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Horseman of War
The Tuvans, being surrounded by armies, started to feel overwhelmed by the Kimeks and Kanids in late 1160s. It was not until an army led by a Adevel Alka(?), an esteemed general born from a noble Tuvan tribe of alchemists in 1144. He singlehandedly defeated the Kanid Khanate and Kimek Khaganate. His reputation for singlehandedly defeating the two Khans without a single loss in the span of 12 battles has earned him the nickname "The Horseman of War". He will soon took over his tribe leadership in 1176, under the name Alka Khan. This has worried the Tuvan neighbors of Dzungar and Tochar, which immediately formed a coalition against it. They invite anyone (specifically their neighbors) to join them against the Tuvans.

After the ascension of Alka Khan in 1176. The tensions between the Coalition against them, consisted of Dzungar, Tochar, Dusanbe, Herat Velyats, boiled over and war was declared. After a few years of harsh fighting, the coalition was swiftly defeated by Alka Khan, who had sent a spy over to manipulate all the leaders to travel through a valley for an ambush. The leaders and their armies were all trapped in the valley and were subsequently killed. Dusanbe, Herat, Dzungar, and Tochar (along with Kimek) surrenders by 1180 and were annexed by the Tuvans. By now, the Tuvans now declare themselves the Tuvan Empire. To Alka Khan, all hostile nations he has conquered were forced to send their most powerful women to be part of his harem, which consists of former queens or princesses. The Khan asks all hostile nations to cease their hostilities and join him (non-hostile ones is asked to join as tributaries.). They will be handsomely rewarded for their actions. By now, the Khan has a son, named Tannudai Khan. A famous general who taken down Northern Askari Azarkhate, Akashar, Cumania, Tatars, and the Kirghiz. His father went east, taking the Oirats, the Mongols, and are now threatening the Liao Dynasty. They demand the Liao to surrender to him and they will be rewarded. Bulgaria, Kashmir and what remains of Askari have become Tuvan tributaries or vassals. Alka Khan gladly accepts the surrender of the Liao to them, taking their western territories and setting their government up as a tributary state. They tell the Liao that they would gain further land eastward (into OTL Manchuria) if the Tuvans spread more east. Meanwhile, the Tuvans are surprised by Inkeri's sudden support for them, and cautiously accepts the offer. The Inkeri will be set up as a tributary state later on. Bulgaria will be annexed around this time. The Tuvans make further conquests towards the east and absorb the rest of the Mongols.

During the twilight years of Alka Khan's life, the Khan absorbed Karasuk, Kostroma, and was in the process of conquering Rostov. They also puppeted the Inkeris and allowed the Liao to absorb the Buyeo. He had many children from the powerful women in his harem that he took from his conquered nations who resisted him. However, an old Mongolian warrior from the Ikh-Daeva lands came to the Khan, asking to become a general in his army. The warrior was odd looking, the wore robes and clothing only a Mongol woman would war, and the hair is similar to a woman's as well. Alka Khan declined, laughing that the warrior has no credibility. The Warrior challenged the Khan to a drinking contest. If Alka Khan wins, the warrior will reveal the paths of his tribe lands to help the Khan. If the warrior wins? A place in the Khan's army. Alka Khan was not sure about this, as both were technically a win-win scenario for him, but accepted, citing the warrior's "thin" stature. After Alka Khan got really drunk, the warrior then lunged at the Khan. The Khan was forced to fight to a duel, but in his drunken state, to no avail. The Khan was captured by the warrior and the warrior demanded to hand the Tuvan Empire to him, and in its place a birth of a new one. The Khan was hesitant, but when he sees an envoy appearing outside, with most of his family tied up (some how). Alka Khan thought the warrior was bluffing, but instead saw the death of his son: Tannudai Khan. Alka Khan's will broke. A Tuvan family was important, even above politics. Alka was old anyway, so he reluctantly agreed to let the Warrior take the Empire. After this, the Warrior executed Alka Khan and his family. The warrior then walked out, with the Khan's head, and declared himself the new khan of a MONGOL Empire. The warrior's name? Temujin. Now Temujin Khan.

