Ages in Chaos (Map Game)

Ages in Chaos is a casual map game set in 964 AD, the heart of the chaotic and backwards time of history known as the Dark Ages. In this dismal time, no part of the world is safe: China is split between multiple rival kingdoms and dynasties, the Middle East is collapsed between three different Caliphates of equal power, Mesoamerica is suffering chronic famines, and Europe is trying to figure out if dunking people in water is admissible evidence in court.

Done of being policed for plausibility by mods? sick and tired of algos and algo-blocking for each and every war? Well, have no fear, because this map game is sure to fulfill all the needs of your inner wank. In this game, there are no rules, no algo, and no plausibility checks. Feel free to be as wild and crazy as you want! It's the Dark Ages after all, the more chaos the better. Let anarchy reign!

Mods will exist to enforce some ground rules, namely: Everyone should be nice to each other IRL, because when it comes to trouble, it never rains, it pours. Thank you for your cooporation.

Map


Labelled Start Map

Americas

 * Culican -
 * Cholula -
 * Toltec Empire -
 * Zapotecs -
 * Hueves -
 * Tiwanaku Empire -
 * Chimu -

West Africa

 * Ghana Empire -
 * Songhai -
 * Daura -
 * Bornu Empire -
 * Kanem -
 * Fatimid Caliphate - SolaceEaSw (talk) 00:14, December 18, 2017 (UTC)
 * Emirate of Sicily - SolaceEaSw (talk) 00:14, December 18, 2017 (UTC)

East Africa and Arabia

 * Ikhshidid Dynasty of Egypt -
 * Dongola Kingdom -
 * Alwah Kingdom -
 * Sultanate of Adal -
 * Sada -
 * Emirate of Sana -
 * Sultanate of Yemen -

Iberia Peninsula

 * Caliphate of Cordoba - The History Nerd
 * Majorca - The History Nerd
 * Kingdom of Leon -
 * Kingdom of Navarre -
 * Barcelona -

British Isles

 * Kingdom of England -
 * Kingdom of Scotland - The Expendable Broccoli Rob (Say Hi!) 04:38, December 16, 2017 (UTC)
 * Strathclyde -
 * Kingdom of Wales -
 * High King of Ireland -

Central Europe

 * Kingdom of France -
 * Duchy of Britanny -
 * County of flanders - Tullin
 * Kingdom of Burgundy -
 * Kingdom of Germany - With Blood and Iron (talk) 03:20, December 15, 2017 (UTC)
 * Stem duchy of Saxony With Blood and Iron (talk) 03:20, December 15, 2017 (UTC)
 * Corisca -
 * Papal States -
 * Anti-Pope - With Blood and Iron  ( talk ) 03:20, December 15, 2017 (UTC)
 * Others? (due to the decentralized nature of the HRE, you can play any nation if you can prove to me it exists)
 * March of Tuscany:

Italian Peninsula

 * Capua -
 * Gaeta -
 * Naples -
 * Amalfi -
 * Salerno -

Northern Europe

 * Kingdom of Norway -
 * Kingdom of Sweden -
 * Commonwealth of Iceland -
 * Commonwealth of Greenland - Oh, I didn't mean to push that button! † Oh, well leave a message I guess  04:31, December 16, 2017 (UTC)
 * Kingdom of Denmark - The local bird, Falconis
 * Geatland -

Balkan Peninsula

 * Croatia -
 * Bulgaria -
 * Serbs -
 * Thessoloniki -
 * Byzantine Empire -
 * Crete
 * Venezia
 * Dalmatia
 * Magna Graecia (southern Italy)
 * Sardinia
 * Cyprus (de-facto)

Eastern Europe

 * Kievan Rus -
 * Pomeranians -
 * Volga Bulgar Khanate -
 * Khazar Khanate -
 * Lithuanians -
 * Prussians - NewHorizons123

Caucasus Region

 * Abasgia -
 * Caucasian Iberia -
 * Derbent -
 * Shirvan - Adolf Coffee
 * Ani -
 * Kars -
 * Taron -
 * Vespurakan -

Middle East

 * Emirate of Mosul -
 * Azerbaijan -
 * Adabil -
 * Dailam -
 * Tabaristan -
 * Samanid Empire (no leadership)
 * Ahwaz -
 * Hamadan -
 * Fars -
 * Abbasid Caliphate - Side

Central Asia

 * Kashgar -
 * Xijou -
 * Shajou -
 * Ganjou -
 * Liao Dynasty (Kara Khitan Khanate) -
 * Bei Han -
 * Ding Han -

East Asia

 * Southern Song Dynasty -
 * Jiangnan -
 * Wu Yue -
 * Ling Nan -
 * Kingdom of Shu -
 * Kingdom of Tali -
 * Kingdom of Goryeo -
 * Empire of Japan -
 * Fujiwara Clan -

Southeast Asia

 * Kingdom of Vietnam -
 * Champa -
 * Khmer Empire -
 * Haripunjaya -
 * Dvaravati -
 * Bagen Kingdom -
 * Srijivaya Thalassonate -
 * Kingdom of Mataram -

Transoxiana

 * Khanate of Bukhara - KK
 * Kingdom of Seistan -
 * Kingdom of Kirman -

Indus Valley India

 * Shahis -
 * Kingdom of Multan -
 * Sind -
 * Kingdom of Gujarat -
 * Cahamanas -
 * Gurjaras -
 * Candellas -

Ganges Valley India

 * Nepal -
 * Mithila -
 * Palas -
 * Kamarupa -
 * Candra -
 * Gonds -
 * Somvamsis -

Southern India

 * Rastrakutas Dynasty -
 * Kingdom of Kalinga -
 * Gangas -
 * Kerala -
 * Kingdom of Lanka -

964 AD
'''The Game has begun. This first turn will go to Sunday to give people time to put in a first turn -Nate'''

''' The world is in the heart of the Dark Ages. In Europe, science is unknown, with the greatest scholars debating how many angels stand at the head of a pin, and experiments are conducted solely in the realms of alchemy and astrology. Across all the civilized world, persistent famines and long winters makes the sustainment of large agricultural populations a daunting task. '''

''' The Americas are hit worst with by these natural disasters. Many populations began abandoning cities such as Tiwanaku out of shortage of food, and return to a hunter-gatherer lifestyle. Greenland, a sole colony of Viking origin, remains the most advanced portion of the continent, although its almost entirely isolated from Europe. '''

''' With the complete disintegration of Charlemagne's empire, France and Germany have emerged under two separate dynasties: the Capetians of France and the Ottonians of Germany. Otto I the Great, now Holy Roman Emperor, is faced with many campaigns against both France and Italy. This year his focus is on northern italy and Tuscany. '''

''' Although the Dark Ages of Europe is entirely dependent on its religion for sanity, even the Catholic Church is strained. Pope John XII dies, and a new Pope Benedict V is elected to replace him. However, Otto I has Rome under siege, and he has his own crony Leo VIII posing as Antipope. Although there is officially only one branch of Christianity, there is no doubt the relations between Latin and Greek branches of the church are distant at best. Christianity continues to be spread into the hinterlands of Scandinavia and Eastern Europe, although only recently Norway and Sweden were more inclined to the religion. '''

''' The British Isles are divided in rule between various Celtic and Saxon kingdoms, the most powerful being the dynasty of Wessex in England. However, the whole of Britain and France suffer from invasions by the Norse of Scandinavia. These vikings continue on to raid across rivers in both France and Germany. '''

''' The Byzantine Empire fights successfully towards the Arab-Byzantine War, which has locked conflict between the Macedonian Dynasty and the Abbasid Caliphate. Cyprus, although officially in joint condomonium between the Abbasids and Byzantines, is completely occupied by the Greeks. The empire also attempts to invade Sicily, but is repelled by their African overlords. Meanwhile, they face constant threat of the north from the growing Bulgarian Empire and further invasions from nomadic peoples. '''

''' The Muslim world suffers from its own divisions, however. The Abbasid dynasty has only nominal control over the house of Islam, with the city of Baghdad completely under the occupation of the Ahwaz Sultanate. The greater Samanid Empire, run by Tajik invaders to the Middle East, are greatly decentralized with no official ruler. Even the Ikhshidid dynasty of Egypt are no more than Turkic mercenaries who lap at the feet at the Caliph. '''

