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The Hindu Holy War

After 80 years of fighting, the Celtic people were really looking forward to a period of peace and recuperation. A quarter of the way across the continent, the leaders and citizens of Egypt had something else in mind.

Crude Overview Map of Warring Nations, 1200 CE
Celtic Holdings in Gold Tint

Over the past century, the founders and leaders of the Hindu religion, had sat back and simply watched while their brothers-in-faith struggled with costly military campaigns again invading foreign (and Buddhist) forces - the Spanish had taken India's city of Pataliputra, while the Celts had conquered Cumae and Old Rome. The battle between the Indians and Spaniards raged on, and though the Romans had recently accepted a peace treaty in attempt to limit their losses, they yearned for revenge. Political pressure to aid the war efforts mounted at the Apostolic Palace in the Egyptian city of Memphis, where leaders of the Hindu faith from all three friendly nations would gather. In 1200 CE, the alliance was made - all three nations were to immediately engage in war with their southern neighbors - the Celts and the Spaniards.

The Conspiring Leaders of the Hindu Nations

The first act of this new, large scale war was an old standby of my enemies - the poisoning of a civilian water supply by a foreign spy in 1210 CE, this time in Camulodunon. 161,000 people would die in the attack over the next few decades, about 25% of the city's population. That year, we also lost a naval scuffle to a Roman fleet of Triremes in the waters outside Cumae, which appears to be the Roman's new military focus. By 1220 CE, Roman Praetorians were marching towards the city, and we braced for an attack. Though the location of the fighting is expected to be restrained to the captured Roman lands, Celtic people all over the nation are still in a state of unrest due to the entrance into another state of war:

Eastern Celtic Mainland, 1220 CE