>Bulgars
>Better at fighting

Yes.

So many contradictions

@fvriovs well the kingdom of denmark was actually very strong

wee are a nations of heroes, don't you know that @SPOOKY Phil, Ruler of Heck ?

>Bulgarians
>heroes

for much of the period of varangian existence

they owned norway and huge chunks of england

Absolute HEROES! @SPOOKY Phil, Ruler of Heck

as well as friesland

That's true. I was thinking more in the case of men like Harald Hardrada.

and parts of sweden

>Bulgaria
>Heroes

funny joke tbh

keep the jokes coming

so scandinavia was pretty unified under the danes

Our history is not a joke!

>Bulgaria
>History

of what

bulgarian history is a joke tbh

@yordanyordanov Are you a hero, or are you wrong?

it is the product of a GLORIOUS people!!!

I just know that the Rus are the reason the Varangian Guard as a specific institution existed, but Norsemen and Anglo-Saxons were the main members.

@Anavultus Hopefully, he's AN hero

glorious slaves of the ottomans

@Anavultus The future shall tell us.

the future where Bulgaria shall continue to be a shithole?

I like that future tbh

The Emperor wanted bodyguards who weren't involved in the court politics and intrigue. Probably thought the mercenaries were too dumb to actually be a political threat.

Certainly was a smarter move than the Roman Praetorians.

Pretty sure they killed more Emperors than they ever successfully protected from an attack.

@Lucienne d'Anwyl And you shall be glorious slaves to the Aztec if you go down that path you are now onto!

well the aztecs havnt existed for half a millenia

Should we tell him the Aztecs are gone?

They did.

It is just that their real name is Mehicana.

@fvriovs the mercenaries werent dumb

but they had a unique retirement plan

in which they were allowed into the treasury

to take as much loot as they could carry

Oh no I didn't say they were. I'm speculating that the Byzantines probably thought they were.