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Some the rolling hills of Bavaria, others the dark forests of Thuringia.

A few of the men present likely even hailed from the Slavic marches on the northeastern borders of the realm.

Their leader however, like all German kings since Henry the Fowler first forged together their state amidst the chaos of the Magyar invasions, was a Saxon.

As just ************, practically all of those years spent in Soic education and preparation for rule, he had just come of age.

Now, following in the footsteps of his father and his grandfather before him, he'd ridden south to the imperial city to stake his claim as successor to the emperors of ancient Rome.