Byzantium is a world full of noise, movement, miracles, mysteries, songs, celebrations, wealth, battles, and stories. A world full of colors. Red, like the purple of its emperors. Gold, like the backgrounds of mosaics in its churches. Black, like the robes of its monks. White, like the unknown lands beyond its borders. Blue, like its sea and the gowns of its noblewomen. Green, like the fields of endless spring. But not only that. Byzantium has more than just six colors.

However, Gold has the shining stories. The stories that rule without speaking. Gold has treasures and dreams, it has its own places and countries and cities. It has designs and struggles - because everyone wants it: the gods and the demons. It has armies and fleets at its command. It has kings and queens on earth, saints in heaven. It has the radiant wisdom, the illustrated images, and the painted books. And it is beautiful in both of Beauty's great ways: openly, conspicuously, and secretly, completely hidden.