Riding the Eternal Blue Sky

While Subutai would see that the Khaganate would stand under his reign, the erosion of unity was already happening well into his reign when the grandsons of the Khagan Temujin returned to their granted Khanates throughout the land. The events of the fierce competition between the Sons of the Son of Tengri had heavily alienated their families from one another from cousin to cousin to brother to brother [1] as well as splitting of old loyalties amongst the various tribes that made up the massive khanates and confederations that was the Khaganate.

In short Pax Mongolica would be a brief one.

The greatest concern following the election of Subutai as the Khagan was the division of territories throughout the Khaganate to the grandsons of Temujin who all jockeyed and vied for territories which had not been settled to them by their fathers unexpected deaths (the sons of Jochi and Ogedei the most unexpected of all). The only ones to escape this were the sons of Tolui who received portions of Europa, Persia, and the Indo-Ganges thanks his careful and early planning that would see their khanates largely solidified [2]. This applies to a lesser extent the sons of Chagatai who split the east between them with Mongolia, Manchuria, and Korea going to Mutugen and the rest going to Baldar south of these territories to the Roof Of The World. The biggest concern would be which of the sons of Jochi and Ogedei which would receive the territories of The World Roof, the Middle East, and the extensive territories of Siberia which all together could influence the central region of Transaxonia and the holy city of Samarkand [3].

Declaring the need for a Kurultai to clear up this pressing issue, Subutai Khagan summoned the sons of Jochi; Batu and Orda, and the sons of Ogedei; Guyuk, Khuden, and Khadan, to Samarkant. The wealth of the area from Egypt to the Roof of The World was extreme, the accumulated knowledge of the world and much in the way of wealth and more strategic concerns. Immediately Batu went for Khanship in the World’s Roof citing that it had been Jochi who had conquered the region with their grandfather, Subutai agreed to this and it was agreed amongst the others that Batu would be awarded the region. Next came the issue of Siberia, and when asked if Orda wished territory in the region he confirmed that he did not want any, and so this went to a contests of straws which Khuden lost, whereby he accepted the territory as his own. Next was the area of the Middle East, the territories being drawn out being the Khanate of Egypt, the Khanate of the Fertile Crescent, and the Khanate of Arabia.

The concern especially in the last territory at this time was that the Khaganate still planned on moving southward and destroying Mecca in a bid to end the dominance of Islam but the area had yet to be conquered. Despite retreating to Nubia, a Holy Jihad had been called to defend the region by the worlds Muslims and the naval fleets of the Arabs and other Muslims who had shown up had repulsed the Mongol’s first naval probes into the Red Sea. Optimism was on the fall, but the possibility was still there. Orda made a bid for Egypt, which the other two brothers argued against, but Batu came to the side of his brother! The matter was to be settled by the Khagan himself, and so with much careful thought Subutai gave the Khanate of Egypt to Guyuk much to the chagrin of Orda as then the Khagan promised Arabia to him, effectively giving the Fertile Crescent to Khadan.

This choice would create a dangerous rift between the sons of Jochi and the Khagan, especially as after a few years of struggle against Mecca and with no aid from either Guyuk or Khadan, Orda quit his claim on the region and would go westward to subordinate himself to Mongke as he invaded Italy. Subutai it was said had no choice in the affair, as he knew if he placed those three together then war would soon breakout as Jochi had the loyalties of the Anadolu Khanate. Speaking of the Anadolu Khanate, it had ridden the series of successions and submission into the Khaganate well, continuing to be dominated by the Oghuz Kayi Turks which had long ago conquered the region under Timur the Second [4] and upon seeing the new arrivals from the Steppe take their positions on all sides prepared to sit back and watch the fireworks-which thanks to overland trade routes were becoming very popular in Ankara.
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[1] As well as a Sister
[2] With Ariq coming off as the most stable
[3] The authority of the broad stretch of territory that surrounded Samarkant going to the Khagan.
[4] Not Temur Khagan, but the Timur who destroyed the remnants of the Roman Empire.

