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    God's wrath


    November 7th of the year 1135. After a highly successful campaign in Bulgaria and Greece, the
    crusading forces manage to break the stalemate and push into Thrace, not far away from
    the once grand capital of the Byzantine Empire. Consisting of the russian army in the north,
    english and scottish armies to he south and the Holy Roman Empire's and Holy See's armies
    forming the center, all lead by their respective leaders, the crusade is about to fulfill one of its
    greatest ambition and accomplishments. With more than 50.000 men and horses from all
    corners of the christian world, they set out to further their goals and descend into the seljuk's
    home territory. Anatolia. Though one city, west of asia, remains in control of the heathens. Constantinople...







    In the midst of this large contigent soldiers, the papal state's army, lead byGeneral Falcone 'the Executioner', with
    his trusted friend General Marcus, regimenting 8000 professional elite soldiers. Ranging from
    common footmen to papal guard's, from heavy spear sergeants to heavy shock cavalry and siege weapons. A formidable
    force for a firmidable task. The conquest of Constantinople.


    Early reconnaissance suggests that the city is being defended by over 3500 professional turkish soldiers. They also tell about a
    possible chance to capture the city before next year. An earlier earthquake in the region forced the fortifications,
    built by the byzantines, the theodosian walls to be in need of repairs in the south. A possible weak point if not too well guarded.
    Against the will of his advisors, General Falcone prepares to march onto constantinople and begins to set out an encampment outside the city
    walls to prepare for an assault.






    To break the city's defenses without too many losses within their own ranks, General Falcone is adamant on
    exploiting the weakpoint of the outer walls to storm the city and capitulate the defenders. The plan is to feint
    an attack with a large force from the north to drag as many defenders as possible from the southern parts, to then,
    with our elite siege engineers, construct catapults and force an opening in the repairing site.










    The plan was a full success, yet not without casualties. As General Marcus successfully tricks the defenders
    to scramble all men to defend the northern part, General Falcone, escorted by his elite regiments, is able to
    punch the walls down with only a mere few catapult throws and without any significant resistance. The theodosian walls
    are crossed and so are the constantine walls soon after while the seljuk defense still attempts to fight off attack in the north.
    As soon as they were aware of flag of the cross waving behind them and the screams from the inner city, the remaining
    defenders capitulate the city.







    The sacking of the city was an horrendous sight, but a necessary evil to cleanse this city of the pestilence the
    muslim inhabitants are. All of the defenders, title holders, administrators and a large portion of the local populace were
    all sentenced to death. In a mere few days the city's population, including the following expulsions, has been reduced to
    just around 25%. General Falcone does bear his name for a reason.









    With the city of constantinople now under christian control, it marks the beginning of the end. The muslim
    world's decline is innevitable and so will their territory slowly fall into the hands of the crusading armies as they
    force their entry into anatolia. The time for god's wrath has arrived...

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    England up ~ https://www.mediafire.com/file/q3i46...nd_60.sav/file

    The sun had set on Istvan's old vision of how things would play out. When he originally pressed the Pope for the crusade on Constantinople, it was merely an excuse to further the Hungarian's lands and power.
    What it developed into, was an all out war for his people's survival. The Turkish hordes were no longer something that could be easily defeated, but a major threat to all of Christendom.
    The allied nations that answered the crusade's call arrived in time to save the Hungarian king from his own ambition.
    With the gathering armies, the heretics headed for the hills, fleeing God's wrath.
    Thousands of Christian nobles, and knights alike gathered to capture Constantinople. Prince Lazlo, Cousin Benedek, and the pretender Byrta of Vas were among them, along with a few hundred Hungarian knights.
    The battle raged, with many losses on both sides. The defenses of the enemy seemed to be holding, but then a resounding crack of thunder came from the heavens, as a sign from God himself.
    This inspired one such man to go beyond his limits.




    Grand General Falcone led the Papal Guard in the final push, which resulted in a resounding victory in the assault on Constantinople. This brought a successful end to the crusade for the renowned city.
    But it was just the beginning of a much lengthier conflict.
    The German, English, and Scottish armies were moving south to continue the war that had so far plagued the countryside.
    But Prince Lazlo and pretender Byrta remained in the great city, taking stock of what they had lost, but also what had been gained. A protected Hungary, free from the looming savages that would have slain her.




    Meanwhile, Benedek and his brother Vlad returned to the foot soldiers who had fallen behind on their march to the siege.
    They redirected the armies southwards in order to join their brethren, and support their Italian allies in further battles and conquests on the enemy sands.
    The war was far from over, but it was their duty as knights under God, to further the cause.
    This would keep the rest of Christendom from having to fear such an invasion of pagans ever again.




    Istvan stood up from his seat to gaze out the window. A ray of light split the clouded skies above.
    Many losses had come to press upon the Hungarian king, but now there was new growth. Things were beginning to look up.
    With the end of the siege to the east, the threat against their homeland, and his throne secured, King Istvan finally took a deep breath.
    His Italian wife had given birth to a son while in the midst of all the conflict. He had hardly registered the news with the worries on his plate.
    But now was the time to give thanks to God, for everything he had. The king now had energy to love his wife and son. With this child's birth, the alliance between the Italians
    and Hungarians was cemented for good. The Holy Roman Empire had been, and would forever be a close ally to the Hungarian people, because they had stepped in during their darkest hour.
    Shoulder to shoulder they stood, true brothers in arms.




