Talk:This is Madness! Chapter I: Roma Delenda Est (Map Game)/@comment-24521219-20200305062632

Queen Christina
July 2nd, 477 AD: We have arrived in Neapolis, things seem calm, for a major city that is.

July 14th, 477 AD: Life in Neapolis has been hectic, but some talks between the people here have caught my ear. Odoacer made some form of declaration providing free settlement for any Germanic peoples within Italy. I have also heard some of the locals speak of a certain "Adolf Hitler" who seems to be involved. First I thought these were just rumors and that it is too risky to cease with the disguises, but after some time it was so widespread that it must be true. Looks like the Roman walls are safe to travel within.

July 21st, 477 AD: No longer are we hiding our true selves. I've now spent a full week remarking the beauty of Neapolis, although I still avoid wearing my royal robes to avoid attracting too much attention. I've tried to speak with Gunderic but outside of future plans and such he is not interested, he did not take my rejection of him very well. I must apologize at some point but I cannot get distracted. Neapolis is a lovely city with the Roman architecture and polite locals, but we are setting off for Rome in just a few days.

August 5th, 477 AD: With supplies stacked, we're ready to travel to Rome. I have hopes to meet personally with Odoacer and this certain "Adolf Hitler", if anyone knows what's currently occurring in the Mediterranean, it's them.

August 11th, 477 AD: We are approaching the walls of Rome, the city looks familiar yet at the same time very different from what I've been taught, read, seen paintings of and expected myself. I look forward to see what comes next and what I'll see.

August 29th, 477 AD: It is most irritating to realize that the officials of this Italian Kingdom reside in Ravenna and not Rome. Somehow in my haste to see the grand city I forgot it was no longer capital of Italy at this point in history. Nevertheless the roughly three weeks I have spent in Rome have been quaint. The scenery is beautiful and I've managed to improve my skills in both Latin and the Vandalic language among some of the other Germanic tongues. Speaking with the locals I have rallied up a group of a few persons, bringing my entourage as I've decided to call it from 9 to 23. I've studied and also used the small amount of books that I have with me to educate others around in the city. A new plan has been smitten, we shall rally more people to a cause: attempt to get to the bottom of this strange temporal occurrence. I've heard the people of Rome talk about persons in other parts of the kingdom in strange outfits and such. If this is true, I am not the only one that has been moved through time. There has to be more to this.

September 17th, 477 AD: I've noticed renovations of the roads and such in Rome and just outside the city. Signs have also started to show a new Germanic language that reminds me to a certain extent the German spoken in Austria yet very different and practically unintelligible to me. Gunderic and the entourage do not know of this either. I am starting to suspect that this is the work of the man only known as "Adolf Hitler", the name does not sound like any Germanic name from this timeperiod but the surname also doesn't seem like anything from my time either, he must be another person "lost in time". It is most important that I find him and Odoacer.

September 30th, 477 AD: The entourage has grown further to more than 30 persons. I just wish that the attention I have gathered will not end up in the same manner as how it occurred in Syracuse. Although I still use my royal title, I do not use it to try and assert dominance over Italy, it would be rather ridiculous to attempt any sort of coup d'etat. I am simply the Queen of my people and my people are those who wish to follow in the more modern steps of science, centuries ahead of what century I live in currently. During my spare time I have spoken to Gunderic and explained my celibacy and Catholic beliefs in greater detail, I am a child of God of course. He said he understands but I'm not sure if he really does. I saw it as necessary to give some form of apology and explanation but no person's feelings will trample over my dedication to find someone or something that can explain all of this.

October 3rd, 477 AD: Some members of the entourage and other acquaintances currently still reside in Rome. A group of 20, including me and the "core" members are now going to travel to Ravenna. All this traveling makes me rather sick, especially now that I'm leaving Rome, what a beautiful city it is. We now have amassed resources and enough coin to be able to travel at a good pace and not have to stop for supplies as often as before. Already when we stop to rest I stand a bit isolated from the others at times to prepare for what to say to Odoacer and Adolf Hitler, assuming I am able to speak to them upon our arrival. I also spend this time to view the night sky and think back on my previous life, the kingdom, the wars and spending time with my nearest and dearest. I pray to God that there is hope for whatever is happening to them and also for there to be a possibility for me to return or at least see all I knew once more.

October 9th, 477 AD: As soon as we arrived in Ravenna things were strange. It was like the situation in Rome but even more renovated, it looked closer to a city of my age rather than antiquity. There was only a short moment before the people noticed the entourage and I, but they seemed less surprised than I anticipated. Compared to the reactions in Syracuse the people were practically silent. Then my theory is most probably correct, Adolf Hitler is in a situation very much similar to that of mine. I am like earlier only barely able to understand and read some of the signs that have the strange variant of Austrian German on them, it would be strange if this is from before the 17th century, might it be from after it? For now, I, Queen Christina and my companions shall rest.

October 12th, 477 AD: A few days in Ravenna have been spent simply living and getting to know the city's architecture and infrastructure. Yesterday I noticed a few figures just before going back to our abode to rest for the night. I could only see one person clearly, a male dressed in most strange clothing, a black material I couldn't correctly recognize on both his upper and lower body and underneath it a white collar-like piece of clothing along with some form of decorative article just by the neck. The man had blonde hair that was swept towards one side. Never had I seen such a person before. (referring to Vidkun Quisling)

October 15th, 477 AD: I decided now to find what I have been looking for ever since traveling across the strait between Sicily and the peninsula of Italy: Odoacer and Adolf Hitler. It didn't take too long to discover the residency of King Odoacer and the guards noticed me as not from the period of antiquity and I managed to convince them to let me speak to Odoacer. We spoke about this certain temporal anomaly. I informed him that along with myself and Hitler there are at least three other "misplaced" individuals, those three men I noticed only a small amount of days ago. Odoacer in turn informed me of Adolf Hitler, though I've yet to meet the man myself. He claims to be an Austrian from the year 1924, where apparently there is no longer an Austrian Empire and a united German state exists. Knowing of the recent attacks in the north of Odoacer's kingdom I gave an offer to be an ally to him as well as a member of his court, in exchange I will assist in defending his kingdom the best I can and provide him with other knowledges I have from my own time period. Several members of my entourage do know at least something about fighting, so given the proper training they can serve as soldiers. I also asked him to bring forth Adolf Hitler when it is possible so that we all can discuss what to do and how to approach the future.

October 29th, 477 AD: I have still not yet encountered or managed to contact this certain Adolf Hitler but life in Ravenna has been kind to me and my friends. I've spent time working and assisting Odoacer in his different endeavors. He doesn't approve much of my usage of the title of Queen, but he'll have to simply accept it, despite my intention to abdicate the Swedish throne I do not bend the knee to anyone here.

November 10th, 477 AD: Days go by quickly and are full of endeavors to work through and as such I have not had much time to write any entries in my journal. Many of my close friends and members of the entourage have trained themselves to become soldiers and advisors of Odoacer's regime. A resistance in the north exists and it must be destroyed.

December 3rd, 477 AD: My modern tools for scripture have run low. Ink and quill is not an applicable method so I must resort to other ways. I do not have much more to say other than that I have seen the strange other men a few more times and I may have seen Adolf Hitler, but not gotten the chance to speak with him. For now I'll be by the side of Odoacer, he is not my master, but I shouldn't make decisions without knowing the potential consequences.