"The Mongol Period of the Tengri Khaganate" by Dr. Mustafa Kemal (1925)


"The consequent revival of open relations throughout the territories of the Khaganate, indeed even access to new territories, would spell what could be said as a new age for Tengriism. Alas while this is seen from today’s days and age as a great and good thing, at that time it was not so as this would lead to much social and civil strife within the Khaganate. To simply put it, while all roads lead to Tengri and Samarkant, the travelers didn’t necessarily like each other upon arrival."
-Chabi Boricsson, University of New Aachen

OOC: Oooo Foreshadowing. Discuss.

So Ends The Nan Dynasty

The Great Son of Tengri may have returned to the embrace of Tengri, and the current Khagan greatly discouraged infighting between the hotheaded Khans of the day and age but that did not mean that the invasions manned by the Tengriists ceased in the slightest from the acceptance of Subutai as Khagan to his death. From 1228-1272, the territories of the vast Tengri Khaganate marched onward to conquer and plunder! Sweeping in the east and the west, the non-Tengriists nations still had much to fear from them, even more so as these new Mongols who now lead the various Khanates were all the more hungrier for loot and territory. If any who gave thanks to their god(s) that the attacks of the Tengriists would cease they would be sorely disappointed as it would seem that Tengri was the one listening to his children’s prayers.

Plans for the invasion of Southern China began as early as 1235, when upon gaining control of his territory that consisted of much of China, Baidar began plans for invading the Nan Dynasty. Though these plans would be interrupted by revolts amongst the Chinese in his region of control he would see that an invasion force be outfitted by 1245, consisting of Mongols, Chinese, and Korean troops sent by his brother to aide him in his conquest of the south. For a few years prior to his invasion, he constantly moved small forces that were made to appear larger along the Yangtze river to create panic amongst the Nan Dynasty and each time they gathered up a force to the border he retreated his forces for them to appear on another border area. He did this repeatedly, aide from his extended cousin Batu (which sealed something of a peace between the two) also kept the Nan Dynasty wary of their western border. Then in September 1245 he struck at Anqing, crossing the Yangtze and invading the Nan Dynasty.

Though by this point the state of the Nan Dynasty could be called into question, as the Emperor Zhenzong had in his hedonistic style allowed the imperial coffers to be drained and grew up massive discontent between himself and many of the powers within the government and broad society within and without China. The most infamous being the completion of his "Grand Sailing Palace" in 1233 where effectively in ways it could be said he fled China as he sailed around the expanse of the Southern Sea, from the Nanguo (Australia) to India and to Japan on a few occasions. Accompanied by the majority of the Nan’s naval forces the eastern coastline became sites for raids by pirates from Japan and the Buddhist Kingdoms of Indonesia ran rampant through the archipelago even raiding the Pearl river on occasion. As the Dai Viet escaped the grip of the Nan Dynasty, the unity that had helped the Nan Dynasty survive and build a large trading empire was slipping away under excess.

To curb this the officials at Fuzhou the capital, put a limit on the Emperor’s spending in 1244 which sparked a massive outrage from the Emperor who proceeded to return to Fuzhou and burn the city to the ground and loot his own wealth from the ruins with his loyal force of naval admirals. This sparked a civil war within the Nan Dynasty that saw Zhenzong flee from the mainland, going from port to port and at each one being rejected all across the South Sea. Finally returning in late 1245 he had just enough time to see his Dynasty crumble before him, as returning to Fuzhou the Mongols poured southward, battering aside the poorly funded and demoralized garrisons.

Baidar made his way to Fuzhou where Zhenzong attempted to rally a defense but the previous damages done to the defenses by his own hands caused the city to be breached. The navy of the Nan’s effectiveness by this point had dropped greatly as several ships fled immediately, though a handful did stay to take refugees from the city. Reportedly when the Mongols set fire to his "Grand Sailing Palace" instead of swimming overboard he stayed aboard and died in the flames in atonement for his years of shame. In the end, Baidar would claim the Mandate of Heaven for himself as his army swept through the resistance in battles over the next two years.
 
