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Lords of the Earth
Campaign Twenty-Eight
Turn Twenty-Four
1567 C.E ~ 1569 C.E.

	THE ISLES
		Available Mercenaries for Turn 026	Hired Contracts for Turn 025
	Christian:	18mi, 4mc, 4ma, 4ms, 4mw	None.

The Gaelic Empire
( Aberdeen in Strathclyde )
Protestant Christian, Tech Level 009 - Renaissance
Emperor Erc MacAngus
Colonies: None
Claims: None

Diplomacy and Warfare: London [+YFC] in Sussex

Same as it ever was.

The Protestant Reformation
( London is Sussex )
Protestant Catholic, Tech Level 008 - Renaissance
Edward Stuart, Arthur I

Diplomacy and Warfare: Newtown [CH] in Denmark [AB], Freisland [N/E], Bremerhaven [AB] in Holstein [N/E], Skane [N/E], Freiburg [CH] in Swabia [N/E], Sussex [AB], Copenhagen [AB] then [-UN] in Zealand [CH]

London expands and Missionaries are sent to various region in Britain and Denmark. Plague hits the city of Copenhagen, killing much of the population, including the clergy of the abbey there.

	NORTHERN EUROPE
		Available Mercenaries for Turn 026	Hired Contracts for Turn 025
	Christian:	3mc, 17mi, 4ma, 4ms, 4mw	Karela: 6mc, 21mi, 6ms, 6ma (In Karela)

The Kingdom of Denmark and Norway
( Newtown in Denmark )
Protestant Christian, Tech Level 010 - Renaissance
Lord Karl, Regent For
King Harald
Colonies: None
Claims: None

Diplomacy and Warfare: None.

The disease in Copenhagen spreads to Alesund, wiping the city out completely. Lord Karl takes out an internal loan, using the funds to lavish public works throughout the kingdom. A Long exploration in the Frozen North returns with detailed maps.

The Kingdom of Sweden
( Stockholm in Uppsala )
Roman Catholic, Tech Level 009 - Renaissance
King Sten Gustafson Sjoblad
Colonies: None
Claims: None

Diplomacy and Warfare: Lekskoza [PT], Livohamm [F] in Livo-Joki

A loan and mass conscription augments the national army.

[See: The War of Words and Swords.]

The Orthodox Kingdom of Karela
Eastern Orthodox, Tech Level 009 - Renaissance
King Holawuson
Colonies: None
Claims: None

Diplomacy and Warfare: Lekskoza [-UN], Livohamm [-UN] in Livo-Joki

The War of Words and Swords

1567: Spring - Swedish agents slip into Livohamm, seeking a meeting with Holawuson's brother, Waldumar, promising him the throne if he will but usurp it. The agents bring much gold to grease fingers with, and truly, the situation looks bleak for the Orthodox Kingdom. Waldumar agrees. He soon sets about converting the army in Livohamm to his cause, but Kullervo, the Heir and his nephew catches wind of the plan. The next few days are tense as both men vie for the hearts of the men. Kullervo is a better man than his uncle, however, and wins the tide. He personally witnesses the royal hanging. Kullervo spends the following months disbanding the navy and pulling back into Karela proper to set up the defenses there.

1567: Fall - King Sten mass conscripts and begins gathering the troops after making the voyage to Viborg. He joins lieutenant Axel in Mikelli and the two prepare to march into Lekskoza. Prince Ange sails with his light elite fleet to Viborg as well, ordered to retrieve some of the newly built troops. King Sten has taken them all to Mikelli, however, so Ange is forced to leave empty-handed. He sails back to the Gulf of Bochnia.

1568: Spring - Prince Ange amphibiously attacks the city of Livohamm, and finds the defenders gone. Liberated, the city returns to friendly control. Without ground troops of any sort, Ange is unable to push on into the region itself.

