Recaps

Vitus left Constantinople to seek support in Italy, then established himself as an artillery commander under the name Anthony Doukas and helped Florence capture cities and defeat Milanese forces. After building a company from freed Greek miners, he reached Milan as Sigismund’s intervention brought the war to negotiations.

• Vitus joined John’s embassy to Italy after Constantinople could not fund his cannon foundry, then escaped a mercenary raid and helped Giulio Di Maggio defend Pistoia.
• Vitus directed Pistoia’s Serpent Cannons against the Noose Mercenary Group and accepted Giulio’s offer to serve as an artillery commander under the name Anthony Doukas.
• Vitus marched with Florence’s army, used his cannons to capture Lucca and coastal strongholds, and won La Spezia’s surrender for a share of its ransom.
• When a conspiracy erupted in Genoa, Vitus led his forces into the city and rescued Albizzi, Pauli, and other survivors before Florence defeated the Milanese troops.
• Vitus freed 105 Greek miners from forced labor, recruited them into the Tuna Mercenary Group, and expanded his force to 240 men.
• After Milanese troops ambushed the expedition, Vitus rallied survivors, helped Piero break through to the Visconti banner, and drove off the remaining enemy forces with cannon fire.
• Vitus directed the bombardment of Milan until winter rain spoiled the gunpowder, and negotiations began after Sigismund sent Kuno von Liechtenstein to halt the fighting.
• Vitus recognized János Hunyadi among the Hungarian royal guards and ordered Marcus, Damien, and the soldiers to prepare supplies.

Vitus returned to Constantinople, secured approval to conquer Achaea, and built a new power base there with Agnes. After his fortifications and army survived an Ottoman invasion, he completed Corinth’s outer wall and began planning further defenses.

• Vitus returned to Florence, became engaged to Agnes with Constantinople’s approval, and recruited Gennaro to treat Andronikos.
• Vitus won Manuel’s approval to become Despot of Achaea if he conquered it, then led a mercenary army into the principality and captured its towns.
• Vitus took Andravida and Patras, negotiated with Elion Daltino, and secured Achaea as Centurione’s rule collapsed.
• Vitus established a small field force and local militias, tested civil officials, and reunited with Agnes, who began planning silk and other industries.
• Vitus developed matchlocks and proposed a new defensive wall, then secured Theodore’s funding to build it near Corinth.
• Vitus continued building despite an Ottoman warning, organized the defenders when Sudak’s army attacked, and led a counterattack that broke the siege.
• Vitus pursued the Ottomans into the Duchy of Athens, then withdrew after his Hussite Wagon Forts repelled their counterattack.
• Vitus completed Corinth’s outer wall on May 1, negotiated the ransom of Ottoman nobles with Turahan, and ordered plans for further defenses.

Vitus conquered Cyprus for the Eastern Roman Empire, exchanged it for his appointment as Despot of the Peloponnese, and built up Morea’s army and industries while campaigning against North African pirates. Meanwhile, Constantine joined Sigismund’s campaign against Golubac, where the allied army repelled Murad II and captured the fortress.

• Vitus inspected his workshops, arranged for Merino sheep, recruited shipwrights, and offered selected prisoners of war a chance to settle in Peloponnese.
• Vitus secured Giulio Di Maggio’s fleet and sailed to Cyprus with the Tuna Legion, where Greek militia opened Pomos’s gates and joined his forces.
• Vitus captured Nicosia and defeated the Mamluk army, then pursued the remaining Cypriot forces and took Limassol as Queen Charlotte and Lusignan nobles were captured.
• Manuel appointed Vitus Despot of the Peloponnese and Theodore governor of Cyprus, allowing Vitus to return to Morea and reorganize its administration, army, shipyards, and iron mines.
• Vitus joined Griezmann’s expedition against North African pirates, cleared pirate settlements on Djerba, and returned to Morea with a net profit of twenty thousand Florins.
• Constantine joined Sigismund’s campaign against Golubac and urged the army to fortify against Ottoman reinforcements before Murad II arrived.
• The allied army used palisades, baggage wagons, and artillery to withstand Murad II’s attack, then captured Golubac after Sigismund’s guns destroyed most of its towers.
• Sigismund invited Constantine to join the Dragon Knights, while Vitus chose bronze for new fortress guns after an iron cannon burst during testing.

Vitus expanded his forces and settlements while defending Corinth against Turahan’s invasion, then drove the Ottomans back and took control of Athens. The arc left Vitus consolidating his gains and extending trade and military supplies across the Mediterranean.

• Vitus rejected Sigismund’s offer of a Bohemian fief, then led the Tuna Legion through Thessaloniki and Thessaly, defeating Ottoman forces and helping evacuate residents south.
• Vitus returned to the Peloponnese, expanded Andravida’s housing and workshops, and added the Kyllini to his fleet as its ships began trading and patrolling.
• Vitus sent cannons and Matchlocks to Constantinople, but Phil warned him to suspend shipments after the Ottomans tightened control of the strait.
• Vitus marched against Turahan in the Duchy of Athens, fought his way past Ottoman defenses, and withdrew behind Corinth’s walls when Turahan’s army grew to twenty thousand.
• Turahan’s artillery failed to breach Corinth, while Fabius’s fleet defeated an Ottoman naval force and Phil helped repel an assault on the western wall.
• Skanderbeg joined Vitus and advised a night raid, which Vitus used to disrupt the Ottoman camp and rout Turahan’s forces when Constantine arrived with reinforcements.
• Vitus pursued the Ottomans, then took Athens after Antonio’s nobles and guards surrendered, and he reorganized the duchy before returning to Corinth with prisoners and spoils.
• Vitus rewarded his troops and arranged new trade missions, while Cohen delivered weapons to France and searched Genoa for a skilled dyer.