Flee! Flee! They are Crowning the Hun!
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Burton K Wheeler
Moderator
I promise to shower you with praise every update. And I will rub your shoulders just like you like.
I read up to page 4, then tossed up my arms and realized I oughta do some real-life work and skipped to pages 6 & 7.
Great TL! I really like the mixing-up of national identities. The British ruling Normandy was a nice little touch, I though.
Also, I keep mispronouncing 'Gadjeric' as 'Gadget' in my head. While a South American 'Gadgetland' could nothing short of the ultimate awesome (only if it has Ninja-pirates, robots, and badass Metal bands), Gadjeric does have several things going for it. First off, it's got pirates. Secondly, it's in South America, which means that all the pirates have Macaws on their shoulders. Thirdly, it's formed by former Vandals. Vandals. I mean, like, Vandals!
edit: also, this TL was educational for me. Now I know where some European nation's names come from. As soon as you mentioned "The Grand Duchy of Porto" I was all like "Porto... GAUL?!?"
Great TL! I really like the mixing-up of national identities. The British ruling Normandy was a nice little touch, I though.
Also, I keep mispronouncing 'Gadjeric' as 'Gadget' in my head. While a South American 'Gadgetland' could nothing short of the ultimate awesome (only if it has Ninja-pirates, robots, and badass Metal bands), Gadjeric does have several things going for it. First off, it's got pirates. Secondly, it's in South America, which means that all the pirates have Macaws on their shoulders. Thirdly, it's formed by former Vandals. Vandals. I mean, like, Vandals!
edit: also, this TL was educational for me. Now I know where some European nation's names come from. As soon as you mentioned "The Grand Duchy of Porto" I was all like "Porto... GAUL?!?"
Once more I breath life into thee...
871 - 875 AD
Known as the "Great Plaggue", the years between '71 and '75 are the most troubling since there's a gaping hole in the records that are kept of everything outside of the "Brittanic" Circle.
Of this four year period, these truths are known;
1. That the Maygars were bought off by Caeser Alexi I, who then used them to go against the major powers surrounding Khazaria-Byzantine
2. That the Emirates of Carthage, Tunis, Sicily, and Albania created the United Emirates, emulating the two Caliphates, but with a rotating "Caliph" every two to three years.
3. The Papacy in Exile took over Bulgaria, thereby re-creating the Holy Roman Empire yet again, with the mission of re-capturing Rome, and settling for the Cardinal of Sofia {OTL Bern}, a one Pope-Emporer Nervan Pius I.
Otherwise from that, everything seemed to go all right....
876 AD
[Britain]
- Legate Rhodri of Gwynedd is elected to ruler of the Britons, thereby ending the Hibernian Dynasty.
- The Duchy of Normandy is formally annexed as a part of Britain.
[Romania]
- Trajan Cutfoot, a noted Duke and cavalry commander, manages to re-unite the Romanian "Empire" through a surprise takeover of the Royal Palace under the allegations that the (then) current rulers were total idiots and needed to be kicked. This action then puts Romania on a military foothold with messages sent to Kashubia, Kingdom of Morovia, and other former Romanian "vassals" on possibly putting forth the Empire once more again.
[Bulgaria]
- Pope-Emporer Nervan Pius I is assassinated by native Bulgarian princes in an attempt to direct the Bulgarian state to counter Romanian's rise. Not surprisingly, the Bulgaria falls into chaos once more.
[France]
- Charles the Bold, a noted member of the Council of Nobles, attempts to gain power through the introduction of a "Prime Minister". This will instigate some chaos within the Council, and eventually lead him to instigate a "Grand Conspiracy" of his own.
[Norway]
- Harald Fairhaired, a Norweigan noble, crowns himself King of Norway, and thus another round of war begins.
[Muslim Countries]
- The Umayyad Caliphate begins to colonize what will be Baton Rogue
- An appeal is made out to both the Caliphates (not the United Emirates) on helping the Ghana people to convert to Islam; it is replied
- Khazaria-Byzantine are warned not to attack Constantinople
[Pirates]
- Gadjeric is reformatted to become a Pirate State, complete with a system of ranks, pay, and rules to aid them to raid other states.
