Unholy Roman Empire

[Hendryk]

Cathay colonies consisted of four main hubs - Wei Guo along the Spotty Dog Spite, Lanhai (South) along the Zhenghe Plain, Lanhai (North) on the Baja Spite Penninsula (it is said that the two cities were one although colonial records show that there was distances between them), Xinsheng to a week and three days travel from Lanhai, and Fushan to a notable far distance of two week's travel to the north.

Very interesting instalment. I quite enjoy reading about the perception of Cathayan settlements by Westerners.

Oh, and incidentally, that map of North America you used... Did you notice the logo at the top left corner, the fox and the lion facing each other (a pretty obvious reference to Machiavelli)? It's from my alma mater, the Institute of Political Studies a.k.a. Sciences-Po.

 

[G.Bone]

Yes- I shamelessly stole it from Xen's TL.

Histories of Our World
Part 2
By Alex Nochbe, BA, SD, FE, QB

The Matter of North Avalon

The matter of North Avalon, as one might know, lies in the heated rivarly between New Breton and New England. New Breton is firmly Ascendist, a kindred spirit to the beliefs as held by the Moorish Realm, although Johannist in origin. New England is strictly Puritan, focusing on the progress of society, and an unacknowledged offspring of both Johannist and Catholic beliefs.

During the official 're-annexation' of New England into British rule, New Breton was busily expanding it's territory within the Hawking Lands. Parliment was codified as the main body of government with the Senate as a replacement for the House of Lords. The House of Commons was extended to all men and women of all ethnicities (with the exception of New English Puritans) in 1743. The first popular Governor-General was elected in 1745 with the formal acknowledgement by the United Kingdoms that New Breton was truly unto it's own in the Hawking Lands. It soon became to be a fact that if one wanted to get away from the politiking of the League, Hawking Town was the place to be.

Then there was New England. With the burning of New Johannesburg and New Haralda, both the Stewartist and Royalist platforms had become far more extreme in their mannerisms than what was expected. Several attempts had been recorded on creating Puritian colonies along the Micmac Mischigain territories with the lure of military service within the "Great Puritan Army" posed to their chiefs. This was quickly stopped by New Breton officials but it could not clam on the lure of alcohol nor the continued lurking about by Royalist movements. To this effort, New Breton declared a "Great Hunt" against New English missionaries, reviving the aged practice of paying for Royalist crowns that the said parties carried on their person, as well as for their children as additional payment for the crowns.

The Carolignian presence did not help this war from going into extremes. It had been recorded that the Petan branch within France had become another excuse for the League to expand into a new avenue. Unfortunately, with Sagunay under Burbon rule, Spanish influence began to be felt within the southern regions near their border. It also had been recorded that only in the Carolines were the Petan branch was strong - which bode ill for efforts on containing the New England threat.

The Carolines formally declared themselves independent from the League in 1762. This was not unexpected for many Preachers had been going about on how the Carolines seemed defacto independent anyway. What was unexpected as their continued efforts on supporting New England to the point that when the second Declaration of Independence was made in 1776, the Royal Carolignian Army recognized the said government, and rushed to support it. At that time, much of the former support that the Royalist movement had enjoyed in the Slyvian Provence had been eradicated thanks to the continued presence of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th Hawking Infantry Divisions. Most unfortunately, their choice of refuge was along the Baltimore Albion Provence, right along the border of the Carolines.

The exact support of the dastardly New English regieme by the Carolines cannot be put into exact detail, for many recognized it at the time to be a puppet state of the Carolines. It is said that under the threat of abandoning them was the Royalist and the Stewartist movements united as one government to counteract the presence of the Fleet along the coastal cities. It is also said that had it not been the overwhelming presence of the Puritian Church of New England, one might have thought the Carolines pulled up an extra regiment or two from their backwater provences.

I should go about on the exact warfare that was popular in the Avalons and in Europe at the time. Only in the great expanses of Tver and the (unfortunate) Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was actual warfare practiced on a large scale. The main method of warfare that became popular was the insertion-marine tactic, laying waste to the peoples that supported a government, as well as the sufficient artillery to reinforce it. The exact specifics of operation were accordingly adjusted on if there was a sea or a continued base of supply. Then there was the exact number of men at one's disposal, thereby getting into the particulars of Military Science that British Naval Officers are so eager to go into, whether the main topic of the conversation was on Cathay silk or how fine Cathay women are.

(I experienced this a couple of times whilest talking to my good friend Major Bruno Atwell of the Wehrmacht and Ambassador Karl Lundqvest of Sweden. The horrors of British naval officers )

The military tactic that was practiced within New England and New Breton was completely the opposite of that. Their norm of tactic was the army, artillery, and the fact of genocide over long periods of brutality. The originator of this tactic may be laid on New English missionaries seeking the "propogation of our English race", but the true owner of it was New Breton. Then there was the Carolines, which had the legacy of the Royal French Army underneath it's wing, and soon North Avalon became a bitter place to be if one was white, Johannist or Catholic, or even speaking of a Mighty King to rule the English Realm.

Sidenote:
I sincerely apologize towards the Machievelli Institute of Political & Military Sciences. I shamelessly stole their basic map of Europe to help portray the state of North Avalon in the 18th century. Basic maps are quite hard to find, given the fluxuation of Europe within this century alone. Although the League may pride itself on being the one true standard that Europe measures itself on, historical maps are the norm within the historical records, and it just proves to show that whatever the League tells you isn't the golden truth per say.

I also should point out that the Moorish Web is a godsend. The Moors are quite adept at historical note-taking and have proven to be the par excellence of historical narratives. Although I may have taken certain liberties within the installments of this mighty saga, I have not captured the true spirit of the world at large, mainly because I am from the League, and not everything goes around the League - even if the Moorish Realm is in economic union with the said body.

Sidenote 2:

The key to the following map is as follows;

1. Disputed territorial claims between New Breton and the Carolines
2. Claimed territory through annexation and ethnic clenasing of the Goode King Robyne Provence in the Micmac Mohawk Campaign of 1735
3. Territory that is claimed by New Breton but being in the process of "re-education" and "re-settlement" by 1745, in 1750 disputed with Loyalist New England on exact border "once the Stewartists have been cleaned out" (Walsington, 2.14.11)
4. "New Haralda" as settled (or inflitrated as the Loyalist Regieme puts it in 1762) by retreating Royalists from the Micmac Mohawk Campaign of 1735, the Hull Warthington Campaign of 1740, and the Battle of Arthor's Cliff in 1755
5. Rumored "Aztec rebellious kingdome here", recorded in 1763 by a Virginia Anne emissary to the Aztec Imperial Court
6. Rumored new settlements and known merchant towns (for the freebooters), recorded in 1758

 

[G.Bone]

Interlude
By Alex Nochbe, BA, SD, FE, QB


The Mughuls

The Mughul Question did ally itself on the matter of Egypt. Dispatches are frightfully puny upon this matter. It is an understatement that when the Truce was signed, Spain became an Empire, and later on a meddling presence along the world stage that never rested.

This is what we know of the Muhguls-

When Tver shifted towards the League, the Mughuls were distracted to say the least. Egypt had invaded from the north, north-east, and finally from the east proper, stemming from Palestine. Although Persia fought against it's neighbor for some time, there was the fact of the Egyptian fanatics, whom managed to pulverize the elite Persian Cavalry to a bloody pulp.

The Muhgul Empire never recovered from it's sudden invasion from Indiyia. Their tenous hold on the Kush proved to be their undoing, due to political instability within their government. The Great Khan was dead. In his place sprouted many other Khans, each vying for the "traditional values of the Mughul Empire", and thus creating the Muhgul States.

The strongest state within the Kush that provided order was the Sikhs - a fanatical order founded along the principles of war, death, and the occasional plundering of various states. According to Egyptian Intelligence reports, the Sikhs had been converted to the Muhgul "Church" during it's ascent in the years unrecorded, and assumed within the latter collapse of the UHRE. The Sikhs were adopted as the bodyguards for the Great Khan. With the Great Khan dead, there was a Sikh "Duchy" of some sort within the space that the Mughul Empire occupied in the Kush. The only strength that it did have to it's name was the contant killing of various armies sent to their mountain strongholds as well as their "heathen savage rites hither unknown since the [Second] Caliphate".

There was a Khanate of Transoxcia, Khanate of Samarkland, and Khanate of Bactria. These names must be dealt as pure fiction for exact details within the interior of the Muhgul Empire are lacking, again, thanks to the Imperials. The one route that was open to trade was the Silk Road. The last information that the League had from that area (before Tver left) was that Cathay had fallen under a Mughul succesionist state and that Chosun had been recently invaded by Dai-Nippon. Again, exact details of that area remain vague because of the Imperials and the main interest of the Colonial Efforts were on the Avalons and the Moorish Realm.

Indiyia - or more specifically Kush - was shattered with Egypt attempting to do the conversion routine within that stated realm. Decca was the strongest point in the Egyptian rise to power. Fleets of merchant goods and Cathay silk began to cross from the client-kingdom of Axum to the Spice Islands. There, exotic silkwood, minerals, and the famed Cathay spices were loaded up and sent back to Egypt. With the Imperials retained as their main ally within this economic boom, Egypt became the sole power within the Cathay Seas, and even to the point where Africans were spotted within the ranks of their fanatics.

Several attempts were made with Egypt on opening up for the League and lowering it's taxes. Several attempts were made with the Jews on giving favor to the League's diplomats, opening up the Greek markets, and giving mercy to those yearning to see Jerusalem. All efforts were shut out, not by Egypt, but by the Imperials, which sought to corner the Egyptian market with their own grubby fingers. It is not known why or how the Imperials tolerated the growing population of the Jews within Alexandria, for their tolerance level was well known to the Moorish Realm. All that is known was that the King-Emporer Ferdinand Phillipe II did give permission to a large group of Jews to visit Rome, even though it was highly discouraged by Pope Adrian IX, and treated as a Moor outside their routine.

