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Alternate History of Europe (AHoE) by YouTuber Brazilian Mapping is an Alternate History Web Animation about the aftermath of an Ottoman defeat in the Battle of Varna, inspired by the game Europa Universalis IV. For this reason, the series is unofficially known as Varna. As a mapping series, nations serve as the characters and interact with each other through text dialogue. The links for the first and second seasons can be found HERE and HERE respectively.

This series contains examples of:

  • Accidental Murder: the Zayyanids convince the Ayyubids to take advantage of the Anatolian conquest of Jerusalem, which initially goes well, until Anatolia turns their gaze south. In the end, the Ayyubids have to give up control to the Mamluk horde in order to save Egypt from Anatolia, and all of this could’ve been prevented if the Zayyanids just kept their mouths shut.
  • Action Prologue: The series starts with the battle of varna, and the first episode comprises of the rest of the crusade as well as the Hundred Years’ War.
  • Affably Evil: Naples for the vast majority of season one is definitively one of the good guys and viewed undeniably as a brother, even after the Malta agreement is signed.
  • Allohistorical Allusion: due to being an alternate history, these are quite common.
    • The Ottomans react in shock to loosing the battle of Varna, a battle they decidedly won in OTL.
    • During the early stages of the Great Mediterranean war, the Mamluks muse on how if things had gone differently, they would probably be under the foot of the Ottomans at that point. As happens to be the case, that statement coincides with the IRL Ottoman conquest of the Mamluks.
    • Instead of being unified by the most likely options of Muscovy or Novgorod, Russia is unified by Ryazan, a seemingly insignificant nation. This is lampshaded by Kazan.
    • While in the OTL League War Austria was a major catholic power and Bohemia was Protestant, these roles have been switched.
  • Alternate History: Exactly What It Says on the Tin. The main point of divergence is Ottoman defeat in the Battle of Varna of November 10th, 1444.
  • Animal Motif: Utilized several times, though usually as one off lines such as the Kalmar Union referring to itself as three lions. Recurring examples include the Mamluks being called an oversized cockroach by both Yemen and Rum, and Russia being referred to as a vulture, a title it decides to embrace.
  • Arch-Enemies: Numerous examples throughout the series.
    • England and France maintain a fairly constant rivalry, with the Hundred Years’ War being a major plot in episodes one and two as well as various conflicts in the great Mediterranean war and league war.
    • Throughout season one, the Mamluks and Venice engage in a strong rivalry concerning influence in the Mediterranean. This eventually culminates in the Great Mediterranean war, which ends with both nations dying to Naples.
    • Season 2 especially plays up the rivalry between Bohemia and Austria, with Bohemia supplanting Austria as Holy Roman Emperor and Austria attempting to gain the title back. This rivalry comes to a head in the league war, in which Bohemia emerges victorious, annexing Austria proper.
  • Ascended Extra:
    • Bukhara- Goes from a completely insignificant minor nation to come from the death of the Timurids to becoming a major antagonist as the Mughals.
    • Ryazan- Originally the smallest of the major Russian Nations, goes on to form Russia itself.
    • Basically every nation in Northern Italy during season 2 fits this trope. Prominent examples include Brescia, which finds its legacy as Venice’s son, and Provence.
  • Back from the Dead: utilized constantly- namely with characters such as Jaunpur, Rum, Grenada, Genoa, Florence, Siena, Khorasan, Sistan, and several others.
  • Baddie Flattery: The Mughals when they initially meet the Ganges. Once the latter shows no sign of pleasantries, however, the act is soon dropped.
  • The Bad Guy Wins: at the end of season one, the true villain, Naples, ends up victorious.
  • Batman Gambit: Commonly used, however used the most by England and France, who fight so much they can recognize the others attack patterns.
  • Berserk Button: Whatever you do, do NOT call Italia Naples.
