Here I go again! I've started developing the 4th installment in the Xia Diary series. This time I will focus on ancient Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia (collectively known as Annam). I've chosen the Tran Dynasty of Vietnam (13th century CE) to be the background for the storyline. Here are some of the historic events from that region and period (I hope to include as many of these as possible).
1226 CE - The Tran family takes power in Annam after a successful coup of the Ly Dynasty, orchestrated by Prime Minister Tran Thu Do.
1226 CE - Nguyen Non and Doan Thuong lead revolts against the new Tran Dynasty. They try to rally support in the mountainous region of Bac Giang and Hao Duong.
1229 CE - Tran Thu Do puts down the revolt of Nguyen Non and Doan Thuong.
1232 CE - The Tran dynasty kills the last members of the Ly royal family.
1252 CE - The Tran dynasty under Emperor Tran Thái Tông send a punitive expedition against Champa (south Vietnam) for its continued piracy of the Ðai Viet coast. The expedition is successful and brings back the Champa Queen Bo-da-la and the king's concubines as prisoners.
1255-1257 - The Mongols under command of Kublai Khan capture the Kingdom of Dali, located just northwest of Annam.
1258 CE - The Mongols invade Annam from Dali. The Dai Viet lose a major battle and the Tran royal family flees to an offshore island for refuge. The Mongols capture Chiao-chih, and massacre the population there.
1259 - The Tran Dynasty surrenders to Kublai Khan and promises to pay tribute. The Mongols withdraw from Annam. Mongke Khan, the Great Khan of the Mongols dies. The mongols halt further conquests until a new leader can be elected.
1264 - After 5 years of civil war among the Mongols, Kublai Khan emerges as the new Great Khan.
1268 - The Mongols begin the invasion of the Song Dynasty.
1279 - The Song Dynasty is conquered by the Mongols of Kublai Khan.
1281 - Kublai sends envoy Tran Di Ai back to Chiao-Chih in a coup attempt, but his small army is ambushed and destroyed by the Dai Viet. The Tran Dynasty rebels against the Mongols.
1282 - Kublai Khan captures Champa from his base in Guangzhou.
1285 - Kublai Khan invades Annam and captures Chiao-chih, but his Mongol army is soon defeated by the Dai Viet. The Mongols withdraw from Annam.
1287-88 - Kublai Khan again invades Annam, this time using a large naval invasion. The Mongol fleet is destroyed by the Dai Viet, and the invasion fails.
Woven amid those events will be diary entries that chronicle a son's quest to find his missing father.
As with all Xia Diary installments, this one will have the maximum scope of 10 missions. However, due to limitations on space on the empire map, I only plan for 5 new custom maps in this campaign. So there will be many continuation missions.
I will use Shaun's modified pricing scheme for commodities.
This campaign, like others in this series, will be rated 'Very Hard'.
Everything is in the very early stages, but I have created the empire map. I will build a teaser album in the Emperor Heaven Gallery soon.
Right now my goal is to complete this before the Year of the Rooster is over (i.e., January 2018). That estimate is pretty fluid right now.
Stay tuned for further updates and feel free to leave comments, questions, etc.
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1226 CE - The Tran family takes power in Annam after a successful coup of the Ly Dynasty, orchestrated by Prime Minister Tran Thu Do.
1226 CE - Nguyen Non and Doan Thuong lead revolts against the new Tran Dynasty. They try to rally support in the mountainous region of Bac Giang and Hao Duong.
1229 CE - Tran Thu Do puts down the revolt of Nguyen Non and Doan Thuong.
1232 CE - The Tran dynasty kills the last members of the Ly royal family.
1252 CE - The Tran dynasty under Emperor Tran Thái Tông send a punitive expedition against Champa (south Vietnam) for its continued piracy of the Ðai Viet coast. The expedition is successful and brings back the Champa Queen Bo-da-la and the king's concubines as prisoners.
1255-1257 - The Mongols under command of Kublai Khan capture the Kingdom of Dali, located just northwest of Annam.
1258 CE - The Mongols invade Annam from Dali. The Dai Viet lose a major battle and the Tran royal family flees to an offshore island for refuge. The Mongols capture Chiao-chih, and massacre the population there.
1259 - The Tran Dynasty surrenders to Kublai Khan and promises to pay tribute. The Mongols withdraw from Annam. Mongke Khan, the Great Khan of the Mongols dies. The mongols halt further conquests until a new leader can be elected.
1264 - After 5 years of civil war among the Mongols, Kublai Khan emerges as the new Great Khan.
1268 - The Mongols begin the invasion of the Song Dynasty.
1279 - The Song Dynasty is conquered by the Mongols of Kublai Khan.
1281 - Kublai sends envoy Tran Di Ai back to Chiao-Chih in a coup attempt, but his small army is ambushed and destroyed by the Dai Viet. The Tran Dynasty rebels against the Mongols.
1282 - Kublai Khan captures Champa from his base in Guangzhou.
1285 - Kublai Khan invades Annam and captures Chiao-chih, but his Mongol army is soon defeated by the Dai Viet. The Mongols withdraw from Annam.
1287-88 - Kublai Khan again invades Annam, this time using a large naval invasion. The Mongol fleet is destroyed by the Dai Viet, and the invasion fails.
Woven amid those events will be diary entries that chronicle a son's quest to find his missing father.
As with all Xia Diary installments, this one will have the maximum scope of 10 missions. However, due to limitations on space on the empire map, I only plan for 5 new custom maps in this campaign. So there will be many continuation missions.
I will use Shaun's modified pricing scheme for commodities.
This campaign, like others in this series, will be rated 'Very Hard'.
Everything is in the very early stages, but I have created the empire map. I will build a teaser album in the Emperor Heaven Gallery soon.
Right now my goal is to complete this before the Year of the Rooster is over (i.e., January 2018). That estimate is pretty fluid right now.
Stay tuned for further updates and feel free to leave comments, questions, etc.
Expand your fun by downloading free custom campaigns for Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom.
Visit Zeus Heaven to expand your knowledge of Zeus and Poseidon.
[This message has been edited by Gweilo (edited 10-17-2017 @ 06:42 AM).]