alternate history
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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,… Continue reading
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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… Continue reading
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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… Continue reading
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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… Continue reading
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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… Continue reading
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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… Continue reading
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Chapter 5: Contacts and Voyages | Blue Dawn
[First] [Prev] [Next] 5.1 – Reign of Wei Taixun (1604 – 1625) In 1604, Wei Ruzheng died of natural causes and was succeeded by his son, Wei Taixun. Like his father, Wei Taixun never went to China to be confirmed… Continue reading
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Chapter 4: Lands and Classes | Blue Dawn
[First] [Prev] [Next] 4.1 – China and the Master of Two Provinces (1591 – 1592) When last we discussed the core territory of Xinguo, it was the year 1591. Governor Wei Yonglong was the man who’d initiated the first outright… Continue reading
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Chapter 3: The Outer Prefectures, Part 2 | Blue Dawn
[First] [Prev] [Next] 3.1 – Magala Resistance ( 1570 – 1578) As stated in Chapter 1, one of Wei Yonglong’s cost-cutting measures was that he stopped giving return gifts to the Two Magala Nations in 1570 in exchange for their… Continue reading
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Chapter 2: The Outer Prefectures, Part 1 | Blue Dawn
[Prev] [Next] A preview of a new map I’m working on for Xinguo. This part of the map is still very incomplete… will update later. 2.1 – A Survey of Redwood (1437 – 1589) To take it from the top,… Continue reading
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