1568: Fall: King Sten and his forces conquer Lekskoza [Rules Note: You may only Attack to Liberate [AL] Occupied [OC] holdings (holdings held previously at F or A status). Otherwise you must AT or A] without issue, finding no defenders left in the region. They push through into Karela, and quickly bring to battle the Karelan army. Sweden commands 2,400 Cavalry, 10,000 Infantry, 18 Companies of engineers, and 30 artillery batteries to the Karelan forces of 800 Cavalry, 7,200 Infantry, 12 Engineer Companies, 12 Artillery Batteries, and 4 field forts. Sten is successful in pushing the Karelan's out of their dug in positions, destroying the four forts and some 2000 Karelan troops to losing only 1,000 Swedish. Unfortunately, Lieutenant Axel is captured during one of the skirmishes.

1569: Spring - King Sten continues the push alone, but is rebuffed. Losing 2,200 troops to the Karelan's 1,000.

1569: Summer - Again Sten presses the attack, but he is growing hasty without his advisor present to help him. Another 2,400 Swedish dead, the King himself wounded in the thick of the fighting, while the Karelans lose only some 800.

1569: Fall - King Sten falls victim to an ambush during the final months of the fighting season. He is captured as well, leaving the Swedes without a leader. The army retires to Mikelli (down another 1,800 troops). The Karelan's count their dead at 1,000 for the round, but celebrate their victory over the winter.

King Holawuson sends out another missive to the members of the Baltic Treaty:

	WESTERN EUROPE
		Available Mercenaries for Turn 026	Hired Contracts for Turn 025
	Christian:	15mi, 30mc, 6ma, 6ms, 6mw	Roman Papacy: 12mi, 5mc, 5ma, 5ms (In Slovakia)

The French Empire
( Paris in Ile De France )
Roman Catholic, Tech Level 010 - Renaissance
Emperor Reynaud I
Colonies: None
Claims: Paradise Terre

Diplomacy and Warfare: Barmouth [T] in Gwynned, Paradis Terre [C]

Trade Range and Conduit limit see heavy investment to better control their overseas holdings in the Atlantic. Many, many new roads are finally completed in he kingdom. Gold shipped to Pizzaro.

The Burgundian Empire
( Antwerp in Brabant )
Roman Catholic, Tech Level 010 - Renaissance
Emperor Gabriel Henry
Colonies: None
Claims: None

Diplomacy and Warfare: None.

Flooding in Champagne causes minor damages. Basic Crop Improvements are researched. Fishing Fleet added to Basle while Northhaven city is completed in the Orkney Islands. Preaching to the Protestants sees better progress this turn. Expedition to Neerwick fails to get maps.

The Kingdom of Portugal
( Lisbon in Portugal )
Roman Catholic, Tech Level 010 - Renaissance
King Anselmo
Colonies: None
Claims: None

Diplomacy and Warfare: Akan [F], Fortaleza [-NT] in Console del Sol, Zirid [-YFC]

Bank pressures see the Internal Interest increase 2%. Basic Crop Improvements are researched. Gold shipped to Magellan while agro is shipped to Florence. Console del Sol island colonized but Anselmo sells his stake in Togo to the Venetians.

The Spanish Empire
( Madrid in New Castille )
Roman Catholic, Tech Level 009 - Renaissance
Queen Isabella
Colonies: None
Claims: None

Diplomacy and Warfare: Sicily [F]

A heretical branch of Catholicism, extremely fundamental and calling themselves Inquisitorial, breaks out in Talevera. Basic Scientific Organization is researched. Money and Troops shipped to Magellan as part of the continuing sponsorship. An eruption in New Castille causes damage.

	CENTRAL EUROPE
		Available Mercenaries for Turn 026	Hired Contracts for Turn 025
	Christian:	4mi, 13mc, 4ma, 4ms, 4mw	None.

