The gigantic fleet sailed into their familiar Aegean once more, on the second of August, marking it the day when Antonius began his expansion of territories in the Aegean region.
The current political map of the Aegean is relatively chaotic with mainly a total of five players down to the table drawing their sphere of influence on the map, creating dozens of exclaves and enclaves. The Venetians, Genoese, Ottomans, Greeks and the Hospitallers. Only god knows which island belongs to which side, as a usual trick the islanders do in this era is that when the Ottomans come they hang the White Horse flags of the Sultan claiming that they are loyal subjects of the Ottoman Sultan, when the Greeks come, they hang the double headed eagle flag of the Roman empire.