After fighting a long and brutal war with the Germans, my Muslim fighters penetrated deep into Europe, getting as far as Wessex and Champagne. Finally, with more than 50% of the map under my control, I thought I could rest for a little bit, maybe build up my armies and upgrade the provinces. I looked at the map, gloating over the massive green provinces that were mine.

Then, the very next turn, Wallachia, Rum, Edessa, Georgia, Livonia, and Champagne rebel. In Livonia an army of six hundred Saracen Infantrymen besiege my force of about 100 or so woodsmen. None of my provinces are prepared to fight the rebels; all of my forces went into Europe to crush the Germans and the Danes. Even as I was beginning to despair more terrible news was bound to come. The next turn, the Golden Horde re-emerged, invading Khazar and Armenia. Soon my empire was nearly cut in half.

What's next? Are the Italians going to invade Prussia and the surrounding provinces and will the Spanish and French join a crusade against me?

I can't believe those ungrateful rebels would dispute my rule...I mean, come on, they were part of the biggest empire in the world What do they have to complain about? Jerks. And the Golden Horde? Excuse me? The last time those guys tried to mess with me I sent 3000 mercenaries and crushed them completely, killing Genghis Khan in the first five minutes of the battle. Then they think that just a couple of decades later they can try the same thing? Cause they did, and I must admit it is working this time.

How could it get any worse?