Fallen Eagle

Theyearis1459.Constantinoplehasfallen,andtheRomansarenomore. Nearlyfifteenhundredyearsafteritsfounding,thegreatestempiretheworldhasknownhasceasedtoexist,swallowedwholebytheGreatOttomantide.InthedyingembersoftheByzantineworld,itslastrumpstatesstandonthebrinkofcollapse.TheirfallwillmarktheendofanyremnantofRomanrule. NestledinthemountainsoftheCrimeanPeninsula,thetinyGreekPrincipalityofTheodoroclingstoadesperateexistence,livingintheshadowofByzantium'sdestroyers.Itsfallisnotapossibility;itisahistoricalcertainty.Dr.NikosKaragiannisisaHistoryprofessorrippedacrossworldsintothebodyofTheodorus,abookishthirdsoninadisgracedhousewithapropheticname,butlittleprospects.Nikoshasnomagicordivineblessings.Whathedoespossessistheknowledgeofthepoliticalblunders,theshiftingalliances,andthemilitarytacticsthatwillleadthislandtoruin. "ThecityisfallenandIamstillalive."–ConstantineXIPalaiologos,thelastByzantineEmperor.WhattoExpect:HistoricalKingdom-Building:Agritty,groundedtakeonrebuildinganationwherelogisticsareking,supplylinesarelifelines,andbattlesarewonwithstrategy,notsuperpowers.ABrutallyRealisticWorld:Theprotagonistisnotthecenteroftheuniverse.Alliesandantagonistshavetheirownambitionsandplans,andwillactaccordingly.MeaningfulCharacterArcs:Astorywherecharactersareforgedandbrokenbythecrucibleofwarandpolitics.Dramaticandtensecharacterinterplayabounds,andnooneissafe.Youhavebeenwarned.