Man I didn't even try!
True... I had to tell you about it!
Man I didn't even try!
Will the light of Christian civilization be snuffed out by the actions of heretics?
Will the only true Empire survive?
Will Constantinople become nothing more than a squatting-ground for illiterate tribal chieftains?
KoM said:Rome shall rise again!
I am literally depressed to see such a disaster befall Rome. I only hope time will heal these wounds the barbarians have inflicted. Will the light of Christian civilization be snuffed out by the actions of heretics? Will the only true Empire survive? Will Constantinople become nothing more than a squatting-ground for illiterate tribal chieftains?
The disaster that followed was the Massacre at Larnaca, where KoMs elite is annihilated in full by the Banner of Antioch, event troops and all! So much for the prideful boasts of the Komnenids, so much for the reputation of the Kataphracts of Byzantion!
They were mercenary odds and sods scraped together from everywhere, mainly infantry;
These where the Byzantion regiments! The Praetorians and vaunted Varangian Guard of which you have boasted so, and had quite a majority of heavy cavalry and heavy infantry. There was nothing wrong in the quality of these troops, nor where they outnumbered. The reason for the disastrous Cypriot landing was the fact that the Banner of Antioch was lead by Lord Marchall Izzadin of 22 martial fame, while the Komnenid commander appeared to have fled the field. Abandoning his men before the fighting even began.
The Calipha notes the greeks are quite fast in proclaiming the unimportance of their losses, much like in the days of Ala'i. Next they will tell us Constantinople is a simple border fort, its loss an unimportant matter in the to and fro of History. I charge that the time has come for the Komnenids to face facts, realize the thoroughness of their defeat and recognize their own responsibility in manufacturing their current situation.
Hubris, I seem to remember your wiser ancestors noting, is not quite the virtue of nobility the Komnenids hold it to be.
It seems weird to proclaim the resounding victory when the Greeks are suffering from a fairly large internal stresses.
I have not claimed resounding victory in war, but in a single fair battle (tho I would note the great battles fought against the new Emperor with 20.000 a side ended in equally devastating defeats). It is a matter of refuting the slanderous propaganda the infidels seem to spread everywhere they slither. The greeks have boasted of their armies superiority in training, equipment and martial skill. Now then we had a true measurement of our soldiery and leaders. They sent their very best troops against mine, 9000 against 9000, on ground of their choosing, and they were utterly obliterated because of the failure of Komnenid leadership. Thus we see the truth of their boastings and sabre-rattling; that it was all empty talk, and that the product of the Alexandrian Academy of War is far superior to that of the decadent Komnenid court.
My point was that it's hardly a fair sample, given the court riven with intrigue and strife.
My charge is that the Greeks are a bunch of effeminate decadent backstabbers, court intrigue is part of my accusations of their debauch culture!
well the game sorta waits that ultimate infidel vs. Byzantion war of all wars. All the drama is so set on to it allready
Its not my fault he got smushed by grannies and mustachioed plumbers before I had a chance to get to him!
What is this internecine wars? Have you forgotten your holy Christian duty? It is time for a crusade to liberate Jerusalem.
Death to the Heathens!
So far it hasn't exactly been internecine. Lacks the mutually destructive aspect.
But it does contain Christian on Christian warfare, which is the group definition of internecine I think he was going for.
*Grammar Nazi high-five*