''' Further west, however rivals to Abbasids remain. The Fatimid Caliphate, ruling in the name of Shia Islam, dominate across North Africa and Sicily. Meanwhile the Caliphate of Cordoba, a remnant of the Ummayyads in Spain, have a magnificent library at its capital that by now has surpassed even that of Baghdad. '''

''' Caravan trade continues to spread Islam across the West African states, particularly the Empire of Ghana. Many other states, however, remain steadfast to their native African religion. '''

''' India remains a shell of its former self since the end of the Golden Age of India. However, the Rasakutras Dynasty, which had just recently overthrew the Chalukya, are well on their way to see a new united subcontinent. '''

''' Even China, in the far east is not immune to these dark times. Two rival emperors exist, one at the Song capital of Keifeng and the other among the Manchu people known as the Kara Khitan Khanate, or otherwise as the Liao Dynasty. Japan remains nominally under their own emperor, but he is no more than a puppet under the Prime Minister from the Fujiwara Clan. '''
 * Scotland: This year sees the synthesis of a "Scottish State" as King Dubh of Scotland decides to lead his knights to conquer the north. A series of raids are conducted on the fractured Scandinavian fiefdoms as Dubh becomes famed in battle for his extreme brutality. The Scottish clans begin to greatly respect Dubh. He becomes known as Dubh the Brutal as opposed to his former title of Dubh the Black. The Scots launch an invasion into the Kingdom of the Isles (the Hebrides) using ships taken from raiding vikings in order to expand his land. The Hebrides, not expecting an attack, Dubh the Brutal names himself king of the Hebrides. He decides that a navy must be built to fend off viking raids and the Scots begin building the navy.
 * Denmark: Harald Håkonsson sees with growing fear the Christian churches popping up in his land. He decides to outlaw churches, and sends officials to seize treasure from them. He also personally leads a campaign against the Geats, attempting to become ruler of both Danes and Geats. Raiding continues basically everywhere, with special focus on the farmlands of England.
 * Scottish Diplomacy: King Dubh the Brutal offers to pay tribute to the Danes and give one of his daughters to the Danish King in order to facilitate a more friendly relationship between our two nations as well as an alliance against the English and possibly Norweigans.
 * Danish Diplomacy: This is accepted.
 * Abbasid Caliphate: With Islam growing as a religion with trade, trade is redirected to unenlightened nations, in hopes of spreading our great religion further. Meanwhile, we decide to help stabilise the Samanid Empire by directly annexing it, knowing that they will be better off under the Caliph's gentle hands. As for the subject on the Abbasid control in the House of Islam, it is decided the Caliphate will annex the city of Baghdad, with or without the consent of the Ahwaz Sultanate. An alchemist in Tehran announces the discovery of an explosive material which is dubbed الغبار النار, or fire dust. It's used in very pretty firework displays, and it's potential as a weapons is to be considered. Other discoveries include the workings of the human circulatory system and it is actually used for something, and the effectiveness of quarantine methods in dealing with infectious diseases. Texts from Ancient Greece and Rome are extensively studied to help in advancement and progress by building from where they left off.
 * Samanid Imperial diplomacy: We accept the annexation of the Abbasid Caliphate under the condition that Amir Mansur I still reigns over Samanid territory and the Caliphate supports Mansur I's conquests.
 * Commonwealth of Greenland: The old law-speaker, Grimwald Thornsfoot, continues to be the leader and administrator of the people. With a steady population of about 2,000 people, the commonwealth continues to expand its farmland to the interior of the island. Fishing ships continue to hunt around the coastline, and head back to Iceland in an attempt to make contact with our former viking brethren.
 * Shirvan: As Shirvanshah Ahmad tries to hold down the throne, He is deposed by an uprising. Following this, their is now no legitimate leader of the state of Shirvan. During this all a Civil War breaks out in Shirvan for leadership over the state. In the Battle of the Young where teenagers and young adults lead by Muhammad II against the self declared ruler, Manuchir. Muhammad in this battle comes out as the victor and taking the throne in Shirvan. Across the nation though, the civil war rages on. He orders his men to go off and to take the city of Baku who is controlled by Aali, a general who also was fighting for the throne. In the city, the men attack at night lighting on fire and engaging in fights to take out Aali. He sails into the Caspian Sea hoping for a way out but is attacked at sea and is presumed dead. Following this, the army of Muhammad begins to recapture more and more territory back from rebels. In the end, Muhammad recaptures the throne. Baku is left in ruins. most of the homes are destroyed and the city is left unrecognizable. Under Muhammad, a period of rebuilding begins. The city is renamed to Kahk after the fields of wheat in the city outskirts that remain of the suitable zones to live in around the area. Roads that had been damaged are rebuilt and farming begins to recover. In Kahk, people begin to exchange goods and small street markets become quite a common sight. Mills for wheat and flower production are built to make the staple food item more accessible to the surviving inhabitants of the city. Strange people's from the north are noted to begin migrating from the north but are let in by Muhammad with open arms
 * Samanid diplomacy: Trading vessels are sent across the Caspian sea and we make contact with Shirvan and our diplomats request an alliance
 * Comté de Flandre:Viva la France Our Count Arnulf de Grote dies Our country mourns the death of their great count.His grandchild is still an infant and so to young to rule .So a regent takes place and they immediately ask the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of England to aid the county of Flanders against the French Kingdom,to save the liberty and freedom of Flanders,and to be placed under English protections (Mod response) With this the army is getting ready and 10,000 knights are preparing for a defensive war against France and because the defensive earth peasants and merchants allowed to aid them and if a peasant or merchant show good skill he can get ennobled by a knight of his region or one of afar which will make him able to move and help the knight.The farmers are also required to get a basic weapon to defend the coasts from the Noormannen.The capital of Flanders also Stays in Brugge.This is so that the capital can benefit from a central location and the coastall trade without being on the direct coast.
 * England agrees to ally with Flanders -Nate
 * Byzantine Empire: Emperor Nikephoros II Phokas enters into his first full year of reign. The Empire is experiencing great prosperity and a sense of excitement surrounds the capital of Constantinople over the new ruler, who is an experienced war general. Sensing the Bulgarians to the northwest and the Arabs to the southeast, Nikephoros II first desires to unite Graecia. To this end, he sends an envoy to the ruler of Thessaloniki, offering protection from the Bulgar threat in exchange for joining the empire as a loose subject. The offer comes with a subtle suggestion that force will be used, if needed, to achieve the reunification of the city with the Roman Empire (Mod Response). Having heard back in the affirmative from Thessaloniki, the Emperor works to improve the nation's defenses, especially along the border with the Bulgarians. He further works to reintegrate Crete into the Empire after the expulsion of Arabs following the Siege of Chandax; this means the re-Christianization of the island, which is entrusted to a prominent itinerant missionary named Nikon the Metanoeite. Nikephoros II Phokas then prepares for a large-scale military operation. After sending generals throughout the Anatolian themes to gather large forces of men, the Emperor then makes a grand procession to the eastern reaches of the Empire, picking up more and more followers - inspired by the general-turned-Emperor's bold leadership - along the way. Nikephoros then divides his forces into three prongs: one he personally leads, one led by his younger brother Leo Phokas, and one led by John Tzimiskes. The three men, arguably the best generals in the Empire, encircle Tarsus in Cilicia. They then move on to liberate the rest of Cilicia, followed by the parts of Syria occupied by the Emirate of Mosul.
 * ​Thessaloniki accepts protection -Nate
 * Kiev: Christianization continues under King Sviatoslav. The Rus controls Territory from Crimea to Novgorod and Sviatoslav dreams of enlarging his empire. Sviatoslav and a few thousand men begin to march east into Ukraine to eliminate any threats east of the capital Kiev. This threat came in the form of the Khazars, nomadic horsemen from the eastern plains that would raid the borders of the Rus. Many boyars and the king sought to eradicate them. Sviatoslav himself converts to Christianity to wage a holy war against these nomads.
 * Fatimid Caliphate: Denouncing the Abbasid Caliph as the false successor, al-Mu'izz Li-Dinillah continues his religiously centralized control as the true success to Muhammad and the current Caliph. To spread the belief of al-Mu'izz as the current head of Islam, expansion os spread through the western berber coast, as a means of re-solidifying the territory once held by the Umayyad's, as well as spreading Shia Islam to replace the inferior Sunni Islam on the north African coast. The Caliphate of Cordoba is denounced as also holding the true successor to Muhammad. al-Muizz, very hateful of the current utensils used to write, demands the construction of a pen that could not stain his hands nor his clothing; a pen where ink is held in a finely tipped reservior. Tolerance towards religion becomes large due to the minority of Christian's and Jew's, as well as not wanting a religious civil war to break out. Caliph Al-Mu'izz, a military general if you didn't know, strategically sends large boats carrying around 30,000 total men to invade and occupy the small and militarily-weak Naples. By the end of the year, Naples is occupied, with remaining men sent are to enforce the new Fatimid dominance, as well as to enforce Shia Islam upon the citizens of Naples.


