Lords of the Earth
CAMPAIGN TWENTY-FOUR
A
New Century
Turn 40
1196
~ 1200 Anno Domini
557 ~ 561 in the year of the Hegira
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Without further ado, the news for these
years in Lords 24 history...
EASTERN EUROPE
Mercenaries
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Leaders:
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Mustafa of Rum M996
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Troops:
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37c,10hec,30xc,23i,21xi,
4xei,3elm,2s.3ct,7rw,1rxw,1w
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AQRs:
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i5, c6, s5, w3
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The Rum Khanate of Turkiye
(Roman Catholic Civilized Open Empire)
Crisias, Khan of the Turkiye
The depravations
forced on the Khanate caused dire consequences. The great roads from Bithnia
down to Isauria were left unmaintained and fell into disrepair. The Rum
government saw unpaid officials retire to their estates and Crisias could
barely keep the army together. With the loyal troops that remained, Crisias
moved into Bithnia along with Philippus and Alp Arslan. The Turks numbered five
thousand cavalry and about one thousand elephant archers. The Buwayid force in
Bithnia was large, Prince Ayub himself and his aides Khair al Din and Farukh
commanded and army of thirty-four thousand cavalry. The losses were heavy on
the Turkish side and only two hundred of the Turkish elite cavalry survived to
return to Paphlagonia. The Buwayids also suffered heavy casualties and Prince Ayub was captured by the
Turks but later died of his wounds. The Buwayids dead numbered eight thousand
cavalry. The dread Bishop Asculias managed to repel an attack on Bursa.
The Western Roman
Empire
(Roman Catholic Civilized Open Empire)
Theodotus, Emperor of the West Romans
Gold arrives
from the Armenians and the Holy Roman Emperor but too late to raise any troops.
However, Theodotus managed to raise two thousand cavalry to aid in the battle
against the Uighur. His efforts to gain the mercenaries of Eastern
Europe came to nothing as he was out-bid by the Buwayids. The
great general Peter the Bulgarian was cut down by Uighur assassins prior to
their invasion into Macedonia.
In the ensuing battle the army of West Rome
was eliminated and Euthemius Porphyrogenitus, heir to the Empire, was captured
(see the Uighurs). The city of Athena was built
in Attica by refugees fleeing the conflict in Macedonia.
The Western Uighur Khanate
(Sunni Islam Civilised Open Empire)
Khagan Ahmet
Loans were
sought from the Jewish bankers but Ahmet still had a massive shortfall in the
Khanate’s accounts. He managed to persuade the majority of his army to stay
with him but suffered some desertions in this troubled time. He married
Jirghiz’s widow and adopted the old Khan’s son Selim as his own, healing some
bad feelings between supporters of the old regime. Ahmet waited for the Roman
attack and when news came of the death of the Bulgarian general at the hands of
his assassins, pushed into Macedonia.
The Uighur army of eight thousand cavalry and ten thousand foot stormed into Macedonia to be
met by the Roman army of six thousand cavalry under Peter’s replacement. The
Roman’s were crushed and Euthemius,
heir to the throne of Ochridia, was captured. The Uighur’s losses were also
high, twelve thousand lost against the might of West Rome.
.
Elsewhere in Eastern
Europe
The Duchy of Poland makes gains in
Polotsk and Prussia, Silesia and Pomerania.
The Oriental Roman Empire continues to regain its lost status in Chrysopolis and
looks for new lands in Abisigia and Colchis, poor recompense for Thrace! Floods
and heavy snows over these years see the Volga
expand its reach further north. While Muscovy
gains a foothold in the lands of Kalinin and Yaroslav. The rebel Uighurs under
their Adem pushed north into Taman and taking the province and Bosporus for themselves claimed these lands for
themselves. The Ests colonise Kymia and Kiev
converts its remaining pagan provinces to Eastern Orthodox. The Eflak tribes
settle in Alfold and after defeating the Venicians in Verona
declare themselves the Kingdom
of Hungary. New cities
are raised along the banks of the Danube and in Carinthia
THE MIDDLE EAST
Mercenaries
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Leaders:
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None
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Troops:
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25c,8xc,18i, 2hei, 5ct,5rw
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AQRs:
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i5, c6, s5, w3
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Heyrenik'un Armeniam
(Roman Catholic Barbarian Open Empire)
Anisha Amirspalar
Anisha Amirspalar dispatched Philipikous to
Ochridia to pay there respect to the West Roman Emperor and provide aid in the
ongoing struggle against the Moslems. She continued to oversee the Kingdom from
Thedyarbekir. Work continued on the Great Kars road between Armenia and
Lazica.
