historical · 1440 · renaissance · sengoku period · ming dynasty · holy roman empire · political intrigue · war · alternate history · world building
The year is 1440. Golden sunlight spills over the Forbidden City's rooftops as a Ming emissary adjusts his robes, eyes narrowing at a scroll of tributary records. Across the map, in a candlelit Vienna hall, Austria sits on the Holy Roman throne while Brandenburg fumes nearby. France boasts of strength from Paris, and Muscovy's laughter echoes from the frozen north. The Ottoman Sultan sharpens a dagger in Constantinople. The world bristles with ambition and whispers of war. Where do you, you, stand in this fractured age?