The Holy Roman Empire
( Kolberg in Pomerania )
Protestant Christian, Tech Level 010 - Renaissance
Emperor Casimir III
Colonies: None
Claims: None

Diplomacy and Warfare: Lebus [-A] then [-UN] in Kauyavia [-A] then [-UN], Dresden [T] in Meissan [EA], Brunswick [F] in Saxony, Erfurt [Revolts] in Thuringia

Westphalia is the target of investigation this time, and the Emperor begins a second dredging project along the Elbe. The big news is the land deal made with Poland:

Not everyone was pleased with this arrangement. The German people were nothing if not proud of their heritage, and the selling off of their historical lands to the expansionist Polish Crown was whispered by some as a betrayal. A betrayal, no less, than by one not even duly elected as Emperor. The discontent was heard loudest in the city of Erfurt where the local population (mainly whipped into a frenzy by the vocal students of the city) harassed, assaulted, and finally evicted pro-Imperial members of the city council. Casimir's ability to rule over the city was completely lost in the turmoil.

The Swiss Confederation
( Zurich in Switzerland )
Protestant Christian, Tech Level 010 - Renaissance
Over-Speaker Ulrich
Colonies: None
Claims: None

Diplomacy and Warfare: Norwich [+YFC] in Anglia

Ulrich orders a new city built in Northumbria, christened Hull while resources erect a fortress in Arguin. Rudders are exchanged with Austria, but further exploration into the Atlantic fails. Swiss forces would have gone after Papal Mercenaries crossing into Swabia, but the troops were right in the middle of upgrading, and once finished, the Papal forces had already moved on.

The Austrian Empire
( Vienna in Austria )
Roman Catholic, Tech Level 010 - Renaissance
Emperor Otto I
Colonies: None
Claims: None

Diplomacy and Warfare: None.

Cultivation projects started in Carinthia and Slovenia. Exploration in Afrika nets the crown another new map. Many military ratings see improvement, while gold and agro are shipped to the Mamelukes.

	ITALY
		Available Mercenaries for Turn 026	Hired Contracts for Turn 025
	Christian:	17mi, 8mc, 8ma, 8ms, 12mw	Venice: 5mi, 10mw (In Venice)

The Milanese Empire
( Milan in Savoy )
Roman Catholic, Tech Level 010 - Renaissance
Emperor Augustus Sforza II
Colonies: None
Claims: None

Diplomacy and Warfare: Algiers [-EA] in Algeria, Hell's Island [Colonized], Kano [P] in Ife

Milan shipped resources to colonize and build a new city on Hell's Island. The Poles showed up at the same time, but the Milanese garrison on the island made them think twice about interfering with the Milanese construction. Topsoil conditioning is researched back at home. Kano is quickly pacified, after the city leader is killed in the night by Florentine agents. In Algiers, some loss of control takes effect after the community re-embraces the Islamic faith.

The Republic of Genoa
( Genoa in Liguria )
Roman Catholic, Tech Level 010 - Renaissance
Doge Rufino
Colonies: None
Claims: None

Diplomacy and Warfare: Toronto [EA] in Apulia [F]

Genoa increased and missionaries are sent to Tunisia.

The Republic of Florence
( Florence in Tuscany )
Roman Catholic, Tech Level 010 - Renaissance
Doge Angelo
Colonies: None
Claims: None

Diplomacy and Warfare: Calabria [N/E]

Survey into Afrika successful, though diplomat sent to Soro find the region empty of people. Money is shipped to Magellan.

The Republic of Venice
( Venice in Verona )
Roman Catholic, Tech Level 010 - Renaissance
Doge Guido
Colonies: None
Claims: None

Diplomacy and Warfare: Naples [F] in Campania [F], Dalmatia [N/E], Julo [AA] in Kongo

Gold sent to Portugal for Togo while a Merchant Site is constructed in the Kongo Tribes. Harbors are expanded in three cities to better accommodate trade. With another expansion, Venice is now the largest city in Europe.

The Roman Catholic Papacy
( Rome in Latium )
Roman Catholic, Tech Level 009 - Renaissance
Pope Innocent IX

Diplomacy and Warfare: None.

Hires Mercenaries in Burgundy to augment the Papal Army, then marches through Switzerland and Austria to enter occupied Hungary. The Ottoman forces do not attempt to block the Papal movement, and the troops make it to Alfold unharmed. As they enter Alfold, the Papal forces encounter the first of the Hungarian army.