The trade with the Moorish Realm was welcome. By this time, the Moorish Realm had managed to eclipse Tver in the immense size and territory that it covered. Although there was no effort on fully unifying the state under one government, there was an effort on adopting a unified monetary system, which ranged from taxes, currency, roads, and tolls on incoming fleets. Even though the Burbon Regime (I have mis-spelled that word many a time in this narrative ) in Sagunay the Imperials did have a voice in the Realm, League currency was used as the coin of the Realm, even though they made no difference on how much a mark was selling in Amsterdam, how strong a guilder was in Hannover, or let alone the shilling on Haakon Street, New York Port (formerly City, although heavily industrialized as a port when converted by Admiral Lars).

The main difficulty that the League had with the Realm was that it wasn't united. Although monetarily it was united with the League, government seemed to be at will for those whom ruled in a particular area. It was not uncommon to arrive at Fez and see the docks filled with Dutchmen and yet arrive at Port Royal, Yoruba, and see it filled with overt Imperial presence. Several attempts were made at the Realm properly trained in the ways of the League, but was averted to constant wars in South Avalon as well as Europe.

There was a presence of the Inca within the Cathay realms. This was a welcome fact with a diplomat by the name of Wang Sen Capac, formally introduced himself to Queen Juliana Beatrice of the Netherlands, as the rest of the Leaguehaus in Hannover of 1780. Apparently Wei Guo had meddled with the Incan Empire to the point that Incan diplomats had adopted Cathay ways. A polite questioning of Wang Sen Capac proved to be quite informative with several details arising of Cuzco already transformed by Cathay innovations, such as the steam sail ironboat, temples devoted to a certain Bhudda Kwan On, and enough middle men to put the Leaguehaus to shame. Wang Sen Capac even made some potent barbs at the various diplomats on them being more "noble" as well as mindful of the realms they served.

It is not hard to understand the assumption at the time that the Tse Wanna (as the diplomat pronounced it and written as Tiwantinsuya) was actually another client-kingdom of the Cathay Realm. The fact of the diplomat's guards, ship, and flag being of Cathay origin sealed this assumption into fact. It was only by their awkward use of tunics, shawls, wraps, and constant usage of dazzling checkerboard patterns with red triangles (as well as their language that resembled a Prussian drunk on Russian ale attempting to read off Geothe's "The Third Man" codex) that proved them to be Cathay ("Inca" to be more correct although the mis-understanding lasted until the Crisis of 1783 ended in 1820).

Of course this does not address the Mughul Question, which had been ignored, partly because of the whole Raghild Crisis (which had become a nickname for "stupid" and remained his epitath whenever his name was mentioned in any writing about Swedish history), and partly due to the Prussian Wars. In fact, the Mughuls did not even come into the mindset of the League until the dismemberment of the Commonwealth in '62, and even that was clouded with the Hungarian Question. It is no wonder then, that most historians call this period the "Prussian Years".

 

[G.Bone]

Interlude
By Alex Nochbe, BA, SD, FE, QB

Greenland

It can be said that had Egypt not become a power, much of Cathay would have been British territory, and that the Avalons would be less croweded than they are now.

With that set aside, Greenland is a freak of nature when compared to the other various colonies within North Avalon. Although it does have the legacy of being settled early, it does not have the strength that New Breton has nor the free-spirit that the Virginia Anne has throughout it's many years of life.

Greenland was founded as a penal colony.

There is some conflict on whether or not Greenland was a penal colony to begin with, seeing that there was heavy investment within the said area with the Inuit peoples supplying the Sweden-Norway Realm with various arctic goods that became quite treasured in the later years. The Inuit peoples seemed to be quite diverse in their cultural variants. It is said that the only reason why they united in the first place was the risk of disease as well as the growing power of the Hawking Tribes in New Breton

The political structure that was commenced between the Inuit peoples and Sweden-Norway was comical, to say the least. The Admiralty of Sweden-Norway "chartered" the various Inuit peoples to "maintain" a constant supply of ships wanting to partake in the arctic goods as well as to assist the feeble colonies along the "Watery Shore" - namely Gothab and Ittorqortmit. In return, The Admiralty would provide protection, medical facilities, and training to help the Inuit peoples "preserve their way of life".

(Within the Christianhenry Documents of Naval Affairs, however, this reads as: "be better than the dastardly English pigs")

To go into the exact politics of it being a penal colony, one must delve into the history of Sweden-Norway. I have documented earlier that Sweden-Norway had a troublesome relationship with England. England did provide Sweden-Norway with it's "new" line of monarchs with the sudden appointment of King Christian Henry with the death of King Sverker II the Stupid. These monarchs were mainly drawn from the Admiralty of Sweden-Norway and they continued to do so, even with the line of kings continued on in order to address the matter of the East.

With that said, Greenland became very appealing to the Admiralty on getting rid of troublesome prisoners as well as nobles whom didn't like the Admiralty. Several negotiations were made with the (dis)united tribes that were out of the "Great Inuit Kingdom" on holding these prisoners on barren pieces of rock, preferably isolated, and very far away from their normal settings. These dealings became soon profitable with the various tribes of the said Kingdom, which offered several lonely places where the prisoners were unceremoniously dropped off, forgotten, and simply left in the hands of the Inuits.

During Admiral "Bull" Haakon's time, this began to be noticed by the British, whom offered to get rid of some troublesome Scots that didn't like the Marines lording over them. Thus it was that government came to Greenland with an active military base established in Gothab to take care of the prisoners, as well as to build up a route in which these prisoners would be "taken care of". This system also proved to be beneficial to the growing power of the Aaronists, whom managed to convert a good chunk of the Eastern Tribes along the coastline, proving to be quite handy with their frank ways, as well as adopting to Inuit traditions.

Politics, it seems, always screws up a good meat pie.

With the growing power of Greenland as a colony of Sweden-Norway, the main conflict at hand was with New Breton. New Breton, it seems, had already come into contact with the Ungava Tribes before the first shipment of Scottish prisoners had arrived. There was very bitter arguments held between New Breton officiers and Swedish naval authorities on who had the right of dominance over the Ungava Region. While New Breton did have the stronger military, Greenland had a direct link to the League, and in fact had the upper hand in politics. This was used many a times over the course of King Egil Canute II's latter reign with New Breton actually resorting to increasing their naval strength within the Hudson Bay (named "Deadman's Gulch" on most Swedish-Norweigan maps).

As the wars of Europe soon increased in King Cedric ar-Rhaman II's reign as well as his successor Queen Ximena ar-Rhaman III, the leverage that Greenland had on New Breton disappered. Thus it was that New Breton formally declared the Ungava Region theirs as a right of "protection against corruptive elements". This proved to be quite a misunderstanding, for much of the pro-S/N elements of the Ungava Region had already been armed with Swedish guns and Norweigan training. Although no official war was declared between the colonies, the Ungava Region soon became the "new destination" for imprisoned Scottish prisoners as well as "Half-Breeds" to "improve relations with the Inuit Peoples".

I may have gotten off from the topic at hand....

 

[G.Bone]

Interlude
By Alex Nochbe, BA, SD, FE, QB

The Jews & Indiyia

The matter of the Jewish Question lies in the utilization of them as a scrapegoat by Egypt in order to counter attempts at another Crusade. Unfortunately, this never came around, and the Jews did not become a Question as much as a sub-caste that were retained for the "protection" of the Egypt. Over time, this sub-caste soon gained power through it's connections through the Registrar's Office and the Secret Service.

I have stated that the Jews did manage to visit Rome once upon a time. The exact politics that the Imperials had with Egypt was a tenuous one; the only real ethnicity that Egypt trusted were the Jews, and even that was half-baked. It is said that at one time, a High Cleric of Medina assigned them an entire city within Decca just to get them away from Alexandria, and three generations it was revoked, although the Cleric's policy never reached Indiyia at that time.

The Jewish Question mainly lies on the policy towards Indiyia. Indiyia, as supplied by the lovely FrederickWilhelm Insitute of Military Sciences, was a mess. While Egypt had Decca fully under it's sway, it did not have control over those regions that were Hindu. To this effect, successor states of a fallen incomphrensible empire called Viliangjia, rose to counter the Egyptian threat. There were even states within Eastern Persia and the Kush that openy advocated for a united alliance against Egyptian dominance, although this was subverted by the threat of the Mughul Successor States.

The Jews were employed within Indiyia as the agents of the Egyptian Secret Service. Although this term is a loose translation, it can be said that most people in Indiyia accounted them as simple merchants looking for land outside of the Caliphate. They were welcome and even hired as diplomates within the Maratha Confederacy, which professed itself as the "one true Hindu Empire".

The fact of the matter is that while the Jews were welcome in Indiyia, they were not in Lahore nor the other Muhgul Successor States. To wit, they were even cast out as "agents of Egypt" (which they were) and "imans of fire" (Egyptian torture sessions). Thus it was that the Jews became settled within Indiyia, forced to be the pawn within the Hindu-Muslim conflicts as well as Egyptian's attempt on controlling the entire sub-continent.

The exact politics within the sub-continent of Indiyia is complex. On one hand one had the Muhgul Successor States. On the other was the Sultanate of Decca, sometimes labled an Egyptian 'woozy', and oft used as the "Face of Islam within the Heathen Indiyian Continent". In the middle was the Marthra Confederacy, a Moorish Realm if one could call it that, constantly stuck between the Muhguls and the Deccan Sultanate.

