Scenario:
- The Komnenid empire survives briefly longer, with Manuel winning Myriokephalon and Alexios II succeeding at a later age. There is no Fourth Crusade, so the Byzantines are worth conquering.
- The Mongol conquests proceed as historical, except the Byzantines are in one piece.
- Even though the Byzantines could probably pay off or fight off the Mongols, they are defeated soundly and Constantinople is taken.
- A "Golden Horde" or "Ilkhanate" like entity is created in Greece and Anatolia, called the Purple Horde.