03-20-2019, 09:18 PM
Well, somewhat predictably, King Iván of the Pongos didn't last for very much longer. He passed on in the year 1456, aged 71. He was succeeded by his youngest son, King Vladislaus (at this point, the Pongos were still using the ultimogeniture succession law, in which the youngest inherited the title - as were the Great Tartars and New Byzantium).
Because King Vladislaus was a bit mad, the alliance between the Pongos and Taurica became somewhat strained - especially after he paraded around King Alexandros's court dressed as a horse, dragging mud in from all over the place. Eventually, both the palace and the friendship were cleaned up - but, by this point, Taurica was facing severe internal problems: their mostly-Muslim population in the east were threatening to rebel, and establish a realm of their own, free from their Greek Orthodox overlords. When they did rise up, the Great Tartars offered their assistance - and, before long, the newly-independent state of Circassia was carved out of the eastern two-thirds or so of Taurica's territory.
This wasn't the only place where the Great Tartars were throwing their weight around. They were alarmed by the rate at which Muscovy was gobbling up the beautiful plains to their east - and so, they launched a full-scale invasion. Muscovy were routed, and so, the Great Tartars were able to win a significant expansion of their territory. Even the Eastern Turks managed to take advantage: they recaptured a significant slice of the land which they had lost in the previous Muscovite invasion.
So, here's what the map looked like in the year 1463. Note that, since Muscovy was independent by this point in OTL, and they're shown as such on the map (under the name Moscow), I will no longer be drawing them separately:
(Click to enlarge)
New Byzantium does appear to have stalled. But, they have their eye on something spectacular - and they're just biding their time...
Because King Vladislaus was a bit mad, the alliance between the Pongos and Taurica became somewhat strained - especially after he paraded around King Alexandros's court dressed as a horse, dragging mud in from all over the place. Eventually, both the palace and the friendship were cleaned up - but, by this point, Taurica was facing severe internal problems: their mostly-Muslim population in the east were threatening to rebel, and establish a realm of their own, free from their Greek Orthodox overlords. When they did rise up, the Great Tartars offered their assistance - and, before long, the newly-independent state of Circassia was carved out of the eastern two-thirds or so of Taurica's territory.
This wasn't the only place where the Great Tartars were throwing their weight around. They were alarmed by the rate at which Muscovy was gobbling up the beautiful plains to their east - and so, they launched a full-scale invasion. Muscovy were routed, and so, the Great Tartars were able to win a significant expansion of their territory. Even the Eastern Turks managed to take advantage: they recaptured a significant slice of the land which they had lost in the previous Muscovite invasion.
So, here's what the map looked like in the year 1463. Note that, since Muscovy was independent by this point in OTL, and they're shown as such on the map (under the name Moscow), I will no longer be drawing them separately:
(Click to enlarge)
New Byzantium does appear to have stalled. But, they have their eye on something spectacular - and they're just biding their time...
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