Horseman of Conquest
In the plains and mountains of Mongolia, a baby was probably born in 1162 in Delüün Boldog, Mongolia. The baby (named Temujin) was male, born grasping a blood clot in his fist, a traditional sign that he was destined to become a great leader. However, when he was 1 years old, his family was attacked by rogue bands of Tuvans in 1162,and chased his family to Ikh-Daeva nearby. Daeva and Ikh-Daeva are matriarchal societies, and fearing that Temujin would lose his chance of becoming a great leader, his parents reluctantly agreed to raise him as a "girl" to keep opportunities open. Besides, "-jin" was considered a feminine mongol suffix for names anyway. The child grew up to become quite adventurous. Temujin later learned "she" was from the Mongols, in the 1180s, and traveled to there when "she" was in "her" early 20s. "She" also met "her" best friend (Borte) whom they go on adventures with, later discovered "she" was actually male (sex education was not efficient), both friends later grew to become lovers. But in 1190s, the Tuvans came in on their horses, apparantly stronger than the Mongolian ones. Temujin fled with "her" now married wife to Ikh-Daeva, swearing revenge. Later in 1206, now a famous warrior and adventurer with children, mainly a daughter named Ogejin, and her other brothers. Temujin traveled to the Tuvans with a small detachment to trick the Khan into giving Temujin power instead. The plan worked, and Temujin became Khan. Branding "herself" as Temujin Khan. Talk of gender of Temujin is avoided afterwards in Tuva, to spare the sanity of others. The Tuvans started calling Temujin, the horseman of Conquest.

With news reaching us of Alka Khan's demise by the hands of Temujin, the Horseman of Conquest, combined with his sheer cruelty and brutality, King Andreas decides that the new Khan is untrustworthy and a warmonger (although he doesn't send word of his thoughts to Karakorum, of course). Although paying lip service to the new Khan, the King also secretly tells noblemen and merchants to cooperate with the new Mongol Empire only when absolutely necessary, and meanwhile focus on getting our defense infrastructure (walls, siege weapons, etc) up to scratch and gathering as many assails as possible. Cherno-Vedena's call for a defense against the Tuvans is secretly accepted, and we also send envoys disguised as peasants or minor merchants (to avoid the Mongols finding out) to kings in the area, including Svearike, Altprussen, Rostov, Kiev, Svartheim, Escosia, Vestkyst, Avaland, Vesnia, Kholmogory, and the Komi Empire, to stand, united as one army and one inexorable force, against the coming onslaught of the terrible Horseman of Conquest.

Temujin Khan expands the boundaries of the Mongol Empire via various means. It seems the Khan is intent on expanding in all directions, with Liao and a few small kingdoms being annexed, peripheral kingdoms turned into tributaries, and a new war with Jin. In other news, a new trade route has opened up going through the vast steppes of Central Asia, supported by the Mongol Empire. The Orient Road, as it is known in Europe, connects the two continents as goods and commodities from Mongolia to the Indus and Eastern Europe flow freely between each other.

In 1222, Jochi (Temujin's first son) swiftly negotiated the surrender of the Ugrians and Komi to become tributary states, extending the northern border of the Mongol Empire for the first time. On behalf of his father, Jochi led two campaigns against the Khazar, in 1224 and in 1226, occupying and annexing them. The siege of Astrakhan, suffered delays because Jochi engaged in extensive negotiation with the town to persuade it to surrender peacefully and to save it from destruction. Jochi's brother Chagatai (second son) regarded this action as militarily unsound: Chagatai wanted to destroy the city but Genghis Khan had promised the city to Jochi after his victory. This difference of opinion on military affairs deepened a rift between Jochi and Chagatai. Genghis Khan intervened in the campaign and appointed Ogejin (the third child and daughter of Temujin Khan) as the commander of the operation. Ogejin resumed the operations vigorously, earning praise from her father. The differences in tactics between Jochi and Chagatai in early 1221 added to their personal quarrel about the succession. As Temujin Khan's first-born son, Jochi was favored to rule the clan and the empire. At the familial kurultai (council for succession) called in 1226, Chagatai raised the issue of Jochi's legitimacy. At that meeting, Temujin Khan made it clear that Jochi was the legitimate first-born son. However, Temujin worried that the quarrelsome nature of the two would split the empire. By early 1227 Temujin Khan had selected Ogejin, the daughter before dying a few months later. For the sake of preserving the Empire, both Jochi and Chagatai agreed, but the rift between them never healed. Ogejin is now Khatun (or Khanum). Ogejin Khatun/Khanum (also: Khitans, Kashmir, and Betmant were annexed in part of Temujin Khan and Ogejin's conquests and negotiations earlier in the decade).