 * Goryeo: In fear of any Liao military incursions, fortifications are constructed along the Yalu river, while Emperor Gwangjong renounces any territorial claims over former Balhae. Any Balhae refugees aristocrats advocating for an anti-Liao policy are stripped of their real powers though retain their nominal aristocratic titles. The Emperor enacts a policy of compulsory military service for each firstborn male, with service lasting for two years. In order to monitor the movement of his subjects and to prevent tax evasion, a system of household registration is established, while wooden tags used for identification is issued to each citizen. Each conscript is supplied with lamellar armor made with reinforced leather and iron plates, and are trained to be adept in archery as well as melee warfare. Women are encouraged to work in the fields as their husbands and sons are drafted into the military, with said women designated the head of their respective households. He establishes a Confucian civil examination system, though continues to patronize Buddhist religious activities. In order to underpin the economy, copper and gold coinage are minted while banknotes made of mulberry bark are issued by the government. The production of jewellery made of precious metals and gold, porcelain pottery, and intricately-woven silk textiles, are encouraged. The cultivation of cash crops - namely cotton and tea - is encouraged. Using blueprints from the Song dynasty, industrial facilities are constructed, converting pig iron into wrought iron to be used in the production of armor and melee weapons.
 * Samanid Empire: The reign of Amir Mansur I continues, with his rule being direct in the capital of Bukhara and the city of Samarkand, beyond that his rule is fractured, divided and broken between various Turkic generals. Last year, the treacherous general Alp-Tegin, governor of Ghazna died, which is a major victory for Mansur I, ending the insurgency. With Alp-Tegin's insurgency ended, Mansur I plans how to consolidate power without igniting a Turkish military uprising. The capital city of Bukhara continues to flourish via trade along the Silk Road, and Mansur I receives a vision of vast unparalleled conquest for Allah. With this, he receives the idea to reunify Persia and unites the Samanids under one banner, to unite them against the Saffarid dynasty, and thus war is declared on Amir Khalaf ibn Ahmad and a massive invasion is launched with the intention of capturing the Saffarid capital of Zaranj. The invasion is conducted primarily on horseback with sweeping advances that purge out and surround the enemy, with infantry inbetween horseback forces giving hard support. The Invasion of the Saffarids is financed by the wealth of Bukhara and Samarkand, and a deal is struck with Mansur I and the Turkic generals, guaranteeing autonomy for the Turkish generals in Samanid territory while Mansur will impose direct rule in Saffarid territory, Bukhara, and Samarkand.

965 AD
This turn will go until 10 PM EST tomorrow.

''' As Tarsus and Mop fall to the Byzantines, the Arabs fall back to fortify their position in Syria, and all Muslim raids into Anatolia cease. Cyrpus comes completely under Byzantine control. However, things don't go as well in the west. Sicily is completely conquered by the Fatimids, and the military of Naples is subsequently crushed. The Neopolitans fall back to the city itself for a final siege, as most of terrri firma is under occupation. The call in the cities of Amalfi Salerno for support. The Fatimids have proven to be navally par, and the populations under occupation become sold into slavary. '''

''' Seeing the lack of succession in Flanders, King Lothair of France invades the region, but is temporarily stopped by 10,000 Flemmish knights at the Battle of Some. The English sends monetary aid, but don't feel able to contribute full military support at this time. '''

''' The Duke of Lothraingia dies and his land is divided among his sons by Otto the Great. '''

Rome surrenders to Otto, and Pope Benedict V is deposed by Leo VIII. However, only a few months later Leo dies, and John XIII is elected Pope to succeed him.

''' Boleslaus the Cruel of Bohemia and Mieszco of Poland ally to expand into the interlands of Silesia. '''

The Abbasid rapid takeover of the Saffarid Empire (not Samanids, my bad) is met with logistical strain. The former Saffarid princes offer to help the Caliph administrate in his name over the empire, as feudal domains. Meanwhile, the Abbasid poet Al Mutanabbi is killed by bandits outside of Shiraz. Also, the Empire of Bukhara is now invading the Abbasid domains in the east, caputring the city of Zaranj.

''' The Lower Don is captured from the Khazar Khanate by the Kievan Rus. '''

''' The Song Dynasty of China conquers Shu, and consolidates its control over the rest of central China. '''

''' The Hebridies are conquered by Dubh the Cruel Black. Welcoming him as king, they offer their help to make the Scottish navy. '''

''' In peacefully resisting the King of Denmark, Bishop Reginbrand is killed in Jutland. He is considered a martyr and beatified by the Catholic Church. The Geats are generally crushed by Harold, and they flee into the highlands of Sweden to stay away from him. '''


 * Shirvan: As Muhammad quickly holds a tighter grip over Shirvan, the government stabilizes. With quick reforms, it is altered to a despotic monarchy. Nobles that remain in government are dismissed or at times, killed in the dark of night mysteriously. Even though by using brutality as a method to keep the role in the palm of his hand was morally wrong, it was the only way to avoid new civil conflicts. Kahk continues to grow as market places expand in the street. General Al-Bahia is hired to be the leader of the 2nd Army to the East. Muhammad marries a woman by the name of Alisha at the age of 18. During the month of december, she gives birth to Muhammad II, the next heir to the throne. As the process of rebuilding speeds up, Kahk becomes a network hub for merchants and the town folk alike. Due to this, Muhammad orders a palace to be built in the heart of Kahk. Farming and such is expanded outside of urban centers allowing more goods to be produced. Settlements to the north west begin to become a sight while Nomadic people settle within Shirvan from the North. A muslim prophet by the name of Ali Bazar begins preaching in the streets about a true form of Islam where communities love one another and although might not believe in you, it is up to the person to seek Allah as their god and the one that brings bountiful blessings. This idea gets picked up in Kahk but only exist with around 3,000 members. Armor and such are produced in mass numbers to expand on our army uniforms and quality of such
 * Comté de Flandre:Seeing the french try to invade het Vlaanderland.Our Regent readies all knight and voetvolk which totals 10 000 knights and 20 000 peasants with basic training with clubs,short swords and spears.They ready on paths to make simple wooden spikes to make it difficult for french Knights to go trough streets.The flemish peasants also shout "lelieblaters" at the french in an effort to mock them and shame their fighting.The Regent also ask the English for aid against the french as this would also make it easier for them to declare a war against the scottish.The noormannen are being defended against but way less then french.Brugge also begins to get a more fortyfied wall and now on all merchants have to pay a tax of 0,5% of their info on getting the capital better defended
 * Commonwealth of Greenland: More farmlands are expanded into the north, and larger fishing ships are made. Grimwald Thornsfoot establishes the houses of his family bigger than everyone else's, and instructs his friends and family on all the ancient laws of the Asgard. The population steadily grows.
 * Denmark: Harald Håkonsson consolidates his territory in geatland. A force under Bjorn Ulvson sails to Norfolk, where they then proceed to March to London, laying siege to the city. However, this is cut short when the Duke of Åken revolts, drawing his army back to put the revolt down.
 * Cordoba Dip. Seeing the King of Denmark as a patron of resistance against Christianity, we offer his realm to ally with the Caliphate in a pledge in destroying Christianity.
 * Abbasid Caliphate: All other caliphates are denounced as false, and we continue to solidify our status as the True Caliphate of Islam. The Caliphate accepts the requests of Amir Mansur I, and wish them best of luck while under our care. Firedust has been found to have a potential in the military, and as such is implemented in rockets, where a tube of arrows is fired when the firedust compartment is lit. A great mosque is built in the city of Tehran, about the size of OTL Vatican City. Meanwhile, the Caliph calls on Allah to deliver swift justice to the Empire of Bukhara in the form of great storms, relentless weather, droughts followed by floods of water that will destroy the blasphemous nation. With the following conditions in Bukhara drowning their crops in water and the heat of Allah's fury, we invade, pushing towards their capital. Seeing the Ahwaz Sultanate as a failure to worship Allah as He truly is, we invade them too. A small convoy of ships carrying colonists reach the alleged "Horn of Africa", where we immediately form a colony.
 * Scotland: The Construction of the new Scottish navy goes on well and Dubh begins sending them on raiding missions through England and Norway. Seeing England weakened by Danish raids, King Dubh begins planning for an invasion. He goes to the French, asking for an alliance against the English (Mod Response for France). King Dubh also sends several Scotsmen to the Isle of Man, hoping to assimilate the island and bring it into his empire. Maritime industries become more and more popular as more people start building boats. Sailors start going north, settling in Shetland, Orkney, and the Faroes. A few Scots even reach Iceland, where they set up a few churches and attempt to convert the norweigans there.
 * King Lothair of France declines allying against the English, as he has no quarrel with them. However, Count Richard the Fearless of Normandy offers to ally with Scotland instead -Nate
 * Scotland Accepts the Offer.
 * Caliphate of Córdoba (sorry didn't realize it was open): the Old Caliph Dies, and a New one succeeds Aldulas II..... his name is Ibrahim the First, Caliph of Córdoba,and Has ambitious plans for Al-Andalus (Iberia), and dreams of a Caliphate spanning over all of Al-Andalus, with Islam and sharia law ruling over the peninsula dominate. The Caliph starts building up his army, recruiting an extra 30,000 into his forces. He tells his generals that he plans to finish off the Christian kingdoms in the north, and finish off the last barrier preventing Islamic expansion into Western Europe. Though the Battle of Tours made it clear the Moors couldn't expand futhur into Europe, Ibrahim the First plans to prove this false. Moor forces amass at the border with the Kingdom of Leòn, with a messager sent to Leòn border guards, requestion they send it to their king, the message requests for the Kingdom of Leòn formally become a protectorate of the Caliphate of Córdoba, and allow Military access, and Moor Troops to rest there ( MOD RESPONSE ABSOLUTLY NEEDED!!). The Caliph also prepares to conquer the smaller Christian states left in the north of Al-Andalus.
 * Loyal Emirate of Majorca: we follow in the footsteps of the Caliphate of Córdoba, and all our orders come directly from the capital, Cordoba. We support Islamic expansion in the rest of Al-Andalus, calling for one last final Jihad against the northern Christian states, so that Al-Andalus can finally be united under Islam.
 * King Sancho I of Leon does not accept this offer -Nate