The Hungarians attack. "Let 'em feel Baptist steel,' is the calling cry as Hungary leads 14,000 Cavalry, 28,000 Infantry, 90 artillery batteries and a smattering of sixty odd field forts against the Papal army of 15,000 Cavalry, 3,000 Infantry, 10 companies of engineers and 10 batteries of artillery.

Expecting to be hailed as liberators, the Papal forces are massacred, escaping the region with only 2,000 of their cavalry remaining. Two bishops, and Innocent himself, are wounded when all is said and done. Some 10 forts of the Hungarians are lost in the fighting. Innocent licks his wounds for the winter in Slovakia.

	EASTERN EUROPE
		Available Mercenaries for Turn 026	Hired Contracts for Turn 025
	Christian:	7mc, 7mi, 7ms, 7ma, 7mw	Poland: 6mc, 6mi, 6ms, 6ma (In Warsaw)

The Teutonic Empire of Latvia
( Riga in Latvia )
Roman Catholic, Tech Level 009 - Renaissance
King Augustin Brecht
Colonies: None
Claims: None

Diplomacy and Warfare: None.

Slept.

The Empire of Poland and Lithuania
( Vilna in Lithuania )
Roman Catholic, Tech Level 009 - Renaissance
Emperor Krzysztoff III
Colonies: None
Claims: None

Diplomacy and Warfare: Lebus [EA] in Kauyavia [EA], Kirivitch [F], Kur [EA], Silesia [F]

The Emperor takes Internal Loan to pay the HRE for Kauyavia while gold and agro are sent to the Mamelukes. Militarily a fortress is built in Konigberg, while Zbigniew took command of 12,000 Cavalry troops, mostly heavily equipped, to join the war in Hungary against the Ottoman invaders. However, before crossing the mountains into Hungary from Bochnia, Zbigniew died and the troops remained outside of Krakow leaderless.

The Poles had hoped to build a city on Hell's Island, to gain access to the diamond mines there, but Milan had a similar thought. Unfortunately, Milan had thought to bring troops. Bishop Antonius was in charge of the expedition and tried to push his claim for Poland to the island, but in truth both fleets had arrived in the same month. Without clear proof of prior possession, nor the forces to leverage such proof, Antonius was left with little choice but to haul the resources and colonists back with him to Freeport.

The Russian Empire
( Moscow in Muscovy )
Russian Orthodox, Tech Level 009 - Renaissance
Czar Yuri I
Colonies: Russian Orthodox Primacy (Inclusive)
Claims: None

Diplomacy and Warfare: Cuman [+YFC], Levedia [+YFC], Polovotsy [N/E], Veposkava [-EA]

Cultivation projects continue in Seversk and Murom, while missionaries keep on preaching to the Steppes.

The Russian Orthodox Primacy
( Moscow in Muscovy )
Russian Orthodox, Tech Level 008 - Renaissance
Metropolitan Zorba

Diplomacy and Warfare: Murom [CH], Seversk [CH], Sviria [CH], Yaroslav [CH]

Zorba continues to oversee the quiet expansion of his primacy. Missionaries are sent to Alan.

	THE BALKANS
		Available Mercenaries for Turn 026	Hired Contracts for Turn 025
	Christian:	4mi, 4mc, 4ma, 4ms, 8mw	None.
	Islamic:	14mi, 9mc, 4ma, 4ms, 4mw	None.

The Hungarian Empire
( Buda in Alfold )
Roman Catholic, Tech Level 009 - Renaissance
Jonathon Aquintas, Regent For:
Emperor Mathias Corvinus III
Colonies: None
Claims: None

Diplomacy and Warfare: Banat [OC]

Troops are ordered on a grand scale, mass conscripting every available hand and assembling them in the defense of Alfold. Then, the Hungarians wait.

