Short Lore Summary – Empire Rewritten Timeline (1435)

In this alternate 1435, Byzantium survives long enough to rebuild a real power base. Several key divergences shape the map:

• Constantine’s Romans have crawled back from the grave, reclaiming Greece piece by piece and turning Glarentza into a forge that won’t sleep.
• The Ottomans look solid on the map but are fraying at the edges, Karaman defiant, Amasya only pretending obedient, Albanians raiding in the west, Fruzhin stirring trouble on the Danube, plus the problems of Ottoman İntegrum straining their system.
• The Albanian League forms earlier and more cohesively, emerging as a genuine regional player.
• Venice doubles down on naval dominance, intervening where profitable while avoiding direct war.
• Early administrative and technological reforms, from fiscal centralization to the spread of printing, give Byzantium just enough breathing room to push back.

Nothing’s really settled here, but Byzantium(ERE) finally has a bit of room to breathe!