  • Big Badass Battle Sequence: due to being an alternate history, there are many examples. These include the fall of the Golden Horde, both Great Indian Wars, the Great Mediterranean War, the various Italic Conquests, the death of the Nerasids, and the League War.
  • Big "NO!":
    • Done by France when their garrison at Bordeaux is partially destroyed by an earthquake.
    • Also by Delhi after its sultan is killed by Jaunpur rebels, thus ending it.
    • After the Mamluks loose the second battle of Thermopylae, they let out one of these.
    • After Grenada dies for a second time, Morocco has one as well.
    • After Romagna is killed by Italia, Urbino gets one in. However, as up until after that point the word was the only thing it said, it is hardly surprising.
    • Nogai, after Russia decides to vassalize instead of kill it.
  • Butt-Monkey: filled by Austria in season one, as they mainly serve as something of a Sitcom Arch-Nemesis to Venice, who always is able to defeat them soundly. After the Great Mediterranean War, this role is filled by France, who just can’t seem to catch a break.
  • Catchphrase:
    • Nerasids: “We are all Iranian!”
    • Urbino: “No.”
    • Novgorod: “Excuse me?”
    • Austria (season one): “VENETO!”
  • Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys: Played with. France, true to the era, is generally considered a powerhouse, however throughout season two it tends to generally struggle. This trope is further lampshaded by the nation itself.
France: “… no. France does not deserve to be known as a weak nation, a humiliated nation, a nation that is only defeated and only surrenders!”
  • Chess Motif: Used to a great extent during the buildup to the league war. Austria and Poland in particular are very fond of these.
  • Child Supplants Parent: The Mamluks with the Ayyubids. Eventually Subverted, with the latter rising up once it is clear that the Mamluks failed in their mission.
  • The Church: the Papal States.
  • Climactic Battle Resurrection: both Rum and Jaunpur get this.
  • Cruel to Be Kind: Basically explains Nile’s motives of kidnapping the son of the Ayyubid sultan in order to train him to become a more fulfilling leader of Egypt.
  • Death Seeker:
    • Chagatai constantly flops between this and extremely confident and proud.
    • Finland becomes this after Sapmi betrays them; Sweden grants their wish.
    • Italia, when Hapsburg Italia nearly conquers Naples. Eventually broken out of it by Sardinia.
    • Nogai becomes this after Astrakhan is killed by Russia, however due to its insistence its request is not granted, and it is instead vassalized.
    • the Bahmanis during the second Indian War, specifically stating that death is better then the hell they went through as being kept alive by Vijayanagara as an irrelevant minor nation.
    • Bruno Morosini, after being badly wounded at the battle of Pavia. After being visited by king Giuseppe di Sancarlo, he wishes to be granted a quick death by his sword, which the king grants.
  • Defiant to the End: The Swiss Guard when tasked with defending the Vatican against the Italic invaders
  • Despair Event Horizon: as many nations die, this is utilized a large amount of times. Some notable ones include:
    • The Mamluks at the betrayal of Armenia and Persia. While accepting that they would loose at several points before this, this was the point where it was obvious even to them that they were not making it out of this one alive.
    • Once Siena dies near the end of the second Italian war, the other central Italians realize that the war is lost.
  • Disproportionate Retribution: Because a Ragusan fisherman accidentally got into a near accident with an Italic galley, Italia fully invades and annexes all of Ragusa.
  • Don't Celebrate Just Yet: The league of Varna is basically unstoppable and the Mamluks have no hope of coming back from this. however, it is revealed to Venice that not only is Naples a mole and worked with the Mamluks the whole time, but they successfully convinced the entire League of Varna that they were a much more competent leader then Venice, leading to the League turning on the latter when it attempted to reveal Naples’ treachery.
  • The Dreaded: when the Polish-Lithuanian-Hungarian Commonwealth forms, the Balkan league make the wise choice to take their current gains and get out of the league was as soon as possible.
