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'''<span style="font-size: 150%">What if Alexander the Great hadn't killed his general in that drunken brawl?</span>''' | '''<span style="font-size: 150%">What if Alexander the Great hadn't killed his general in that drunken brawl?</span>''' | ||
Let's assume Cleitus the Black didn't get into a fight with Alexander, and the next day takes possession of Bactria with a promise of Sogdria much later. During that fateful night Cleitus the Black was tasked with taking 16,000 second-rate Greek mercenaries to hunt down and tame the steppe nomads in the North (no wonder he was grumpy!), taking him out of the picture for a while. | Let's assume Cleitus the Black didn't get into a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleitus_the_Black fight with Alexander], and the next day takes possession of Bactria with a promise of Sogdria much later. During that fateful night Cleitus the Black was tasked with taking 16,000 second-rate Greek mercenaries to hunt down and tame the steppe nomads in the North (no wonder he was grumpy!), taking him out of the picture for a while. | ||
Cleitus leaves you, his heir, as acting satrap (regent) of Bactria in his stead. You are 16 years old, the same age Alexander was in a similar situation. There is much that needs to be done in Bactria if you are to survive! | Cleitus leaves you, his heir, as acting satrap (regent) of Bactria in his stead. You are 16 years old, the same age Alexander was in a similar situation. There is much that needs to be done in Bactria if you are to survive! | ||
===Challenges=== | === Challenges === | ||
[[File:Alexander-Bactria-Sogdiana.jpg|alt=|right|frameless|492x492px]] | [[File:Alexander-Bactria-Sogdiana.jpg|alt=|right|frameless|492x492px]] | ||
*The Greeks hate living in Bactria (and in Persia in general). Some of them were exiled here. | *The Greeks hate living in Bactria (and in Persia in general). Some of them were exiled here. | ||
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**But they get invaded by a mongol horde and that marks the end of Hellenistic rulership for good! | **But they get invaded by a mongol horde and that marks the end of Hellenistic rulership for good! | ||
===What's Next=== | === What's Next === | ||
; Overview | |||
: Features | |||
: Assets | |||
: Timeline | |||
; Plan | |||
Ideas | : Plan | ||
: Notes | |||
: Ideas | |||
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