[The Slavs]
- Slovenia & Slovakia unite formally under the Slovenian-Slovakian Empire
- Carpathia-Dacia begins to wall off it's borders and charts the Serbians as their "head representatives" for the outside
[The Greeks]
- The Duchy of Athens suffers a major defeat when the Emirate of Antolia ambush their flagship off the island of Crete
871 - 875 AD
Known as the "Great Plaggue", the years between '71 and '75 are the most troubling since there's a gaping hole in the records that are kept of everything outside of the "Brittanic" Circle.
Of this four year period, these truths are known;
1. That the Maygars were bought off by Caeser Alexi I, who then used them to go against the major powers surrounding Khazaria-Byzantine
2. That the Emirates of Carthage, Tunis, Sicily, and Albania created the United Emirates, emulating the two Caliphates, but with a rotating "Caliph" every two to three years.
3. The Papacy in Exile took over Bulgaria, thereby re-creating the Holy Roman Empire yet again, with the mission of re-capturing Rome, and settling for the Cardinal of Sofia {OTL Bern}, a one Pope-Emporer Nervan Pius I.
Otherwise from that, everything seemed to go all right....
876 AD
[Britain]
- Legate Rhodri of Gwynedd is elected to ruler of the Britons, thereby ending the Hibernian Dynasty.
- The Duchy of Normandy is formally annexed as a part of Britain.
[Romania]
- Trajan Cutfoot, a noted Duke and cavalry commander, manages to re-unite the Romanian "Empire" through a surprise takeover of the Royal Palace under the allegations that the (then) current rulers were total idiots and needed to be kicked. This action then puts Romania on a military foothold with messages sent to Kashubia, Kingdom of Morovia, and other former Romanian "vassals" on possibly putting forth the Empire once more again.
[Bulgaria]
- Pope-Emporer Nervan Pius I is assassinated by native Bulgarian princes in an attempt to direct the Bulgarian state to counter Romanian's rise. Not surprisingly, the Bulgaria falls into chaos once more.
[France]
- Charles the Bold, a noted member of the Council of Nobles, attempts to gain power through the introduction of a "Prime Minister". This will instigate some chaos within the Council, and eventually lead him to instigate a "Grand Conspiracy" of his own.
[Norway]
- Harald Fairhaired, a Norweigan noble, crowns himself King of Norway, and thus another round of war begins.
[Muslim Countries]
- The Umayyad Caliphate begins to colonize what will be Baton Rogue
- An appeal is made out to both the Caliphates (not the United Emirates) on helping the Ghana people to convert to Islam; it is replied
- Khazaria-Byzantine are warned not to attack Constantinople
[Pirates]
- Gadjeric is reformatted to become a Pirate State, complete with a system of ranks, pay, and rules to aid them to raid other states.
[The Slavs]
- Slovenia & Slovakia unite formally under the Slovenian-Slovakian Empire
- Carpathia-Dacia begins to wall off it's borders and charts the Serbians as their "head representatives" for the outside
[The Greeks]
- The Duchy of Athens suffers a major defeat when the Emirate of Antolia ambush their flagship off the island of Crete
877 AD
[Britian]
- Markeland becomes a "sovereign member" of the British "Empire", even though the said entity is more of a democratic commonwealth than anything else.
[Romania]
- Emporer Trajan Cutfoot commissions the first "Census" of Romania, in order to account for any rogue numbers.
- The gov't in Romania is fashioned to be a military oligarchy.
[Bulgaria]
- The Kingdom of Morovia begins to "support" a pro-Romanian [i.e. "church"] faction within the morass that is Bulgaria.
- Cardinal Federik leads a small faction of the Papacy back into the heartland of Italy, supported by disaffected Bulgarian nobles & warriors.
[France]
- Formally protests against the annexation of Normandy.
- Charles the Bold creates a system in which his bid for dominance would be supported by leading land magnates
[Norway/Sweden]
- Norway gets invaded, yet again.