The Buwayid Sultanate
(Sunni Islam Civilized Open Empire)
Hashm ibn Sufyan
Sufyan fortified the
newly gained provinces of Lydia,
Bithnia and Isauria. Forts are also built in Cilicia
for good measure. The cities of Antioch
and Hastor gain walls to increase their defence. A postal road is built between
Isauria and Cilicia to link up the Sultanate.
Sufyan remained in control of the Sultanate’s army, patrolling his domain from Mesopotamia until his death in 1198. His son, Hashm, took
control of the Sultanate without a hitch. The army in Bithnia was put under the
command of Prince Ayub and following his death at the hands of the Rum Turks,
fell to Farukh. Yahyah’s diplomatic efforts in Lydia saw that province pledge a
full alliance with the Sultanate. Qumri of Edessa successfully persuaded more
of the lay of Cilicia to give up the Catholic
Faith and embrace Islam. Walid of Ahvaz moved his eight hundred infantry and
four thousand sappers against the city of Bursa.
The Bishop Asculias commanded a force of one thousand in the Turkish capital
and successfully repulsed the attackers. Walid and his men died together for
minimal losses to the Turks. Mustafa, hired by the Sultan during these years,
was more successful in Antalya
as the city easily fell to the mercenaries.
Ar Rassid Imamat as Sa'Na
(Sunni Islam Civilized Open Empire)
Sheik Farouk of Sa’Na
Farouk dispatched Hussein
along with six hundred foot and elephants to the African campaign while he
remained in Sa’na. Hussein was picked up by Admiral Sinbad and along with the
Adenese fleet over thirty light warships and about the same number of
transports, set sail for the African province
of Kilwa. Hussein’s force
was met by the Imam Tereq and Rakman with their contingent of over four
thousand infantry. These forces easily forced surrender from the port of Kilwa Kivinje, without hardly any
losses. Disturbances were felt in Aden
when some local holyman roused a rabble against some Egyptian merchants accused
of spreading the Shi’ite heresy.
Al-Khulafa'ur
Rashidun
(Sunni Islam Civilized Primacy
Kedar Safawan, the Righteous Caliph
The Caliph commissioned
ten light warships in Basra and a force of one
thousand sappers in Baghdad.
A large number of Cogs were built in Antioch,
destined for use on internal trade routes within the Caliphate. Kedar also
ordered that the righteous send the Imam’s a fitting tribute and set tithes on the
Alramids, the Ilig, the Uighurs and the Yemeni. Stored grain was sent to the
Uighurs, the Akramids and the Ummayads. Great effort was spent in converting
the Eflaks and their old homeland of Walachia
was converted to Sunni Islam. The King of Hungary was also very receptive to
the persuasive arguments of Islam. Satisfied with his edicts, Kedar took Thana
Safawan as his wife and settled to the affairs of state. His many thoughts and
poems were put into print and saw a great flourishing in religious activity
within the lands supporting the Caliphate. Latif abd-Gabr supported the Emir of
Al’qamishli in his persuasion of the Eflak Hungarian King. Rasheed Malaika,
supported by Ghassan Salwa, led an expedition to the south east where mosques
were founded in Aden, Mansura and Edrosia and
the sites in Zeila, Djibuti and Abadan
enlarged. His efforts to create a monastery in Sa’na met with no success.
Rasheed was also successful in gaining rutters for the Persian Gulf, the Gulf of Oman and the Bab-al-Mandab. The Emir of
Al’Qamishli, besides his conversion attempts on the Eflak King, was successful
in improving the mosque in Aleppo.
New mosques were founded in Cilicia and Lydia.