[See: The War of the Boy Kings]

The Baptist Church
( Buda in Alfold )
Roman Catholic, Tech Level 009 - Renaissance
Patriarch Dean Wily Neagu

Diplomacy and Warfare: Bialoweza [CH], Courland [CH], Masuria [CH], Warsaw [N/E] in Poland [-UN], Prussia [N/E]

Built a group of field forts for the Hungarians in Alfold, but otherwise concentrated on expanding their Polish holdings.

The Prophetic Kingdom of Bosnia
( Belgrade in Bosnia )
Sunni Islamic, Tech Level 009 - Renaissance
Prophet Abaza
Colonies: None
Claims: None

Diplomacy and Warfare: Bakony [P], Banat [P], Belgrade [PT] in Bosnia [T], Sofia [NT] in Bulgaria [HM], Croatia [P], Varna [PT] in Dibruja [PT], Ialomita [NT], Ludgorie [PT], Moldavia [PT], Ochirida [PT] in Serbia [P], Slovakia [P], Transylvania [P], Wallachia [FA]

The Ottoman armies in the Balkans declare their independence.

[Civil War Status with The Ottoman Empire]

[See: The War of the Boy Kings]

	MIDDLE EAST
		Available Mercenaries for Turn 026	Hired Contracts for Turn 025
	Christian:	10mi, 7mc, 5ma, 4mw	None.
	Islamic:	4mc, 4ma, 4ms	None.

The Ottoman Empire
( Bursa in Phrygia )
Sunni Islamic, Tech Level 009 - Renaissance
Sultan Masud
Colonies: None
Claims: None

Diplomacy and Warfare: Attica [-UN] in Athens, Bakony [Rebels], Banat [P] then [Rebels], Bithnia [-UN], Belgrade [Rebels] in Bosnia [Rebels], Sofia [Rebels] in Bulgaria [Rebels], Kefe [-UN] in Crimea, Croatia [Rebels], Varna [Rebels] in Dobruja [Rebels], Galatia [-UN], Ialomita [Rebels], Isauria [-UN], Lydia [-UN], Ludgorie [Rebels], Thessaloniki [-UN] in Macedon, Moldavia [Rebels], Morea [-UN], Pontus [-UN], Ochirida [Rebels] in Serbia [Rebels], Slovakia [Rebels], Tarsus [-UN] in Thessaly [-UN], Heraclea [-UN] in Thrace, Transylvania [Rebels], Amasya [-UN] in Vaspuraken [-UN], Wallachia [Rebels]

[Civil War Status with the Prophetic Kingdom of Bosnia]

War of the Boy Kings

1567: Spring - The Ottoman General, Abaza, is wounded by assassins who manage to cut through his personal bodyguard. He soldiers on, linking up with Kemel Bey in Slovakia, where a third Ottoman general with troops has already come.

1567: Summer - The Ottomans attempt to sneak a fleet into Belgrade, but the Hungarian Admiral responds. Hungary slips down the Danube, confronting the 26 Ottoman warships with his own 50. The Ottomans attempt to evade battle, but are caught, and suffer complete destruction, all ships either sinking or captured by the Hungarians. The Ottomans do manage to sink 24 of the Hungarian ships, including the flagship for Admiral Zachary. He finds his way ashore to Bosnia, but is captured by the Ottoman garrison there. The leaderless fleet (up a few captured Ottoman ships) retires to Buda without a leader.

1569: Spring - Both sides simply waited. The Hungarians in Alfold, the Ottomans in Slovakia. Finally, deciding the Hungarians were not going anywhere, pushes the army into Bakony, then across the river to Banat. Hungary does not move to respond, and Kemel easily crushes the eight leaderless forts guarding the region. One week after the attack is concluded, the army in is awoken in the middle of the night by some sort of light coming from the mountains which gets rapidly brighter and brighter. Soon, the entire force is awake, gazing at the approaching whiteness. It envelopes the army, drowning out everything except the White. Then, instantly, the light vanishes, everything is as it was, except for one: Kemel Bey lays dead on the ground.