- The "Scottish" part of Norway create a system of forts and militia that is keenly different from their southern compatriots, seeing that all that Norway can offer is continued invasion, counter-invasion, declaration of independence, and repeat.
[Muslim Countries]
- Islam spreads as an underground sect in Korea, give or take a couple of deviances
- The United Emirates approach both Caliphates on creating something of a Muslim Alliance.
- The Duchy of Athens's intelligent network is cut through the capture of their key agent in Antolia; all Greeks in the Caliphate are expelled.
- Greenland [OTL Cuba & it's environs] experiences a sudden plague.
[Sweden]
- Contact with Holmgard and other territories begin to peter off due to general riots
- The Royal Bank is created in order to secure loans and charters from foreign agents.
[Portugal]
- Duchy of Porto becomes the Emirate of Portugal.
[Pirates]
- Reforms of a "Syndicated" nation continue.
- Attempts at a universal dictionary for "Segatrica" are thrown out because of the reforms in government and further attempts at defining themselves as a nation_state let alone a people
[Slavs]
- The Slovenians and Slovakians dissolve themselves once again.
- Carpathia-Dacia either bribe or simply ward off the Maygars to not attack them
- The Royal Mercantile Company is created to encompass Serbia
[Greeks]
- Macedon create their first postal system
[Britian]
- Markeland becomes a "sovereign member" of the British "Empire", even though the said entity is more of a democratic commonwealth than anything else.
[Romania]
- Emporer Trajan Cutfoot commissions the first "Census" of Romania, in order to account for any rogue numbers.
- The gov't in Romania is fashioned to be a military oligarchy.
[Bulgaria]
- The Kingdom of Morovia begins to "support" a pro-Romanian [i.e. "church"] faction within the morass that is Bulgaria.
- Cardinal Federik leads a small faction of the Papacy back into the heartland of Italy, supported by disaffected Bulgarian nobles & warriors.
[France]
- Formally protests against the annexation of Normandy.
- Charles the Bold creates a system in which his bid for dominance would be supported by leading land magnates
[Norway/Sweden]
- Norway gets invaded, yet again.
- The "Scottish" part of Norway create a system of forts and militia that is keenly different from their southern compatriots, seeing that all that Norway can offer is continued invasion, counter-invasion, declaration of independence, and repeat.
[Muslim Countries]
- Islam spreads as an underground sect in Korea, give or take a couple of deviances
- The United Emirates approach both Caliphates on creating something of a Muslim Alliance.
- The Duchy of Athens's intelligent network is cut through the capture of their key agent in Antolia; all Greeks in the Caliphate are expelled.
- Greenland [OTL Cuba & it's environs] experiences a sudden plague.
[Sweden]
- Contact with Holmgard and other territories begin to peter off due to general riots
- The Royal Bank is created in order to secure loans and charters from foreign agents.
[Portugal]
- Duchy of Porto becomes the Emirate of Portugal.
[Pirates]
- Reforms of a "Syndicated" nation continue.
- Attempts at a universal dictionary for "Segatrica" are thrown out because of the reforms in government and further attempts at defining themselves as a nation_state let alone a people
[Slavs]
- The Slovenians and Slovakians dissolve themselves once again.
- Carpathia-Dacia either bribe or simply ward off the Maygars to not attack them
- The Royal Mercantile Company is created to encompass Serbia
[Greeks]
- Macedon create their first postal system
Burton K Wheeler
Moderator
I'm guessing this won't last too long. As soon as another nation has the naval power, they're going to move against a nation explicitly founded on raiding and impeding maritime commerce.
You know, I could almost see a civil war-type event occurring in Segatrica. You have on the one side: Those who remember what happened to the various other pirate states that formed specifically that they were all whipped out by a powerful and more organized state’s navy. And on the other side you have: Those who are opposed to any sort of organization other than a loose corporative for the reason that a more organized pirate state would only draw attention – in other words, those for putting all their eggs in one basket and those against.
Oops – obviously I meant wiped out not whipped out...I mean, unless the Segatrican are made out of cream or something.
BTW, nice map.