Dreadbolt: Colorful Armies
Ch V-8: The Color of Blood
Thus another Rome fell. While Marco and his men celebrated this achievement, Our Lady pointed out to him that Rome and Romans had been destroyed many times in the past but kept on reappearing none the less.
But regardless, celebrations held in honor of the glorious conquest of their dominion erupted throughout the realm.
Anastasius was heartbroken at the news of the fall. It appears that he committed suicide by throwing himself off his papal mansion, rather than being assassinated.
Or his assassin decided to go for an "enviromental kill" achievement?
Honorius from the "Kingdom of Jerusalem" (which by the way, wasn't holding Jerusalem at this point, as they had been removed by the Egyptian Muslim armies) came from the East and was shocked to discover that crusaders had taken part in a massacre of Romans.
Not that he could do anything about it, as technically they weren't crusaders any more, they just kept using the red-cross-on-white tabards because it was some sort of fashionable trend. You see, it's like the reverse of the Pisan "red with a white +" on it.
At this point, Pius was the only Cardinal who wasn't a Pisan. Amazing...
Now that the last bits of the Roman "Empire" had been formally added to the Pisan Empire, a chill fell over the land despite the fact that it was simply an inevitability that had been a while coming.
How would the world respond to these events?
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Possibly by trying to get ceasefires and hoping that Pisans wouldn't come over the border after replenishing their strength?