My View on the Game: For Honor

For Honor is a recently released game that came out on February 14th, 2017 and it seems to me revolutionary. Why you may ask well there is a lot of proof that it is, the combat system, combing foreign cultures into one game that actually seem to have a chance against one another.

  For honor takes place on a continent, it is not specific on what planet their on or continent. The main point of the game is the type of factions that are on that continent which are 3. The 3 factions are Samurai, Knights, and the Vikings. I see this as a realistic standoff, as all the factions are built up to what they were in the past, the Knights were armored to the teeth with steel, the Samurai have armor but they are light on their feet and can dodge attacks easily, while the Vikings have minimal Armor and are armed with a weapon or a set of weapons. Why I love this game so much is that is explains why Vikings have a dangerous weapon and have minimal armor as well as explaining in a detailed fashion about the other factions. Without further wait, I will explain the lore of why these three factions are at war with one another.
  When you first start the single player you are told of a womanly figure known as Apollyon and she wants war more than anything else to "Show the true side of people". The Knights are the first to join her ranks and lead an attack on the vikings and the vikings are being pushed to the brink, however she is trying to start war with all the factions, so she starves to clans and they began to turn on each other. This leads to the vikings invading the Samurai, and the newly crowned leader of the vikings, says "This is what made us Vikings"while leading a raid onto the coastal city. The Samurai then have a 2 front war and a prisoner of the emperor was actually his champion and he is released by his fellow allies. He leads the charge against both Vikings and Knights and united the Samurai and pushes back both factions and restores the Samurai. The Samurai reaches Apollyon's Castle and all three factions have rose up against her and desire peace once and for all. The Samurai managed to get to Apollyon and the Orochi (Newly crowned emperor) goes face to face with her. The fight is arduous and difficult, but luckily Orochi defeats Apollyon and this most important part begins. All three factions have beaten Apollyon, but a stare down happens between all the factions, it seemed like peace then soldiers charged at one another and war broke out between the factions once more, Apollyon had truly destroyed the trust between the factions and it seemed like it was going to be a war not for blood, not for gold nor land, but For Honor.
 

Austria-Hungary and the Problems it Faced Internally

  When people think of Austria-Hungary many historians will point out the fact that it had ethnic problems, and why they were so major. They give evidence to support their claim like the Hungarian rebellion, which the Austrians had to appease the rebels by adding Hungary to the Austrian Empire. I will go in depth about the internal problems but about how it reached the peak of these problems.
  The peak of these internal hostilities started during World War 1, Austria was on the brink of collapse, Russia from the east destroyed Austrian morale and the German took command of their army soon after 1915. Austria saw great success under German leadership, as Russia was being pushed back, the Balkans were finally under Central Power occupation with help from the newly allied Bulgaria and only annexed portions of land that had large ethnic Bulgarians from countries that joined the war against them. The point of the war they would either break or unify the country, it was on the Alpine Mountains between Italy and Austria-Hungary. Austria pushed into the mountains and nearly took the city of Venezia or Venice. This managed to hold the empire together for a few months and it looked like Austria would stay together during the war, then the United States of America got involved and in the 28th day of October, 1918 Austria Hungary officially surrendered, after a battering and crushing offensive pressed by the Italians. The empire was crumbling and the treaties would be unfair to the Austrians losing up to 80% of the land they had before the war.

Why am I fascinated with History?

I am always asked this question by my fellow colleagues and friends and I can only answer by saying the ironic events that have transpired and how the good guy almost never wins the war, I just love the what ifs in history and I will always be intrigued by it. History is like my home, whenever I can take a break from college or any other school-related activity, I will always be on Youtube watching and learning about the History of other nations and the wars that have transpired over the years and I want to make sure the the dust settles on those past events.
  I love the development of equality among people, and the background of how equality adapted and shaped to what it truly said. History can be tricky sometimes and I love seeking answers most would disregard because they were just told to believe certain things based on videos that never covered both sides of the story, a prime example is Word War One, which I love having a different opinion on who should of won, but that doesn't change my opinion on how terrible it was for individuals and families, I believe every war future, present, and past will and forever shall remain terrible. There is always a price to pay in history for good or for bad. I gain knowledge about what I believe in when I get my future job and how it affects my daily life as I get older. I strive to be different some people just ignore me because of my views and it hurts me because I can never get to explain my point of view and I can't give them proof because I am always given snarky comments and can never finish what I am saying.
 Regardless of my views everyone can agree with me that history can favor one side and that history has its terrible moments, and no one can prevent history it is made every single day and that's how it will always be. The past isn't means for us to use it against each other, but a tool to use for unification among all peoples for a better future and better ourselves as a whole.