    That reminded the king. He got busy writing out invitations for his son's coronation. Tamas, or soon he would be known as Prince Tamas, since his uncle Lazlo no longer legally could hold the title.
    The first letter he stamped with wax was sent promptly to the Holy Roman Emperor, to join them for the celebration, as well as the feast.
    Other invitations were sent to the Italians, Russians, Polish, English, French, and Scottish. He even wrote to the Pope to join them.
    King Istvan knew that not all of them could join, but a new world was developing, and he wanted to put the best foot forward. To encourage good relations between the kingdoms,
    that had so earnestly gathered together to defeat evil's encroaching grip on the land. A new vision of the world filled the king with zeal.

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    The french prince champed at the bit, hearing of the glorious news of the successes of both the french crusaders at Corinth, and the european successes at Constantinople, he was annoyed at the sullen silence as ever from the english nobility as ever in their endless vacum of orders except for the occasional periods where english nobles visited their estates with a air of superior graces ,which forever put the french noses out of joint. With the current glories happening in the east, he yearned for action and adventure, which never seems to happen in the western provinces of the world, the constant toil of the sun in the summer, and the dearyness of the damp winter rain ,dew and fog in the winter.

    Messengers came from his father this year , highlighting his excitement as it seems some english mercenaries had turned to banditry and were charging toils to all that dared cross the bridge between french and english territories and the french king was going to ride out , to teach these english Godams [see below] some much needed humility. Prince Amary sent three messages a day to his father asking him to let him ride to action to help in clearing the scum from the land, but the king was adamant for him to stand fast, protect the city , and deal with all threats as needed and if any enemies came within his reach then they should be destroyed if possible.

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    Back at the bridge , the French king bought the french royal army forward, engaging the rebel Godam forces at the bridge asking them to laydown their weapons or face justice at his hands . The english rebels did neither of the alternatives and marched off northwards in quick order, back into the english side of the lands, before making camp within sight of the bridge within english territory clearing thinking themselfs safe. The french king, being a vassal of the english king, clearly thought it his duty to clear such rebels from the land, both for his own interests, and for the interest of the english crown, marched forward the few miles over the bridge to confront them.

    The battle was short and bloody , as the french knights stormed the bandit camp, riding down most of the rebels, as the bandits had little in the way of armour, with the men at arms, running behind the cavalry to complete the slaughter at the cost of very little troops.

    The whole affair took the space perhaps of only a hour before the french king withdrew his forces back to the safety of the border forts where his praised his knights in the feats of arms against the banditry that would never trouble the lands again..

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    Sadly during the French kings sally into english territory , some of the french princes companions had left the kings army, riding back to the french prince to inform him of the news, that the french king was riding into english territory to rid himself of the Godams, and the french prince mistook the intent entirely. He thought that the french king was riding out to finally...finally confront the english overlords and take back the french lands from those Godams that spitefully and against the will of God held french lands. With a previous order from the french king to destroy all enemy combatants within reach , he ordered his forces mobilized,sent the spies forward to the nearest english castle, and within the hour, the french host, moved northwards crossing the river dividing the english and french lands, collecting mercenaries as he went, and having a engineering company dragging a ballista with him to smash any gates that blocked his move north.

    Within the day his forces confronted the first english fort , and the engineer companies used the ballista to fire bolts to destroy the gate , whilst he lead his forces with a gallant cry of "Vive le france!", but the efforts were heldback by the furious defenders ,the english bill milita garrison who formed feats of courage. It was probably by this time, that the french king was learning of the french attack on the english garrison and he sent letters back for the french prince to cease the attack , and withdraw but sadly the letters would arrive too late.

    That night , the prince ordered a night time assault, and the masses of french troops stormed into the castle, and the english just didnt have the numbers to stop them, it all ended in a bloodbath of death, destruction and misery but with a french flag flying from the castle walls.

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    The french king sat on his throne with his hands over his face, as another messenger arrived from the hungarian king inviting him to a celebration feast but the french king waved the messenger away telling him he would not be able to attend, as other matters would be taking up his time.


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    Note : - Les goddams , godam or even godon[see video] (sometimes les goddems or les goddons) is an obsolete ethnic slur historically used by the French to refer to the English, based on their frequent expletives. The name originated during the Hundred Years War (1337–1453) between England and France, when English soldiers were notorious among the French for their frequent use of profanity and in particular the interjection "God damn".



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    And with that, I declare this hotseat over. Thank you for playing everyone, especially those who stuck around since we started! As planned, I will now let things calm a bit, then make a legacy hotseat out of this, meaning that the current map will be rebalanced, shifted around a bit for flavor's sake, and will be made into a new scenario. But that is not what this post is about. Instead, let's review! But first:

    I Declare Potatoto (Genoa) as the Winner of this Hotseat!

    While everyone put a lot of effort into the crusade, and possibly the most important objective was accomplished (taking Constantinople), Potatoto did in fact carve out an empire for himself practically alone. He first become a dominant power in Italy, then managed to defend himself when Sicily and others attacked and came out on top. He fought and won against the Turks and Egyptians, and captured Egypt and the Levant. He even has two vassals. These are no small feets, and I do think he deserves the win the most here, hopefully you all agree.



    The situation in pictures:



    (some Scotsman was killed in the process, sorry)











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    GG

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    Congrats Potatoto!

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    GG and congrats to potatoto
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    Good game everyone. And a big thank you to my allies, especially Captainnorway for standing with me during this extended conflict.

    And cheers to potato for being the victor.

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    GG

    Just saying, potato would be dead if i didn't save him at the start of the game but congrats on winning

    sadly things that were planned for this hs didn't get put into action since we were busy with a crusade, maybe the legacy hs will include those

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