Croatia: “… Good lord… I… I suppose we are done here, right? W-We… don’t want to fight that, right-“
  • Duel to the Death: In the Epilogue to season one, the Italic King Ferrante De Sancarlo and the Mamluk Caliph Sayf ad-din Qaitbay hold a one on one duel outside Cairo. Ferrante wins.
  • Early-Installment Weirdness:
    • Many map inaccuracies exist that play large parts in the plot, such as the Golden Horde at 1444 being much larger then IRL and the lack of various nations such as Aq Qoyunlu and various feudal states, which would be retconned in later episodes.
    • in a smaller sense, a very pivotal plot point revolves around an earthquake occurring in Navarre in 1445- such an earthquake did not happen.
  • Et Tu, Brute?: Venice, when betrayed by not only Naples, but Sardinia as well. Later revealed that Savoys betrayal during the same scene also counts.
  • Evil Gloating: Naples gets a rather juicy villain monologue in Venice reveals them as the mole. Coincidentally, this monologue happens to also list every season one episode title in order.
Venice: “Before we end you, traitor, explain yourself. Why did you betray us?!
Naples: “To ensure my own survival from the Mamluks, in the first place. However… there is more. When you are given the chance to access a powerful source of wealth and information, as well as knock down the two powers of Mare Nostrum at once, you do not just waste it. Especially when you can have your revenge for everything the world has done to you. Being born a son of the heir of Rome, only to loose your freedom to Normans, Sicilians and Germans and just being a pawn in the dynastic game. And when you finally achieve your freedom, it does not last… I still remember the day when I saw the Aragonese ships arriving at my beaches. My story started there. Until my oppressor went to fight one of his own kind… that led to his failure. With time, I found protection. The peace in Europe saw its collapse with the showdown. And as the tragedy revealed itself, the downfall of many was imminent. And what was beyond the shadows revealed itself too. The cold relations in Europe started to burn. A new Dawn was coming. A dawn of fire. Mare Nostrum and Europe shall never be the same again. It is already time I take power… isn’t that right… Sardinia?
  • Exact Eavesdropping: Romagna and Urbino just happen to overhear Italia and Sardinia’s plans to invade central Italy.
  • Exact Words: Near the beginning of the league war, Austria talks with Bohemia about how only one of them will make it out of the war alive, with the implication clearly being that it will be Austria. these words do in fact come true, however the one that survives is Bohemia.
  • Explain, Explain... Oh, Crap!: As Romagna, Urbino, Florence, and Siena begin to unpack and read the box containing the Malta agreement, Italia and Sardinia declare war on all four.
  • Face Death with Dignity: When finally killed by Ryazan and Novgorod, Muscovy can only admit that they played their hands well.
    • subverted by Austria, who initially seems to be going down this route. However, once it actually reaches the point of death, it becomes apparent that this was simply a facade and Austria actually ends up going out Laughing Mad.
  • Fauxshadow: the box containing a copy of the Malta agreement is played to be a powerful item which could lead to the destruction of Italia as a nation. However, said box disappears and as of now, seems to have fallen into irrelevancy, as multiple characters point out that most nations likely wouldn’t care if the contents were publicly released.
  • Fee Fi Faux Pas: The Mamluks trick Venice into revealing the fact that it had a massive spy agency. This doesn’t factor that much into the plot, but is at the very least embarrassing.
  • Final Battle: the Great Mediterranean War is this for season one.
  • Five-Man Band: the Maghrebi League. Mamluks are the leader, Morocco the Lancer, Tlemcen the Heart, Oman the Big guy, and the Usfurids the Smart guy.
  • Foreshadowing: several instances.
    • England declares “they are so dead” after finding out the main funding of the Yorkists during the war of English succession, before the audience is told who this is. It is later revealed that it was in fact Burgundy who did the deed, and they turn out to be so dead.
    • The spy networks of Venice and Poland act as in-universe forshadowers, foreshadowing various events such as the Maghrebi war and the fall of the Golden Horde.
