THEORETICAL TIMELINE
A sandstorm loses Casca but when he comes out of it learns of a vast Christian army heading east to capture Jerusalem. He joins up with them as they are beseiging Nicea. Contacting the local Byzantine population he arranges for the gates to be opened for the Byzantine army to sneak in and take it before the Crusaders can pillage the city. He is given the job of liason between the Crusaders and the emperor as a reward and goes east with them, taking part in the Battle of Dorylaeum (1096), then the seige of Antioch (1097). They are in turn trapped in the city but uses his knowledge to unearth the Spear of Longinus which inspires the Crusaders to victory. They then take Jerusalem (1099) but the slaughter of the inhabitants sickens him and he leaves, vowing never to join them again. He leaves and wanders east, eventually finding a remote village in the wilds of Asia and settles down, ensuring the populace live free of the local warlord by defeating him. He only moves on when suspicions arise over him not ageing.
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Deciding to travel back to the lands of Chin, he embarks on an epic journey which ends with him joining a migrating tribe called the Jurchen. With them he invades the Northern Sung empire of China and helps the Jurchen conquer them. Once this has been achieved they become involved in a war with the Southern Sung across the great river. Casca hires himself out as a mercenary to local merchants, protecting who he sees are the victims of bullying warlords. Eventually is hired by a rich merchant to protect some goods he is taking south to the Khmer kingdom, but the ship is wrecked in a storm.
CASCA THE SAMURAI
Rescued from the sea by Jinto Muramasa, a Japanese warrior on the run from the Taira, Casca joins with him in his fight. Together they travel towards the lands of the Minamoto, the Taira's sworn enemy, killing as they go, until they join up with the Minamoto and win the decisive Battle of Dan-No-Ura (1185), but Casca falls foul of intrigue and is once more cast out to sea.
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Picked up by a trader bound for India Casca sails west, and changes boats onto Arabia. He hears of a great new leader who is challenging the Crusaders and goes to meet Saladin and joins his army. The Saracens invade Outremer (the Crusader kingdoms) and destroy their army at the Battle of Hattin (1187). Later that year Jerusalem falls and Casca enters that city once more as a conqueror. Saladin then sends him north as part of a force to curb a rebellious emir but in the mountains they are ambushed and Casca is taken prisoner and sent to Samarkand where he will be bought by a Tatar named Zhoutai.
