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Setting
Unmasked Messiahs
The locations and historical environments relevant to Unmasked Messiahs, drawn from the master series atlas.
Constantinople
More than a century later, Constantinople faces the Fourth Crusade: weakened by internal conflict yet still protected by formidable land walls and the sea defenses of the Golden Horn.
Constantinople at the climax of Book VIOpen record ↗Maritime Republic / 120202Venice
The naval and commercial republic that builds the Fourth Crusade’s fleet and redirects its course under Doge Enrico Dandolo.
The point of departure for Book VIOpen record ↗Adriatic City / 120203Zara
The Christian Adriatic city attacked by the Crusader-Venetian host after it cannot meet the cost of its fleet.
The first diversion of the Fourth Crusade in Book VIOpen record ↗Harbor Defenses / 1203–120404The Golden Horn
Constantinople’s protected harbor, defended by its great chain and sea walls before becoming the decisive approach of the Venetian assault.
The military threshold of Book VIOpen record ↗