    • After Venice declares how the Italian League will last together forever, Naples hesitates before agreeing.
Venice: “But we shall resist until the very end, am I right? Will we resist together and forever if necessary, my brothers?”
Naples: “… we will be together until the end of time, my dear Venice.”
  • Four-Star Badass: Bruno Morosini- not only is he pretty universally agreed to be the best general of his time, but he seems to fight at the front of his armies, especially given how he dies.
  • Freudian Trio: Naples(Id), Sardinia(Ego), and Venice(Superego).
  • Get It Over With: Transoxiana when faced with a two fronted invasion by the Mughals and Uzbeks after the death of their khan. Their wish is granted.
  • Great Offscreen War: Portugalicia versus the Inca- we are only shown the aftermath of the war, but considering the size of the nations fighting, it had to have been a pretty big one.
  • Grey-and-Gray Morality: While Venice is clearly the Protagonist and the Mamluks are clearly the Antagonist, neither side is explicitly good nor evil. This concept is expanded on even further in the League Wars, in which neither the Protestants nor the Catholics are even defined as protagonistic or antagonistic.
  • The Guards Must Be Crazy: when sieging Rome, the Italic armies notice the Pope and Cardinal Marangon fleeing from afar, but decide against doing anything about it.
  • Heaven Versus Hell: Both the Great Mediterranean War and the League War were described as this, mainly by the Papal States.
  • Heel–Face Turn:
    • Armenia during the Great Mediterranean war. Inspired by Anatolia, it ultimately decided to turn against the Mamluks.
    • Savoy at the beginning of the Second Italian War. After attempting to kill Milan in order to more effectively fight against Italia, it ultimately decided to fight with Milan against it.
    • Later on during the same war, Turin makes one of these, choosing to join Milan instead of continuing to fight with their overlord Italia.
    • Machiavelli, after being fired from the Neapolitan court, considers revealing all of Ferrante de Sancarlo’s treachery before recognizing no one would likely believe him. Instead, he later empathizes with and teaches Lorenzo Furlan so he can work to take Italia down instead.
  • He Knows Too Much: One of the reasons Italia gives for why they need to invade Romagna and Urbino. Also used later on as justification for invading Provence after it gains independence, who inverts the trope by blackmailing Italia with the very information used as justification for it killing Provence.
  • The Hero Dies: pretty self explanatory, at the end of season one the protagonist, Venice, dies.
  • Hidden Depths: episode XVI has many nations initially assumed to be generally good and friendly to be much more… gray. Anatolia, who up to that point seemed to just fight against former allies because they wronged and took advantage of them, not only betrays the Nerasids for no real reason but seems to relish in their death. Sardinia is shown to have a surprisingly negative view on republics and morals in general, viewing the latter as meaningless and the former as always treacherous. Somewhat shown with Portugalicia shifting their allegiances to gain trade power, however this had already been implied with how they treated Maya and Ethiopia.
  • Heroic BSoD: Poland during the league war, as both Hungary and Lithuania are heavily struggling against the Protestant league and all hope seems to be lost. with the Italic invasion of Austria and the siege of Vilnius being a victory for the Lithuanians, they are eventually broken out of it.
  • Heroic Sacrifice: attempted by Romagna, who tells Florence and Urbino to peace out with Italia so it can be punished for its sins alone. The other two shut this down.
  • Historical Domain Character: due to being an alternate history, there are plenty of these. Major examples include Martin Luther, Babur, Henry VII, Leo X, and Machiavelli.
  • Hypocritical Humor: When Novgorod is betrayed and invaded by Finno-Sapmi, it attempt to reason with them by invoking the fact that without Novgorod’s help, they wouldn’t exist, which Finno-Sapmi laughs at as a pathetic argument. However, when a few months later Sweden invades Finno-Sapmi, they attempt to make this exact same arguement. Heavily lampshaded by Sweden.
