Well, unlucky Thirteen 
And the number deserves its reputation. This is a story of a simple, controlled war gone out of hand. This is a slow chapter taken from a history book (yawn), but the next one will be in the actual war, I promise
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Prelude to WWI
Exceprts from The Story of World War I, published by Doughton Muffin
World War I, or The World War, at that time, had its roots at the end of the Great Expansions. Scholars and experts alike agree that the Great Expansion, which in the Byzantine Empire switched all efforts into expansion in response to the Korean and Carthage expansion, ended because of the reaching of its apex: the city of New Lands, the first city in the world to reach inter-continental limits.
Due to the repeated sentiments of her military advisor (Find some way to smash them!), Theodora soon started producing attack forces. Sights were sent on Korea, which whom Byzantine had superior military towards. The Koreans were a vulnerable country, located next to the core of the Byzantine nation. In addition to that, Korea had towns in the middle of Byzantine, who were proving hard to win over by cultural seduction.
It was not long after that when turmoil erupted. The Byzantines spotted a large division of attacking forces in their borders.
Right of Passage was immediately and peacefully revoked, though the motives were clear to all. The Korean Division remained in the lands of the Byzantines, who waited anxiously for their departure.
Finally, it came. With it came two major palace improvements.
At the publishing of Machiavellis latest compilation, The Most Advanced Nations of the World,
the Byzantines had something proved to them that they had long known. They raced towards the advance of Military Tradition, but were far from it. They were the Pathetic Byzantines. However, they were way ahead of the Forgotten Koreans.
Tension grew steadily but surely over centuries as they realized how the other hated themselves. The animosity and enmity between the Koreans and the Byzantines reached peak levels. Byzantine grew to a mobilization, halting research completely in favor of buying their technologies from others. In the diplomatic environment, things stayed and appeared stable. But Carthage watched by and knew that war, greater than any the world had seen, would erupt between the two. It will be either the Koreans or the Byzantines that would fight, willingly, to the death. The winners remained uncertain. But Carthage knew that, inevitably, they would have to choose a side.
In 1475, World War I erupted.
Oddly enough, it was neither the Koreans nor the Byzantines who started it. It was the Incas.
New Lands, the Byzantine colony, had grown in culture enough that it would be overwhelming others. And with a settler on its way, the entire continent saw the danger in letting a leech invade their lands.
All others befriended the Byzantines. The Incas feigned friendship behind animosity. Finally, when they had accumulated enough forces, they attacked New Lands, which fell to the never-ending surge of Cavalry.
The clever Military Advisor took this to his advantage, taking the turmoil of the continent and putting it to good use. First, it was Portugal.
Then, it was Persia, who choked the Incas to the south.
Then, it was the Arabs, who shared a gigantic border.
The Byzantines sweated off the achievement and admired their cunning work of art. Every country on the continent was engaged in this war. They would weaken themselves to great extent. Best of all, they would not harm Byzantine itself, because it was so far away!
Theodora and her advisors were quickly humbled by the sinking of their First Dromon Fleet. Danger was realized and funds were devoted towards the palace.
And the number deserves its reputation. This is a story of a simple, controlled war gone out of hand. This is a slow chapter taken from a history book (yawn), but the next one will be in the actual war, I promise CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Prelude to WWI
Exceprts from The Story of World War I, published by Doughton Muffin
World War I, or The World War, at that time, had its roots at the end of the Great Expansions. Scholars and experts alike agree that the Great Expansion, which in the Byzantine Empire switched all efforts into expansion in response to the Korean and Carthage expansion, ended because of the reaching of its apex: the city of New Lands, the first city in the world to reach inter-continental limits.
Due to the repeated sentiments of her military advisor (Find some way to smash them!), Theodora soon started producing attack forces. Sights were sent on Korea, which whom Byzantine had superior military towards. The Koreans were a vulnerable country, located next to the core of the Byzantine nation. In addition to that, Korea had towns in the middle of Byzantine, who were proving hard to win over by cultural seduction.
It was not long after that when turmoil erupted. The Byzantines spotted a large division of attacking forces in their borders.
Right of Passage was immediately and peacefully revoked, though the motives were clear to all. The Korean Division remained in the lands of the Byzantines, who waited anxiously for their departure.
Finally, it came. With it came two major palace improvements.
At the publishing of Machiavellis latest compilation, The Most Advanced Nations of the World,
the Byzantines had something proved to them that they had long known. They raced towards the advance of Military Tradition, but were far from it. They were the Pathetic Byzantines. However, they were way ahead of the Forgotten Koreans.
Tension grew steadily but surely over centuries as they realized how the other hated themselves. The animosity and enmity between the Koreans and the Byzantines reached peak levels. Byzantine grew to a mobilization, halting research completely in favor of buying their technologies from others. In the diplomatic environment, things stayed and appeared stable. But Carthage watched by and knew that war, greater than any the world had seen, would erupt between the two. It will be either the Koreans or the Byzantines that would fight, willingly, to the death. The winners remained uncertain. But Carthage knew that, inevitably, they would have to choose a side.
In 1475, World War I erupted.
Oddly enough, it was neither the Koreans nor the Byzantines who started it. It was the Incas.
New Lands, the Byzantine colony, had grown in culture enough that it would be overwhelming others. And with a settler on its way, the entire continent saw the danger in letting a leech invade their lands.
All others befriended the Byzantines. The Incas feigned friendship behind animosity. Finally, when they had accumulated enough forces, they attacked New Lands, which fell to the never-ending surge of Cavalry.
The clever Military Advisor took this to his advantage, taking the turmoil of the continent and putting it to good use. First, it was Portugal.
Then, it was Persia, who choked the Incas to the south.
Then, it was the Arabs, who shared a gigantic border.
The Byzantines sweated off the achievement and admired their cunning work of art. Every country on the continent was engaged in this war. They would weaken themselves to great extent. Best of all, they would not harm Byzantine itself, because it was so far away!
Theodora and her advisors were quickly humbled by the sinking of their First Dromon Fleet. Danger was realized and funds were devoted towards the palace.
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Hurry up, and post the next part, please!
Actually, Iro, that is (both) exactly what happened 
. And Yes because now you have to write more 
If you look closely enough, you can see that the word Carthage is shifted up and left a pixel or two, and Koreans is shifted down.