The Mongol behemoth expands into Tibet, bringing the Betmants under the Mongol banner. The Tibetan kingdoms submit themselves as tributaries, as do the remaining Chinese kingdoms. The Persian Azarkhates are absorbed directly into the Empire, while Kiev and Cherno-Vedena are politely asked to become tributary states. This was too asked of Joseon, with their refusal bringing a barrage of horsemen into the kingdom. Khatun Ogejin manages to keep the peace between Jochi and Chagatai, acting as a bridge between the two that would otherwise cause the Empire to be torn into three. Throughout her reign, Khatun Ogejin had styled her daughter as heir to the Mongol Empire, drawing the envy of her brothers. One misty morning, she sets off on a hunting trip with some companions and attendants a few kilometres away from Karakorum. Within a few days one of the aids comes limping back mumbling incoherently with a face whiter than milk. He only spoke of death and demons as search parties were sent out to find the heir of the Mongol Empire. They found her before decomposition set in, just in time to see the other members of the hunting party in pieces around a circle forming none other than a Daevite prayer circle, with the intestines of horses substituted with the intestines of Ogejin's daughter. After a period of grief, Ogejin immediately started interrogating her brother Chagatai, who was of Daevite descent through his mother and was most vocal about his claim to the throne of all and any Altaic Empires such as the Mongol Empire. Ogejin did not manage to speak with Chagatai, as bloody marionettes held up in vile display by tendons and sinew in a yurt tend to be mute. Chagatai was assumed dead, but not before being found guilty of conspiring with Daevite priestesses to murder Ogejin's daughter. The yurt was later set alight with the body inside, and nothing was spoken of this ordeal.

Ghost Khan
Since the death of her daughter and assumed death of her guilty brother, Ogejin found herself gripped by nightly terrors that became all the more realistic. Dementia began to set in as she would sometimes see her daughter or brother in their mangled states in dark corners at night. Her roster of attendants frequently changed as she began to be distrustful of almost anyone. Alarming still, the glowing ghost of Chagatai would sometimes be seen roaming the nocturnal steppes, illuminated by ethereal blue-green smoke, but no attempts were made to follow it out of fear. On the night of her death, Ogejin screamed at the ghost as it galloped on the plains far away from her window before abruptly dying from a stroke. Jochi, fully aware of what happened, had not expected this turn of events. After the death of his sister, he would be Khan. The ghost of Chagatai stopped appearing after his ascension for the most part, as rumours still floated around his court. Exactly 72 days after his ascension, an inauspicious number as it had became to be known, his food was tainted with psychoactive drugs by what is now believed to have been a Daevite operative within his court. As Jochi fell under influence of the drug, the "ghost" of Chagatai entered the court shrouded in his signature blue-green smoke, revealed to be newly developed long-burning signal smoke canisters loaded with copper acetate. Chagatai declared a duel to which the intoxicated Jochi mumbled an indiscernible reply. Chagatai easily slew his brother and took his head out for all to see. He later became the Khan of the newly formed Daevite Empire, in gratitude to his Daevite brethren that assisted in murdering his niece, faking his death, psychologically destabilising his sister and drugging his brother. Thus, Chagatai becomes the Khan of the Daevite Empire, the Ghost Khan, Horseman of Death.

