A timeline with thought put into it. Red is the timelines history.
The Empire of the Hun:
Attila does not drink as hard on his wedding night in 453 and survives to see his son and successor Ellac be given a more stable Empire running from Coastal France to Ukraine. Ellac inherits a kingdom that does not like his rule in 478 and much of his rule is spent fighting rivals, separatists and other barbarian invasions. Due to this there are a lot of losses in the West due to restless vassals and everything west of Alps and Rhine is lost.
The House of Attila continues to rule for several centuries. This however began a period of relative decline in the Empire Attila built. Despite many attempts to contain them the Slavic peoples were able to infiltrate into the Khanate in their thousands and whilst they were stopped from pillaging they still settled in the Empire and along with the local remaining Germanics quickly outnumbered the ethnic Huns.
There were also the constant uprisings either from upstart Sub-Khans or from disgruntled natives and vassals. The Allemani were one of the initial rebel races that ravaged the region of OTL Germany, Austria and Switzerland before the Huns expelled them from the Empire into Gaul. There were also two near Civil Wars in the Empire that almost escalated into proper Civil Wars before the Khans were able to put them down.
The most terrible was the War of the Cross in 827 A.D when there was an uprising around the Italian Peninsula by Christians who did not want to surve under their Pagan Shamanistic masters. The rebellion was easily put down a weak later but it led to the death of thousands.
In the 8th Century Western North Germany is lost to the Anglo-Saxons who maintained a kingdom in Frisia and suffers repeated Viking invasion from Scandinavia. These raids penetrated the Rivers Rhine, Elbe and Dneiper and raided the Hunnic settlements along the rivers. The Huns had no naval tradition and what few warships they had were too inadequate and their sailors too inexperienced to halt the raiders.
In the 9th the Magyar Khanate collapsed and the Magyar tribe attempted to migrate into Europe. They were able to seize Ukraine before a Hunnic army was able to stop them at the Carpathian Mountains.
The rule of Eoderic:
The 12th Imperial Khan of the Hunnic Empire Eoderic takes power in 978 and inherits a nation that whilst not at its peak is very capable of retaking its power. The old Gods had been dying out in the empire for centuries and the high percentage of Christians meant that the Empire would have converted eventually. Eoderic however is the first Khan to have actively convert to Christianity and sets an example to most of his noblemen. Eoderic then constructs a treaty with the small and fragile Magyari Khanate. He offers the Magyari the rest of Ukraine along with what would be Galicia OTL in return for their allegiance. The Magyar Khan would retain control of his people if he swore his allegiance to the Imperial Khan as a vassal. This was reinforced with Eoderic’s marriage to Virag the daughter of the Magyar Khan in 980.
Eoderic then set out on a mission to make the Hunnic Empire a supreme power in Europe like the Roman Empire of old. He claimed the title of Holy Roman Emperor and set out to reunite the Empire. The West was currently too strong to face him but Eoderic knew his borders were too well fortified for them to attack him.
To the south lay the Roman Empire of Byzantium. Eoderic saw this as the perfect chance to reinforce his claim to the Imperial Throne and to reunite the old capitals of the Roman Empire and prepared his Empire for war.
In 981 his forces crossed into Byzantine Thrace. They pillaged towns for miles and headed down into the Greek Peninsula. They were met at Katerini by a Byzantine Army. The battle was long and bloody as the Byzantines had long ago adopted and mastered their enemies tactics of mobile cavalry armies and their cataphracts were the heaviest soldiers in Europe. They were defeated by Eoderic’s use of artillery on the field that fractured the Byzantine infantry. With the Byzantine infantry routed Eoderic’s infantry forces were able to catch the unsupported cataphracts whilst the Hunnic cavalry were able to chase down and defeat the inferior Byzantine cavalry.
With the main Byzantine force defeated the Huns conquered the Greek Peninsula. They then headed North and East through Macedonia defeating Byzantine armies on three other occasions until they stood outside Constantinople itself. The siege of Constantinople is famous as one of the longest and most horrific military engagements in history. It eventually ended when the walls were eventually broken through and the Byzantine Emperor and his court were forced to break through the Hunnic blockade and flee to Anatolia where they established a Court in Nicaea.
With the Byzantine Empire controlling the Aegean and with Constantinople under his rule Eoderic ended his conquest. Awarding his best soldiers with titles and land he returned to his Capital in Dacia (the city of Attila founded on OTL Budapest in 465 A.D) to consolidate his new Empire. He now ruled from the Rhine to the Dardanelles and from Sicily to the Baltic.
Eoderic spent several more years fighting off external invaders, putting down rebellions and promoting Christianity and even invited the Papacy back to Rome though they respectfully refused and stayed in Iberia. In 983 Virag bore him a son and was followed with twin daughters in 986. Eoderic died in 1004 A.D at the age of 52. He left his son a strong and powerful Empire.
The Eoderic section has the most detail because it is an important part of the history. I do have notes on the rest of Europe but I have trouble with names.
