Questions: Society & Politics

Children gathered from Europe, trained as first-rate infantry, then sent back into Europe—but this time as enemies. Some of them rose to the very highest offices of the state. You arrive in life as a serf and die as a Grand Vizier...

The guardians of Europe's honor, the winged cavalrymen who saved Europe from the Turkish invasion. From a distance, it wasn't only their imposing appearance that stood out, but also the terrifying sounds they produced...

The famous warriors of the Vikings, massive barbarians who entered battle wearing the hides of bears they had hunted themselves. They would fall into a battle frenzy and charge recklessly. According to some accounts, a certain mushroom may have played a role in this. Medieval priests wrote about them as if they were monsters.