1569: Summer - Abaza wastes no time in claiming the white light was a sign from Allah, and that he is now a Prophet in the eyes of god. He murders the remaining general in Banat, seizing control of the entire army. All of the Hungarian garrisons swear fealty to him. Meanwhile, in Bursa, Dominus faces his own challenges. Many revolt at the concept of a half-Greek Sultan, and two leaders quickly gain the needed support to contest the boy's rule. Masud becomes the top man, and orchestrates the downfall of Dominus. The boy is beheaded, and Masud takes command of the capital.

1569: Winter - As word spreads of the turmoil, many regions and cities throw off the reigns of control of the Ottomans.

The Persian Sultanate
( Tehran in Persia )
Sunni Islamic, Tech Level 008 - Renaissance
Sultan Oxathres I
Colonies: None
Claims: None

Diplomacy and Warfare: None.

Money is sent to the Q'raj and Sunni Primacy. A fortress is built on Comoros, the garrison soldiers discover rich Vanilla fields. Troops are moved to Jerusalem to join with Mameluke forces on React.

	THE STEPPES
		Available Mercenaries for Turn 026	Hired Contracts for Turn 025
	Islamic:	14mi, 28mc, 5ma, 5ms, 4mw	None.
	Islamic Leader:	Rahif (M6A6)	None.

The Baber Empire
( Samarkhand in Kara-Khitai )
Sunni Islamic, Tech Level 007 - Civilized
King Baber I

Diplomacy and Warfare: Turklmen [P]

Many shadowy investigations take place, making sure the heretics have not fled underground, the King investigates Kara-Khitai and Samarkand. The Allied Leader of Merv meets his death doing the same in Kophat-Dagh. Finally, a third leader investigates Gurgan. Baber III takes a small force and easily conquers and enslaves Gurgan.

Two leaders invade Turkmen, but the local garrison (despite being outnumbered over 50 to 1) manage to raid and strike the Baber camp. Fires erupt, munitions explode, and chaos generally ensues. The army, unsure of the terrain, routes, though only having lost some 500 men. The following season the army regroups and marched back into the region, discovering no resistance. The defenders had perished in the small skirmish (only 800 men themselves) and could not rally to repulse the Baber a second time.

	EAST AFRIKA
		Available Mercenaries for Turn 026	Hired Contracts for Turn 025
	Christian:	8mi, 8mc, 4mw	None.
	Islamic:	16mi, 11mc, 1ms	None.

The Mameluke Sultanate
( Q'arum in Mansura )
Sunni Islamic, Tech Level 009 - Renaissance
Sultan Hafas
Colonies: None
Claims: None

Diplomacy and Warfare: None.

Seven new trade routes grace Mameluke ports. Four in northern Europe, three in Southeast Asia. Work continues apace on the Suez canal, even though armies and a large fleet off Tarsus are on high alert because of the War of the Boy Kings. A city is expanded for one of the Indian Nations, but survey work in the region fails.

The Sunni Islamic Church
( Jerusalem in Levant )
Sunni Islamic, Tech Level 008 - Renaissance
Imam Farookh

Diplomacy and Warfare: Aleppo [N/E], Alexandria [CH] in Egypt [N/E], Mansura [AB], Urfa [N/E] in Carhae [CH]

Alexandria and Egypt see increases in sites, though Mullah Amir runs afoul of slavers in Aleppo, his naked body washing up on the beaches some weeks later.

The Kingdom of Ethiopia
( Soba in Funj )
Coptic Christian, Tech Level 006 - Civilized
King Makennan

Diplomacy and Warfare: None.

King Makkanen orders forts added to the garrison in Funj, then appoints his son to the position of Royal Heir. Facing fate, and swallowing his Christian Pride, he sends the Mamelukes a gift of 2,000 slaves along with the surrender of his nation. "Allow me to be your Vassal, mighty Sultan, and let me rule these lands in your name." Included among the delegation was Habib, an Adelese general captured in the war.

The Adalese Sultanate
( Afarsa in Djibuti )
Sunni Islamic, Tech Level 007 - Civilized
Grand Sultan Gulzar

Diplomacy and Warfare: None.