 * March of Tuscany: Seeing the onslaught of Muslim heathens in Italia and Iberia, Margrave Hugh 'the Great' becomes very concerned with the implications, he begins to build up defenses in his land to defend against any possible heathen incursions. The Margrave sends a letter to the Count of Capua offering protection against the heathen muslims who would burn down your churches, rape your woman, and sell your children into slavery in exchange for vassalage to him and his imperial great Emperor Otto the first. ( MOD RESPONSE). In the city of Pisa merchants are attracted to the city and begin to build up ships to use in future expedition. (Secret) Hugh knowing the Island of Sardinia could be a stragetic invasion point for the Muslims sends word to Emperor to plan a conquest of the Giudicatos to protect our land.
 * Capua accepts protection from Tuscany -Nate
 * Fatimid Caliphate: Expansion continues westward along the Berber coast until we reach the end of the Atlantic Ocean, or rather the backdoor to the False Caliphate of Cordoba. Due to the Caliphate's naval superiority in the Western Mediterranian, Islamic messengers are sent further along the coast of Western Africa, as a means of spreading Shia Islam and supporting Al-Mu'izz's religious superiority as the rightful successor to Muhammad. The military increases rapidly as a mandatory military term of five years is put in among the entire population, including women. Military campaigns continue in the Italian Peninsula as a means of retaining and further Fatimid rule over the rest of Sicily and Naples. Knowing how large the military conflict between the Abbasids and Fatimids will be, mobilization of the military begins, with the most high end Fatimid military technology availabe. A Sicilian slave by the name of Jawhar is finally accepted by the Caliph and appointed to the position of personal secretary to the Caliph. Jawhar's intelligence and general cunningness is what propelled him to this position. His intelligence of military strategies and how military campaigns are recorded by the Caliph, realizing that his idea's are better than his own, but makes sure not to speak about it. Military fortresses and bases in Sicily and occupied Italy are built by christian slaves, after seeing the Tuscany military fortresses being built. Religious tolerance continues to be effective in core Fatimid territory, with small sects of tolerance being implemented in Sicily.
 * Córdoba Delegation: seeing the recent expansion into Maghreb, land Ibrahim honestly planned to conquer,Ibrahim ordered a delegation to be sent to Fatamid. They wish to negotiate an alliance and a deal, that the title "Caliphate" would correspond to their respective locations, like the Caliph of Córdoba repredenting Mohammed's Interests in Europe, and the Caliph of Fatamid representing Mohammed's Interests in North Africa.
 * Bukhara/Samarid Empire: Amir Mansur I is immensely confused, the Caliphate wishes us the best while under their care, even accepting Mansur as ruler and accepting the request to support our conquest of the Saffarids yet they invade our lands on the side of the Saffarids and wish Allah to doom us, even advancing upon our capital Bukhara. This shows the pure treachery and hypocrisy of the Abassid Caliphate, they attack those who they swear to protect. If the Abassids are not treacherous and hypocritical swine then they are inept idiots, unable to differentiate between us, the Samarids and our enemies the Saffarids. On both accounts, they Abassids have no right to rule any Persian land in any capacity. Doom does indeed befall on us as the Abassids invade large swaths of land, and we are plagued by immense drought, massive floods, and sporadic fires as the Abassid Army advances to Bukhara. We use this opportunity to surround the Abassids with our cavalry and trap them in barren wastelands where no food is grown, starving the invaders. Those who do reach Bukhara face the heavy defense of the Samarid Army, angry at the Abassid betrayal and are surrounded by Calvary outside Bukhara. In the midst of this chaos, large amounts of Abassid forces are wiped out and Turkic generals gain even more power in Samarid. With the Abassids anhiliated, the Saffarids are in shambles and we reconquer Zaranj, preparing for our final offensive next year to conquer all of the Saffarid land and reunite Persia.

966 AD
'''Will the real Caliph please stand up? ;)'''

''' Bishop Aethelwold of Winchester establishes establishes the Benedictine Abbey of Petersborough. '''

''' Lothair III of France offers to marry Princess Emma of Italy, first cousin of the Margrave Hugh of Tuscany. At the same time, Duke Peter IV of Venice offers to marry Waldrada, Hugh's sister. Lothair hopes to gather more support from the HRE in his campaigns against the lowlands. However, at the same time one of the Dukes of Lothraingia offers to ally with Flanders. '''

''' Otto the Great continues to centralize his control in Italy, primarily by invading Lombardy. He is proclaimed in Rome as "Liberator of the Church". '''

Miezcko I of Poland converts to Christianity by his wife Dobrawa, and in doing so establishes Poland as a state on the map.

''' Hungarians en masse invade Bulgaria, and forcefully settle in the land of Tsar Peter I. They proceed to cross the border unopposed to invade the Byzantine Empire. '''

''' The Qarmatians, a group of Shia nomads of Arabia, invade en masse across Hejaz and Palestine, creating chaos and havoc among the Ikhshidid Dynasty. Patriarch John VII of Jerusalem writes to Emperor Nikophorus II of Byzantium, pleading him to come liberate the Holy Land from these new Muslim invaders. He is immediately burned at the stake by a mob of Muslims. The Qarmatians meanwhile reach out to ally with the Fatimids. '''

''' Waystyle calligraphy is established in Japan. '''

The people of Iceland are very friendly to the Scottish visitors, and allow them to set up churches there. The Norwegians however are not as nice, and at the Battle of Askoy all the raiding ships sent from Scotland are decimated by the Norsemen.

