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The German Emperor Rejoiced

This is a very early stage of a very-early-stage comic-development-idea. I had the idea very early – after staying up long. Very long. Very, very long…

Chapter 72: Emperor Frederic II

Emperor Frederic II. was born in Jesolo, and grew up in Palermo. As a grown man he was known as “stupor mundi”, but as a teen, he was better known as “stupor alcoholicus”.

When Richard I. Lionheart of England passed through Austria on his way home from the Holy Land, Frederic II. laid a trap for him. Having gotten to know the English monarch on crusade, he knew which bait would work.

The trap worked perfectly, and the German Emperor rejoiced.