SupaPenguin wrote...
Getting Tired of the whole spoiler warning thing... Do we really need to keep doing it? I mean if you skipped all the way to the 7th or 8th page full of spoiler buttons and haven't expected one now, you must be really naive.
Anyway did anyone notice the screen shot of how the world is divided up in episode 2? Its about the first 10 seconds. I thought it was really weird how England isn't part of Britannia at all. With all the British history references you would think they would own England. Yet Britannia is completely North and South America and a couple other places like New Zealand... And how the hell did Australia say "fuck you huge empires with near unlimited resources I'm from the outback" (Seriously they are completely on their own, as in not being a part of any of the major empires.) :?
I'm not surprised, it's an alternate world, even the world's history is all messed up.
from wiki:
* The Britannian Empire begin when Julius Caesar tried to invade Britain but was met by a strong resistance from the local tribes, who elected a super-leader of their own - the Celtic King Eowyn, that eventually started the Britannian royal line. The Roman Emperor was Augustus, Caesar's successor.
* Sakuradite (known as "Philosopher Stone" back then) was first discovered near the Stonehenge. The scarcity of sakuradite impeded the research's progress to turn it into a viable energy source. However, Marco Polo had travelled further east and reached Japan (Zipangu); in it, he have discovered Japan has a large deposit of Sakuradite.
* In the 16th century, Elizabeth I who remained single throughout her life had a son, Henry the 9th. The potential fathers, Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, and Duke of Britannia Carl, gained influence and power as a result.
* In ATB 1770s, the American Revolution (known as Washington Rebellion) took place. The Duke of Britannia at the time bribes Benjamin Franklin with promises of titles and territories in the colonies, who was charged with appealing to Louis XVI of France's assistance in the colonies' war for independence. Thereafter, Benjamin Franklin seems to have become an earl. As a result, the Continental Army suffers a decisive defeat during the Siege of Yorktown, George Washington dies.
* Towards the end of the 18th century, the Western world enters the Age of Revolution, with numerous people's revolutions take place – save for Britannia, which under Henry X held to absolute monarchy. After the French revolutions Napoleon emerges. He wins the Battle of Trafalgar and occupies London. In 1807, Queen Elizabeth III is chased to Edinburgh, where a popular revolutionary militias arrests her and forces her to abdicate and end the monarchy, an event known as The Shame of Edinburgh. However, The Duke of Britannia (in America) Ricardo Von Britannia and his friend and subordinate Knight of One, Sir Richard Hector, bring Elizabeth III and her followers to the new world and establish a capital on the east coast of the new continent.
* In ATB 1813, Elizabeth III died without leaving any heirs; she was supposed to have chosen her successor from one of her blood relations, but on her dying bed she nominated her lover, Ricardo Von Britannia the first instead. She is therefore famous for being "The Queen who loved throughout her stormy life." The Britannian year is established, with the origin year set as to the ascendancy of the first Celtic King.
* Napoleon died on his way back to France after his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo; although it was never proven, it is rumoured that assassins poisoned his food in accordance to Elizabeth III's will: her last words included the famous line "I do not forget slights to my honour."
-and the spoiler button is for guys who would like to talk about it, as soon as they watched it. I really appreciate these spoiler boxes, as they can "protect" newbies :D