''' The "Burning of London" is a terrific event in the annals of Edgar's otherwise Peaceful reign. Hundreds of people are killed, and hundreds more are taken into slavary as the city and Norfolk are sacked by Danish Vikings. '''

''' The City of Naples is fully conquered by the Fatimids, putting their foothold within mainland Europe. Thousands of Neopolitans flee from the region, migrating to neighboring towns in Magna Graecia, Capua, and Rome. '''

''' The pen invented by the Fatimids quickly spreads into Italy through Barbary Merchants. '''

''' Miraculously, a series of strange natural events allows the Abbasid military, mostly commanded by Saffarid nobles, to invade Central Asia all the way to the outskirts of Bukhara itself. However, at the Battle of Oxus the Abbasid military is completely crushed by the defensive forces of Bukhara. The devastation left on the Samanids forces them to stop their invasion after retaking Zaranj. However, at the same time the Abbasid nation is internally weakened, as the feudal nobles have less trust on the Caliph to rule in his own right. '''
 * Scotland: After the burning of Scottish ships by the Norweigans, King Dubh decides to stop scottish missionary work in favor of pure trade. An assassin is sent into Norway to kill their king. The entire army of Scotland is risen to destroy the saxon menace. Scottish forces aim at taking all of England north of Hadrian's wall and destroying the Wessex dynasty. Lords that switched loyalty are spared and Scotland offers that any lords on the border that become loyal to the Scots will be spared from pillaging. King DubhThe Scottish Navy, although weakened, begins to recouperate and continues to visit Shetland and Orkney.
 * ​Kingdom of Denmark: Harald Håkonsson decides to press a claim to the Norwiegen throne, personally leading a force of 100,000 soldiers to Nidaros, where the ruler of the Norse is. In addition, improved farming tecniques are appearing in Denmark, significantly increaseing farm productivity. A trading mission is sent to Kievian Rus, hoping to trade iron for very valuble fur pelts. 
 * Abbasid Caliphate: With the events in Central Asia proving that Allah exists, missionary forces at deployed to spread the One True Faith of Islam to everywhere they may go. The Caliph acknowledges his faults while planning the attack, but claims he will come up with a better plan, lest Allah strike him dead. Shortly after, he was killed in a lightning strike. Seeing this as a sign from Allah, a new Caliph is put in place. The Caliphate immediately builds up an army better equipped than the last, and lines city walls with defenses and rocket arsenals. Meanwhile, discoveries of steam power are capitalized on by the creation of mechanisms that run on steam. These may have a future in society, but for now make interesting contraptions. Another colony is formed in Antarctica, where try as our missionaries may, fail to convert penguins to Islam.
 * Comté de Flandre:The Regency accepts the Loriën Offer of an alliance and they also ask them if they are willing to join against the French Kingdom.(mod response).Our knights and local nobles now also have to recruite more soldiers so that 15 000 are there in two years and 30 000 peasant soldiers. Nobles also begin to think of the basic idea that is derde klasse-vloot,which is the idea that merchants with trade ships should aid the vlaemsche vloot. Our peasants and merchants also begin marshland inbetween some smaller islands to increase land that is farmable and habitable.
 * The Duke of Lower Lorrain accepts to give Flanders support -Nate
 * Fatimid Caliphate: Seeing the Qarmatians spreading Shia Islam across Arabia, Caliph al-Mu'izz seizes the opportunity and allys the Qarmatians. The Caliph denies Cordoba's offering, killing the delegation and putting their bodies up for public display, showing the citizens what happens when they convert or join the other false Caliphates. Aftering conquering Naples and surrounding areas, the city and surrounding areas begin incorperation into the Emirate of Sicily. Military fortresses and castles are built by the christian slaves, as muslim immigrants begin to "replace" the population there as a means of converting more of the population into Shia Islam. A large Mosque is built in Naples. Total religious tolerance begins in the Emirate of Sicily, however, due to the amount of opposition, most of the populace reman slaves. Caliph al-Mu'izz sends out  Jawhar to fully complete Berber coast expansion, and with co-operation with the Zirids, are able to effectively occupy the large city of Fez.
 * Caliphate of Córdoba: Ibrahim is quite troubled by the genocide of his delegate, he thinks of another way to have better relations with the Muslims empires, but decides to put it off. He holds a traditional Muslim funeral for the dead delegates, and, despite the violence and hostility by the fatamids, requests for the Delegations' bodies (FATAMID RESPONSE ABSOLUTLY NEEDED). Due to the King of Leòn's rejection of our peace, we Declare war on the Kingdom of Leòn, and immediately, 90,000 Soldiers charge into Leòn territory, with Cavalry speaking ahead of the main army, quickly taking villages and a couple of towns, before having to deal with the Leòn military in the fields. The Córdoba Armies also meet Leòn Forces, and imedietly begin clashing with them. Stricter Islamic Law is introduced to Córdoba, specifically for the non-Muslims in the area. The rule of The caliphate is becoming more and more similar to Sharia Law, which the caliph plans to enforce once al-Andalus is united under Islam. Woman have to wear Burqas and dresses according to the Islamic Dress Code. Islamification of Al-Andalus begins, with Christians having to practice their religion in private and new mosques being built in every city, town, and village. In occupied Leòn territory, Moor Soldiers have to be polite and kind to the people in villages and towns, and must buy their supplies like food and stuff, rather then just taking what they Please.
 * Commonwealth of Greenland: Grimwald Thornsfoot, the Lawspeaker continues to improve the lives of his family, expanding their residence as a wooden citidel among the rest of Greenland. Farms and fishing boats continue to expand. Grimwald's eldest son, Ethbald, takes on an administrative job of his own, breeding horses. A single trading mission is sent to Iceland, in the hopes of becoming less isolated from their Viking brethren. Grimwald is very suspicious against the natives of Greenland, and makes frequent raids against them.

967 AD
''' Otto the Great holds a Council in Rome, having completed his conquests in Italy. The Council offiically places Pope John XIII as monarch of the city, completey under control of the Holy Roman Empire. Otto procedes with tours throughout Italy, specifically Lombardy and Veneto, assuring the mutual alliance of the cities there. He writes to th Byzantine Emperor, offering to marry his daughter and establish a permenant alliance, in exchange for allowing him to annex Byzantine holdings in southern Italy. In Christmas, Otto's son is crowned co-emperor by the Pope. '''

''' Otto dedicates Madgeburg Cathedral as a haven for missionary efforts in eastern Europe. '''

''' A power struggle occurs in Mosul for the throne of the Emirate. '''

''' There is a new Emperor of Japan, who is insane. '''

''' Scotland under Dubh the Cruel Black scores key victories against the English, taking territory north of Hadrian's Wall. England internally continues to suffer economically, but nonetheless Edgar the Peaceful establishes Romsey Abbey, appointing his daughter Aefflead as Abbess. '''

''' Harold Greycloak, the King of Norway is crushed at the Battle of Nidaros by the Danish invasion, as the Jarl Hakkon Sigurdsson rebels against him to ally with the Danes. Greycloak is taken alive to Denmark, but his sons manages to escape to Estonia. Hakkon Sigurdsson offers the King of Denmark to rule Norway on his behalf as a vassal. '''

As Leon is invaded by the Muslims, King Ramiro III surrenders on the condition of becoming a vassal. However, at the same time other vassalized states in Cordoba become more unstable in reaction to the Islamification of Caliph Ibrahim Al-Hakan, especially the County of Castile.

''' Morocco is completely annexed by the Fatimids. '''

The Abbasid colony in Antarctica is destroyed by a group of Jinn.


 * Denmark: Hakkon Sigurdsson's offer is accepted. With the resources from this unity, an army is sent to invade Iceland. They accidentally land in Greenland, offering the local government vassalization in exchange for development.
 * Abbasid Caliphate: The Antarctic colony's failure is not taken too heavily, as another colony is set up in Australia. Armed with rocket arsenals and superior troops trained yesterday, they are equipped to deal with the extremely dangerous wildlife found there, including kangaroos and more penguins. Those that are more docile are converted to Islam. We make plans to reinstate the Abbasid Caliphate as it was, but long term solutions are still needed. The colony in Africa expands, covering OTL Somalia. Soldiers are now trained in jinn repelling classes to not repeat the mistakes of the failed Antarctic Caliphate.