Horseman of Death
Chagatai Khan led numerous campaigns across Asia, capturing large swathes of land in Manchuria. Sparsely populated plains were soon taken over by Korean settlers, to which Chagatai Khan had allowed more favorable living conditions in exchange for pleasantries. On the opposite end of things and the world, entire populations of Rostovites and Slavokans in general are killed due to what was interpreted as a diplomatic insult. War begins with Alagadda as border skirmishes run along their borders.

As Chagatai Khan passes, his son Berke ascends to the throne. He reroutes resources from the Slavokan massacres orchestrated by his father to a focus on the Japanese islands, declaring war with the intention of making Japan submit to Daevite overlordship. Peripheral island territories of the Kazuto clan were invaded in 1278, marking the beginning of a new struggle in Asia. Despite the forte of the Daevites being terrestrial combat, their command of the Korean and Chinese navies are able to keep up with the Japanese fleets, and with a seemingly infinite supply of manpower and boats, the day the Daevite armies land from their ships onto the Japanese heartland grows ever closer. Skirmishes with Alagadda continue due to their impudence and stubbornness in refusing to become another tributary.

As Berke Khan passes, his only child and daughter, Bulijin, ascends to the throne. Legend tells of a mysterious atmosphere surrounds. Some say she might be the second coming of Attilla, as their similarities are somewhat uncanny according to both descriptions. Regardless, she is known as the Horseman (or Horsewoman) of Death. Her Empire expands to include Rum as a tributary state, along with an invasion of Taiwan. She begins to integrate the Tengusics and Ugrians into her Empire. There are plans for Avaland to join as a tributary state as well. But for now, her primary focus is on Japan and Algadda. During the first Daevite invasion of the Japanese islands, Berke Khan sailed with an invasion force numbering in the thousands using northern Chinese ships and what is left of their navy that fell so long ago. When asked where they should land, Berke had second thoughts. He told his fleet that he would decide whether they should land or not. The next evening, Berke shot an arrow out of his bow towards certain Japanese shores. That is when history in Japan began its pivotal moment. It turns out, this is all for naught. Year after year, the Daevite Invasion of Japan ended in failure. During his brief reign, his invasion of Japan became his own personal goal that ended in failure. However, his daughter, Bulijin Khatun, now 38-39 years old, later ascended to the throne either in 1280 or 1281 after being an only child. She was regarded for her own beauty and youthfulness despite her age, legend would tell that she may not have aged at all. Bulijin took on the goal of invading Japan, but under a different strategy. Instead, she would knock down the clans one-by-one, starting with a good point in modern "Taiwan" and through Ryukyu (or to mainly get it out of the way). She accomplished this amazing feat greatly within months. This accomplishment alerted the clans. After conjoining, they decided that they should send their best master swordsmen, but those who are skilled in other weapons and fields are welcomed. This is typically for samurai, but many from different walks of life would volunteer to make a name for themselves as well. Dozens of individual warriors will embark on a journey through the island of Taiwan in order to liberate it from Daevite rule. Perhaps, there will be a few who will go down in history as one of the greatest Samurai.

The day all of Europe had dreaded was finally set upon the continent. Millions strong, the Daevite armies supported by their tributaries stormed into the Holy Roman Empire. Whatever machinations Europe may have against this war machine, now is the time to employ them. Meanwhile in the Middle East, the Alagadda Azarkhate continues to take the brunt of the beating from the Daevites, having lost a few key peripheral cities. They are far from exhausted, however and await for their European counterparts to "get their shit together to kick down the crimson horde of Daeva". The Daevite Army pushed further into the HRE, slaughtering those in their way. As Vienna falls, the Holy Roman Emperor flees to Berlin. However, the Daevites are slowly, but surely, making their way to Berlin as well. Despite numerous minor number of crusades across Europe to raid and ambush Daevite patrols, the Daevites quickly learned from their blunder on the Japanese mainland and made sure to not walk through suspicious territory, explaining their ever slow advance across the terrain. Numerous heroes from across Europe arise to the occasion to stop them, but are usually swiftly slain in battle. Peasants from across Europe flee to the West. Meanwhile, Alggadda crumbles from the constant raids and skirmishes conducted by the Daevites on both fronts.

