquering of his father resulted in a largely corrupt and rebellious [/FONT][FONT=&quot]realm[/FONT][FONT=&quot]. Petros was fastly determined to change this. He enforced different acts to destroy most of the corruption in his realm. One of the problems was that the elite in all conquered areas still kept to their own culture. Petros changed this by arranging a marriage between the most powerfull rulers in Dacia and Daemos Inferior (the most Northern province) and his two sisters. Hellenica married Burebista and Apollonica married Zyraxes. Furthermore he stated that every meeting between the noblemen and other wealthy persons had to be spoken in Greek. These decisions were made in the year 45 to encourage cultural [/FONT][FONT=&quot]flexebility[/FONT][FONT=&quot] and intergration. All faired well, untill a next event would take place...[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]In the year 48 Petros had a vision in which a man with a golden mask spoke to him in the infamous words; ''don't destroy what your father has build''. In just a day he demanded the full Hellenistic intergration of the conquered territories. He furthermore would kill or arrest anyone withstanding the intergration of the Hellenistic faith, culture and hierarchial system. He declared that Alexandros-Apollonian faith was the one and only true faith, but instead of seeing his father as a God, he saw his father as a prophet. In a next vision, a man with a silver mask appeared and said to him; ''Thy shall marry a woman from the east, and she shall give thy many children''.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Petros himself married the Persian woman Meherab, just like the vision said, in the year 51. Just one year after his sister Apollonica died. His marraige to Meherab was fruitfull; they had two sons and three daughters, Alexander, Ikosos, Agape, Alexis and Aspasia respectively. Alexander and Agape were born in the year 51, Ikosos in 52, Alexis in 53 and Aspasia in the year 55. They were all seen as descendents of Alexander and therefore godly to most followers. [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Their father Petros did not sit still, and he was away home for long times, conquering other countries in the name of Alexander. But eventually, just like his father, his dying place would be on the battlefield. In just four years, he conquered most of Italy, the Alps and Southern Germany. Hellenistic culture was now widespread in the European realms, and all the people now dreamed dying in the name of Alexander.[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]Many years passed, and the children of Alexander II still hold the throne. With the prologue of southern Europe told, there is not much left to conquer in the old world, that was, untill the next contact would come. And it would be, that the message of the man in the silver mask, would not be for Petros...

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Looks good, an largely integrated Europe influenced by the Hellenistic culture much earlier and wider... I bet we can see the Indians and the Mongolians later on?
 
Looks good, an largely integrated Europe influenced by the Hellenistic culture much earlier and wider... I bet we can see the Indians and the Mongolians later on?

Very correct, exploration begins way earlier and the Huns come around the year 0 OTL. And you can make a guess about the man in silver mask amd it's saying; "a woman in the east"...
 
ooc; I had exams, I graduated, now continuing this story
ooc2; the story will be further told in OT years, instead of the timeline by culture. The story will be told furhter as a student learning from a sage.

Prologue:winkytongue:art II; The Sea of Grass

''When will we arrive at home Adalbehrt? I think that my mom will start worrying about me now'' I said to my grandfather, who was the village elder of a small hamlet near the lower Rhine, in what is known as Germanica inferior. Adalbehrt said nothing, instead closing his eyes, nodding slowly and made a wave-like movement with his head, physically saying that I had not to worry.

''So Eadwig, we got how many biodomes that shape our history?'' wise Adalbehrt said
''Three, we got three grandfather; trees, which is symbol for the southerners, heath which symbolizes the easterners, and a bit of sand, which represents the...the...''
''Perso-Indians''
my grandfather said with a smile; ''The people from the heath and the people from the sand both come from the same direction Eadwig, but the people of the heath have benefit us most, they have learned us how to write, how to think, how to believe and most importantly; they brought peace.''
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Adalbehrt took me to an open place. The sun set, giving a dark red glow over the field, these fields represented the people of the heath, and Adalbehrt almost cried when he saw it.

''Why are you crying grandfather?'' I asked as I pulled at the clean white robe of my grandfather.
''These fields represent our people my grandson, these fields are our soul, our history, our pride and our existence. We are the people of the field, of the marshes, of our ancestors.'' he kneeled and held me at my shoulders ''these are the place of the Gods, and one day'' he stopped for a moment; ''One day you'll be able to protect these lands, our lands, our ancestor's lands'' as he looked upon the field.
''But, it's just a field, I don't see any Gods, and I don't see a reason why it should be holy'' I said, on which grandfather smiled and said;
''Everything, everything on our sacred land is holy, everything is made by our ancestors, and when the people of the heath came, they made us realize why it is holy, and why this should be respected''

While Adalbehrt said that, one man on a horse rode towards us. It was a small man, with black hair and small, but lengthy, eyes. He was a rider from the people of the heath, now our rulers, who gave their God to our people and the people of the North; Tengri.

''It's a holy time isn't it?'' the rider said on which Adalbehrt nodded. The rider took a small ribbon made of red cloth, and walked towards the tree. I looked at my grandfather, who nodded to conform me. The rider began sitting down near a tree in the shadow, while the sun shined upon him. He began chanting words in an, for me, unknown language. While the rider was chanting, he held the ribbon firmly in his hands, and the chanting became louder and louder, until it became throat singing.I looked confused to my grandfather, who explained that it was the way for the people from the heath to contact their Gods and ancestors. The Germanic way however, is very different. After the rider greeted me and grandfather he drove away, I and grandfather walked to a birch tree on the heath together.

''You know how to do a prayer right?'' Adalbehrt asked me, and I nodded in conformation. I closed my eyes, laid my right hand on the birch and did a silent prayer. Adalbehrt looked proudly, and after I had done my prayers, we walked together to our homes.

''When did the people of the heath come to our lands grandpa?'' I asked, on which grandfather raised his head and looked straight forward;
''They started just as us, disorganized, hateful to eachother, but one man of their people united us. And they moved towards the west, and further, and further, until they reached the other side of the ocean''
''You want to say that, that they come from the other side of all these lands?''
''Yes Eadwig, they come from there''
''How...how far is that?''
My grandfather thought, on which he said;
''Some travelers said they took ten years to go to our capital and make it back, on horse.''
I was confused why all these people came to here, I asked this question my grandfather again, who said with a smile;
''Only Tengri knows''


Diary of Eadwig Hanricssön, written around 200 BC, present day Netherlands


 
1) 'heath' is low scrubland. Not where Mongols come from. Im guessing you meant 'steppe' or 'plains'?

2) Apollo, god of War? Wow, thats a change.

3) Alexander named his kid 'Rocky'? I can find no evidence that any form of 'Peter' predates the Apostle. Remember, it was originally a nickname Jesus gave him.

4) biodomes? Theyre erecting dome greenhouses? Why? Why not regular greenhouses? And where they getting all the glass from?
 
1) 'heath' is low scrubland. Not where Mongols come from. Im guessing you meant 'steppe' or 'plains'?

2) Apollo, god of War? Wow, thats a change.

3) Alexander named his kid 'Rocky'? I can find no evidence that any form of 'Peter' predates the Apostle. Remember, it was originally a nickname Jesus gave him.

4) biodomes? Theyre erecting dome greenhouses? Why? Why not regular greenhouses? And where they getting all the glass from?

1) I am aware of that fact, but I am also aware that the avarage Germanic man did not know what a plain is (especially in former Netherlands) on which heath is the closest similar thing

2) Yup

3) Good thing to know, you mean Petros? Good thing to know, will keep it in mind for next times

4) I meant the type of soil, thought that biodome is a synonym for that
 
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