The Marthra Confederacy, it was said, was founded on the same principles that the Black Bard grew up on in the Blood Sea. However, over time, they became more addicted to open field tactics rather than based on the sea. It is said that the Marthra Confederacy was a kin to the Moorish Realm - constantly at war between two giants with only their diplomatic core as the one saving grace of their mighty "Empire". It is also said that some of the diplomats were privy to Imperial influence with codexs of the Moorish-Spanish Wars translated in Hindu and given over to the Marthra kings as a "present".

The Mughul Successor States - with sufficent information to speak of them now - were broken into different factions. Because this interlude concerns strictly Indiyia and it's environs, I will concentrate on those states at hand. I will focus on the other states - Samarkland and Bactria later on.

The main states that held power from the former Muhgul Empire were the Sikhs, Lahore, and Persia. The Sikhs were concentrated in the Kush, acting in the guise of the Great Khan as their "custodians" if and when the Great Khan would return. Lahore was located in the Punjab and "maintained" relations with the native Sindh and the Balochi, even though with the former being under control of Egyptian imans, and the latter being of the Persian regime. Persia retained it's traditional control of the Plain with the exception of those areas near the Hijaz, which had been converted "back" to Islam.

(I have omitted two areas out - the "Beacon" which occupies the infamous "Corner" between the Emirate of Palestine and the Hijaz - and the Durrani, who were retained by the Sikhs under the aegis of the Sikhs as to regain the territories lost to the Marthra Confederacy/Empire. The reason for the former lies mostly in the inablility for Persia to retain control of the "Beacon". However, due the "Beacons" ability to survive and communicate with it's former masters, it has been referred as "Persia" in many of the texts that I have come across)

Persian history is quite absent within the texts given over by the FrederickWilhelm Insitute of Military Sciences. Partly this is due to the collapse of the First Caliphate whereas many of the leaders of the said area chose to expand eastward rather than to deal with the matters of the west. It can be assumed that within this exploration, Persia encountered the Mughuls, the Seljuks, and various other ethnicities that proved to be quite detrimental to the cause of "Islam".

I believe the phrase of the day is "a soddering mess".

As I have noted before, Persia was closely tied to the Mughul Empire. Details gained through the Mughul-Hungarian War prove that the Mughuls were based on a confederacy of Mughuls as well as other various tribes in the goal of conquest. This confederacy soon led to the Empire as well as contact with the Kush and Tver. It was only by the death of the Great Khan al-Khaleed some centuries later that the Empire collapsed.

It's at this point that I profess my inability to really understand Muhgul history. I am a League historian. I don't deal with anything beyond Tver! But none the less, I will attempt to cover this vague period of time.

Persia is very...Tverian in it's belief system-

 

[Justin Pickard]

Well, I don't know all that much about the Mongols, Jews or Indians from OTL, let alone here...but I do think that the way the colonization of the new world is going is both creative and feasible. Good stuff...

 

[G.Bone]

Histories of Our World
Part 2
By Alex Nochbe, BA, SD, FE, QB

The North Avalon Wars

Queen Ximena ar-Rhaman III was elected monarch of the United Kingdoms in 1761. It was recorded as the first queen to be of Moorish origin as well as Spanish, although many generations removed. It is said that her actual name was Wallada, but took Ximena as a direct insult to the Imperials, which had been interefering with French sovereignty for some time.

The exact cause belli of the New Breton/New England conflict is well documented. At the time of Queen Ximena ar-Rhaman III's ascension, the bulk of the New Breton Commonwealth Army was situated in the Micmac Mohawk regions, partly to counter any possible New England threat, as well as to formally put it down. Having the Royal New England Colony as it's ally was simply a motion to show that it was united with the League.

New Breton did not like the Carolignian Kingdom. Although New Breton had literally become the idealistic state of French imperialistic goals, it was not French. The Carolignian Kingdom professed itself as the "New France" and had labled New Breton has "too savage" to become French. There was also the matter of New Breton's lack of "saving the French culture" and "backstabbing it to the English pigs".

In 1762 the Carolines became the Carolignian Kingdom. Because of the matter of Tver and the Commonwealth, Queen Ximena ar-Rhaman III was distracted. During the first five years of her reign, the hallmark of her policy was mostly focused on intregating the Realm into the League as well as to formally adopt Hybrazil into the British crown, which came forth in 1768. There was also the matter of Denmark, which had elected Fredrick Wilhelm II of Prussia as it's king in 1745, and then adopted his son Wilhelm ("The Bold") as his successor in 1758, thereby creating a "Prussian Bloc". (Fredrick II of Prussia had designated his brother Prince Henry-Louis as his heir and Regent of Royal Prussia.)

With this said, Queen Ximena ar-Rhaman III did authorize a build-up of forces within the Loyalist New England by appointing a Lord Regent of the said realm under Admiral "Bull" Haakon Adams, as well as other policies to formalize it's bond with the United Kingdoms. These policies are key for the reader to know for they have implications within the North Avalon War. I shall explain-

Loyalist New England had been transformed from a Puritan state to a Chartered Realm of the United Kingdoms. This transformation was helped by the establishment of five Royal Marine Regiments stationed in the realm as well as the 4th Colonial Fleet. This proved to be a boost in the economy as well as the New England character, who became more aware of the cultural trends that were on-going in the League. One of these cultural trends was the Libertarian Philosophy - which advocated the 'natural rights of man' as well as a government that would encompass the ideals of the (German) Free State, equality towards religion, as well as an economy just to the average man seeking a pennance for characterial poverty (Huime, 2.14.33)

While this philosophy may be too heady for the average reader, it did give leeway to the "Great Compromise" within the moderate factions within the Loyalist New England disillusioned by the fanatical beliefs and actions by the two "rebellious" parties. The Great Compromise, briefly defined, was a declaration by key political leaders within the various sub-divisions of the Colony that declared it's loyalty to the crown as long as the 'natural rights of man' would be observed. Queen Ximena ar-Rhaman III granted this in the "Chantham Act 28' with "great celebration of Her Grace celebrated throughout the streets of Boston".

Thus these developments come to meet up with the actions of the Royalists in 1776. The newly developed Houses of Parliment, formerly the Colonial Assembly, had just been founded. Famous leaders such as Wyatt Jefferson, Elbrige Johann Franklin, Haakon St. Aaron Lee, Lars Johann Phillip Whyte, and Blackbard Georg Waslhington had become the promise of tomorrow and the new leaders of the ideal Libertarian State. It was even recorded that the first official business of the Houses of Parliment lay in the full acception of the Stewartist stronghold to the north, since the ideals of the Stewartist movement had been "stolen" by the Great Compromise, and that there seemed to be a general fear from the positioned New Breton Army nearby.

The Royalist movement in the Carolines, however, was not so ...open. The Royalist movement had experienced some changes over a period of stunning military defeats. It was because of their defeats that the Royalists became more fanatical in the 'Puritan God-given right of the King that is Just and Wise" as well as mirroring the Carolignian ideals of an omnsicent government that gave structure rather than liberty. The only support that the Royalists actually account for within New England was the fanatical belief that the Moors were polluting the sensiblities of the English crown and that a structure of social improvement and hierarchy was needed, which was practiced in the Carolines anyway.

In 1776, the Carolignian Kingdom declared support for the Royalist movement. Within the Declaration of Independence, the Royalist movement appealed to the Houses of Parliment on dismembering your traitorous talk of the Moorish bastard whore that dares to lure you away from the True Way of the Royal Puritan God and other various faulty propaganda motifs. Both Lord Regent "Bull" Haakon Adams, High Chancellor Blackbard Georg Waslhington, as well as the Lord Ambassador of the Opposition Elbridge Johann Franklin fully declared themselves for the Enlightened State of the League of Uncommon and Extraordinary Goodmen and Women. (Translation: We are loyal to our Queen and ourselves but not you)

In that passing year, the Royalist movement and the Carolignian Kingdom declared war on the New England. Not wanting to leave the Royalist movement in power of a friendly neighborhood power, New Breton declared it's affirmation of protection with our fellow enlightened brethern, and promptly invaded the Carolines. Upon the notification that the Carolines had gone rogue, Queen Ximena ar-Rhaman III declared the Carolines terra nullis, thereby opening the Carolines to formal invasion by those whom wanted the land.

The Moorish Realm leaped at the chance and sent the infamous Blackbeard Fleet to claim this new land.

Edit:
I have been told that the Sikhs are not, in fact, adherents to the Islamic Faith. In fact, they are more unto their own faith. Further research shows that they were no better than the Moorish Realm and I'm a League-man darn it - not an Easterly Tverian scholar!

Edit II:
Dark Gray is "ally" of Virginia Anne although not within the said colony

 

[G.Bone]

Histories of Our World
Part 2
By Alex Nochbe, BA, SD, FE, QB

Wutternberg

I have documented that it was Wutternberg's responsibility to maintain the south. While it was viewed within Hamburg (capital of Hannover) that this was just a "Throwaway Right", Wutternberg took this to heart. With this domain given unto their rule, Wutternberg quickly reformed itself to take care of this new responsibility that was given unto them.

First one must understand the politics of the south, for it is entirely different and seperate from the north. To this one must go into the exact politics of the name. Wutternberg is in fact the "Northern" spelling and the exact domain is entitled Wuttermberg, in part due to it's Celtic origins, as well as other confusing variants on that legend thereof.