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The Beginning of the Ormaninsan[1]: The Orman Hanlığı [2]

"I can not say much of the Ormaninsan. They are farmers and hunters with few good manners and are filthy to the eye. Yet I can not deny that their devotion to the Eternal Heaven is great, so great that it shines throughout their dark forests where they dwell…" - Kadri Pasa, Envoy of Anadolu to the Magyars, 1113-1161
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The devoted to Tengri first encountered the Ormaninsan during the early 800s following the efforts of the Magyars to spread the Tenets of Diyanat and breakaway from the Tengri Khaganate which was in collapse due to the Turkic Civil War. Crossing into what would be the Magyar Steppe they began to settle in the area along the Dnieper river expanding westward as far as Bessarabia, as southward as the Tauris Peninsula [3], and northward along the Dnieper as Sambat [4]. Along the Dnieper river they discovered various communities of the Eastern Slavic peoples that are known now as the Ormaninsan, and immediately made them vassals and went about converting them to Tengriism. From here over the next three centuries they would expand their power northward along the Dnieper into the heartland of the Eastern Slavic peoples.
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The Magyars after a series of raids and diplomatic proposals swept through the area as both a military and cultural conqueror as they not only managed to get the Slavic tribes of this area to submit as their vassal but introduced Tengriism as well as cultural practices from the Steppe. The political and cultural conquest of the Magyars and its significance would be solidify with the reprisal of the Rus from the land, following a epic battle in 956 which saw a Magyar/Ormaninsan force destroy a Rus fort [5] ending their raids into the Volga river region after which numerous tribes pledged themselves to Tengri. Into this a Turkic and Slavification would occur amongst the Ormaninsan as they accepted Turkic names and manners, and the Magyars did likewise as many Magyars and Ormaninsan married into one another through a strong core of Magyar ‘pure’ nobles and constant absorption of steppe tribes from the east would see a continued distinction between the two peoples.
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The Orman Khanate existed as a vassal state and trade bloc for the Magyars to control influence and resources in the region, where the Rus were their prime competitors the Rus were also the main middleman. The Rus, Magyars, and Ormaninsan were apart of a trade route that went above the Mediterranean trade route to Northern and Western Europa but the Magyars and their Ormaninsan middle men even more center then the Rus who bought from them during times of peace. The Orman Khanate also served as a buffer state between the Magyars and several neighboring groups such as the Rus, Polanes, Vistulans, Balts, and earlier the Finns until the Magyars won influence over them. The Ormaninsan also were used as military levies by the Magyars in times of war, especially in defending against the Bulgars.
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The relationship between the Ormaninsan and the Magyars would go on like this for several decades, and under four dynasties until this relationship came to a end shortly into the Age of the Mongol. When this relationship ends it would be apart of a notable shift of power on a global political scale and amongst the Tengri faithful.
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The first dynasty to be founded as ruling the Orman Khanate was the Ulichs, who were instated by the Kajos Khan of the Magyars from 819-923 as the rulers of the Orman Khanate. Ruling from Sambat, they were highly under the influence of the Magyars and only consisted of territories along the Dnieper. Though gradually under the second Khan, one Khan Ozan they would expand their land northward into the main area of the Ormaninsan. This dynasty was characterized by the spread of Tengriism and fierce raids by the Magyars northward.
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The second dynasty to be founded was the Dregoiz Dynasty founded by a Volkan Dregoiz Khan in 923 after a stint as a loyal general under the Magyars, they allowed him to pillage and move his people into Sambat and overthrown the Ulichs who were growing resistive to the Magyars. The Dregoiz, mostly under Volkan, would expand the Orman Khanate to its extents helping to push back the Finns, Balts, Polanes, Vistulans, and importantly the Rus and absorbing the majority of the East Slavic tribes. This dynasty though only lasted from 923 to 1005 following the arising of a heresy under a Ormaninsan shaman known as Mazhun who preached that the Tenets of Diyanat were meant to be more metaphorical in nature and that the Ormaninsan could supplant their old head gods as Tengri. As well as taking the title of Son of Tengri, Mazhun was cousin to the Dregoiz so the Magyars ended the dynasty after besieging and conquering Sambat.
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The third dynasty known as the Izzet dynasty was for its period not very active at all, mostly keeping the peace and listening to what the Magyars had to say as well as putting down revolts and defending against raids. The only notable thing about this dynasty was that it moved its capital from Sambat to a much northern Mishan [6] and that it ended largely due to the last Khan being childless.
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The fourth and last dynasty under direct Magyar rule interestingly for the world would be one much more active as they too took up capital at Mishan as the Firisiv dynasty under their ruler Khan Evertkol Khan who upon founding of the dynasty in 1209 began a campaign of conquering the Balts and pushing westward against the Christian Polanes and the Rus-Vistulan city-state of Wist at the mouth of the Vistula river . Gaining territories greatly for the Orman Khanate he slowly built up his power in Mishan, centralizing authority to him and leaving the Magyars out of events. With the arrival of the Mongols and their call to conquer Europa the Ormaninsan heartily agreed and of the rampage that went through eastern Europa and the Middle East, the front commanded by Evertkol was the only one without any Mongols fighting. His forces swept westward and totally burned Wist and conquered Poland and made vassals out of the Prussian and Pomeranian peoples and soon their war parties were marching up and down the Elbe river raiding the Saxons and Danes to the west and north.
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Conquering this dominion, Evertkol spent the remaining years of his life seeing the domination of the area, which he did through planting of large numbers of Ormaninsan west of the Vistula and in the Balts to keep the areas in check. Further consolidation was taken by his son, Doruk who gave his loyalties to the Mongol Khan who had taken the Magyars but was keen to note the unpopularity of the Mongols amongst the Magyars. It would be his son, and Evertkol’s grandson, Devrim Khan who following a dispute amongst the grandsons of Hulegu he broke off relations with the Magyars.
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This trend would continue in the next century as the grasp of the nomads slipped from the more sedentary peoples, and increasingly the makeup and powers of and within the Tengriist world shifted.
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[1] In Turkish literally translates into Forest People. OTL East Slavs
[2] In Turkish literally translates into Forest Khanate
[3] Crimea
[4] Kiev
[5] Novgorod
[6] Minsk