Era of Decline
The Daevite invasion of Isetium and Ahuric Empire fails due to shift of attention to Alagadda Azarkhate. During this decade, the Fall of Alagadda occurs, with the land being annexed to the Second Daevite Empire. Eteiszo Marko led Avarian forces to defend Khagansbyrg from the Daevite siege, however was defeated in battle and managed to retreat to Berlin. Despite his losses, he is recognised as one of the great warriors in Avaland. From Berlin he continue to devise strategies to take back his homeland. Emboldened by the Fall of Khagansbyrg, the Daevites managed to storm through the eastern HRE states, pushing Teuton, Wießel and Vesnian forces back to Köslin. Even Bavaria is not safe from the Horsemen of Death as the Crimson Horde edges closer to Munich.

The Siege of Berlin proved to be a turning point in the war against the Daevites. Bulijin, one of the greatest yet most controversial leaders in the history of the Daevite Empire, has met her end in the hands of Empress Aurelia of the HRE. Aurelia declared, "An Era of Peace and Freedom from darkness is on the horizon." Word spread. This made the Daevites fall into an internal struggle between several factions. The Tuvans (Golden Horde), the Mongols (Yuan Dynasty), the Daevites (Chagatai), Ilkhanate (Itself), and several warlords, vying for the throne with no successor. This will not be solved until 1341 (or 1347).

Horseman of Famine
Taihou Souji was the granddaughter of Ojirou. She is not as good of a fighter as her grandmother, but she still manages. She prefers to instead think with her wits over the might of a sword. She loved working with gunpowder and pyrotechnics, this prompted criticism from her peers and they called her a pyromaniac. She tend to feel isolated, and dreamt of the outside world. She knew she wanted a great destiny, but could not find an opportunity. When her grandmother set off to a mysterious part of the world, Taihou attempted to convince her to take her along. But her grandmother denied, saying "This is a journey I have to take." Eventually, Taihou found her own boat to sail the mainland. She was lost, however, and found herself in middle of a war that took over all of Asia. Despite being trapped searching for her grandmother, she soon made a name for herself in Karakorum when she helped stopped an army of a warlord from attacking a city and massacre the civilians. She will soon meet a young prince that ruled over the city, however, with ambitions to reunite the Empire and make peace.

Dogar Khan. It is a name presented to Taihou Souji when she visited the Ilkhanate. The Ilkhanate was a state formed by numerous warlords succeeding the Daevites in Persia. However, the hostile neighbors who were vying for the throne had proven a greater threat to their survival, leading to the swift unification of the Ilkhanate by 1341. The son of a Mongolian Warlord that settled in Persia, named Dogar (or Dhogar). When Taihou arrived in his "court", seeking for her grandmother, he was instantly smitten by her adventurous yet soft persona. He asked her to join him in the unification of former Daevite lands. Although she was adamantly against it at first, she eventually conceded. They decided on a new method, one that is not through mass bloodshed of wars. Dogar personally challenged the ruler of Chagatai, Golden Horde to a duel for the state. Suffering from affects of plague and tired of massive bloodshed already, they begrudgingly accept. They were later defeated, and agreed to join Dogar. But the Yuans were not so friendly. Dogar sent his armies to Yuan, he personally led it himself along with Taihou. The two actually proven themselves military competent as Taihou is an expert at strategic locations and ambushes while Dogar was good at direction and discipline, the two became reliant on each other for the Siege of Karakorum. After many weeks, the siege ended in victory. The Ikhdaeva lords who wanted to split off from Yuan begrudgingly agreed to become their own state despite not being independent. By late 1340s, Dogar proclaimed himself Khan of the Pan-Altaics. While it was formally an Empire, it is in reality a confederacy. Although, the two share equal power in the Altaic Empire. Which may prove a problem. Dogar’s conversion to Arzham also marks Arzham’s spread north.