Here it is folks! The first part of "Varnasia" releasing very, very soon. It must be noted that due to the sheer amount of content planned out for it, it has been divided in two (as can be seen through the episode span) and therefore the latter half will be arriving later on in the year. Thank you all for the support, and I hope to see you all at the premiere!
Make sure to watch APOE by the way, it's a magnificent series constructed by @MoroMapping and he's put so much effort into it, watching it and helping him out is a privilege I do not take for granted at all. This is its final episode!!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdbHX...
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Alternative History of Asia: Cathay, Episode 1, Part 1 (1571-1578).
The Ming dynasty has long been infamous for its opulence and grandeur. To be its Emperor is a prestigious title that very few have the fortunes of being graced with. It projects its grandiosity and prestige, and has proved a valuable trading partner to profit-seeking Europeans... but this has not only brought innocent traders, rather it has attracted abrasive conquerors too.
While Europe has been fighting itself for decades, in 1571, Asia, and Cathay, lie in a peculiar uneasiness, quite difficult to put ones finger upon. Innovations have been shared throughout, and as that happens, warfare too has ushered in a new age.
Indeed, tales of faraway lands circulate both in Europe and the Orient, and as rumours of continental wars reach the rulers at the top, ideas begin brewing. Nihon, for example, a bizarre land discovered by Portugalicia decades ago, feels different; someone is actually trying their hand at unifying its shattered isles. It happens from time to time, but... it appears that this occasion is a special one. Malaya finds itself in a deadlock, divided between evenly matched naval powers, all vying for a hegemony over their brothers. Burma finds itself resurgent, finally internally unifying, and furthermore projecting its influence beyond.
Power in the orient is elusive, evidently. Its seductive feeling has brought more and more men to war; kings, emperors, daimyo, and everything in between have been brought to the brink, and as tension simmers, one can only watch and see what comes of it.
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Alternative Past Of Europe 1356 - 14 (1396-1400).
Austria, thanks to the Habsburg's unmatched ambition, has become so increasingly influential that they have long aspired to be crowned emperor. Their ultimate goal has so far been denied by the Luxembourgs, the rulers of Bohemia and the Empire, who defended their throne in every way they could. From the 1356 Golden Bull to the controversial election twenty years later, Austria sees Bohemia as a dirty player, a corrupt dictator that has to be taken down no matter what.
For years they played in the cruel game of diplomacy, swaying opinions, winning, and losing pawns. But what happens when the very church that crowned their enemy is increasingly thought of as heretical by the minute? Austria is not somebody willing to lose an opportunity, no matter the cost of such a decision. A war of two Popes, a war of two Emperors, where nobody is willing to stop until their head is crowned or on the ground.
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Here it is folks! The first part of "Varnasia" releasing very, very soon. It must be noted that due to the sheer amount of content planned out for it, it has been divided in two (as can be seen through the episode span) and therefore the latter half will be arriving later on in the year. Thank you all for the support, and I hope to see you all at the premiere!
Make sure to watch APOE by the way, it's a magnificent series constructed by @MoroMapping and he's put so much effort into it, watching it and helping him out is a privilege I do not take for granted at all. This is its final episode!!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdbHX...
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Alternative History of Asia: Cathay, Episode 1, Part 1 (1571-1578).
The Ming dynasty has long been infamous for its opulence and grandeur. To be its Emperor is a prestigious title that very few have the fortunes of being graced with. It projects its grandiosity and prestige, and has proved a valuable trading partner to profit-seeking Europeans... but this has not only brought innocent traders, rather it has attracted abrasive conquerors too.
While Europe has been fighting itself for decades, in 1571, Asia, and Cathay, lie in a peculiar uneasiness, quite difficult to put ones finger upon. Innovations have been shared throughout, and as that happens, warfare too has ushered in a new age.
Indeed, tales of faraway lands circulate both in Europe and the Orient, and as rumours of continental wars reach the rulers at the top, ideas begin brewing. Nihon, for example, a bizarre land discovered by Portugalicia decades ago, feels different; someone is actually trying their hand at unifying its shattered isles. It happens from time to time, but... it appears that this occasion is a special one. Malaya finds itself in a deadlock, divided between evenly matched naval powers, all vying for a hegemony over their brothers. Burma finds itself resurgent, finally internally unifying, and furthermore projecting its influence beyond.
Power in the orient is elusive, evidently. Its seductive feeling has brought more and more men to war; kings, emperors, daimyo, and everything in between have been brought to the brink, and as tension simmers, one can only watch and see what comes of it.
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Alternative Past Of Europe 1356 - 14 (1396-1400).
Austria, thanks to the Habsburg's unmatched ambition, has become so increasingly influential that they have long aspired to be crowned emperor. Their ultimate goal has so far been denied by the Luxembourgs, the rulers of Bohemia and the Empire, who defended their throne in every way they could. From the 1356 Golden Bull to the controversial election twenty years later, Austria sees Bohemia as a dirty player, a corrupt dictator that has to be taken down no matter what.
For years they played in the cruel game of diplomacy, swaying opinions, winning, and losing pawns. But what happens when the very church that crowned their enemy is increasingly thought of as heretical by the minute? Austria is not somebody willing to lose an opportunity, no matter the cost of such a decision. A war of two Popes, a war of two Emperors, where nobody is willing to stop until their head is crowned or on the ground.
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