In The Great Betrayal, Bradford brings to life this powerful tale of envy, greed, and betrayal. The Fourth Crusade spelled the decline and ultimate doom of the Holy Roman Empire. The war pitted Christian against Christian, severing Rome’s Eastern capital from its Western one. Yet, when the forces of Islam swept the Holy Land and captured Jerusalem, the avenging Christian crusaders set their eyes on Constantinople, attacked, and sacked it. The city became itself a center of art, culture, and commerce and the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire. Constantinople, jewel of the East, whose Roman emperor embraced Christianity and transformed a fanatic cult into the most powerful religion the world had ever known.
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Now, his engaging series of military histories is available to a new generation of readers. He served in the Royal Navy during World War II, finishing as the first lieutenant of a destroyer, and afterward worked as an editor and correspondent for the BBC. Specializing in the Mediterranean world and naval topics, Bradford was an enthusiastic sailor himself and spent almost thirty years sailing the Mediterranean, where many of his acclaimed books are set. He Who Walks In Blood, Paizo Blog.Few historians immersed themselves in their topics like bestselling, noted author Ernle Bradford. The Great Beyond: A Guide to the Multiverse, p.
None dare to oppose him however, at least not openly. The Mantis God has an uneasy relationship with most of Golarion's deities, as they do not approve of his heavy-handed purpose and methods. The most famous instances include the slaying of Marsis during the Age of Enthronement, and the slaying of Yazanova in the Tusk Mountains in -212 AR. The Mantis God has thwarted those seeking divinity numerous times throughout recorded history. Not wishing to be become targets of He Who Walks in Blood themselves, however, they made it incapable of killing those who truly were gods, restricting its powers to slay those of demigod status or less. Whatever its true origins may be, Achaekek was created as an agent for the gods, an enforcer of divine justice, specifically targeting all mortals who hoped to usurp the power of a god and achieve divinity.
There is general disagreement as to who exactly is responsible for Achaekek's creation, although it was most likely an alliance of several deities. Achaekek isn't a true deity, but the first entity created by the gods to carry out their will.