Hmmm well by making them Tengriist I have given them a excuse to go and conquer Central Asia...so they can control their holy city!
 
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Rrrriiiight when I get all of history caught up. Istill have parts of east Africa (Islamic Swahili Pirates states) and west-south India (Islamic Indian Pirate states) and Indonesia (Buddhist-Hindu Indonesian Pirates states), western Europa (Christian, Norse, Tengri Kingdom and Pirate states), in something of a limbo currently due to my time skip for the Mongols.

As known states go (not counting those who just got invaded) we have know most commonly of the Tengriists who stretch from the Baltic to the Pacific. From the Mongolia-Korea, China, World Roof, Siberia, Samarkand, Indo-Ganges, Persia, Fertile Crescent, Anadolu, Egypt, Serbia, Bulgaria, Avaria, Magyars, and Orman (all within the Tengri Khaganate). As well as the Frisians and likely several small kingdom entities in Scandinavia and the British Isles (thanks to those loveable Norse).

Then we have the Islamic states which comprise of Nubia, the Swahili states, the Goa Indian states, Burma, and Vietnam.

Then we have the Christian states of Axum, Northern Spain, the Holy Roman Empire, the Italian States, the Croats, the Slovenes, and several small kingdoms in the British Isles.
Then the Hindu States of Bengal, the Deccan Rajs, and Java as well as several islands in Indonesia and parts of Australia.

We have the Firnisitu who occupy Saxonia, and parts of Scandinavia and several small kingdoms the British Isles

Then we have the Buddhist states of Khmer and Thais, and Sumatra, and several other islands in Indonesia and parts of Australia.