Elsewhere in the Middle
East
The Ogaden tribes make gains in Kefa,
Adal and Walaga
NORTH AFRICA
Mercenaries
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Leaders:
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Abu Benadin al’Gefara M544
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Troops:
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4c,10xc,10i,5ct,5rw
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AQRs:
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i5, c6, s5, w3
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The Ayyubid Sultanate
(Sunni Islam Civilized Open Empire)
Haqikah, Regent to the Sultan of the Ayyubids
The Sultan squeezed his
subjects hard to gain the required gold to outfit his new army. A massive
thirty thousand cavalry were raised in Egypt along with six thousand
infantry and one thousand sappers. The burden of taxation was too much for some
of the Sultan’s subjects to bear and Dongola, Levant, Sinai, Suakin, As’diffah,
Alwa, Aswan and Axum
rebel. Thebes
tries to pull away as well but the revolt is quickly crushed. Not deterred from
his course, Jel-al-laddin commissioned twenty-four biremes in Alexandria
and sent letters to the mercenary leaders of North Africa and the Middle East requesting their services in the forthcoming
battle. Imran Abdul Nazir was hired in Jersusalem along with four thousand
mercenaries. Abu Benadin came to Alexandria
with ten biremes. Further fortifications were built in Lebanon. The
hated rebel Faruq Dharr was tracked to his army camp in Bithnia and brutally
cut down by Ayyubid assassins. Meanwhile, the Sultan set off for Syria with his newly
raised army, collecting a further eleven thousand troops from Mansura. The
force marched up through Sinai, Petra and Jordan into Syria. There they met with minimal
resistance. The Farubid army was in disarray. The death of Faruq almost caused
the rebels to give up but they were eventually rallied by Faruq’s son, also
called Faruq. The Farubid army eventually regrouped and moved down along the
Anatolian coast to regain its lost lands in Syria. At this point Jel-al-laddin
realised that he had no stomach for battle! Cosseted since birth, the sight of
the Farubid army caused him to flee from the battle. A rout started and the
Ayyubid army turned and fled. The outnumbered Farubids could not believe their
eyes and descended upon the hapless Ayyubids with merciless abandon. Jel-al-laddin
was cut down as was Prince Zal. Imran managed to escape to Lebanon along with
the remains of the Ayyubid army, numbering four thousand only! The Farubids
lost only two and a half thousand in the battle and pushed on into Lebanon against
the disordered Ayyubid forces. Imran was quick to gain the support of the
Lebanese Emir and set about a quick defence of the province. His quick wits
prevented the Farubids from taking Lebanon but he paid for the victory
with his life. The losses were high for the Ayyubids and nearly three thousand
heavy infantry were killed. The Farubids lost over three thousand infantry in
the battle. Retreating to Syria,
the Farubids were faced with a new enemy. The Sultan of Tyria had moved up from
Suakin and was preparing to join with the hapless Jel-al-laddin when he heard
of the destruction and swore verngence on the Farubids. His force of seven
thousand men faced the twenty thousand Farubids. Faruq was more than a match
for the Sultan and the Tyrians were routed and fled to Lebanon. The
Tyrian force was wiped out by the pursuing Farubids whose losses were minimal.
The Ayyubid army of the north defeated, Faruq set up his domain in the Holy
Lands. His next years were spend subjugating the Lebanese
and gaining Jordan and Petra.
Amir al-Bahri
(Sunni Islam Seafaring Religious Order)
Abd Al-Aziz, Grand Commander
A quiet time for the sea lords.
Ummayad Sultanat al
Oran
(Sunni Islam Civilized Open Empire)
Sultan of the Ummayad
Improvements were made in the lands of Algeria and
Chelif and new trade routes started out of the Sultanat’s many ports. The
Sultan himself oversaw some of these mercantile affairs and was blessed with a
young daughter. Ishtmar moved to Santa
Maria and gathered up the Sultanat’s Spanish army
before patrolling their lands there. Qid died during these years as did the
able Sharouf Ben Gazi.
WESTERN EUROPE
Mercenaries
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Leaders:
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Odo of Aachen M85A
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Troops:
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31c,5hec,12hei,28i,4s,4ct,14rw
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AQRs:
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i5, c5, s4, w4
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Heiliges Romisches Reich
(Roman Catholic Civilized Open Empire)
Brandork, Holy Roman Emperor
Brandork enters the
Empire's court and is quickly has to adapt to his new life when Barbarossa dies
of a heart attack at the age of 59. Brankoening's perseverance pays off when he
successfully persuades Eudes of Burgundy to join forces with the Holy Roman Empire. Provence
decides to go its own way, as do the Rhine ports of Aachen
and Metz.
Papuchultran manages to persuade Holstein to pay tribute to the Empire while
Matrunco fared better in Bavaria
when a mutual economic alliance was signed between the Bavarians and the
Empire. Marwin again moved with vast quantities of gold down to Thessaloniki for the West
Romans. Many pilgrims began flocking to Burgone in Burgundy when a local child began speaking
in tongues and showing the stigmata. It was reputed that her very touch cured
any ill.
