Introduction: The Duchy of Muscovy has fallen. The Tsar lies dead on his throne, the bodies of his extended family below him. The countryside lies desolate -- a frozen wasteland fertilized by the bodies of the fallen -- while the fires of revolution rage on.The Tyskian Empire rises, propelled forward by revolutionary technology and the cold, clinical expenditure of its resources. Its Emperor gazes down upon the rest of the continent atop a fortress built upon the countless sacrifices of the Tyskian People, interested only in the continued prosperity of his empire.The world at large watches with bated breath as events unfold. Amidst all this, two individuals meet:One a ruler without a kingdom, another, a servant without a king. This is their story....