History VideoGame / ThirdOdyssey

* BestServedCold: Even if it takes centuries, it's possible for the descendants of the Byzantine exiles to not only "reclaim" their ancestral homeland from the Turks, but even seize Rome itself.

The mod can be downloaded on the [[https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=387726157 Steam Workshop]], and the [[https://third-odyssey-back-to-the-motherland.fandom.com/wiki/Third_Odyssey:_Back_to_the_Motherland_Wiki wiki]] can be read for more information.

** Downplayed by Elysia. It still remains recognizably European and Hellenic by the time the Age of Exploration gains traction, but time and distance have made its people culturally distinct from their distant homeland.

* SettlingTheFrontier: As Elysia expands and consolidates into a proper state, its people will have to decide over what to do with the natives. Whether it be living harmoniously with and integrating them, or forcing them out at gunpoint.

** Defied by Elysia, which still remains recognizably European and Hellenic by the time the Age of Exploration gains traction.

* GoingNative: The Spartanians, despite claiming to uphold the memory of Ancient Greece, increasingly resemble their Mesoamerican subjects, to the point of acting more akin to the Aztecs with a thinly Hellenic veneer.

* AlternateHistory: What if the Byzantine Empire escape to North America?
* AlternateHistoryWank: The Elysians have a tendency to have very few problems taking over most of the continent even in the hands of a moderately competent player. Despite repeated attempts to minimize this.
* GameMod: Of ''[[VideoGame/EuropaUniversalis Europa Universalis 4]]''.

''Third Odyssey: Back to the Motherland'' is a GameMod for ''[[Videogame/EuropaUniversalis Europa Universalis IV]]'' originally built around the concept of the dying Byzantine Empire deciding to pull up its roots and flee to another land, emulating the Trojans of legend. A series of events eventually result in the arrival on the east coast of North America, basically in the same position as modern Washington D. C., and founding the Empire of Elysia. From there, the path is open, there is an extensive mission tree, a small book's worth of event text, unique decisions, and two new religions, as well as two vanilla religions modified for the purposes of the mod, as well as three culture groups. To the north are the remnants of the Viking colonies, long since reverted to paganism with their own, somewhat more limited mission tree as well as their own unique decisions and flavor events. To the south the Central American jungles will become the home of a splinter group of the Elysians, modeled after the ancient Spartans. There have been stated plans to add in two Persian nations coming from the opposite side, to help give more of a challenge to the Elysians, and ideas have been tossed around to add a smaller Chinese exile accompanying the Persians.

''Third Odyssey: Return to the Motherland'' is a GameMod for ''[[Videogame/EuropaUniversalis Europa Universalis IV]]'' originally built around the concept of the dying Byzantine Empire deciding to pull up its roots and flee to another land, emulating the Trojans of legend. A series of events eventually result in the arrival on the east coast of North America, basically in the same position as modern Washington D. C., and founding the Empire of Elysia. From there, the path is open, there is an extensive mission tree, a small book's worth of event text, unique decisions, and two new religions, as well as two vanilla religions modified for the purposes of the mod, as well as three culture groups. To the north are the remnants of the Viking colonies, long since reverted to paganism with their own, somewhat more limited mission tree as well as their own unique decisions and flavor events. To the south the Central American jungles will become the home of a splinter group of the Elysians, modeled after the ancient Spartans. There have been stated plans to add in two Persian nations coming from the opposite side, to help give more of a challenge to the Elysians, and ideas have been tossed around to add a smaller Chinese exile accompanying the Persians.