Chapter 4 – Court Day: Princes and Electors | TREBAME

[Prev] [Next] It is March 17th, 98 AD. We are in the Free and Imperial City of Goslar to witness the Hoftag—court day—of the Holy Roman Empire. All the princes who did not march with William of Holland are here, and even some of those who are with William have sent representatives. There are so…
Chapter 3 – William’s Crusade: Castles and Castles | TREBAME

What if The Roman Empire—But Also Medieval Europe? [Prev] [Next] It is April 7th, 98 AD. William of Holland’s call to arms is answered enthusiastically by princes all up and down the Rhine. From the Hague to Freiburg, men don gambeson and mail, take up sword and crossbow, and march in the armies of lords…
Chapter 2 – Empire: Princes and the Court Day | TREBAME

What if The Roman Empire—But Also Medieval Europe? [Prev] [Next] It is March 4th, 98 AD. News of the fall of Wiesbaden has travelled throughout the Holy Roman Empire. Word of the Act of God reaches every ear from the city hall of Frankfurt on the Main to the Slavic suburbs of German towns in…
Chapter 1 – Wiesbaden: Tribune and Tribute | TREBAME

What if The Roman Empire—But Also Medieval Europe? [Next] It is January 29th, 98 AD. Nerva Augustus has died, but news has yet to travel to his adopted son and designated successor, Trajan Caesar, who presides over the province of Germania Superior from the capital of Mogontiacum on the banks of the Rhine River. Even…
Chapter 7: The Great People’s Revolt | Blue Dawn

[First] [Prev] [Next] 7.1 – Rumblings of Discontent (1590s) As the decades went by, the Western Children Sect grew in popularity and spread throughout South Province and into the North. Its adherents were almost exclusively poor people with just a sliver of the lower crust of affluent people being involved with it. This, coupled with…
Chapter 6: Founding the Western Children Sect | Blue Dawn

[First] [Prev] [Next] 6.1 – Heritage of the Western Children Religion is a complicated subject in China and Xinguo and we in no way have time to go wade into the details here. Basically, there are three great religions considered to be “traditional” in China: Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism. Yet, I must swiftly add that…