Slept.

	WEST AFRIKA
		Available Mercenaries for Turn 026	Hired Contracts for Turn 025
	Christian:	16mi, 5mc, 1mw	None.
	Islamic:	50mi, 20mc, 5ma, 5ms, 5mw	None.
	Islamic Leader:	Salah Murad [M99A]	None.
	Dongolan:	13mi, 5mc	None.
	Pagan:	40i	None.

The Songhay Empire
( Timbuctu in Songhai )
Dongolan, Tech Level 008 - Civilized
Emperor Sundaka
Colonies: None
Claims: None

Diplomacy and Warfare: None.

The religious strength of the people continued to raise. Senegal and Timbuctu see beautification, while colonists swarm into Gambia. Investigations continue in Gorouol, while at home, Prince Ghana takes his place as Royal Heir. The boy is very charming and intelligent.

The Empire of Kanem-Bornu
( Ngazargumu in Kanem-Bornu )
Sunni Islamic, Tech Level 006 - Civilized
Emperor Ali Gaji

Diplomacy and Warfare: None.

The Fall of Kanem-Bornu

1567: Spring - The Asante lead their 35,000 Infantry against the Kanem forces of 12,000 Infantry, 2,500 Cavalry, 12 Engineering Companies, and 8 Artillery Batteries. 1,200 Asante are killed to 3,800 Kanem troops. One Kanem general is captured by the horde and executed.

1567: Fall - The Asante push in again, striking down 3,000 more enemies but losing 2,400 men. Zad himself is killed in the skirmish, one of his allies being captured. The Kanem suffer a similar fate, however, Emperor Ali being taken by the Asante troops, then killed outright in retaliation for Zad's death.

1567: Winter - Word spreads of Ali's death. The Kanem army is left leaderless, and disbands, many becoming mercenaries. Dynastic failure strikes at the heart of the government, breaking down the infrastructure into a series of free cities.

The Asante Tribes
Afrikan Pagan, Tech Level 003 - Barbarian
Abayome Asante

Diplomacy and Warfare: None.

Abayome replaces his father at the head of the tribe. With the Kanem army gone, he proceeds to enslave Hausa, Daza, Kanuri and Kanem-Bornu itself in the next two years.

	Explorers and Adventurers

Magellan's Band
( Lisbon in Portugal )
Sponsors - Spain, Portugal, Florence
Amerigo Vespucci

Diplomacy and Warfare: None.

Amerigo continued his survey work, going back within the borders of the civilized nation he had discovered. This time, however, more than a duel awaited him. In the region of Atehego, an army of 10,000 red-skinned men wearing cat pelts and eagle feathers had taken up garrison. This army moved to intercept Amerigo and his small group of companions, burning six and capturing two of his ships. Amerigo managed to escape into the countryside, but agents for the army soon discovered him, and though treated humanely so far, brought to the army leader as a prisoner.

Other expeditions in Afrika and the new world are a bit more successful, new guides and leaders flocking to the Band.

Pizzaro's Lost Legion
( Antwerp in Brabant )
Sponsors - Burgundy, France, Sweden
Francisco Pizzaro

Diplomacy and Warfare: None.

Slept.

The Colombus Expedition
( Odessa in Pechneg )
Sponsors - Poland
Christopher Colombus

Diplomacy and Warfare: None.

Two new leaders recruited in Przewod. One expedition maps around Hell's Island, while Colombus himself discovered a large landmass in the South Atlantic.

Khuldun's Cartographic Armada
( Basra in Abadan )
Sponsors - Mamelukes
Ibn Khuldun

Diplomacy and Warfare: None.

Continued exploration in Southeast Asia yields a new map, though survey work is rather poor.

The Q'raj
( Charax in Fars )
Sponsors - Persia
Ibrahim al-Mahdi

Diplomacy and Warfare: None.

Makes it around the cape of Afrika. A few regions surveyed and a new outpost constructed in Chumvi.