Last we have the Confucian remant of the Nan Dynasty spread out from Ryukyu to Australia and the Shinto Japan.

Personally I would like MNP to do a map, but eitherway I got to make my own horrible. Horrible map of this just to conceptualize it.
 
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It was asked of my impression of things by 1250.

Poltical map: Toomany to name so just refer to the above
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Religious
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Blue-Tengri
Purple- Christianity
Red-Firnisitu
Green-Islam
Maroon-Hinduism
Yellow-Buddhism/ChineseFolkReligion/Shintoism

*Note this is mostly just what religion I feel is the largest and most influencial in a area at the current time. Egypt is still under Tengriist-Mongolian Rule.
 
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Is that Dano-German states part of the Caliphate, anf if so why, given it's shown as Firnisitu?

Also, is that little part on the coast of Borneo a completely seperate religion, or just an area you missed coloring?
 
Is that Dano-German states part of the Caliphate, anf if so why, given it's shown as Firnisitu?

Also, is that little part on the coast of Borneo a completely seperate religion, or just an area you missed coloring?

Its Saxony, I just ran out of colors.

I indeed missed it.
 
The State of This World At A Glance
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The world so recently caught up in flames and destruction at the advance of the Mongol Horde has once again settled down to what will be peace, a short peace, but a peace it has not known for sometime nontheless.
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Across the vast stretch of EURASIA, a vast number of peoples kowtow to a few number of Mongols as from the Pacific Ocean to the Baltic and Adriatic seas they rule many Khanates as what has been the latest migration from the Steppe has swept away the old order in power in all but a few places. In MONGOLIA, MANCHURIA, and KOREA Mutugen Khan rules from the ancient homeland of the Mongols having won himself prestige for beginning creation of a brand new capital that he boosts will be the second greatest city compared to Samarkand [1]. In CHINA, Baidar has named himself Emperor of China, taking the name Guangxu, but his policies in the country are not very enduring as he commits to a Burning Campaign in a fanatical attempt to burn out the Chinese culture toppling thousands of structures. This does not bold well for his reign. From THE ROOF OF THE WORLD, Batu has seen his claim on the region following his father’s conquest and he remains undisputed but he worries about challenges and now looks down from on high against all his neighbors-ready should they make a move against him. Khudan is very sullen over reciving SIBERA as his inheritance and will not accept it at all, this is widely known and so he looks either to the ROOF OF THE WORLD, to SAMARKAND, or even to ORMAN KHANATE and the FINNLANDS [2].
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In JAPAN the Tachibana clan has a grip over much of the country, and was looking to mount a campaign for the north when events on the mainland have caused concern and fears to rise as refugees cross the sea to Japan bringing horrorific tales of bloodshed and destruction.
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The MIDDLE EAST is its own tinderbox as well, as Khadan and Guyuk rule in Egypt and in the LEVENT and FERTILE CRESCENT, while the two have taken a shared effort of toleration this still does not ebb sour feelings amongst the Muslim population who are in revolt constantly. ANADOLU sits comfortably where it is, looking in all possible directions Bakshala Khan quite likes the tension building in the air as brotherly blood will be spilt, even willing to lend sweet words to PERSIA which has come under Kublai’s rule much to the disappointment of the Persians. The only ones seemingly happy with this situation is the KINGDOM OF ISRAEL, so appointed by Khadan in an effort to tap into the supposedly influential network of Jews but nonetheless Jews from across the globe are supposedly flocking to their ancestral homeland.
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On the SUBCONTINENT Ariq Khan has probably come out the best of all his brothers, most secure and only having to deal with the occasional Pashtun revolt and the BENGALI and the GOA ISLAMIC STATES. From the look of things Ariq stands to build a very powerful legacy…not that the GOA ISLAMIC STATES really care for the Infidels…nor really their brothers and sisters across the sea who they are wrangling with for control over the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean. BENGALI looks to remain stalwart on the eastern edge of the Indo-Ganges, calling for a coalition of the remaining RAJ KINGDOMS to drive out both Muslim and Tengriist. Islamic RANGOON is keen to fight against both Buddhist and Hindu but at the moment does not really have the strength to do much, their situation is more grim as they are the last of the Khmer free kingdoms, the Angkor being conquered and slowly assimilated by the Thai dominated NANZHAO and DAI VIET. Various INDONESIAN KINGDOMS, Buddhist and Hindu are fighting for dominance now that the power of the NAN DYNASTY has collapsed in on itself with piracy ruling the day throughout the eastern seas.