Jarldom of Orkeneyjar
(Roman Catholic Seafaring Open Empire)
Wulgar Bjornson, Jarl of Orkney
Wulfgar, King of the
Orkneys, commissioned another two transports in Kirkval and raised another two
thousand infantry for the royal garrison there. Forts were built in Trondheim to protect the
islanders Norse possessions. A massive project was begun to clear the Scottish
Highlands a provide more grain for the growing
Kingdom. Wulfgar then augmented the garrisons of his Scottish holdings before
ruling his Kingdom from Kirkval. Sven accompanied Wulfgar on his travels before
returning to Kirkval and being blessed with two daughters from his wife
Colleen. The fierce Princess Gretal moved with Harald to far Gronland where
they were promised military support from the small population there. Strom and
Feric were successful in gaining an alliance from Princess Hildegard, now the
ruler of the province. The death of the Lord of Armagh saw that province become
friendly to the Kingdom.
Kingdom
of Svear
(Roman Catholic Seafaring Open Empire)
Erik Gustafson, King of the Svear
Erik
was cntent to oversee the expansion of Segervik. Svear missionaries were successful
in bringing the last Norwegian province to the joys of the Roman Church.
Norman Kingdom
of France
(Roman Catholic Civilized Open Empire)
Louis VII, King of France
Loyal
Prince Fulbert dies shortly after Louis came to the throne. The new king's
first act was to expand the French road network with links between Anjou and Limousin and
order the cultivation of Limousin and Auvergne to begin. Louis
then married and was blessed with a young daughter. Philippe's efforts in
Vermandois were rewarded when the province became friendly to the Kingdom.
Alain travelled to Aquitaine and persuaded the
rulers there to abandon plans to join the Spanish
Kingdom and gain closer ties with Paris instead.
Principality of Salerno
(Roman Catholic Civilized Open Empire)
Ricardo II, Prince of Salerno
Ricardo took control of the Principality from his
mother Amadora upon coming of age. The marriages of Ricardo's sisters to the Savoy and Tuscany
saw these provinces become friendly to the Principality. The captured Cogs were
re-crewed with men from Naples
and the Egyptians sent to help in the olive groves of Calania. Salernese
infiltrators roused the Sicilian peasants against the Ayyubid rulers and the
subsequent revolt saw the province declare its independence from Egypt. The city
of Bologna saw
an outbreak of Scarlet Fever and the death of many of its citizens from the
disease.
Saxon Kingdom
of England
(Roman Catholic Civilized Open Empire)
Richard, King of England
Richard raised more
cavalry for the English army when sixteen hundred horse
were outfitted in London.
The cities of the Kingdom were greatly improved and much gold spent on internal
trade. A royal road was built north from London
to Wymeswold in Mercia.
English missionaries were active in the Welsh marches and had some success in
Dyffed. Following an outbreak of the dread plague in Diva, Morgan and the Earl
of Diva die and the city reduces its ties to the Kingdom. Lancashire however
sought a closer alliance with England.
.
The Akramid Caliphate
(Sunni Islam Civilized Open Empire)
Mohamed, Caliph of the Akramids
Mohamed ordered the
construction of a royal road between Andalusia and Estremadura. The cultivation of Christian
Galacia was started. Despite this, Akramid missionaries were less than
successful in the province and even reversed the earlier successes. Akramid diplomacy
also met with little success during these years with Santiago, Talavera and
Galacia all spurning the efforts of the Caliph’s men.
.
Elsewhere in Western
Europe
Spain makes gains in Gascony and Asturias. Their approaches in Aquitaine were rebuffed in favour of France. A new
port was built in Asutias called Santander.
The Knights of Malta build
houses in Attica, Valenica, Olbia and
Castellon. In Norway, gold
rush fever in the province see a new city called
Oslo being
built. The Papal States’ missionaries were active in the Aegean coast and new
sites were built in Salerno’s
lands.
.
AFRICA
Mercenaries
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Leaders:
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Magabune of Kilwa M5A6
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Troops:
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20i, 13c, 5s, 5w, 5t
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AQRs:
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i5, c4, s3, w1
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Usama-Yoruba Onium of
Ibo
(African Pagan Civilised Open Empire)
A'Damana, King of the Ibo
A’Damana
raised another nine thousand heavy infantry in Ibo. His 14 year old son was
presented at court and named his heir. A’Damana then moved to Ibo and set about
ruling his wide domain. Tyano was active in smoothing over relations in Sudan while Ubaya tried the same in Songhai.
Elsewhere in Africa
The Adjou Aba
move into Takrur, Galem and Adaware. No londer under Wadai control, the Sharifs
set about their own actions. The Wadai themselves settle in lands below the Nile.
.
Central Asia
Mercenaries
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Troops:
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10i, 5c, 5s, 5w, 5t
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AQRs:
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i5, c4, s3, w1
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Elsewhere in Asia
The Mongols mass on the
border with Khwarzim, threatening the rulers of that nation and demanding
tribute.