Anno Domini 1257

by ChipmunkChronicler337

The mid-13th century. It is a time of enlightenment in a dark age. Chivalry is in its golden age. The balances of feudalism threaten to crumble under the increasing ambitions of powerful figures. The conscience of men struggles against the Church's doctrines. Battles are fought in the name of God or Allah. Can love prevail in the face of an unforgiving world? **CGI VERSION**

1. Anno Domini 1257

The year of our Lord, Anno Domini 1257.

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England is bracing itself for another civil war since the Magna Carta.

Henry III has failed to quell his rebellious nobles and has succeeded in forcing increased tax for his campaigns. He stretches their patience, and now it has snapped.

Across the Channel, the powerful and wealthy kingdom of the fleur-de-lis has recently been tamed by the Muslim warriors to the East. The flower of French nobility - it's proud force of armour-clad knights, well-feared and respected throughout Europe, now lie rotting and rusting amongst each other in the desert sands.

The icy realm of the Kievan Rus and its Slavic neighbours have come under constant raids by Asiatic horsemen under Ogedei Khan, who seeks to expand his father's legacy.

A great fire is sweeping across Europe. The mother will become the widow. The son will become the orphan. The rich will become the desperate.

The commoner will become the bandit.

And the bandit will become the hero.