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We pick up in 1424. Sultan Murad II has defeated the Pretenders for the Sultanate. An in-depth strategic assessment of the Ottoman Empires vulnerabilities/strengths is presented.
Cover the campaign, very brief, of Murad's efforts to bring the Antolian Beys (Aydinid, Germinyanid, Menteşe and Teke) into line. Second Siege of Thessalonica and the subsequent conquering of a majority of the Greek pennesnsula.
Murad sends the dreaded Akinji warriors out and into Wallachia, Transylvania, and Army into Serbia and Albania. Princess Mara is outlined briefly. Stage is being set for the Crusade of Varna.