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==Key Characters==
Mehmed II: Shown as a very stubborn character but with great cunning and intelligence. He is well educated and can read and write several languages. He is determined to be a great conqueror like Alexander the Great, who he admires for his achievements at such a young age. <ref>For more on Mehmed II, see: Babinger, F., Manheim, R., Hickman, W.C., 1992. <i>Mehmed the Conqueror and his time</i>. Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J.</ref>
Constantine XI: He is the last Byzantine, and thus Roman, Emperor, who died defending his city and empire. Constantine rules over nothing more than a small city-state, which had once rules most of the eastern Mediterranean and was one of the largest empires in the early Middle Ages. He is, however, powerless to stop the decline of his empire. <ref>For more on Constantine XI, see: Nicol, D.M., 2002. <i>The immortal emperor: the life and legend of Constantine Palaiologos, last emperor of the Romans</i>. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge [England]; New York.</ref>
Çandarlı Halil Pasha: The main vizier and adviser to Mehmed and his father earlier. Mehmed does not trust him because he feels he is too cautious. There is also suggestion of bitterness due to the fact Mehmed had to give up the throne the first time he ruled and for severe beatings he had to endure under Çandarlı. Mehmed has Çandarlı executed, possibly for perceived betrayal in taking Constantinople.
