Nothing inspires like a good map.

[gridlore]

I looked at this, and immediately thought campaign setting!

My first thought was to steal the idea of Mohammad becoming a Christian monk and Byzantium stretching farther East. The party could be agents of the Emperor, a powerful mage, or the Church.

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[cmdr-zoom.livejournal.com]

Looking at the linked wiki article, I can't help but think "and then the Mongols come out of the East, right on schedule, and fuckin' slaughter everybody."

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

Orcs come out of the east, and the campaign focus changes.