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The NAN DYNASTY or what could be called that is in a sort of state of civil war as the Chinese fleet has split and is looking to defend their remaining population centers not under Mongol control in TAIWAN, RYUKYUS, LONGYAMEN [3], the east side of BORNEO, and NANGUO [4]. The choice of successor will not be decided for sometime as officals and admirals grapple for power in the remaining territories.
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In AFRICA the ZANJ STATES are in conflict with each other, the Arabs, and the Indians over who gets control over the Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean and do not seem content with giving up such a title, though unknown to them the shift of Islam has passed down to them. Meanwhile, NOBADIA is standing against Mongol incursions from the KHANATE OF EGYPT and is keen to explot any major revolt amongst the Mongols but the tension in NOBADIA is building between the racial lines as the last remaining Sultan of the Black Guard remains in power but his position is weak and others are keen to exploit the situation. None more keen then ABYSSINIA.
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In the BALKANS the sons of Tolui have secured their gains with Monkge ruling the BULGAR CONFEDERATION, Bujek ruling over Avaria and making raids against the Croats and into Christian Europe with Mongke. Hulegu is wary of his cousin Khudan’s eyes on his lands as well as the increasingly independent Ormaninsan.
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Meanwhile in EUROPA much is the way of fear and preparation, the literally collapse of the Christian POLANES and the Bulgars has left many stunned as well as the sudden activity of SAXONY to take advantage of the increasing number of raids to swallow their neighbors. BAVARIA and ALEMMANIA are on the edge of collapse between the raids from the Balkans and pressure from their neighbors and it will no doubt be a race to see who can gobble up the territory there. The HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE stands on a unknown position, the line of Charles the Great is on the edge of collapse but no doubt some enterprising family will swoop in to claim a new dynasty and hopefully save the west. Slavic Slovene VENICE looks to gain independence from the Holy Romans but at the same time avoid the fate of being subjugated to the Mongols. The PAPAL STATES pray that God will aid them, for if the HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE collapses then their land will either be taken by the Tengriists or by Orthodoxic, NORMAN KINGDOM OF NAPLES. NOVOGOROD is trying not to be wiped out by the Finns. The Holy Romans have claimed a foothold in THE BRITISH ISLES but they remain a seething, feuding place as Briton, Saxon, and Norman still wage it out for control. The FRISIAN KINGDOM has resurfaced, placating Holy Roman and Saxon to preserve their Tengriist ways. On the edge of EUROPA, the IDIR CALIPHATE is going under some internal cleaning as a capable Caliph slowly brings together the many Taifa states that undermine his rule. Though NORMANDY in the northwest is planning for something big...
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[1] Karakorum
[2] Russia
[3] Singapore
[4]Australia

I think I got everyone
 
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Tale of a Shaman...

In his own blue eyes the eternal blue sky was reflected perfectly. His soul was floating. Namik could feel it as he stared at the great blue ocean that stretched across the sky, the ever eternal heaven of Tengri was surrounding him and flowing into him. The divine energies of the four winds were lifting him ever upward to embrace the divine being that was Tengri. Soaring through level after level of the heaven he could finally see the hint of the true divine, the hint of Tengri himself before him he felt humbled by what he saw. Even if it was the slightest outline of a massive, white wing of a goose that stretched across the entire length of the world below. The divine being was so close…but so far still and he was only on the fifth level of heaven and no matter how much his inner passion and spirit wished to reach upward with his hands and grasp the divine form of Tengri it just would not be. This was a pain that all shaman felt, all who let their spirits rise to try to reach divine union before Tengri just had not the energy or will to do it and being so close but unable to arrive in the highest levels of heaven left a hole in the hearts of the mortal men.