  • I Am X, Son of Y: After the death of the Ayyubids, the Mamluks make a big deal about being Saladin’s Heir.
    • later utilized by the Mughals, who heavily mention their legacy as the heir of both Genghis Khan and Timur.
    • A major part of Chagatai’s arc involves them embracing the identity of an heir of the mongols.
    • in season 2, both Brescia and Nile view themselves as the sons of Venice and the Mamluks respectively
  • "I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight (Subverted): Somewhat describes the war between Georgia and Mamluk Vassal Armenia. While Georgia fails to successfully break out Armenia and is annexed, Anatolia later uses them to successfully break Armenia from Mamlukian control.
    • later Played With with Bavaria and the Palatinate during the league war, where both truly believe the other will discover the truth and join the other side.
  • Illegal Religion: The suppression of Protestantism is what leads to the League War. It also leads to various minor events within said war, including the Cornish and Irish revolts, the English Civil War, and the Prussian betrayal.
  • Instantly Proven Wrong:not quite instant, however still fits the bill. Before the battle of Pest, Austria seems incredibly relaxed, stating that no matter what happens, it will simply be fate taking its course and Austria will be fine, as well as mentioning it doesn’t need anyone to fight for it. They even goes so far as to call Poland out for being broken and fighting simply out of rage, just wanting to kill Austria. After the battle, however, the facade Austria claimed didn’t exist falls, and as they desperately cry out pleads for the other Protestants to help them and for Poland to just die already, it is clear they did not like the way fate took them.
  • I See Dead People: used to great effect, usually before a character death.
  • Knight, Knave, and Squire: Venice is the Knight, Naples is the Knave, and Sardinia is the Squire.
  • Laughing Mad:
    • Happens to Vijayanagara after loosing a war to allies of the Mughals. Despite the fact that they don’t die, they are left in a significantly weaker state and have not been heard since loosing
    • in a more notable moment, Austria. After being being seemingly abandoned by all its allies at the end of the league war and being left to the mercy of the most powerful nation in Europe, they go completely insane before dying.
  • Leeroy Jenkins: During the first Adriatic War, Naples notices an opening in Zeta, and decides to go through with a full invasion, despite a warning from Venice. It doesn’t end too well for Naples.
  • Legion of Doom: the League of Cairo
  • Leonine Contract: Both Tlemcen and Wallachia sign one of these with the Mamluks, both being basically forced to ally the Mamluks and give various territories to other nations in the Mamlukian sphere.
    • later revealed that Naples forced both Romagna and Urbino into one of these, being forced to do dirty work in exchange for being kept alive.
  • Mêlée à Trois: due to many wars being more than 2 sides, this is fairly common. The best example of this is the Great Steppe War, which sees a practical free for all as various nations pile on Transoxiania and each other.
  • Mercy Kill: done several times.
    • Cyprus, who is killed by Byzantium and Rum to prevent the Mamluks from killing them first.
    • Multan and Punjab, who ask Ganges to occupy them before the Mughals can.
    • Chagatai attempts to do this to the Nerasids, however Mashhad manages to stop them from going further then northern Khorasan.
  • Mistreatment-Induced Betrayal: initially attempted by the Usfurids after the Mamluk Caliphate turns on Tlemcen for seemingly no other reason then questioning Mamluk authority, though this does not end very well for them. It is later attempted by Armenia, who is much more successful.
    • In response to Italia turning on their vassal Pavia for no reason other then being useless, both Parma and Liguria turn on their masters.
  • The Mole(Zigzagged): Venice reveals that Naples was actually a mole working with the Mamluk Caliphate, but the rest of the League of Varna doesn’t believe this and instead turns on Venice for attacking one of its members.
  • Motive Decay: Astrakhan, who while initially fighting to preserve their independence, ended up simply fighting for power. The end of their character arc has Armenia helping it accept this fact before it’s death.
  • Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Riga attempts to fight against the secularization of Livonia, however all their efforts do is not only have it secularize anyway, but also become a Polish puppet.
  • Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Due to the league war, a direct consequence of Austria’s actions, Poland was able to fully consolidate into the Polish-Lithuanian-Hungarian Commonwealth.
  • Nice Mean And In Between: Initially, Sardinia is Nice, Naples is Mean, and Venice is in between. Somewhat subverted after the end of the dynamic, as Sardinia is revealed to have a worldview many would consider less than nice.
  • Nightmare Sequence: Italia at the end of episode XV, seeing a vision of the Malta agreement being revealed and everyone, including Sardinia, turning against them.
  • Not Afraid of Hell: Many characters state how they will meet another nation in hell, usually as their last words.
  • Nothing Personal: Evoked by Sardinia before killing Maya, and later when Sweden vassalizes Livonia.
  • Offing the Offspring: While they don’t deal the killing blow, the Ayyubid rebellion eventually leads to the fall of the Mamluks, and, after the fall, they take control of Egypt once again.
  • Outliving One's Offspring: After the death of the Mamluks, the Ayyubids take over the duty of ruling Egypt.
  • Parental Betrayal: The Ayyubids collapse the Mamluk vassal of Tunis and turn on the Mamluk Caliphate. Later on, during the league war, Bavaria admits to this being part of it fighting Austria.
  • Portmanteau: “Portugalicia” a portmanteau of Portugal and Galicia.
  • Power of Friendship: While it is debatable whether subjects count as friends, Poland invokes a variant of this trope to explain how it defeated the Mamluks at the battle of Lviv. Simply put, having friendly armies that can cut off a foe is a powerful thing.
  • Power Trio: Several cases.
    • Poland, Lithuania, and Hungary
    • Venice, Naples, and Sardinia as the Italian league
    • Bengal, Jaunpur, and Vijayanagara as the Laknauti pact
    • Giovanni Morosini, Bruno Morosini, and Lorenzo Furlan
  • Precision F-Strike: Anatolia delivers one to Italia after a good length monologue about their house of cards crashing down.
Anatolia: you get what you fucking deserve.
  • Pyrrhic Victory: Tunis manages to conquer its regional rival Tlemcen, and it only took 38 years and becoming a subject of the Mamluks!
  • Red Herring: The Mamluks take the primary antagonistic role throughout season one, and one would generally assume them to be the true antagonist of the season. However, that role is revealed to belong to Naples.
  • Retcon: most prevalent in the map, as flashbacks later in the series introduce the existence of nations like Aq Qoyunlu and the French Feudal vassals.
  • The Reveal: There are several instances of this across the series, but the main one is Naples' betrayal of Venice in the Season 1 finale.
  • Rivals Team Up
    • Byzantium and Rum
    • Jaunpur, Bengal, and Vijayanagara
    • England and France during the War of Dutch Independence
    • Venice and Milan during the Third Lombard War
    • France and Burgundy, Lorraine, and Luxembourg during the League War
  • Say My Name: Austria and later Italia have a tendency to scream “VENETO!!”
  • Second Episode Introduction: Venice, the protagonist of season one, is introduced in episode 2.
  • Shell-Shocked Veteran: In every instance of Naples/Italia having to invade Provence, it flashes back to trauma while under Aragon where an invasion of Provence led to the near-destruction of the entire Neapolitan army.
Naples: ”…Calm down, Naples… this time it will work… because this time, it’s not an oppressor forcing you. It’s an old friend asking for help.”
  • Secret-Keeper: This trope is the idea behind the Guardians of the Truth, aka those who learn about the Malta Agreement and see it firsthand. Prominent examples include Ragusa, Romagna, Urbino, the Papal States, and Milan.
  • Secret Secret-Keeper: Various nations are revealed to have known about the Malta Agreement outside of simply learning about it from the box- these being Savoy, as Venice told them about it personally, and Provence, who was with Naples as a junior partner the entire time, and therefore knows everything.