Wutternberg was one of the founding states within the Unholy Roman Empire. It did supply Saint Ulrich with much of his troops as well as participated in the final crushing of the HRE troops in many of the key battles scattered throughout it's domain. As a result of this military support, Wuttermberg was given jurisdiction over the land that it controlled, as well as the "oversight" of the Bayern Duchy, which had lapsed after the war into district infighting.

Over the course of the UHRE's history, Wutternberg became more of a rogue power than a component of the UHRE. Although it was loyal, the riches of Koln, Bonn, and the League began to flow into it's coffers due to it's geographical positioning with France. While it was predominately Johannist, the influences of the League began to show with more latitude given unto the moderates of the Johannist faith as well as a more libertarian approach in it's government.

It is well documented the excess of the UHRE. It is not held within the League as a hallmark of German History. In fact, if the choice was given unto the educational secretaries within the counties, the UHRE would be written off as "a Blind Johannist Adventure". While one might point out that this is the influence of being tied to Britain and Sweden for so long, it should be pointed out that the League did not have formal ties with the UHRE for much of it's corrupted history.

The Duchy of Bayern proved to be the excessess of the UHRE. It is said that due to the UHRE, much of Bayern was split into the Palatine of the Rhine and Upper Palatinate, later reformed to the Palatine, which was home to the former Minister of Security who ruled Italia. There was no clear unity within Bayern because of this split; the divisions within Bayern proved to be too quarrelsome to actually bring it to a united state.

It was only through the clear administration and politics of Albert IV that the Duchy was united. However, in the period of civil war, Bayern politics had become soft, tender, and open for corruption. In this void came the League, which had already increased it's stature through it's persuation with the Middle Duchies (as the UHRE labled them) for economic trade as well as diplomatic relations. The Duchy of Bayern refused this, stating that it was within the UHRE, and silently took the offerings of the League under the table.

Now we shift to Wutternberg, for that is the subject of this piece. Wutternberg had not fallen privy to the vices of the UHRE. While Bayern profused itself to be Johannist as Austria, it was the home of bear pits as well as beer. Munich soon became rich from it's ale, often labeling it as "Holy Spirits", and thereby becoming the much needed refreshmen of corrupt dukes within the Reichstag.

Wutternberg did not have this market. What it had was a definite route to the French market as well as the access to the growing influence of the League at that time. When Philipp the Haughty (of Hesse) formally opened his duchy to trade with League trade caravans, this proved to be a godsend to Wutternberg, who had recently run afoul of the Duchy of Bayern, whom had risen into power at that time due to it's beer trade. Wutternberg - under the administration of Duke Herzog von Wittlesbach - quickly sent diplomats to the League in capitalizing on this trade.

It should be noted that while some might point out that the League may have not risen to the heights that it has (or holds) in the 1700's, the existing structure was there. After all, it cannot be said that while the UHRE was rising, the other countries were simply pissing in the wind. Rather, the League had become an economic tool in which various powers could participate, as well as to merge governments in the hope of countering a French invasion or any other country that looked upon Germany as a ripe fruit.

It is a well known truth that the UHRE collapsed because of Italia and the distrust of Heinrich. By that time, Wurtternberg had become quite reformed in it's ways. In the reign of Duke Eugen the Fat, Wutternberg became a military power with the Hessen Wars, where Hesse fell into disrepair, and it was only by the saving grace of the Bundeswehr that peace was maintained. Although this can be written off as a minor detail of that mysterious period between the League's ascension and the UHRE's collapse, Duke Eugen the Fat was very well known for the Hessen Wars, as well as his reply to the Reichstag on declaring war upon a member-state. ("Distracted from the bear were you? Perhaps it was the beer-")

The Bundeswehr can be compared to the Wehrmacht of Prussia due to it's origins of a German state yearning for stability. In Prussia's case, the Wehrmacht was a social insitution in which the safety of the united realms can be granted. Of course, the threat of the day was Poland, and then the Commonwealth, so the Wehrmacht had training constantly within a marine/steppe terrain. In Wutternberg's case, the Bundeswehr was an insitution of society formed to counter the possible threat of Hessian troops marching in from the north and Bayern's political influence within the UHRE. The Bundeswehr was adapted for the long haul - over mountains, plains, and the occasional river - with specially adapted infantry divisions to make war upon their neighbor in the old traditional German conflicts.

Duke Eugen the Fat was a curious figure within Wutternberg's history. Although he had been pampered earlier in his life by his mother, a Henriette of Hesse-Dolmstadt, Duke Eugen learned the hard way later on through the sudden dissolution of Hesse, as well as the formal cutting off of Henriette from her birthright. To this effect, Duke Eugen was taught the hatred of all things Hesse, as well as the weakness of his birth-state. While he did have a father - Duke Karl Ludwig the Lean - the focus of the ruler at the time was Bayern and not Hesse - for it was Bayern that held power in the Reichstag and not Wutternberg.

It is said that at Henriette's cutting off that she became the 'Iron Queen', forcing her son into horrid situations that made him iron, made him steel, and even learn to eat bugs for a period of time where food was not given to him. Local legend says that it was within this period that Duke Eugen met up with a strange figure known as Karl Hans, whom taught him the ways of survival. It was upon this base that Duke Eugen formed the dreaded Wehrmacht.

Now - why this matters-

Duke Eugen formed the Bundeswehr as the 'third dirk' if needed. When Duke Eugen was on his deathbed, he strictly told his general, a Christopher Bear (loosely translated) that if his son was weak, his general had the right to maim him. It is said that his son was present at this statement. Thus it was that from that day on, while Wutternberg became more of a commercial power with it's "connections" with France, the Bundeswehr was always retained as the 'third dirk' in which the case ever arised.

Now - fast forward to the collapse of the UHRE-

By the time the UHRE had formally collapsed, Wutternberg had become a regional power with it's Bundeswehr. Although it did not have the adequet resources to become an empire unto it's own, Wutternberg did have access to mines deep within the Black Forest. It also had managed to become the 'new face' of the Middle Kingdoms, quickly gaining Koln through the marriage of Duke Eugen Wilhelm to Princess Antonia Mari (Italian mother) in 1614.

Then there was the matter of Bayern. Bayern had yet again fallen into disrepair, partly due to the "degrees of Puritanism" that had come about with the Italia question. On one hand was the native Bayern Johannists, whom had slowly evolved into a psuedo-mix of native Catholicism and Johannism, complete with the trappings of an Advocator-Priest and annual masses. On the other hand were the Austrian Johannists, who advocated a strict adaptation of the faith to the point that the Advocator-Priests were the ruler of the "unholy Earth" as given by their fallen leader "Ulrich of Heaven". Thus it was that religion became a heartache towards the Duke of Bayern.

In came Wutternburg, which offered to "loan out" some of it's troops to maintain order. This was only granted in certain areas. Then, when it came to be known that the Reichstag was entirely under the Austrian Johannists thumb, Bayern swerved towards Wutternberg's orbit, and then became a part of Wutternberg through a convienent marriage. Although several cities within Bayern outright refused annexation by a "Upstart Neighbor", the matter lay upon the alarming successess of the Bundeswehr, which could field an army out of nowhere, and carry itself in the stark terror that the age old Roman Legions would have. The matter of Bayern also proved to be a heartache upon Wutternberg, which had to deal with religion, now that it ruled Bayern.

Now - fast foward to the 1700's-

Wutternberg at this time had managed to earn a reputation of being an empire all but in name. Although it did formally participate within the League, and even held the Chancellor's seat for a spell of 20 years, it was pretty much on it's own. With the formal grant of it's domain over the south, Duke Eugen Wilhelm IV decided it was time to reform Wutternberg in order to deal with the terrain it covered.

Then, in 1757, the Hungarian Imperial Reminant in Italia, formally invaded Milan/Venice.

 

[G.Bone]

Histories of Our World
Part 2
By Alex Nochbe, BA, SD, FE, QB

Wutternberg Domain

The exact politics that Wutternburg used within it's territorial sphere is complicated. Although the Bundeswehr was utilized within the annexations of Hesse, Bayern, and the former UHRE, it was countered by the rich heritage of Hungary, Milan, Venice, and Illyria.

First of all an elaboration on these said states -

When Wutternberg was granted the Right of Domiance, what it had on it's hands was not Poland, forced against the corner by Tverian Hordes. These were established peoples forced against the wall by a massive war. Although they had been damaged, they still had exposure of their own methods of thinking, acting, and so on down the line.

The Kingdom of Hungary was the strongest of these states. During the Mughul War, the Hungarian Empire did prevent overall annexation by two states as well as preserving it's core territories around Budapest. It had even managed to score some victories against Poland, right before it had become the Commonwealth. When the formal dissolution occurred, two seperate entities were formed- the Imperial Reminant in Italia and the Kingdom of Hungary.

During the exposure that the Kingdom of Hungary had within the League's influence, there had been a strong revival of Hungarian culture as well as government. While it could not be overlooked that the Kingdom of Hungary did not have the resources that it could pull as an Empire, it did have a common heritage through these states, and spread small "rumors" of a Second Empire through trade. Essentially they were doing the League but in Eastern Europe, which had been lacking a strong unifying factor ever since the Byzantine Empire fell some centuries before.

The Imperial Reminant, however, was not "Hungarian". It is at this point that I must go into the exact politics of Spanish Italia. The Empire of Spain, at this time, became the equal of the League not in military, but in politics. Somehow they had persuaded the Imperial Reminant to fall under their influence through the increased military aid of that area. It can be said that the Imperial Reminant was just another Catharge, only that instead of invading Italia and liberating Rome, it was to seal off the Adriatic.

