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In Artifacts of Loss, Jane E. Dusselier looks at the lives of these internees through the lens of their art. These camp-made creations included flowers made with tissue paper and shells, wood carvings of pets left behind, furniture made from discarded apple crates, gardens grown next to their housingùanything to help alleviate the visual deprivation and isolation caused by their circumstances. Their crafts were also central in sustaining, re-forming, and inspiring new relationships. Creating, exhibiting, consuming, living with, and thinking about art became embedded in the everyday patterns of camp life and helped provide internees with sustenance for mental, emotional, and psychic survival.
Everything is for the sake of becoming a great pasha! Mahmut pays a visit to Phiniki, a crucial port town situated in the Centro ocean. However, what awaits him there is war with the empire! If Phiniki falls, then Turkiye will be in grave danger! And so, Mahmut endeavors to lead Phiniki to victory, however... The nerve-racking First Phiniki War is recorded in full here!
As Mahmut hears word of suspicious Balt-Rhein activity, the Empire's southern forces begin their march back home. Their mission: To intercept Zaganos' army (busy freeing the tiny kingdoms that existed before the Empire's advance) in the city of Religione! To protect Zaganos from this sneak attack, Mahmut leads his own forces -- an army of cavalrymen, ready to show the Empire what it means to rile a people who live and die on the saddle!
In a fevered effort to rally allies and thwart the Empire's advance, Mahmut continues his campaign south to the mercenary metropolis of Tauro! The city's seasoned soldiers would bolster the Tripartite's force tremendously. However, if Mahmut is to win over Tauro's twin mayors, he must first defeat them in a perilous mock battle! Wielding his wit and military finesse, can the Golden Eagle break the Bull?!
After saving Zaganos’ army from a clash with the Empire’s southern forces, Mahmut is appointed vice-general taking orders from Zaganos—a de-facto demotion. Torqye's cannons give them a superior advantage against the enemy's fortified walls, but already Mahmut must face the internal power struggles facing his homeland after the war is over. Within Balt-Rhein, the Lelederik family hatches a plot as the newer Hermann nobility come forward as a force—and meanwhile, over in Phoinike, a symbol that has stood strong for over 3,000 years is about to be crushed.
Utilizing the full scope of his diplomatic dexterity, Mahmut manages to seal an alliance with the Kingdom of Urado. However, trouble soon rears its ugly head when the Empire marches on the Duchy of Scoglio! At last, the long-feared Great Rumeriana War begins. In order to stand against Balt-Rhein, an anti-Imperial tripartite alliance is formed between Birlik Torqye, Venedik, and Urado, and without a moment to spare, Mahmut makes for the Heart of Rumeriana to recruit more who would stand with them! Weather the storm and reign supreme, Mahmut!
The land of Cielo is now Torqye's first satellite territory! Following the Imperial fleet's defeat in L'isolani at the hands of Venedik commander Lucio, Mahmut's victory in Cielo once again sets the gears of history in motion. With Balt-Rhein left licking its wounds, Zaganos advances his forces in hopes of injecting his "poison" into Imperial lands! His next stop: the Empier vassal of Printemps, where he hopes to knock Balt-Rhein's legs out from under them!
Through the use of their “warning bell” cannons, the Zaganos force has finally brought their blades to Muhl, the very throat of the Balt-Rhein Empire. With the fate of the Empire in the balance, the Hermann—the group of younger nobility whose allegiances lie with the emperor—plunge into battle. Awaiting relief from Lelederik’s team of 4,000 heavy cavalry, they offer themselves as a lure on the battlefield. When the sun rises at the end of battle, who will reign supreme—Torqye, or Balt-Rhein?!
Just when General Pineau's forces have the Torqyeli army surrounded, primed to crush them once and for all, Mahmut launches a brilliant counteroffensive that instantly turns the tide of battle, and turns the would-be pursuers ... into the pursued. As the dramatic turnabout unfolds and the victor is decided at last, what sort of thoughts linger in the minds of Pineau, Kokoschka, and Mahmut?
Campana, the city of bells, has fallen! As nations buckle to the Empire one after another, Mahmut races to complete the Anti-Imperial alliance. His next stop: the heavenly sanctuary of Cielo, built atop a perilous peak! There, the Alliance finally makes their stand when the Imperial Army and Halil Pasha's expeditionary force collide! Harboring tens of thousands of refugees within the citadel, how will Mahmut pull Cielo back from the edge?!