The French Empire

          The French Empire:What if?

  The French Empire was destined to be what Great Britain became in the future. France before it suffered the Revolutionary Wars and eventually the Napoleonic Wars, was a leading continental power, and was the second largest colonial power, next to Spain. France had lands in Canada and the United States. It was currently dominating economically and militarily except for their navy, Which the British happened to have. The French Empire is still crucial and talked about in modern society and sometimes discussed in politics. What exactly would've happened had the French won the Seven-years war, what if the French never lost superpower status to Great Britain, well I can answer it for you.

  The French and British in the modern day are considered allies as of now, but they've had a troubled past, they were once rivals with each other, wanting colonial dominance to see who was the true superpower among the two. The decline of France's colonial empire start with the Seven Years War. They seemed to be winning the war, which was fought around the entire world, and some individuals consider it to be the first World War. Battles raged in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas. Naturally France was losing some of the colonial battles but still won some of them. Ultimately France lost, and now only had French Louisiana. This is the point where the British seemed to have the upper hand and would be the superpower of that era for sure now. However the French somehow gained another shot at being the true superpower during the Napoleonic Wars. During this war Napoleon Bonaparte seemed to have all of Europe under his boot or under his influence. Sadly for the French people Napoleon lost and France, however still being one of the strongest nations lost its competition against Great Britain. But What if the French Won?
  If Napoleon had gained a victory against Russia, France would be the dominant power and Great Britain would have no choice but to surrender, as Great Britain traded with the Russians most of the time during the 1800's. We would see a bigger France that would stretch from Lisbon(Portugal) to Warsaw(Poland) and the French would have it's culture be spread across Europe, as most German states had no idea what to do during this era. If France won against the British, we would see a more influential France, possibly see India united by France and have more African Colonies.

The Ottoman Empire

  The Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire, is a empire that should instantly pop into the heads of people who are intrigued about history, the most feared empire during its height in the 1600's and had its reasons to be feared. The Ottoman Empire was a surprise to the world during 1453, the capital of the Byzantine Empire, was take and now named the capital of the new empire. The Ottoman Empire officially ended the Roman Empire or the fragment of what it once was. Now the Ottomans seemed to have an empire destined for themselves, Eastern Europe was weaker and the middle east was filled with broken empires and remnants of the Mongolian hordes had and were dissolving.
  The Ottoman Empire looked to expand in the Balkan region, so it went to war with its neighbors which was Serbia, Bosnia, Wallachia, and the lands controlled by Venice. The empire conquered those lands in the span of a few years, setting up a vassal state in the progress. During that time, it went to war with the Islamic nation known as Mamluks, many thought that the young empire would meet its end, as the Mamluks was still one of the strongest nations in the middle east. To every nations surprise the Ottomans won and annexed the entire region. It gained lands to modern day Algeria while Expanding in Africa. It went as west as Iraq although it went further, they were always pushed back to that general location. The Ottoman Empire was heavily involved in Europe and at its peak it bordered modern day Austria and nearly took the city of Vienna from them, but was pushed back by the Polish. From that point forward the Ottomans began to decay slowly, however still a superpower, many European nations the empire had conquered desired independence. During the year of 1877 the Russo-Turkish war broke out, the Ottomans were utterly devastated, by the independence of Bulgaria, Serbia, Montenegro, and Romania. Luckily the German Empire got involved and wanted to make a peace treaty that would ease tensions and not give Russia major influence on the Balkan region.
  The year is 1912 and the Italo-Turkish war would break out, the navy of the Ottoman Empire would be tested in this war and it turned out that the navy wasn't so frightening after all, Italy won the war and gained Libya and Rhodes. The Ottomans were now broken, leaving the Balkan powers a chance to push the empire out of Europe. It worked, but the powers then declared war on Bulgaria. The Ottomans got involved and took some chunks of it's land back. The year is now 1914 and the month is October, World War One has been raging for a few weeks and the Ottomans wanted war with Russia. Russia was losing the war against the Central Powers, as internal conflicts were starting to break out. The Ottomans joined and had a goal, to prove to everyone that they were still relevant in the modern world. In 1918, the Ottomans officially laid down their arms and became a republic soon after. Turkey was created and now, would it prove to be better than the ottomans and stand the test of time, or was it going to decay like its former self.