X, Y and Z all fought the same opponent in different times and locations, yet they all failed. They had different backgrounds, different religions and barely contacted each other, but they shared a common enemy, that shared the same religion with Y, after it converted them. X and Y laid siege to its capital, but only Y succeeded, despite X’s best efforts to stop them. Meanwhile Z’s precursor tried to do the same, came close but was ultimately unsuccessful. If you calculate the distance between the capitals of X and Z and Y and Z in kilometers you will get two, four digit numbers. Subtracting those numbers leaves you with a little over four times the length of the famous walls of the Y capital.

X was a battle of new vs old, few vs the many in more ways than one. A battle where old rivals put aside their differences and fought as one. There were many participants in the side of the many but they all came from three modern countries. Two of them were large, but the third one was tiny, yet formidable. A cultural melting pot, which held its ground more than once no matter how many bombs were thrown at it and yet, the country fell in only six days to a very famous general, who turned things around by abolishing slavery and founding many schools. That did not last however, as the country was later taken over by a cripple. That crippled would later die by a seemingly unremarkable places, besides a lighthouse and Roman baths discovered in 2021. The Roman baths or Thermae are also a very important archeological site in the city of Y, which also saw a massive battle unfold as many clashed against the same few. The battle of Y, crippled many men, but it was the death of the king with four crowns that ultimately decided its outcome. One of his four crowns belonged the kingdom which was the first one outside of Italy to embrace the Renaissance, innovative in many ways one of these inventions would eventually be used in the conquest of Z.

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