 * Caliphate of Córdoba: we agree to the King's terms as long as he swears absolute allegiance to the Caliph and Allah (MOD RESPONSE NEEDED!!!!). The army is sent in to quell the violence in Castile and other vassals. The army jails many people, and many crowds see swords slashing through people, injuring many. The caliph promises that this will never happen again, and will pay his respects to all who died in the protests and riots, along with pay for their funerals. The caliph says that Christians will still be able to practice their religion, as long as they don't undermine the sovereignty of the Caliphate. De-Christianization of many towns and villages, along with major cities, such as Leon commence, and sees new mosques being built in place of churches. In schools, children of all races and religion must praise Allah and pledge loyalty to the caliphate. Ibrahim says that Al-Andalus was always destined to be Islamic, and says that the Christian empires of the past such as the visigoths forced their religion and faith into the poor people of Al-Andalus, and claims that the Caliphate is just here to help. The Calioh readied an invasion into Barcelona,which, if done correctly, would put his caliphate as the dominate state in Al-Andalus, and Islam would reign supreme over the peninsula. Cordoba is a prime expample of a Islamified City, that once used to be a Christian paradise, with churches Roman architecture all around, now has mosques, and Arabic Architecture all around, and with all signs of European Colonists have dissapeared, with the moors and Arabs the majority in the city. The whole caliphate is having a drastic change in demographics, with more and more Moor/Arab babies being born, and settling in, and with more Christians and Europeans moving out, Al-Andalus will soon be reconquered! Just as Allah destined us to be! We send a delegation to The kingdom of Barcelona, directly to the king, and offers him to become a protectorate of the Caliphate, with himself as Protector of Barcelona, and the Christians being allowed to practice their religion in public if they so wish, but must also accept Muslim/Moor dominance over Al-Andalus and must refer the peninsula as that, along with swearing complete loyalty to the Caliph and Allah.(MOD RESPONSE ABSOLUTELY NEEDED!)
 * ​Count Borell II of Barcelona is favorable towards protection from Cordoba, seeking help to maintain autonomy from France. However, the details of these protections he finds extensive, and will continue to deliberate over them -Nate
 * Fatimid Caliphate: With the annexation of much of Morocco, the Berber populations are automatically re-incorperated into the Caliphate as citizens due to their original presence in the Umayyad Caliphate a few centuries prior. The territory of Naples continues to be incorperated into the Emirate of Sicily. Mobilization of the entire military begins, and with the success that Jawhar had in his invasion of Fez, he is instituted as a military general and will lead the campaign against the Fatimid's larger enemies in the future, including the Abbasids, seeing as they are the major rival to the Fatimids at this point. Caliph al-Mu'izz continues to spread his tolerance of religion across the Emirate of Sicily and Berber coast. The Caliph also shows general disappointment for the current player who is playing as the Caliphate of Cordoba in the Ages in Chaos (Map Game).
 * Commonwealth of Greenland:  Grimwald Thornsfoot institutes new laws over Greenland, parceling out parts of land to each of his sons to rule themselves. The capital estate of his administration, the town of Brattahlid, is made the capital of the realm. More farms are established north, and more ships are expanded, establishing more trade in the north Atlantic and with Iceland.Natives of Greenland are raided and hunted against, in order to keep them at bay. Lawspeaker Thornsfoot gladly accepts the visitors from Denmark, offering them to stay in his great hall at Brattahlid for winter, givng them mead and boars. He accepts protection and becomes a Danish vassal.
 * Shirvan: As Kahk continues to be built, the city becomes an area of much of the nation's trade. In the meantime, Muhammad orders an army of 23,000 men to invade Derbent capturing the small country. The new Shia prophet from the village of Ababua in the deep sections of the Caucus continues to preach the word of Allah gaining much support. Roadways begin to connect small towns to the new great city as we continue to accept Turks and Nomads from the north. A university begins to be builtby the order of the Shah. Prophet Aali is requested to meet with the Shah once he returns back from the war. In the meantime with rumors of victoryu in Derbent and the army returning home, Dozens of thousands of men are sent to invade Ardabil lead by one of our most brilliant generals, Hakim I.
 * Kingdom of Germany (Saxony): Otto having achieved much of his desired goals in Italy waits impatiently for the Byzantine response however several of his advisors including his own sons view the demands for Byzantine holdings as unnecesarry and a diversion from Otto's main objective which is the consolidation of his grip over the other stem duchies and indeed the empire itself. With his hold over northern Italy already secured Otto sends a second delegation to Byzantine with an alternative offer. To leave the possibility of a dowry of South Italy for future negotiations while the Emperor marries the daughter of the Byzantine Emperor. Otto continues to promote trade and agricultural growth within his own personal domains of Saxony while he promotes the evangelization and settlement of the lands to the east of the Empire mainly with the intent of securing the lands for his domains. Otto calls upon the pope to grant him and the empire the right to bring christianity to the savages of the east in a way similar to that of Franks centuries ago. He begins by authorizing military support for the Evangelical efforts of the Cathedral of Madeburg. This increased support for the church is mostly due to his own desires to establish a secure frontier to the east specially around otl balkans region and brandeburg from raiding nords and slavs. Military reorganization begins within the stem duchy and to a larger extent an effort is made to pass through the imperial diet a levy in times of war for the defence of imperial interests making note of the recent developments in Scandinavia as a threat to the good christians of the Empire. He also offers the pope aid in expelling the muslem dogs from Naples in echange for the title defender of the faith.
 * Scotland:  King Dubh offers peace to the English if they give up all land north of Hadrian's wall. Building of the Scottish navy continues as we raid english ports in the Irish sea. If the English do not agree to the peace, we will continue to London. After the decimation of Northumbria, we begin resettling it with Scots. The King also meets with the lord of Ulster and offers to protect them militarily if they agree to become our vassal.

968 AD
<u style="font-weight:700;">Brian Boru expels the Vikings from southern Ireland.

<u style="font-weight:700;">Capua begins raids in preparation of fighting the Muslims in Italy around Naples. Pope John XIII blesses this effort, and offers to make the emperor Defender of the Faith if he sends Saxon military to expel Islam from the peninsula. The Pope also acknowledges Otto's efforts to bring Christiantiy to the East.

<u style="font-weight:700;">Mieszko I of Poland constructs Poznan Cathedral.

<u style="font-weight:700;">The Byzantine Emperor denies Otto's offer of marriage, not wanting to lose control over Italy.

''' Tsar Peter I of Bulgaria declares war on the Kievan Rus, and asks Byzantium for aid. This is in spite of the fact Bulgaria has done nothing to mitigate the Hungarian invasions of Byzantium. '''

''' Navarre quickly calls in French aid for their protection, and Lothair sends a massive military to occupy the kingdom. '''

''' Leon and Barcelona remian partially within the vassalage of the Umayyads, and the other Christian states within Cordoba's domains remain to cause strife in response to the Islamification. '''

The Ikhshidid Sultanate is generally powerless to the Qarmatians, who by now have seized control over all of Syria, Palestine, and Arabia.

Derbent falls to the forces of Shirvan.

''' The Sultanate of Fars, part of the Abbasid domains, considers these colonial efforts fruitless, and cuts off his naval support for the Caliph. '''


