Orient Yourself Correctly: A Komnenian Tale

Kosta

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Tongera said:
Wasn't the Turkish capital in Bursa at this time, not in Nikaia? Or is Suleiman just in Nikaia at this moment?

Also, keep up the excellent work.
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No, Prousa would not be the Seljuk capital for centuries. The capital at the moment is still in Isfahan. If you're thinking of the Sultanate of Rum, the Oghuz Turks captured it only a short time before the PoD of 1081, and established the capital in Nikaia/Nicea. But to answer your question, yes, according to Prof. Peter Frankopan's work The Call from the East (a book I highly recommend to everyone, which was in-turn recommended to me by Basileus Georgios), Suleiman was in Nicea during the year 1081.

Thank you. I hope to begin writing what I've been waiting to write now for two weeks after dinner. Hopefully, I can keep the audience in suspense, and not in a state of annoyed anticipation. I admit that the line between sense and irritation is a fine one ;).
 

Tongera

Kosta said:
No, Prousa would not be the Seljuk capital for centuries. The capital at the moment is still in Isfahan. If you're thinking of the Sultanate of Rum, the Oghuz Turks captured it only a short time before the PoD of 1081, and established the capital in Nikaia/Nicea. But to answer your question, yes, according to Prof. Peter Frankopan's work The Call from the East (a book I highly recommend to everyone, which was in-turn recommended to me by Basileus Georgios), Suleiman was in Nicea during the year 1081.

Thank you. I hope to begin writing what I've been waiting to write now for two weeks after dinner. Hopefully, I can keep the audience in suspense, and not in a state of annoyed anticipation. I admit that the line between sense and irritation is a fine one ;).
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Indeed, you are correct. I got the Ottomans confused with the Turks currently in Anatolia.
 

Kosta

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Tongera said:
Indeed, you are correct. I got the Ottomans confused with the Turks currently in Anatolia.
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You know, I reread my comment and I think it reads as a bit hostile. I wasn't trying to be rude, old boy, I hope you didn't take my comment as such. I'm just so excited to cement things in the Roman Empire that I can move on to the Seljuk Empire. I'm getting a bit impatient with this all, and my inability to move faster than a snail's pace is giving me writing-cabin-fever.
 

Kosta

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ImperatorAlexander said:
Is there going to be an update soon? It has been a while :(
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I haven't found time to sit down and finish writing the update, unfortunately. I've got something down, but it's barely into the story at all; Alexios and Suleiman haven't even met yet. Hopefully tomorrow, when I get back from the Art Insititute (and Tuesday is not Chicago citizens get in for free day alas) tomorrow, I think I can find several hours where I can sit down and write without anyone bothering me. That reminds me, note to self: get some writing gin tomorrow; no one likes a sober author.

In the meantime, if anyone has any questions or criticisms, I would love to answer them in the few moments of free time I'll have in the morning. The more hard-hitting the better, really; every writer needs to have criticism. I won't have a decent story if there's some horridly wrong detail that goes unnoticed.
 

Kosta

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Everyone, I'm going to put this little story temporarily on hiatus for awhile. With the owner's explicit approval, I have decided to write a short story for Vive Le Canada. Dan, the writer, is my friend, you see, and I promised him that I would write a story after he gave me permission, one year ago. Thus, I've decided to make good on my promise and start now. I have ten days (nine days, two hours, and 43 minutes, but who's counting?) until I'm called back to the District, so hopefully I can get everything in order by the the 23rd! Please look for my upcoming update on King of Malta's brilliant uchronie!
 

Kosta

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Unfortunately, I have broken my own promise. I have been slowly working upon the edit I've been dying to finish for weeks now, and hopefully I can find time this weekend to finish it.

I wrote the first entry a month ago today. It's a bit pathetic that all I've done so far is barely set up the PoD itself. This all changes, I say—tomorrow!
 

Tongera

Kosta said:
Unfortunately, I have broken my own promise. I have been slowly working upon the edit I've been dying to finish for weeks now, and hopefully I can find time this weekend to finish it.

I wrote the first entry a month ago today. It's a bit pathetic that all I've done so far is barely set up the PoD itself. This all changes, I say—tomorrow!
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Since it has clearly been a long time, I am going to hold your update up to a very high standard and scrutinize it carefully. :p

Seriously, if it is like the last updates it will be very good.
 

Kosta

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Ridwan Asher said:
He has college and stuff. Just wait some more.
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Thank you, as always, Asher :).

I just read the newest update of Isaac's Empire 2.0, and that got me to thinking about my own timeline. I do not give up so easily, and I will never say that my tale has been/is/will be discontinued. I just prefer to work at my own pace, and currently I'm moving about as fast as a tectonic plate. I've been out of school ill this week (although purely by chance, many of my classes were cancelled) which leaves me with quite a bit of makeup work, but hopefully I can at least finish the first meeting of His Self-rulership, Alexios with the General Suleiman. If not, it won't be until Christmastide that I get to work again, and my last possible date to start writing will be the night of the 3rd of January, when I leave for Nassau on the morning of the 4th until the 11th.

So yeah, here's to hoping I can squeeze in something this week :D.
 

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Kosta, my mans! Don't be doing stuff like this! I got really hyped!:mad::p
 
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