Occupied Constantinople had once been a showcase of architectural triumphs, artistic treasures, and literary masterpieces, even housing the final treasures of the legendary Library of Alexandria. However seeing the city as a hub for Christianity, and free thinking the (now) Turkish people occupied the city, enslaved the educated, destroyed non-Islamic artistry, and burnt the remaining holy Christian texts.
Following WWI Demetri answered the divine call to join the Greek revolutionaries seeking to restore freedom, and liberate captured “Istanbul”.