 * Denmark: Harold Bluetooth has a vision. Of a unified northlands, with power unimaginable. To complete ththis dream, the army that wintered in Greenland now sails to Iceland, demanding vassalization. A diplomat is sent to Svealand, offering their ruler wealth if they submit to Denmark. (Secret: A massive army is drafted, and ffleets levied.) News leaks that a heathen army shalldecdecend somewhere in ttherine.
 * Abbasid Caliphate: We do stuff like converting kangaroos to Islam. Rocket arsenals are installed alongside city walls, and we predict imminent Fatimid invasion. As such, we make more walls and install more rocket arsenals. We begin equipping soldiers with a miniaturized version of a rocket, which will fire a high speed arrow at enemies, sometimes lit on fire. We chalk the loss of the Sultanate of Fars up to them not understanding the will of Allah to spread Islam, so we build up a navy to replace their naval support.
 * Kingdom of the Franks//France: With Navarre fully occupied and protected from invaders, King Lothair III declares the “temporary“ vassalisation of Navarre appointing Hugh Capet as Duke. With the Lowlands in revolt and supported militaristically and financially by the Duke of Lower Lorraine, the invasion continues throughout the year. The Army of the Franks initally has success, once agin capturing many cities and beginning a march towards Brugge, however they are repulsed miles away from the Capital by an army of 15,000 Flemish Soldiers. The Armies battle but the Franks are able to secure a victory. The Flemish leaders are tortured, beheaded and their bodies dumped into the Somme as a response. The woes of Franks are not over however as Brugge has been heavily fortified, which causes for a devastating siege, in the meantime what remains of the County is occupied and secured. On Christmas Eve, the Flemish surrender Brugge. The County of Flanders is bequeathed to Lothair who annexes it to the Kingdom. King Lothair now turns his eyes to Lothagria, demanding the Duke of Lower Lorraine surrender (MOD RESPONSE)
 * ​German Dip: Emperor Otto demands that the king of France backdown from their attempts to annex Lower Lorraine promising to meet the French with military force if necesarry. He also calls for the marshalling of other forces i the empire to defend against French aggression. 
 * Just as a note, for the sake of being fair to all players Flanders is not completely out of the game yet -Nate
 * Lorraine refuses to surrender and joins with Otto against France, along with the other German states in Lothraingia -Nate
 * Commonwealth of Greenland:  Grimwald Thronsfoot builds up Battihild as the largest settlement in Greenland, and continues to expel natives from around it. A wooden fort is built around the meadhall where he administrates. More farms and ships are expanded. New is taken from Denmark on situations in Europe, and we send grain as yearly tribute. Longboats are imported from Iceland and Denmark to make larger ships.
 * Comté de Flandre:With the French Arround our Capital of Brugge surounded Our Regent ask the German Kingdom,if Flanders can join Their Kimgdom as "het graefschabp Fleandern".(German Response)The Regency Also now for the first time without proper doctrine forces the derde klasse-vloot With Merchants now asked to Raise a navy under leadership of nobles and merchants who show great bravery will even be enobled.At the Same time the regency request that their Ally England joins the war as a flemish ally and defender of Liberty.(mod response)
 * ​German Response: Otto responds positively to the Flemish request and calls on them to join the imperial army mustering in Lower Lorraine to wage war against the vile French.
 * Germany (Saxony):  Angered by French aggression against the Empire Otto declares war on the French, mustering his own forces and preparing to come to the defence of Lower Lorraine. He also calls on the other Stem Duchies and on North Italy to supply troops in the defence of the empire (mod response please). His own personal forces numbering 25,000 are sent to meet with the lothringians who support the emperor's forces brining the Imperial army to an overwhelming 50,000, he also calls on the ramnents of Flanders to support him if they desire to regain their independence as well. Otto leads the Army personally. Marching to defend the cities and strongholds of Lower Lorraine from the French onslaught that is sure to come with the collapse of the flemish war effort. He divides his forces into one force to support the beseiged Lothringians and another force of attack the French flank from the south once they engage the fortified Lorraine positions. The attacking forces are made up mostly of veteran knights from the italian campaigns. Otto fortifies his position in Lorraine mostly with the native lothringians. Orders are made to take all nobles possible hostage for ransom. On the domestic front his son helps with the appointment of administrators, bishops and lords within the empire further tightening the grip of the empire. In an effort ot further consolidate his familiy's position he declares his son Otto II (coemperor) the heir to the Duchy of Saxony to ensure a smooth transition. Otto II further expands the efforts to christinize the lands of the Eastern Empire the so called Marca Geronis (a subsidiery of the Saxon duchy that is in the process of being settled it encompasses otl eastern saxony, brandenburg, and pomerrania), spliting it up into two seperate marks Nordmark and Ostmark for better adminstration. Settlement by good christian germans is encouraged in the territories while efforts to evangilize the Slavs living under german rule there is encouraged. Otto declares his intent to eventually lead the charge to liberate christians from the heathen hordes of Islam once he has succeeded in defending the Empire from french aggression. Otto in particular sends out an envoy to his loyal vassal the Magrave of Tuscany to muster troops for the eventual liberation of Naples and Sicily from the Fatimids.
 * Caliphate of Córdoba: Sharia Law is imposed in all main Caliphate territories, while all our vassals do not see this, instead, they experience some Islamic Laws being past, but see a good amount of Christian laws being passed as well. Our vassals become a vast melting pot of Arab and European Cultures, as Moor and Arab colonizers move into the New Vassal states all by their own. Executions are introduced in the Caliphate's Territory, as anyone opposing the law will face the consequences in pure Islamic fashion. Barcelona is De-Christianized, as new type of archetecture is introduced, and less churches are built while more mosques are constructed, while still keeping the Christians happy and respecting the agreements made with the Count of Barcelona. A green flag with the Islamic Moon and Star is introduced as our official flag, flying over major cities like Córdoba,Lisbon,Leon,Barcelona and etc. Now that Al-Andalus is under our influence and Islamic reign, we officially Change our Name to the Caliphate of Al-Andalus with our capital still in Córdoba.
 * Scotland: After the securing of all land north of Hadrian's wall and the English's refusal to surrender, King Dubh and his troops advance into southern England, raiding and pillaging the entire country. The Scottish Navy forms a primitive blockade around Winchester and they begin bombarding it with corpses, dung, and fireballs, hoping to get a surrender out of the English. King Dubh offers to spare the lands of the Princes of Wales if they switch from English to Scottish Suzerainty. More and more Scots are settled in northern England. Dubh pursues a primitive version of total war in the south, calling it "Viking's War" in which all are combatants except priests and those affiliated with the church. Celtic Christianity continues to develop, and with relations between Scots and Pagan Danes becoming better, continues to veer farther off from traditional catholicism.
 * Fatimid Caliphate: Following total mobilization and Jawhar becoming a military general, he starts a military campaign against the false Abbasid Caliphate, specifically Egypt, leading a total of 100,000 men into battle [Mod Response Needed]. With the annexation of much of Morocco, the Berber populations are automatically re-incorperated into the Caliphate as citizens due to their original presence in the Umayyad Caliphate a few centuries prior. The territory of Naples continues to be incorperated into the Emirate of Sicily. Religious tolerance becomes key in the Emirate of Sicily, with many simply converting to Islam based off the fact that Caliph al-Mu'izz is allowing religious tolerance.
 * Shirvan: As expansion is made in unclaimed lands, Aali becomes a leader in these expansions for him being the main prophet and leader of the Ababua tribe. After Muhammad's return to the city, government presence is placed in the now conquered state of Derbent. Myths an legends of what lies behind the gates and north of that is something that many are afraid to explore. 8 ignorant teenagers went beyond the gates earlier in the year but never returned. Some villagers reported hearing faint screaming but payed little mind and almost as if they tried to ignore it as they knew it was nothing good. Next year, Aali is planning to explore what some describe to be the gates of hell itself. In the meantime, Kahk continue s the build-up in population and infrastructure. More and better farming methods are introduced to the field leading to a surplus in goods that are soon sold off by merchants and such. Aali meets with Muhammad and is hired as the Sultan of the nation. Thousands of men with tactics such as calvalry and ad experience from the previous conquering of Derbent wage war against Ardabil laying devastation but hope in the conquest's wake due to care for citizens who had fallen victim to the war especially to women and children who have been taught to hold the highest respect for during military training and combat and has become sort of a moral. We go for the capital with most of our army still intact to capture Ardabil's capital and to remove the infidel leader.

969 AD
''' Tsar Peter I of Bulgaria dies of a stroke, and is succeeded by Boris I. Boris continues the war against the Kievan Rus. '''

''' Capua, Amalfi and Salerno form an alliance against the Muslims in Italy with support from the Pope. They begin initial attacks in the form of raids against Naples in the hopes of getting an Imperial army soon. '''

<u style="font-weight:700;">The Byzantine Empire invades the Emirate of Mosul, taking both Antioch and Aleppo. Emperor Nikophorus II is unfortunately assassinated soon after.

''' The Ikhshidid Dynasty of Egypt comes to an end with the nation entirely overrun by Shia forces from the Qarmatians and the Fatimids under Jawhar. The Qarmatians settling in Egypt welcomes the Caliph to come live in Egypt as their rightful religous leader. '''

<u style="font-weight:700;">The Rashakutras Dynasty of India is being overrun by the Chola dynasty.

