Dear Kondio of the Vikings, Suleiman the Eagle of the Turks and Queen Genevieve of the French.
cc England, Arabia, India (and a courtesy copy to Catherine of the great Russian Empire)
I write to you out of frustration.
As you may know the war in the East drags on and despite the Neandor's diplomatic overtures for many years only now do I hear from the KKK of Mongolia that they require help.
Now, the Neandor's position is quite clear in that we do not interfere in affairs Asian and support the Mongolians and Chinese in sorting out their own situation.
But when it comes to a Western super power like Russia intervening and attacking Mongolia from the West, then actually razing a mature city I find it difficult to permit.
The Neandor has a long and cold history with Russia so I do not wish to act unilaterally but if we can all act in accord to apply 'friendly' pressure on Russia that the West dislikes its modus operandi then we may secure Mongolia from Russian bullying.
What I suggest to you is that we secure a strong international recognition that we can legitimately act to bring pressure to bear on Russia. I invite you to send your toughest armies to the Eastern border of Neandor. Such a military buildup and unanimous resolve by the West may allow us to demand the withdrawal of Russia from the war. Russia will not know if we intend to declare war on her such is the chess game of international politics.
It is highly impractical to send troops to Mongolia to bolster their defenses so I see this as the only realistic method of extricating Russia from this war.
Please respond to me openly and transparently for the world community to know and judge the situation.
Yours in friendship,
King Franzen I of The Neandor Line
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was shocked to discover the delta of a massive river. This river dwarfed the Thames, the Nile and any other river the explorers had yet encountered. It seemed, initially at least, that the river was in fact another sea or channel. It was here that Captain John Smith parted company with Hudson. Smith left with a ship to further explore the river, Hudson continued east and south to map out the rest of the South American coast. 
Travel was not difficult at first, the mighty river was several miles across in parts, they had little contact with the shore. Smith made many notes of the flora and fauna he saw in the water. Giant otters, viscous piranhas and huge manatees all were spotted and recorded by Smith's crew. All were shocked to discover the first known encounters with fresh water dolphins and sharks. They saw huge fish, 10 feet long, that made for great eating for the crew. The massive fish, dolphins and manatees were often mistaken for mermaids or other mythical creatures. It was all to strange and fantastic to believe. This wild world couldn't be more removed from the hedgerows and farms they all knew from back home. This was a wild land filled with monsters and mystery.
For the first few months of the journey they stayed on the boats and interacted little with the land around them. They occasionally caught glimpses of natives, but gave them a wide berth. They appeared to be primitive, far more primitive than the Americans in the north or the Inca to the west. Exotic in dress and appearance, the savages wore feathers and little more than loin cloths to cover themselves. Smith made notes in his journal and continued writing down all that he saw and encountered. 
It was then that they spotted their first native in days. A beautiful, nearly naked woman standing in the middle of the river, her arms outstretched. As they neared they began to hear the faint sound of singing. A lovely melody, it grew louder as they approached. The soft, sweet, alluring sound was irresistible. They couldn't help but sail closer and closer. Then, against all sense and the commands John Smith, some men jumped off the deck and started swimming to the tempting siren in the water. Having the willpower to resist the siren's call, John Smith and others in his party did their best to restrain and hold back the transfixed members of their crew. They did all they could, but despite their best efforts, a fifth of their crew dove off the ships and swam toward the sexy, half-naked native chick. 
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The Inca were a strange people to be sure. Isolated away from all other civilizations, even the Aztec, yet intrepid enough to send explorers around the world. It is said that the Inca would travel 20,000 miles west to meet new civilizations instead of 5,000 miles north. Truly they are a strange and unpredictable people. It was into the depths of this land that Stanley would venture. 
The small procession soon headed south from Talcho, climbing the flanks of fantastic mountains, cutting past pale, blue-green glaciers, crossing through Inca cities and villages set besides rivers that sparkled in the sun, then traversing giant gorges on hanging Inca bridges while witnessing vast flocks of llamas and alpacas that seemed to extend for as far as the eye could see. Strangers in a strange land, these were (they thought) the first Europeans to witness an untouched Andean world never before seen, one with a thriving native civilization in all of its color and scarcely understood complexity. Everything was new—plants, animals, people, villages, mountains, herds, languages, and cities.
When the three travelers finally arrived in Capaco, after more than a month of being born ever southwards, they were stunned by what they beheld. Nestled on a broad valley between mountain and coast, the Incas’ golden capital appeared like some medieval town in the Swiss Alps, with smoke rising from the thatched roofs of its high-gabled houses and with green hillsides and snow-and-ice covered mountains rising in the distance. “This city is the greatest and finest that has ever been seen in this realm or even [elsewhere] in the Indies,” the English explorers later wrote the King. “And we can assure your Majesty that it is so beautiful and has such fine buildings that it would be very remarkable even in England.”
city; they are painted and carved and are made of stone. There are many other buildings and grandeurs."
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