Italia, itself, was a headache. It had been divided in three sections - Spanish, the Imperial Reminant, and Italia itself. The Spanish section consisted all of Western Italia, including Sicily, and Genoa. The Imperial Reminant occupied the southeast section, a polygot of Hungarian/Italian/Spanish influences. Then there was Italia, or as many in Venice/Milan stated - "Free".

The culture of Italia at this time was very different. The Italians located in the puppet kingdom of Catharge were heavily Catholic and pro-Imperial. In their eyes it was a godsend miracle that the Imperials liberated the Holy City. Imperial officers exploited this by giving the Italians their own government (although not "free") and other various rights within their mercantile fleet (read: intelligence services). Of course the controversy was not of how much they would gain, but the people who had lived in Italia before the "liberation".

I have stated that Genoa was burned to the ground. I have stated that all references to the Unholy regime were torn down in the re-installment of the Papacy. For those whom lived within Italia who were ardent supporters of the UHRE, life was considerably threatened, as well as their continued generations. Thousands of these Italians fled to Milan as well as through Switzerland, where they were augmented in the "Puritan State", and rumored to have been the "second wave of the new Puritan belief".

Those that fled to Milan had a different experience.

It should be noted that both Venice and Milan were the main supporters of Henrich in the Reichstag Spat (as many League historians record it). They were given defacto independence in Henrich's successors. They managed to stem any invasion that the Empire of Hungary had upon them.

Then Wutternberg came on by. To the governments of Milan and Venice, the "hands off" approach by Wutternberg proved that the League could be trusted. To this effect, both Milan and Venice joined the League, even though the League was some day's travel to the north. But that does not go into the exact politics of these two domains.

Venice was republican. It had a Senate. During the intervening periods of peace and war, it had managed to acquire a network of shipping routes that enabled them to partake in the Egyptian trade, even though the matter of the Imperial Reminant troubled them greatly. Thus it was that Macedon and the Greek states came into play.

Milan was not republican; it was ruled by a Council of Elders that seemed a proto-type of the League in it's early days. The reason why Milan had become a power was it's refugee base. Nearly all "free" Italians wanted some measure of stability. In this case, Milan provided it. It also helped that Milan had a lot of stone carvers that Spanish Italia wanted for it's grandiose churches.

Then there was Illyria and those provences. They were traditionally in the sphere of Hungary; after all it was their unfortunate position to be located south of Hungary during the Stephenite Crusades. When the Empire fell, they became free. Of course that didn't stop them from declaring war upon each other, making their own little empires in the dirt, and giving more traction to Venice on becoming a regional power. The only drawback from this was Wutternburg.

Wutternburg got itself into a pickle begin given the domain on these various lands. While it was easy to "persuade" Venice on building some extra ships for their Bundeswehr, it wasn't easy talking to them. Wutternberg was a Germanic power. It had Johannism on it's side. Venice and Milan had that "Puritan-Catholicism" on their side, total lack of "respect" towards Wutternberg, and had enough contacts to deal with the Imperial Reminant on it's own....

 

[Max Sinister]

A question: When did the Pale come into existence? I can't find it in the thread. And why the name, and what's behind it?

A nitpick: The German land is called Württemberg.

And a request: Could we get an ethnic map, maybe? The different people seem to have mixed up good... a map would help...

 

[G.Bone]

FAQ of Histories of Our World
By Alex Nochbe, BA, SD, FE, QB

1. When did the Pale come into existence?

The Pale came into existent in the administration of Black Bard, whom succeded King Harold II somewhere in the early 1600's.

2. Why the name, and what's behind it?

The Pale was founded in part to show the League that it was predominately for the League and not for English conquests. However, in the establishment of the said state, the Pale ended up becoming the only "concession" to League concerns at the time, due to the English Civil War being waged also within that timespan. By the time of 1740's, the Pale was the defacto port of call of the League Mercantile Navy, although it was spread out to the various other cities in England.

3. Why do you continually mis-spell Württemberg - Wutternberg/Wutternberg?

It's mainly due to "High" Germanic spelling, which as most folk in Bonn would say, is already English and not German. Due to the immense exposure that the League (North Germany) has had with Sweden, Norway, Denmark, England, and Orange, the spelling of various ports and stadts has ...been altered to some degree. Although many folk within Wuttemberg would like to kick the idiots who continually mis-spell their beloved city, the fact remains that there exists a continued "League" language that is completely seperate from "Low" Germanic spelling.

4. What about the Moorish Influences within England now that it has a new Queen [in the 1740's]?

The Moorish Influences has been shown within the religion at that time. Although the church in vogue is somewhat Aaronist, key principles of Moorish Islam has already been intregated into the main belief system of England, such as Ramadan and key moments within the day for worship of the Prophet. Although this has scandalized Egyptian imans to no end, it is said that the Egyptian community at the time had no words to say when Admiral Saladin Longshanks openly asked to the leading officials of Egypt at their emissary in the Boudine Commonwealth on doing the pilgramage to Mecca.

5. What is this with the "League" language?

The "League" language is as follows;

A. The Northern Dialect - spoken in Hannover, Denmark, Prussia, Lower Sweden
B. The Scandinavian "German" - spoken in the port cities of Sweden
C. Finnish Russian
D. Swedish Russian (spoken near the border of Novgorod)
E. "Old" Swedish
F. Polish-Lithuanian
G. "Middle" Germanic; french loan-words
H. "Headache"; spoken in the English ports in Breton & other ports
I. French
J. Dutch ("Orange"); Danish loan-words as well as English
K. Gaelic; including Scottish & Irish (influences from Norway)
L. Norwiegen English (and variations with German/Swedish/Dutch)
M. Orkney (spoken by the Aaronists)
N. Austrian & Swiss German
O. Moorish (& pidgins derived thereof)
P. Novgorod Russian
Q. Tverian Russian
R. Danish (Prussian loan-words)
S. Moorish Dutch (don't ask)
T. Viriginia Anne Dutch

Overall, the Northern Dialect and English is used the most due to the heavy usage within the League as well as most other countries (this is in the 1740's). It is said that a Moor can understand bits of English but not the Northern Dialect. In the reforms of Minister Detrich von Ribpel the Northern Dialect was entitled as "High German" with an attempt on having the Northern Dialect the "Latin" of the League, although it had already reached that standard in the 1750's.

6. Could we get an ethnic map, maybe?

Seen below;

 

[Thande]

Sorry that this post has nothing to do with the timeline

It's from my alma mater, the Institute of Political Studies a.k.a. Sciences-Po.

Aha! I found their website yesterday, used some of their rather good historical European maps for the OTL map thread. Only problem is, they seem to ignore border changes in North Africa - and in the British Isles (Northern Ireland is shown on maps from the 1800s...)

 

[G.Bone]

Histories of Our World
Part 2
By Alex Nochbe, BA, SD, FE, QB

England, Scotland, Ireland, & The Pale

Most League historians catalogue the line of rulers after the Black Bard as the "Admiral-Kings". Although they are not of the Swedish tradition, nor Norway's, there is a certain creedence that most folk give to the "new" line of Kings post-Black Bard. Of course one cannot overlook the contributions of King Fredrick Henry of Orange in the other realms...

By the time Queen Ximena's ascension, the state of England had been changed quite radically. There had been an increased Moorish presence on the account of a strong relationship between the said state and England. The religious shift within England's ports and key cities copied those that had been on the Continent for some time. The difference beween these two trends is, of course, the situation that it was in.

First- we must go into the specifics;

England was and currently is a maritime state. During the English Civil War, all of the Navy was pitted against the Army, which proved that land based forces could not stand up against excelled Marine troops and artillery pieces. During King Fredrick Henry's rule, much of the social structure within England and it's conquered realms were reformatted to fuel the two forces, whether or not a woman served in the Home Fleet or simply stayed at home to work at the state terminals sewing sails.

The structure that maintained England was nicknamed the "Ideestadt", due to Fredrick Henry's origins. Over time, this "Ideestadt" proved to be a godsend to the English economy, for a certain innovator called Richard von Northshank invented the Automattical in 1730. The Auttomatical did not make sails at the speed of three days compacted into one hour. The Auttomatical did not compute the location of a ship on lattitude or Moorish Lines. Instead, the Auttomatical was formated in keeping sums - in a sense, aiding clerks in which ship carried what, as well as where various Fleets were located at.

It should be noted at this point that if the Imperials claimed the Inland Sea as their own lake, than English ships claimed the Atlantic as their own pond. Moorish ships from the Yoruba and Ghana provences were often seen in places such as York, Glasgow, London, and Cork. It was even remarked that within the port cities, people spoke more of a German-Dutch-Moorish tongue than English.

Now let us talk about Scotland, Ireland, and the Pale;

Scotland, as one might now, supported the British Army during the English Civil War. In response to that, the Black Bard shelled every coastal town that he could find, essentially turning Scotland into a blasted place. Although continued rebellions were held within King Christian Henry's time as well as King Egil Canute II's, Scotland soon learned that if it was to survive in this new United Kingdom, then it would have to learn what the sea offered.

The treatment that Scotland got was strange to say the least. It's monarchy was retained as well as Parliment. The Church was allowed to exist, if it did not persecute people. It was even allowed to retain it's Army, as so long as it would know to whom it served.

Scotland came to it's own during the middle of King Egil Canute II's reign with the appointment of Speaker Jamie O'Dongal, who had distinguished himself through the semi-formal re-appointment of the Army, which had far more expertise than the Marines had in war. Jamie O'Dongal was a Colonel in the
4th Glasgow Grenaiders and had considerable experience on the Continent in maintaining peace within the English ports. He was only ensared into politics through the Aberth Crisis, where King Bruce IV was caught attempting to "persuade" all of the Aaronists to migrate to Norway.