His view of Tengri was then suddenly removed, by the still brilliant but much smaller, goose shaped form which flew down from the divine father toward Namik. When the divine messenger reached out to Namik and touched his flesh he suddenly knew and then was filled with a sinking feeling as his soul fell through the sky back to earth’s embrace.

"The Eternal Heaven!" Namik gasped, his body springing up from the ground, his body drenched in sweat he could once again feel the cold winds that roared across the steppe and the dankness of his tent as the smell of smoke, scented incense, and his own sweat filled the air. The power of his will and adrenaline slowly drained from his body, and slowly so his body sank back to the ground and once again he could feel the ache in his bones. He was only just into his thirties and yet he felt as if he was a century older, by this he knew he had overtaxed his body in a way that not even walking from sea to sea could do.

At the flap of his tent he then heard a heavily accented voice that spoke similar to the desert nomads of Arabia, "Namik? Are you well my…friend?" The face that emerged from the cloth flaps of the tent was dark as night, but to Namik had the sweetest of smiles. Shaking his head with a laugh, Namik raised his arms to the sky and brought them back down "As best as one who has fallen through five levels of the heavens can feel, Uday! As best as one could feel…"

Gathering himself for a few minutes inside the tent, Namik leaves his tent and looks eastward toward the setting sun then northward which while now there was nothing but land and sky. In another day’s of travel the northern view for him would be full of the glorious sight of blessed Samarkant! His skin tingled to see the greatest and most inspiring city in the entire Khaganate of Tengri, if not the greatest under the entire Blue Heaven. While he had ridden through the ancient cities of Anadolu, from what the Greeks called Nicaea where he was born, or in Antioch in the south or across the Great Gap to Bulgarian Kostantiniyye. Even burning Cairo did not compare from what he briefly saw of it. "What is it like?" he heard Uday say and he could tell Namik’s smile made him even more curious.

"it’s…overflowing with the Will of Tengri…as the clouds drift across the sky so does it…" rubbing his chin as the flood of memories overtook him from the days of his youth and tutelage as a shaman. "As people come and go, the great yurts and tenets expand and shrink, changing the shape of the streets and sights with the will of those who live there…but at the center of it is the heart of Samarkant, the Rocks of Tengri! The tombs of his blessed Son and Khagans…when we arrive before meeting the council we can pay homage to the tombs."

"Good…but do you think this will go well? This whole meeting?" Uday looked doubtful and just a hint nervous, instinctively Namik leaned over to give the great warrior a reassuring squeeze on the shoulder.

"I know there will be tension…but the views of the Son of Tengri and the Great Blue Heaven must be universal! Our views are no more…heretical then those in China or India" Namik reassured but he could see the doubts of Uday, both knowing of the long history of sectional conflict in his former Islamic religion and in Anadolu’s Christen heritage. "Our brothers from Anadolu will stand by us, I am assured"

Though Namik was not totally sure on how good a defense that it was…the Call by Subutai to gather the faithful at Samarkant was unprecedented as the current Khaganate which theoretically included not only Anadolu but all of the Tengriist peoples was much bigger then the one presided over by Diyanat, the Blessed Son and Temur the Son’s son.

Already Namik had faced…difficulties with the Easterners, the Mongols and Uyghur’s and other tribes that had swept westward as apart of the Great Balance of the Blessed Son of Tengri Reborn, Temujin which had so far subdued the corrupt Qadjars and the Great Rival, Islam and was somewhat ongoing with the children’s children of Temujin raiding the Christians in Europa. Of those who he had talked with they had said…some intense words about his belief in the nature of the subtance of Tengri and the substance of the relation and connection between Him and his Son or the dire need to master the relation with man’s nous or eye of the soul!

"Your sure?" Uday once again asked, bringing Namik from his thoughts.

"I’m sure" Namik replied, smiling and trying to sound completely confident.
 
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