In the late Middle Ages, the most powerful rulers in the Western world decided to expand their power onto the closest independent areas: the larger the realm, the harder to invade. The completion of this view of conquest was facilitated partially by the baby boom that followed the Black Death, partially by some powder brought from the East. A powder that, combined with lead and fire, could pierce even the stoutest bulwarks and breastplates.
At the same time, books started to be published at lightning speed in workshops, no longer handwritten over the course of years in secluded and sacred scriptoria, no longer the privilege of the Church, but also at the disposition of nobles and commoners.
And some alchemists looking for the so-called water of life discovered they had, in its pursuit, discovered an inflammable liquid, that turned out to be a far stronger drink than those already known: this liquid could be used as a weapon and as a painkiller.
The known world was on the brink of revolution. Guns, books, and liquor were to change the lives of the hot shots and their subjects alike. Forever.
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