Speaker Jamie O'Dongal, it is said, served his king well, for King Egil Canute II was not as well versed with the domestic scene as he should have been. Within his term as the Speaker of the Commons, several policies were enacted to make the "Ideestadt" more open. This included equal taxes within all the realms, adjustment to the House of Lords to an economic standard, and general reforms so that all members within the "Ideestadt" could profit without being oppressed. For his service, Jamie O'Dongal was elevated to the Lord Treasurer, and then on to Prime Minister. Most unfortunately, Jamie O'Dongal was viewed as a traitor to the Scottish peoples, and he was assassinated three years into his term.

Ireland, on the other hand, was a tricky situation. Ireland was heavily Catholic. It did have some French in it. During the various campaigns that England had with France, many citizens of that realm migrated to Ireland, believing that peace would be found there.

Ireland was a harder nut to crack when compared to Scotland. It is said that if it took 4 years to simply seal off Scotland from it's allies, then it took 8years just to take an Irish city. King Frederick Henry of Orange was personally given domain over Ireland during the English Civil War. The sorrows incurred upon that land are a mile long and forced King Fredrick Henry to deport many in Ireland to Hybrazil and New Breton.

With that gap in population, the policy of the British government was to teach Ireland a lesson in politics. Many Dutch "pilgrims" were recruited to help "re-educate" Ireland in Continental politics. This incurred the wrath of those surviving Irish and the grief never ended. Finally, King Fredrick Henry was forced to hire German mercenaries to formally put it down, but was stopped due to his premature death.

King Egil Canute II continued this policy. During his reign, the Pale, a section of Ireland given over to Dutch/German interests in order to appease the League, expanded thricefold. Although it was not formally an enclave of the Orange/League governments, it did conduct itself as such. Houses were re-adapted to copy the styles of Amsterdam mercantile halls. Magnificent galleries were built in order to understand the covert nature of the heath as well as the peace that the beasts had in comparison to the people that lived there.

It is at this juncture that General Cedric Larkin, father of King Cedric, came into the picture. General Cedric Larkin was an Irishman from Ulster, one of the very few cities that fell to English forces during the Civil War (by Black Bard and not King Fredrick Henry). The divisions within Ulster are well known to most; many people within Ireland tend to view it as a "traitorous state".

But - back to the General - General Cedric Larkin had served Britain well as the Lord Commander at the Sandhurst Military Academy, which had been founded in order to build up the Marine Core up to Army standards. General Cedric Larkin ahd made a name for himself through the training of the Marines in "Ulster warfare" as well as giving inspiration to many of the Colonial Regiments that still exist in New England this day.

As a reward for his service at Sandhurst, King Egil Canute II made him the Lord Lieutennate of Ireland. Upon his arrival, General Cedric Larkin realized the error in allowing pilgrims within the Pale to infest the coastal cities. Virtually every acre of that wartorn land had been factionalized between Irish/French fanatics and Dutch/German/British forces. To this effect, General Cedric Larkin (his son had succeded him at Sandhurst) implemented the Restoration Regime, in which the freedoms of Ireland were restored at the pace in which peace could be maintained. Although the Pale was League all but in name, there could be some change implemented within the small colonies that it had claimed - such as Cork or Waterford.

These changes were not as fast as one would expect. In fact it proved to be quite difficult to say the least. A dastardly 'patriotic' leader by the name of Gascon O'Connell, whom claimed that Ireland had it's own liberties that demanded complete sovereignty from any foreign influences. Many attempts were made towards O'Connell stating that the League brought nothing but success to Ireland; O'Connell himself shot a leading Dutch merchant who had accidently strayed away from the Pale, beheading him, and putting his head on a stake.

O'Connell's actions did nothing but inflame the citizenry of the Pale and soon General Cedric Larkin had a war on his hands, even though he had been nothing but fair. Several attempts were made in making peace; it was only by the General's sixetieth birthday (and several vicious battles/massacres/shellings/riots later) that O'Connell agreed to make peace. Most unfortunately, in the peace talks, O'Connell shot General Cedric Larkin in the chest, thereby giving him a twisted sense of respect towards the Irish Patriotic Movement.

Upon the acension of King Cedric ("The Moor"), several different policies were enacted to get rid of the said movement. O'Connell was caught, tried, and formally burned at the stake for his crime. His ashes were later carried to Greenland, and abandoned on the ice. Any people affiliated with the Irish Patriotic Movement were offered exile or freedom within Ireland with most choosing the latter to fight. To this effect, King Cedric formally authorized forces within Ulster and the Pale as formal British Army regiments, and placed them in control of Ireland.

It is said that the Irish were bled out of Ireland in King Cedric's time. It was only by the saving grace of Lady Marian Beale, whom formally offered herself as King Cedric's consort if Ireland would be spared from the "Orange Orders" (of Hell). The British Army regiments were restrained. Ireland soon found peace, although it was the peace maintained through the constant presence of the British Army in Ireland, nicknamed the Hellhounds.

Wales, on the other hand, seemed to be completely absent from the constant war that had plagued Ireland and Scotland. This was done through the crafty Macdoc Wibernant, a curious rogue who had somehow ascened to the Princedom of Wales, and had negotiated a "seperate peace" with England at an earlier date with the pre-Blackbardian Kings. This peace did allow Wales it's own government and they proclaimed themselves nuetral within the Civil War, honored only by the Black Bard. When the Civil War ended, it is said that King Fredrick Henry granted them full sovereignty over their own armed forces and government in exchange for their support.

It is also said that many Irishmen migrated to Wales when the Pale grew before the O'Connell Wars.

 

[Keenir]

I agree, the POD is a very interesting one. And even if barbarossa is old, his son is ready to step in on schedule more or less, and again will get the Norman kingdom by marriage. But this time he will be the king of Jerusalem too

it should be interesting to see if any future Normans try to lay claim to Jerusalem.

 

[G.Bone]

Histories of Our World
Part 2
By Alex Nochbe, BA, SD, FE, QB

The French

Note: the term "Norman Guard" is a translation from Nicean Intelligence Reports. The Author makes no claim on adequet explanation on why they are called Normans; simply that they were called that way in the reports. The Author also would like to claim that further details about the Greek States, esp. Nicea, will be told at a later date (preferably when I'm not in a rush!)

The matter of Jerusalem is a sticking point amongst the Imperials and Egypt. Although long ago, Jerusalem had been abandoned by the Western Powers in the quest of killing themselves off, there was that shining hope that Jerusalem would be attended by the faithful. In this case, the very term 'the faithfull' would have to apply for the Catholics and certainly not the Johannists.

What can be said of Jerusalem in the 1740's?

First of all, one must go into what has happened to France with the joining of it to the League and the Petan Family. The Petans were Admiral-Kings as everyone knows; with the lapse of the former royal household, France became a small sister to it's northern neighbor (England). The ones that held the power were the Estates-General, although influenced by their own districts/holdings through the religion question. Later on, this became even more particular with the matter of the Imperials giving support to French Nationalists in the 1750's to 1783.

The French had a vested interest in Egypt; this was the reason why the Register was introduced. The Egyptians did not trust the French, especially with them being Catholic. While they did trust the Hungarians, the matter was put forth on the collapse of their empire, and the sudden monopolization of their skills into the Caliphate. The French were simply the second in succession on who could hold on to the riches of Cathay.

Now let us go into the matter of Jersusalem at hand;

Jerusalem had been dotted with Byzantine Orthodoxists, Catholics, and various other offshoots of the moribund Hasburg faith ever since the Byzantine Empire collapsed as well as the First Caliphate. In this case, it was laid upon the Catholics that Jerusalem needed to be retained in the hands of Christianity. Of course they did not see that the Greeks were nearby, thus prolonging the war, and then getting the Egyptians involved.

The Emirate of Palestine was founded in order to bring the Christians to heel. After all, Egypt had a vested interest in Jerusalem as well. Christian Quarters were introduced and the Jews registered them all on the Foreign List. The only problem was the Greeks, whom thought it would be kind of funny to introduce their own version of the Orthodox faith, as well as to show that they were indeed the best friends of the Egyptians, and so on.

The political state of the Emirate thus lay in the continued complication of the three churches. The Byzantines quickly bit the dust seeing that they could not get any support from the various churches in their locale. Greek Orthodox became the norm in their stead. Catholicism within Palestine slowly lapsed into a strange hybreed of Persian/Egyptian beliefs in Islam, thereby creating a strange "loyal" Persian state that the Egyptians could rely on.

It is on this fact that we come to the French. Now, the very topic of the Normans is a strange thing, for they were Vikings, and the very effect of the Viking Age was somewhat carried out when the League took over the Baltic Sea as their little playpen. In fact, it can be assumed that the Viking Age actually refers to the League per say and not the poor Vikings whom gave birth to the fallen and decrepid Byzantine "Dream-Empire". (Thanks to the Greeks & the Turks who made Byzantium a wartorn city in the quest to resurrect the Empire in all it's glory.)

The French that lived in Palestine were mostly from the North. Long ago, a French King thought it best if he were to send a whole lot of pro-League peoples within Brittany/Normandy to Egypt, seeing that they were trained warriors, and that they could find more prestige in the Eastern Lands. (England had declared it's independence some centuries ago) These people were soon nicknamed the "Normans" partly from their past battles in England and they were informed that they could not bring the Crusade to Jerusalem, or the rest of the Holy Land for that matter.

These Normans soon settled in Palestine as the local 'bodyguard' of the Emirs, proving themselves worthy of the Praetorian Guard, and managing to finangle several key estates within the former lands of Isreal. Most unfortunately, these Normans were privy to the influences of Egypt, which slowly converted them into an Islam influenced Catholicism, and into the fold of the Caliphate, which had plans to "dominante the world!".