    • the Hapsburg Italia second army is revealed as this, however this may be simply due to some connection with Romagna.
  • Shoutout: A considerably Reference Overdosed series.
  • Speak of the Devil: Italia has a knack for invading nations just as they figure out about the Malta Agreement.
  • Speed, Smarts and Strength: Sardinia is Speed, Venice is Smarts, and Naples is Strength. Venice and Naples could realistically switch positions, however.
  • Targeted to Hurt the Hero: In order to knock both Norway and Denmark out of the league war early on, Sweden only has to defeat Norway, as Denmark wouldn’t allow them to die.
  • Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Luxembourg, Lorraine, and Liege upon having to work with France as part of the Holy League.
  • Tempting Fate: the following exchange:
Italia: At least… it can’t get worse than this. Nothing worse can happen. … you… YOU LITTLE-
Anatolia: Long time no see, Italia!
  • Title Drop: Every episode title in season one is said within the episode at some point.
  • Tragic Villain: Italia in episode XV. Up until then in season two, it was generally shown as a primary antagonist, however this episode reveals just how much it’s past failures have affected it, eventually culminating in a Villainous BSoD, which it only breaks out of from the help of Sardinia.
  • Tsundere: Bengal and Jaunpur. Their relationship is started with Bengal saying “I hate you Jaunpur”, and Jaunpur even gets a variant of the classic “we aren’t friends or anything”.
  • Undignified Death: Tuscany/Lucca, who dies due to the combination of being unable to defend the one entrance to its heartland and a rebellion occurring the next town over.
  • Villainous Breakdown:
    • Lucca/Tuscany, when quickly disposed of by Lombardy and Prato, has one of these, calling death to every nation in Europe.
    • Ferrante I de Sancarlo, when Lombardy arrives at the gates of Venice. Involves I See Dead People before he ultimately dies of a heart attack.
    • subverted by Italia itself. It very nearly reaches the breaking point both after Naples is nearly captured by Hapsburg Italia, but is pulled back from the brink by Sardinia.
    • played straight with Austria. After being abandoned to Poland by other members of the Protestant League, it goes out screaming.
  • Villainous BSoD: Italia when Naples almost falls to Hapsburg Italia. Includes another instance of I See Dead People, but is broken out of it by Sardinia.
  • The Voiceless: numerous characters never speak a line- the most notable of these is the Timurids, who despite being a large nation die at the end of episode 2 without having uttered a single piece of dialogue.
  • Walking Spoiler: basically everything done by Naples/ Italia past the second half of episode ten is ridden with spoilers.
  • We Used to Be Friends: Nogai and Astrakhan. After the later engages in various conquests, the former becomes more and more worried about local powers taking the both of them out, eventually leading to Nogai declaring war on Astrakhan.
  • Worthy Opponent: Giuseppe Di Sancarlo holds unironic respect for Bruno Morosini, enough so that he grants his wish for a quick death by his own sword after the Lombard defeat at the battle of Padua.
  • Wham Line:
Bruno Morosini: the box… it is… it is empty…!
  • You and What Army?: When Milan stands up to the Mamluks invading Romagna and Urbino, and uses the word “we”, the Mamluks ask the titular question. As it turns out, every Italian nation was willing to put aside their differences in order to evict the Caliphate from Italy.
  • You Have Failed Me: Enacted by the Mamluk Caliphate against Tlemcen and the Usfurids. When the former begins to question Mamluk authority, the Caliphate declares war on them and sends their vassal Tunis to kill them. When the Usfurids object to this, the Mamluks declare war on them too, being killed by both Baghdad and Oman.
    • Later on, during the Second Italian War, Italia attempts to kill off Pavia for the crime of being useless.
  • You Killed My Father: The opinion Brescia and Nile have for Italia.

Alternative Title(s): Alternate Future Of Europe Brazilian Mapping

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