Kirsch27 - Is it pride from being born noble, or more certainty of purpose? Most would know Adhid as the adopted son of al-Shaib, who lead anything but a privileged existence. Either way, al-Hinnawi is about to find himself in a new place where no one knows him from Adam, with little to no money to his unknown name...
Avalanchemike - Exactly. That and most Muslims probably had more tact when referring to that point of... disagreement, shall we say... at least to their Roman overlords, than Adhid displayed...
Calipah - More Shiite than Shiite?
Cecasander - I'm pretty sure its in some form across most of mainstream Islam. The interpretation of the
Mahdi varies, I think...
4th Dimension - Yup, his "compassion" knows no bounds. If spending years in a jail cell saves your soul, so be it! Such is the Demetrian way...
Vesimir - At least when its rubbed in his face, Father Demetrios won't like it... As for Adhid, he's merely just confident. After all, in his mind God has spoken to him and told him these things. He's going to be a little cocky after recieving a message he thinks comes from that source.
Leviathan07 - At its core, Aionism is arises from and addresses the issue of "What now?" that comes after the fall of Mecca. Clearly, the end times have not come--Jesus did not return from heaven, for example. So what next? The Aionites believe that Adhid is the promised Mahdi, and that his teachings will lead to a timeless age... in short, the Aionites think they are to Islam what Christianity views itself to be to Judaism. For details, you'll just have to see the story unfold. Not to mention how mainstream Islam will react in whole to this new development.
asd21593 - A little more complex than that. He claims he's a prophet in the Muslim tradition, which means he's alongside Jesus. He does not claim to be the son of God or anything of the sort, however...
Morrell8[/b - It would have made sense to have a priest present, especially if most of the other staff were on their way to Konstantinopolis. The clergy are trained in canon law, which poor Michael was thinking might have possibly blindly-stab-in-the-dark-might-have-been-helpful?
von Sachsen - There was sugary candies for everyone?
Basilieus44 - Welcome to the thread, and thank you for the kind words I'm hoping to hit EU3 in a year, maybe year and a half, depending on the pace of updating. Needless to say, it should be very interesting once we reach 1399...
Tommy4ever - Don't worry, next update starts a whole new round of intrigues and plottings! And there'll be more Nestorians down the line too!
Enewald - Depends on how much traction Adhid gains in Arabia for his new faith...
FlyingDutchie - YOU WIN THE 4000th POST PRIZE! An e-cookie. Enjoy!
I've got a couple things ready for you guys today. No update itself per say, but there's a short interim of sorts on how the world is shaping up, as well as some teasers of people and events down the line. First of all, we have a new banner for a new Emperor, with a new rank (Megas Komnenos)!
Pretty isn't it? Second, a graphic showing the Roman world, with an update on how things are shaping up when our story next takes place:
And finally, some upcoming characters for you all. Two have been mentioned already, one has not. All three will be linked, however...
Happy guessing!