After reinvigorating the assassination industry and stoking the pride of the German people, the dusty old nobles were buried or wisely fled. History: Nearly worse than Rome during its collapse, the Holy Roman Empire was in a sorry divided state. Will He unite Christendom or will it unite against what they may condemn as a gilded tyrannical affront to God? History: Through convoluted alternate history stuff, the Papacy in the years leading up to accumulated worldly power and influence unrivaled in its history. When it became clear to the local chief that their homeland was being corrupted by the tireless force of Christendom, it was decided that they would solely dedicate themselves to conquering this new land. Slowly but surely they established an outpost apart from the old world on the eastern coast of America inadvertently salvaging their way of life. History: Viking foraging parties had sailed westward sometime ago to gather resources, establishing a colony near what was in another history called Plymouth.