''' That crazy Emperor of Japan from two turns ago is now dead. '''

''' Iceland becomes a vassal of Denmark. '''

''' King Olof Bjornsson of the Swedes offers an alliance with Denmark, and his daughter Gyrid in marriage to Harold. '''

''' The County of Flanders is de-jure overrun by the French invasion, which occupies the region and proceeds into Germany. They are stopped, however, and prevented from invading Lorraine by the alliance of German military at the border. In Flanders itself, there remains 20,000 peasent soldiers in defense of Brugge. Against the surrounding French. '''

''' King Edgar the Peaceful is captured alive by the Scottish forces at the Siege of Winchester. Edgar's seven-year-old son Edward is crowned his succor in London. The English forces are generally crushed, but 7,000 soldiers remain in London against further Scottish invasion. They still send about 300 soldiers to Flanders to help their war with France. '''

''' King Iago of Wales has nothing to do with this war, but seeing the Scottish strength he offers a treaty of peace. '''

''' Ardabil falls to Shirvan. '''
 * Abbasid Caliphate: We launch an invasion of the Fatimid Caliphate, denouncing them as infidels that oppose true Islam, but we begin working on a method to sway all Islamic nations in the Middle East and soon the world, to the true side of Allah and the powers of his Holiness. Converting kangaroos to Islam is considered a lost cause, and we begin converting the natives there instead, spread the name of Allah.
 * Al-Andalus Dip. We secretly support the Abbasid Caliphate in their war against the Fatamids, and, if they succeed, will declare loyalty the Abassid Caliphate.


 * Germany: Otto leading the charge against the French forces launch a two fold offensive with the Lothringian forces making up the bulk of the imperial army facing French forces directly at the border while Otto's personal army attacks the french flank from the southwest collapsing on Lothair's outnumbered troops. The Imperial Army presses forward after wrecking havoc on the French army, Witha third of his forces  march into flanders aimed at liberating Flanders while the Saxons aidid by some of the Lothringian forces are ordered to march on Paris, with 35,000 strong at his back Otto the Great makes way to the capital of the Franks, he sends an envoy in advance telling Lothair that he will pull back under 3 conditions: first Lothair will renounce all claims to Flanders which shall become a part of the Empire and a vassal of the Emperor, 2 He will stop waging war aprovide troops to help reclaims Naples from the muslims, and 3 He shall pay a ransom for the return of all captured French nobles. Reorganization of the Nordmark and the Ostmark continue under the leadership of Otto II,  Efforts to Christianize the slavs in the marks continue while settlement of the lands with Germans continues at a steady pace mainly destitute nobles or wandering mercenaries who form the core of the small military unit established by Otto to protect the church in the heathen lands. Otto I accepts the offer of marraige without officially renouncing Sicily, however Otto II turns dow nthe marriage given it to his father on the advice of his advisors. Otto II instead decalres his intent to marry a German noble asking Henry of Bavaria for the hand is his sister's hand in marriage to secure the loyalty of the German nobility and to promote the idea that Otto II will focus on German affairs first and formost (mod response please). Otto and his father both promote the arts and sciences at their court With many italians and Germans coming to court to recieve the patranoge of the Ottonians. Otto II under orders from his father calls on the mustering of a second imperial army to aid in the liberation of naples, he calls on the Italians in particular promising swift Saxon support once the war in France is concluded (mod and Tuscany response please). 
 * In the Byzantine Empire, the death of Emperor Nikephoros II Phokas sends the nation to the brink of civil war. His murderer, general John Tzimiskes, leads on faction while Nikephoros II's younger brother, Leo Phokas, leads the other. Both seek to outmaneuver one another, but ultimately Leo Phokas ends up crowned as Emperor Leo VII Phokas. Realizing that his position is not as secure as his brother's was, he agrees to a royal marriag of his eldest daughter to a relative of Otto of Germany, but refuses to give up Magna Graecia (Nk response). Having secured Cilicia and Syria, Emperor Leo VII seeks a truce of 10 years time with the Emirate of Mosul (Mod response). More may come.
 * Scotland: King Dubh offers that Wales will come under the suzerainty of Scotland in exchange for Scotland protecting them from Vikings and the English (Mod Response for Wales). Dubh orders for winchester to be burnt to the ground to demoralize the English. He orders that the news of Winchester's burning be spread across England and that the 7,000 remaining English troops will be allowed to live if they surrender (Mod Response for Remainder of England). The plunders of England flow out from England into Scotland. Scots settling in Northumbria begin rebuilding it, slowly cementing its population as core scottish. In England, Scottish soldiers continue marauding through England, killing men, women, and children, and burning cities and towns to the ground. The churches, however, are spared. Scottish christianity continues to veer off from core catholicism as it incorporates norse and celtic pagan traditions.
 * Denmark: For a second time, an army is sent to Kent in order to claim the English throne. It advances to London, attempting to capture the city. In addition, the Great Heathen Army, which has been assembled, lands at Caux and begins raiding a great area relentlessly. The Frankish Capital of Paris seems out-of-scope at the moment, but Brest and Caux are besieged. Trading takes place with Rus.
 * Scottish Diplomacy: England is currently occupied by scotland and their capital is currently in Winchester, which is burning. The Scottish would be happy to offer the Danes the English throne as it would do them good to have an ally to the south.


 * Caliphate of Al-Andalus: The Europeans of Al-Andalus have begun to Arabize, as more and more Arab influence is around them, many Europeans start singing "Allah Akbar", and singing songs of Islam, and a lot of European woman are volunteeraly putting a Burqa over their faces. With the sudden Self-Arabization of the Europeans, we see this as the perfect leverage to use against the strife in our Christian Lands. Arabized Europeans start throwing objects at Christian Protestors, confusing the Christians greatly, then the army comes in and arrests them, with much support from the Arabized Christians. Many Europeans are now marrying into Arab Families, dumping their culture for Arab culture instead. Leon is now significantly De-Christianized, with most Roman Catholic Architecture gone, and replaced with a more neutral architecture, and with more mosques, the same goes for Barcelona, which is seeing a mass influx of Muslim settlers and Arab Colonists. Children, both European and Arab, Start Playing together, with European children adopting many Arab things. Many Europeans in the north are converting.
 * sorry to intercede but no the process of arabization in Iberia took centuries and in many ways it was highly superficial cause at the end of the day when the reconquista occured the arab and muslim identity fell away accept for the die hard moros, and the mozarabs who were cultural hispano-arab but religiously christian. remember otl islam did not become the majority religion in iberia and it would not here either. With Blood and Iron (talk) 15:21, December 22, 2017 (UTC)
 * This Map game is meant to be unrealistic and implausible. I would still be in a war right now with Leòn right now if it was realistic, I mean come on, the Abbasid guy made Missile Launchers! I think you should be commenting on his turns, not mine.
 * ive already commented on that to nate and also its not meant to be unrealistic and implausible its meant to be a blood bath which is frankly not to bad as it suits the period. Just remember that implausiblity is frowned upon in the wiki buddy With Blood and Iron (talk) 15:58, December 22, 2017 (UTC)
 * I understand it's ground upon, and frankly, I don't like it either, but since it's allowed, I'm just rolling with it, trust me, I wouldn't do this if it wasn't allowed.
 * Kingdom of England: The 7,000 survivors rally around Earl Rynair who declares himself regent over the young child who is King and orders the troops to move to the Isle of Dogs along with the people of London to support the construction efforts. Peace is offered to Scotland giving them the lands north of Hadrian's wall but they leave the rest of England. No peace is offered to the Danes who seek to take the rightful English crown and must ask for something else. The army moves to the Isle of Dogs and start digging a moat using the Thames as a water source while also creating a palisade of wood. In addition since the Scots having been killing people senselessly and it is assumed the Danes will do the same recruitment is increased to form a militia of some 4,000 victims of Scottish violence and are armed with shield and spear. The lower parts of their body should be protected by the assembled palisade. They will fight in a shield wall on the right of the English positions at the Isle of Dogs while 3,000 Thegns and the Housecarls who will maintain a who survived fighting against Scotland will hold the centre and the left flank will be open allowing an enemy to advance but 2,000 men hold a line further back of a ditch and palisade while another 2,000 including the 500 English horse form a flying wedge to hit their flanks driving them into the river. Rivers over the Thames are destroyed by the English to make it harder for the Danes or Scots to reach them. Bowmen are placed on the left English right flank to shoot fire arrows at any ships coming up the Thames.
 * Commonwealth of Greenland: Grimwald Thornsfoot continues to expand the farms and boats, and drives more natives north from the Norse settlements. He also continues to pay vassalage to Denmark, where more longboats and more horses are imported from. An expedition is set forth from Greenland westward, in order to find more water to hunt wales from. They find an island that they call Newfoundland, and return home. Grimwald's sons become the direct rulers over all the land in Greenland.