The status of relgion within the Holy Land is a tricky thing for there was a huge backlash against the Norman "Guard" being the real power behind the Emirs. In several cases, the Norman "Guard" attempted to overthrow the Greeks from spreading their own religion to the north. In related cases to that, an upstart Emir by the name of Omar Burgi formally succeded his Emirate from Palestine, claiming that the Holy Land was for Islam, and not for the Normans, who had just made their crusade more conniving than the Byzantines.

This proved to be quite a headache for Egypt, which under the influence of Selim al-Walsingham, formally charged the Jews to help "maintain" the order of Egypt through the Emirate. The Jews, at that time, had grown quite considerable in their power; although they were distrusted as any French-man, they proved to be an excellent annoyance to French/Spanish interests, as well as key players within the growing Secret Service (of Egypt). Selim al-Walsingham oversaw the distribution of the first Registrar Office in Jerusalem, taking care of how many Normans were about in the said area, as well as their influences within the Emirate. Omar Burgi was let on his own for the time being, seeing that a better offense could be done from the enclave of Antioch, a key Greek city that had recently converted to Islam due to the "coinicidental" appearence of medical ships to combat a recent plague that happened in that area.

The Norman Guard did not like being checked by the Jews. Although they had essentially given up their claim on a Crusader State, they had not given up their power in the community. Communication was made to France with several missionaries contracted to help build the Christian Quarter, thereby making the Norman Guard more of a definite presence than before. It is said that the Caliph was utterly incensed by the sudden growing of the Quarter and contracted the Greeks and the Hungarians to "outweigh" the Normans.

It is at this point that the Petans come into the picture. With the religio-political conflict uprising in the Emirate, the French Royal House began a downslide that it had never recovered from, due to the overt presence of Spain becoming the primary Roman Catholic power with Pope Augustus Paul II formally declaring that it was Spain that had the strongest seat and not France. Then there was the whole affair on if France should rely on the League for support, thereby putting the Norman Guard in a strange position of being defacto independent from France.

Of course they were on their own for some time and simply went with it.

By the time the Emirate of Alleppo had been merged back into Palestine through the clever move of supporting the ideal of the Neo-Byzantine Empire amongst the Greek States, Jerusalem had become a polygot metropolis of different churches that seemed to have nothing to do with their "mother" countries. It was very obvious to the naked eye that all the Christians were being played against each other. The only real power lay in the Jews, whom had the weight of the Caliph upon their shoulders, and could pass judgement upon the Catholics on their rights on territories within the Holy Land and so on down the list.

The Norman Guard, at that time, was a strange beast. Although it was French all but in origin, it learned that one should not piss off the Jews when they had the Caliph's favor. The Quarter system was maintained throughout the years with the Norman Guard's previous riches restrained under the watchful eye of the Walsingham Family. Many Hungarians and Greeks found this to be fair; alas for the Normans this was not the case. It was at this point that the Caliph formally proclaimed Jerusalem to be under the Caliph's formal authority and that under the pain of death (to the family as well as the individual) that the Catholic "threat" should be forced to pay a special tax in holding estates. The Norman Guard were furious at this, with their fury shown in the famous "Libertine Riots" of 1720 (The date is not very authentic and treated as such due to the lack of transferring Egyptian dates to League Calendars.).

It is said that the Norman Guard held Jerusalem under Catholic rule for a month - but no one noticed it due to the Petans being crowned and the whole affair of the Mughuls.

The Norman Guard were put down, eventually. All offices that they might have held in Jerusalem were stripped away and the population forced to do a 'pennance' through the repair/construction of the Dome of the Rock, which had exceeded to the size of a Spanish Cathedral or a Moorish Mosque. Of course a crafty bugger in the Norman Guard saw an oppertunity in the Jewish Registrar and formally converted to Judaism in order to get back the riches that God gave us. This soon caused the Norman Guard to be factionalized due to that un-named Norman Guard whom actually fell in love with the current Emir of Palestine, a Rebeccah Vayman, who had ascended to the very heights of the Egyptian political structure through her connection with the Walsingham Family (she was a third cousin on the maternal side).

The Norman Guard thus broke up in four factions;

-The converted Norman Guard which were absorbed by the growing Jewish population in Palestine (very little)
-The "Conservative" Norman Guard, which became more of a fanatical population that sought a place within the Holy Land as a formal independent Crusader state (large group) that later disbanded due to a conflict with the Emirate of Alleppo
-The "Liberal" Norman Guard, which absorbed the Hungarians and later on provided a more "unified" front with the other Quarters of the city
- The Norman Guard that converted to Islam and later was seen carving out a territory unto their own in the mythical land of Tangykia

 

[G.Bone]

FAQ of Histories of Our World
By Alex Nochbe, BA, SD, FE, QB

1. Why have you not updated this?

Partly because I'm busy with Real Life

2. What is up with the whole Walsinghams? When did they come into the picture?

The Walsinghams are Royalists although not as fanatic as them. They have converted to Islam in some period between the Civil War and Frederick Henry's reign. They came into the picture by selling their services to Egypt, which formally converted them to Islam.

3. Are the Moors entirely in the League's pocket?

It depends. As of 1750's, the Moorish Realm is economically tied to the League. It is not tied formally through government, however, due to the factionalization of the parts of the Realm that want to be "free".

The presence of the Moorish Kings on the UK throne, however, does work wonders with trade relations.

4. What about the innovations that the Moorish Realm has?

The Moorish Realm, in 1750's, is referred to as the equal of Britain, if only they could get their act together. They are talented in cutters - that is - top of the line ships that have explored the Great Horn, Nassau, and even arriving in Cuzco in record time. The only problem is their factionalization. The Moorish Web is something rooted from this time; it's partly named from a message system that was employed to retain Fez into the Realm.

5. What about Decca?

Decca is a subsidary of Egypt; at this time period it has freedom although it's chafing underneath Hijaz authority.

6. What about British theater?

British Theater at this time has sifted from deviant history to more of a more comedic tone that openly criticizes those that the people are angry at. It's far more political, education, and aimed for a very "aware" people that have their entire lives based on the sea. This trend is nicknamed "Jonsonite", due to Johann Jonson, who did not like King Cedric's shipping of Irish people to Greenland.

Deviant history is being continued, although set on a "saga" theme, continuing the history of the United Kingdoms under Queen Elizabeth of Romaine, and generally aping the Jonsonite "ideal".

7. Does Virginia Anne still wear those hats after all this time?

Yes, it's become part of the colonial dress. There is actually a hat contest on who can make it more as a hat without using leather.

8. Who's the most famous philosopher in the League?

Goethe the Younger, native of Munich, who is currently pushing for the German Free State to be adopted in the Middle Kingdoms. His theory on the German Free State is that it should be entirely for the people with a constant focus on civilizing other realms to support the said state. It's become quite popular in Prussia, for the obvious reasons. Goethe the Younger is also trying to get the support from Wutternburg, although is somewhat distracted with his quarrel with Detrich of Bonn, who is pioneering the Ubermensch theory of the League being blessed out of civilization, and thus it is the need for the League to spread the principle of German Culture to everyone, without the need of social improvement.

9. What's up with Finland?

It's currently independent and treated as such within the League. The only conflict is on if it will be accepted by Lord Admiral Haakon Fasting, Regent. There is some debate on if Lord Admiral Haakon Fasting, Regent will ever get around to this, seeing the problems of his realm is consuming his attention at the moment.

10. How popular is Moorish Islam?

It's very popular amongst sailors and there is rumor that Virginia Anne will adopt it as it's national religion.

11. Sweden doesn't have a King?

As of the 1750's to 1760's - no. The Rikstag of Sweden has made it clear that they will retain the appointment of the Lord Admiral as their Regent. Norway has also consented to this.

12. Why is Fredrick's On War so wary about Tver?

Fredrick is worried that with the absorption of the Commonwealth under Prussian dominance will cause another Tverian Invasion. Of course, if you examine Part 2 of the text, you will see that he addresses it later on.

13. Is Crete Egyptian?

Yes- as well as Antioch.

14. Do you have a beard?

I have stubble.

 

[DMA]

So there's no William Shakespeare?

 

[G.Bone]

FAQ of Histories of Our World
By Alex Nochbe, BA, SD, FE, QB

1. Whatever happened to William Speare?

William Speare was noted as one of the more tragic notes in the English Civil War. Although his plays were openly supported by the Black Bard, it was not by those of the "Old" British Army. As a show of his support, the Black Bard made him his official Playwright, commissioning the famed "Elizabeth of England" plays as well as the noted "Horatio, son of Hamlet" tales. It was during the opening production of "Horatio, Part II" in York when William Speare was shot by a crossbolt by an Army sniper. It is said that William Speare's last words were "Let the Play go on".

In this, William Speare was appointed as the Laureleate of Plays, and buried in Canterbury's Literary corner.

2. What's this I hear about Clark Reginald, Baron of Kent?

Clark Reginald was viewed by most within King Fredrick Henry's court as the successor to William Speare, although not heavily involved into the Elizabeth canon, as popularized in the death of William Speare's tragic end. Clark Reginald was very fond of the naval traditions. This went hand in hand with King Frederick Henry's experience, thereby creating a "Dutch" flavor on the stages of Drury Lane and Blackbard Avenue. The one play that Clark Reginald was famed for was the "Atwell" saga, which protrayed a grandiose braggart captain by the name of Atwell Kent who moonlighted as a sea bandit, bringing order to the wild brambles of Sydney Raffle Sea in the mythical land of Victoria.

