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Mehmed holds council about the growing Christian rumours of war. He dies and is buried in Constantinople. There was a Turkish custom that didn’t allow bickering sons of a previous sultan to access the empires treasures until one of them is emperor unchallenged. Mauzel in the Turkish court are given a taken supplies from each other according to the emperors wishes. They have investigators of violence for provinces

Mehmed attacks Bosnia killing the king, but is retaken by Hungary and Konstantin is captured by king of Hungary matyas. Mehmed returns Bosnia but doesn’t conquer the fortress in jajce.

Padme learned duja was killed pretty violently when shot down by a vulture droid. She uses the escape pod to float down the river, almost drowning herself. Gets out of the river and is captured by some locals who work in the factory. She offers to be held for ransom so she can continue her mission. She’s in a decrepit boat waiting for her messages to be sent and food to be brought.

“So afraid of interpersonal relationships that you came to dislike yourself. You’ve avoided interpersonal relationships by disliking yourself.”
Claims there is a reason for all problems, insecurities we make up, usually to avoid
something and have the excuse ready.
Books is more or less a therapy session.
“Cannot alter objective facts. But subjective interpretations can be altered as much as one likes.

They interrogate the separatist and thieves that were stealing from, get in a scrap and learn of the separatist base on mokivj (?). Thrawn reminds anakin war is not about revenge.

I’m hooked. Accepting and guiding change because it is already inevitable is a good point. Fabricating anger to achieve a goal you are or aren’t aware of is very interesting and makes me want to notice when anger is unnecessary.
Breaks down wanting to be another person well.

Schemes to overthrow a Tatar king north of the Black Sea but fails. Janissaries shine once again and Mehmed gives them high praise.
The Dracula that Mehmed faces is actually the originals son. Mehmed granted a janissary the right to pass on his property to whomever he likes after his death.

Already seems like it’s going to be great. Dialogue format works very well showing both perspectives instead of dumping a load of philosophy on you.

Highlights king valdislavs kindness and how the Turks benefited greatly from Christian bickering. Mehmed fails to capture Belgrade.
More conquest from Mehmed. They capture Trebizond. Janissaries carry out a very difficult task and have their wages increased.

Anakin helps thrawn in the fight.
Anakin kills a droid knows that it wasn’t doing a “fake shutdown”.
Padme chapter shows her being cool af. No fear and very compassionate.
Anakin and thrown find the separatists are involved and plan to group interrogate them in the cantina.
Let zahn be in charge of Star Wars lore.

Thrawn and anakin go to black spire cantina and get in a scuffle. They plan to follow one of the surviving attackers but it goes sideways and there fighting in a field now.

Had to leave mid chapter

Claims he was taken in Novo Brdo. He escaped them in Samokovo but was hunted and captured by the “whole region”, then beat tortured and dragged behind horses until they were eventually “forgiven”.
Describes how he and the janissaries caught, tortured, beheaded and buried boys that plotted to kill Mehmed.

Immediately after Constantinople, Mehmed marches on Despot Durad (who was under truce and made catching Constantinople easier).
Emphasis on Serbian bravery, he thinks if the armies were not scattered they could’ve beat the Turks.
Talks about Mehmed taking 320 boys from Novo Brdo and sending them to Anatolia to become janissaries.

Constantinople is under siege for 8 weeks. The janissaries breach the poorly manned walls and slaughter the soldiers and the Greek emperor, then Mehmed went around to the other cities and conquered them without resistance.

Mehmed builds for a fortress for 2 years with Greek permission just north of Constantinople. They think he is planning to raid karaman lands.
Builds ships on land and gets 1500 horses off despot of Serbia (who was unaware of his plans).
Mehmed orders raiders to attack Constantinople, which resulted in any Turks in the city being slaughtered.
He then releases 30 ships into the sea from land.

Hunyadi wanted to go against the Turks again, asking for the despot of Serbia’s help who rejected. He then lost at the plain of Kosovo and escaped once again.
Mehmed II comes into power and makes a truce with the despot and Greece, 1451 he annexes another Anatolian state.

Makes it John Hunyadi out to be a manipulator, who convinced to King Vladislav to charge the ottomans and ultimately get beheaded and shown as a trophy around ottoman cities. Hunyadi escapes and becomes voivode and the janissary that decapitated the Christian king was made a voivode.

21 point article Dokkodo.

The victor of a fight is determined before it begins so do not delay starting.
Going on about why his way is the best and others rely on far weaker enemy’s.
Talks about how all “fights” are of similar structure and that once you remain calm, understand your enemy, you will win.

Advises that simply doing something makes you better at it.
“Combat posture in everyday life, everyday posture in combat.”
More importance of gaze, look only at the enemy with focus and calm.
Your mind should never be fixed in one perspective.
Mind should be like water.
Keep your spirt centered no matter the situation.
Attack a slow enemy quickly and a quick enemy composed.
Become your enemy.
Body of boulder

More about combat strategy, posture, gaze, mindset.
Always be focused on strategy.

Vader and Thrawn go to black spire, they also talk about the difficult of navigating wild space and unknown regions. Vader continuously tries to assume command above Thrawn, who resists best he can.

More sword work.
When confronting a group, have left foot forward and everyone in sight. Attack the weakest first.

Remain calm in confrontation. Try to see into opponents mind, try ascertain how capable they are.
The importance of gaze, focus only on their face while taking everything else in. Feign inattentiveness.
Remove tautness from muscles.

The ether scroll. Follow whatever path you choose with sincerity and you will understand the meaning of the ether.

Hungarians defeat the Turks in Bulgaria, forcing them to give up castles and prisoners.
Morat resigns to a nut job order. His son machomet succeeds but is too busy hunting to realise the Janissaries have not been paid twice, which caused them to revolt and reinstate Morat as emperor.

Constantine founds Byzantium. Romania is named after Rome.
The Great Khan demands tribute from Morat (son of Bayezid).
Prince Lazar dies and gives Belgrade to sigismund of the Roman Empire.
Emperor Morat is cruel and had eyes of prince lazars sons gauged out even with their sister as his wife.

Emperor bayezid captures Hungarian empire and has Belgrade established. Timur, Great Khan of Persia captures Bayezid, humiliates him by having his wife serve him food and drink, so Bayezid poisons himself to death with a deadly stone in one of his rings. Timur let everyone go back and ended the war with Turks and Tatars.

Serbian defeat at Adrionople . How emperor Morat defeated Uros the mad using his own brothers betrayal (they later get beheaded my Morat). Ottomans then take control of the Bulgarian empire easily.
Prince Lazar now leads the Serbian empire with an army. Morat marches to the battle of Kosovo. Many leaders are killed including Morat, but the ottomans come out victorious from Morats son Bayezit, taking Serbian empire.

Turks take control of Gallipoli. Greek emperor put Kantakuzenos in charge until the son comes of age. Ended up not giving up power and got stoned. Turks went on to capture Bulgarian fortresses.
Serbian king (Stefan Uros IV) blinded by his father and strangled by his son. He made peace with the Bulgarian empire in between these events, which his son ruined by capturing the emperor then killing him at dinner.