YupFair enough, in spite of those grey areas of sons of apostates and suposedely souless Xenoi having souls or not ...But it is better to let those byzantine
This is actually an interesting idea. I'll think about it, thanks! Although it would take some time before Romaioi discover the Far West - who knows whether Incas will survive so long?My reference to maybe making the Inca a surrogate of our Pester John was mainly based in how Europe mistakenly took the mongol flood as a vengeful Christian king from the east just because they were bashing on Muslims and because there were rumours of christians in the east ...
Now if you take the Inca bashing on the Aztecs and the very old and persistent legend that Christians of Iberia ran away somewhere for the west at the time of the Muslim invasion ( see the somewhat laconic wiki entry on this ), it would not be out of the realm of the possible that people started to believe that those people fighting the Aztecs had to be the long lost Christians of the West fighting the Xenoi like they were doing in this side of the pond
Yes, this synod was dedicated mostly to xenoi and Muslims plus some minor thing concerning heresy. Thanks for the link BTW - some of the canons of the IRL councils could be used without no changes in the storyI assumed so, since, as statedby others, synods and councils were typically problem-focused and a synod focused on the status of the Xenoi and the Muslims would probably not treat on the Tengri. And about their reformation ... I assume that the court theologicians would simply rehash St Justin Martyr argument about the similarities between the cult of Mithra and the Christianity of his time: just devilish mockery (read chapter 66, about the Eucharisty )
Thank you and good luck fighting xenoi! The work will be continued until it's done, you can count on that
One has to fight fire with fire, as they say.
Or, to be more precise, the Holy Church led by Augustus with divine guidance from the Holy SpiritByzantine!
I surely will, no worries. I can't say what mods will decide but I hope that they will agreeCant wait for the final chapter! Plz dont forget to post us a link on the EU4 continuation and lets hope the mods will authorize the interactive AAR there. I need to dust off my Senatorial Regalia
Thank you very much - doing research was very interesting I have to admit.
Haha, okayAs to the contents of the update... 'Harsh' seems to be a good word to describe them. And before you pounce, I realize the Xenoi are a lethal threat to the Empire and therefore, by extension, to the last bastions of true Christendom, and I realize that far abler minds than mine have come up with these conclusions.
It not only fits the story but IMHO is completely natural that siege mentality slowly transforms the Imperium into something what we living in 21st century find, well, disturbing. But it's "kill or be killed" and even in game it takes one disaster (for example AI taking over the Imperium) for Christendom to die. It shouldn't be surprising that what's going on in Europe is changing the Romaioi - it's been 150 years of constant warfare on all fronts. And the enemy is not just another European with whom we have some issues over borders - no, xenoi are completely alien in almost every aspect. They came out of nowhere and started unprecedented campaign of genocide.With that disclaimer out of the way: I'm not surprised the Xenoi are considered soulless and therefore beyond redemption. It's skirting close to calling for a war of total annihilation, which is uncomfortable from a modern-day perspective, but hey, it certainly fits with the story and the developing character of your Empire. What did surprise me somewhat was how some of the old punishments for various transgressions were being intensified (I see there's a particular apetite for burning people
Let me use an example (not a perfect one but still) - what would happen to UK or USA if World War II against Japan and Germany lasted for more than a century? What would happen to social institutions, to law, to perception of what's good and bad, to religion? I really doubt that one and a half century of struggle and V2 falling on London we would have a very different society.
Actually, individual rights and liberties, pursue of happiness and so on are modern constructs starting with Locke, Hobbes, Kant and others. It's anachronic to use individual hapiness or terms like democracy, rights and so on to describe middle ages and people who lived there. But I agree, the average Roman citizen probably isn't really happy - still, the alternative is a painful death or being slave for the rest of his (short) life. All in all, what the Imperium provides may not seem to be sufficient from a modern perspective - but it's the best what they can count on.
Hmm. Ten lashes.
And I (in a somewhat paradoxical way) can't wait until I finish CK2 part of this AAR because I didn't even play an hour of RoI because I have to keep the game in 2.0.4
I'm not sure "thriving" is the best word but yes, it's good.
Next chapter is going to be dedicated either to the next ~10 years or it will be another part of "The Chronicles of the House Angelos" - although I think I may just concentrate on the story and getting to 1444 and then (after EU4 part is started) complete the Chronicles. I haven't decided yet but I'm willing to do so, since it means quicker switching to EU4.