The Empire of the Hun:
Attila does not drink as hard on his wedding night in 453 and survives to see his son and successor Ellac be given a more stable Empire running from Coastal France to Ukraine. Ellac inherits a kingdom that does not like his rule in 478 and much of his rule is spent fighting rivals, separatists and other barbarian invasions. Due to this there are a lot of losses in the West due to restless vassals and everything west of Alps and Rhine is lost.
The House of Attila continues to rule for several centuries. This however began a period of relative decline in the Empire Attila built. Despite many attempts to contain them the Slavic peoples were able to infiltrate into the Khanate in their thousands and whilst they were stopped from pillaging they still settled in the Empire and along with the local remaining Germanics quickly outnumbered the ethnic Huns.
There were also the constant uprisings either from upstart Sub-Khans or from disgruntled natives and vassals. The Allemani were one of the initial rebel races that ravaged the region of OTL Germany, Austria and Switzerland before the Huns expelled them from the Empire into Gaul. There were also two near Civil Wars in the Empire that almost escalated into proper Civil Wars before the Khans were able to put them down.
The most terrible was the War of the Cross in 827 A.D when there was an uprising around the Italian Peninsula by Christians who did not want to surve under their Pagan Shamanistic masters. The rebellion was easily put down a weak later but it led to the death of thousands.
In the 8th Century Western North Germany is lost to the Anglo-Saxons who maintained a kingdom in Frisia and suffers repeated Viking invasion from Scandinavia. These raids penetrated the Rivers Rhine, Elbe and Dneiper and raided the Hunnic settlements along the rivers. The Huns had no naval tradition and what few warships they had were too inadequate and their sailors too inexperienced to halt the raiders.
In the 9th the Magyar Khanate collapsed and the Magyar tribe attempted to migrate into Europe. They were able to seize Ukraine before a Hunnic army was able to stop them at the Carpathian Mountains.
The rule of Eoderic:
The 12th Imperial Khan of the Hunnic Empire Eoderic takes power in 978 and inherits a nation that whilst not at its peak is very capable of retaking its power. The old Gods had been dying out in the empire for centuries and the high percentage of Christians meant that the Empire would have converted eventually. Eoderic however is the first Khan to have actively convert to Christianity and sets an example to most of his noblemen. Eoderic then constructs a treaty with the small and fragile Magyari Khanate. He offers the Magyari the rest of Ukraine along with what would be Galicia OTL in return for their allegiance. The Magyar Khan would retain control of his people if he swore his allegiance to the Imperial Khan as a vassal. This was reinforced with Eoderic’s marriage to Virag the daughter of the Magyar Khan in 980.
Eoderic then set out on a mission to make the Hunnic Empire a supreme power in Europe like the Roman Empire of old. He claimed the title of Holy Roman Emperor and set out to reunite the Empire. The West was currently too strong to face him but Eoderic knew his borders were too well fortified for them to attack him.
To the south lay the Roman Empire of Byzantium. Eoderic saw this as the perfect chance to reinforce his claim to the Imperial Throne and to reunite the old capitals of the Roman Empire and prepared his Empire for war.
In 981 his forces crossed into Byzantine Thrace. They pillaged towns for miles and headed down into the Greek Peninsula. They were met at Katerini by a Byzantine Army. The battle was long and bloody as the Byzantines had long ago adopted and mastered their enemies tactics of mobile cavalry armies and their cataphracts were the heaviest soldiers in Europe. They were defeated by Eoderic’s use of artillery on the field that fractured the Byzantine infantry. With the Byzantine infantry routed Eoderic’s infantry forces were able to catch the unsupported cataphracts whilst the Hunnic cavalry were able to chase down and defeat the inferior Byzantine cavalry.
With the main Byzantine force defeated the Huns conquered the Greek Peninsula. They then headed North and East through Macedonia defeating Byzantine armies on three other occasions until they stood outside Constantinople itself. The siege of Constantinople is famous as one of the longest and most horrific military engagements in history. It eventually ended when the walls were eventually broken through and the Byzantine Emperor and his court were forced to break through the Hunnic blockade and flee to Anatolia where they established a Court in Nicaea.
With the Byzantine Empire controlling the Aegean and with Constantinople under his rule Eoderic ended his conquest. Awarding his best soldiers with titles and land he returned to his Capital in Dacia (the city of Attila founded on OTL Budapest in 465 A.D) to consolidate his new Empire. He now ruled from the Rhine to the Dardanelles and from Sicily to the Baltic.
Eoderic spent several more years fighting off external invaders, putting down rebellions and promoting Christianity and even invited the Papacy back to Rome though they respectfully refused and stayed in Iberia. In 983 Virag bore him a son and was followed with twin daughters in 986. Eoderic died in 1004 A.D at the age of 52. He left his son a strong and powerful Empire.
The Eoderic section has the most detail because it is an important part of the history. I do have notes on the rest of Europe but I have trouble with names.
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