Most unfortunately, the "Atwell" saga proved to be the undoing of Clark Reginald, whom wanted to go into tragedy and not the adventures of Atwell Kent. It is said that Clark Reginald actually stated to King Fredrick Henry that he was sick of the Atwell saga to the point that he wished he never wrote it. King Fredrick Henry was not happy at this, quickly appointing Clark Reginald the Ambassador of Novgorod, effectively banishing him from the Blackbard Court.

Ambassador Clark Reginald did well in Novgorod, until he insulted a boyer's daughter, and was found floating in a ditch the following day.

3. But didn't Ambassador Clark Reginald, Baron of Kent help Novgorod?

He did in a way, as League diplomats did to Tver.

The only thing was that Clark Reginald didn't speak Russian; the only language that he could speak fluently was Swedish and Norweigen.

4. What about Marian of Ulster? I've heard that she was a very fine actress-

She was a very fine actress. It is said that she could seduce a man a thousand yards with her rendition of Fatim, the cast off daughter of Blind Harry, the King who could not see faith. The ironic thing was that the man that she caught was none other than King Cedric, whom sought to "save" her from the Irish Wars that were commencing in the said state.

5. Did she become his concubine?

She became his wife actually.

6. Then who was Queen Atashya?

King Cedric's wife.

7. But I thought kings could only bear one wife?

King Cedric was actually of the Naval tradition. Queen Atashya was his sea-wife, as it were in the Naval Ways, and she helped run the Fleet while he was focusing on the United Kingdom per say. Although Queen Atashya was recongized as his consort, it is said that she did not want to become an actual Queen, and was happy with King Cedric simply being her "man". Naval traditions of the east often confuse the first time arrival; just go with it would be the rule of thumb.

8. How many academies were in the United Kingdom?

Of 1750's, there were about 28, not including the public educational facilities helping the youth of varying cities to their occuption, nor the Hollander Universistat that focused on the "natural" sciences.

9. What about Ghent? Did it unify with the Kingdom of Netherlands?

Yes, it did, under Queen Juliana the Wise's reign. Ghent was allowed to keep it's Ambassadorial seat in the Leaguehaus due to it's long history as a member of the League. During the latter years of King Cedric's reign, Ghent became the Kingdom of Belgium, a subisdary of the Netherlands, due to politics of that area.

10. Why wasn't the Faerie Queen published with the rest of the Elizabeth cannon?

It has been, although intregated into the more "common" plays that illustrate the adventures of Francis Drake, Cavalier of the Queen's Guard, and his futile attempts at having the Virgin Queen marrying him. Due to the variations that actors have in different areas, the Faerie Queen is often cut short at Stanza 10, and twisted into the "Wed me milady, for we shall sail upon unknown shores" speech in Act 3, scene 4.

 

[DMA]

Was there ever the equivalent to the King James Bible (The Authorised Version)?

And other playwrights like Christopher Marlowe, or the Frenchmen Moliere?

Thanks for the cameo

 

[G.Bone]

FAQ of Histories of Our World
By Alex Nochbe, BA, SD, FE, QB

1. What about the Bible?

What about the bible?

2. I mean, was there any effort on unifying it?

Naval traditions did help cement a sort of hybrid version of Johannism that was popular at the time (1750's) and reflected the polygot times that much of the League had been known for. An informal Sailor's Book was introduced in the latter years of Black Bard's days as Prince, with most focusing on the conduct that a sailor should have in the Fleet, as well as the respect one should have towards the "Gods of the Seas". Over time, this became adapted by the Admiralty as the "Code of the Sailor", with several books added for the directions of the winds, the conduct of the Moors, and so on. It was only in King Fredrick Henry's time that the Sailor Book was unified in the Blackbardian Codex.

The Blackbardian Codex does focus on two things; the code of the sailor and the respect of the "Gods of the Seas". As one should note, the addressing of the Bible is somewhat privy to the corruptions that the Naval Traditions have in the written text. A good deal of the text is devoted to the deeds of Jesu, the Prophet Blessed Upon His Name, as well as the different facets of His Father, the Ruler of the Seas. Although King Cedric's grandfather, General Jacqubar Cedric of Ulster had not yet risen to fame in the Seige of Rouen, there was that overt presence of the Moorish Realm within the Naval Tradition, which depended greatly on the Ghana coast for wood, supplies, men, and so on down the list.

In fact, the Blackbardian Codex could be treated as a precursor to the Fredrickhenry Codex, written in the latter years of King Christian Henry's time, which combined the traditions of Sweden with Britian. As one might note within the Deviant historical plays, there is a difference; that is within the Fredrickhenry Codex, Johannism is focused on rather than Moorish Islam. This helps academics be keen on the strains of the different Naval Traditions that were going about; the Johannism influenced by native traditions and Johannism influenced by Muslim culture.

The two codex lasted until the middle of King Christian Henry's reign, where the Rotterdam Codex came out, whereas both strains were recorded to help delinate the customs of the League. The Rotterdam Codex was recorded in Rotterdam, as one can expect from the name, and it was mainly to inform the Germans of what exactly was going on in the "Fleets". The Rotterdam Codex was held as the defacto manuel of Naval Traditions until Margrave Johann Jack of Hamburg introduced the "German" version of the Rotterdam Codex, named (not surprisingly), the Johannist Codex, which remained the manual for all League sailors untill the introduction of the II Johannist Codex, which was pretty much an updated version of the first.

As for England, the Blackbardian Codex was held as the Bible of the Naval Fleets, with only minute alterations made during King Egill Canute II's reign on the theory of Jesu's interactions with His Children in Ghana. Most sailors referred to the Blackbardian Codex as "English" and started to spread it throughout France, which they held as their own private domain due to the politics involved that country. During King Cedric's reign, the Blackbardian Codex tilted even more to Moorish Islam, to the point that it was madatory for all editions of the Blackbardian Codex to not name Jesu as Jesu and simply refer to the Prophet Muhammed as the True One Prophet that made the world just in both spheres - the personal and the outside. By the time Queen Ximena's reign, many of the Moorish imans that had come to England had started to comment on the Codex being more Moorish than what they had, and the Blackbardian Codex was incorporated into the Holy Texts of their Realm.

3. But that's Naval Tradition! What about the landlubber version?

Several different bibles were retained for the "land" version with the only unifying text of the said book being made under Archbishop Peter of Uxumbridge, whom published the Canterbury-York Version of 1672. Although this text did not have the consent of the various spiritual centers at the time, it was heralded as the "one key thing for the commons to read", with it's emphasis on virtue of a goodman. The Uxumbridge Version of 1672 did stand out through the English Civil War and was used in many sermons as the key principle of which England could survive on. Over time, this viewpoint became the focus of the Canterbury Proclaimation, in which all Englishman common folk swore by the plainess of the text, and that Canterbury was the only thing that held England to it's roots.

4. Didn't Northumbria had a say in this?

The Uxumbridge Version of 1672 was actually published in the said county. Many scholars refer to the Uxumbridge Version as an adaption of the Bruno Cassius proposal, a noted healer in the Scottish Wars, whom used his proposals to gall his people to fight against the Scots. A deviant of the Uxumbridge Version, known as the Haraldian Text, was adapted for King Harald II's ancestors, although severely damaged with the Black Bard ascending the throne.

5. Who was Christopher Marlow?

Christopher Marlow, Earl of Northumbria, was a noted commander who broke ranks within the Civil War to join the Black Bard. It is said that upon review of Prince Fredrick Henry's "procupine" tactics and the constant shelling that the Black Bard did on the coast, Christopher Marlow personally sent a message imploring the Black Bard to "secure his ally to the North". As a result of his breaking ranks, Christopher Marlow was made Earl from his measly position of Colonel of the 11th Northumbrian Sharps. Northumbria later on proved to be the cradle of the Marine Core and became the defacto manufacturing center of Great Britain.

6. Then what's this I hear of David Marlowe?

David Marlowe, Earl of Northumbria, was Christopher's son, whom dabbled into the prototype of satire, especially the usage of deviant history in making a direct commentary on the world at large. The plays in particular did touch base within the conservative base of Northumbria, which was primarly pro-Uxumbridge and not Blackbardian Codex, even though much of the coasts held it as the defacto Bible of the sea. Over time, David Marlowe's plays became immensly popular with the Archbishop of Canterbury, whom authorized the construction of the Hull Cathedral, and personally attended the Earl whenever he had a crisis.

David Marlowe was also a skilled merchant, whom pioneered the Hull Cutter Lines, a subsidary of the Home Fleet, and oversaw the trade in the Norway-Sweden-Finland-Denmark route.

7. Is he the writer of the Salom Salem songs?

Sadly, no. What you're thinking of is Abraham Moliere, a Natural Scientist of the Ghentish School, whom pioneered the "Aue Naturale" concept of philosophy. Abraham Mliere is primary known for the latter and not his poetry; much of it was made in his youth when he visited Drury Lane. The Salom Salem songs are erronously accredited to Phillip Kirkengard, who is responsible for the Absolem Salen Psalms.

8. How much of France did Great Britain hold domain over?

All of the north, excluding the "Petan" Realm, in which Paris was "given over to the natural authorities".

9. What was the Grand Tour?

Essentially all youths of the Marine Core (later made back into the British Army) were assigned service in France, else France would fall back into Spanish hands.

10. How many theaters were on Drury Lane?

What decade are we talking about?

11. How about the 1740's?

There were about 23 of them. By the time Queen Ximenia's reign it was 36.

12. What about Blackbard Avenue?

The Blackbard Avenue was predominately for the "upper class"; although in smaller number (20), it was of quality, and the famous Wilhelm-Orange Opera is a good example on how much money it was bestowed upon by the authorities.