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Tyranny of Steel

Julian Weber is an officer in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and a graduate of Westpoint Military Academy with a degree in civil engineering. As U.S. involvement in Afghanistan comes to an end, Lt. Julian Weber finds himself involved in a terrorist attack by the Taliban, which claims his life. However, he quickly finds out that death is not always final as he is reincarnated into the body of a Baron's son and heir in an alternate Earth set in Late-Medieval Europe. In an era of political turmoil and civil strife, the Baron's young son is named Regent of the Barony of Kufstein and forced to contend with feudal powers. Will he be able to institute reforms leading his Barony into the age of industry? Or will he succumb to the pressure of his feudal overlords and a corrupt church that seek dominion overall?

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Conference of the German Dukes

As the war in Iberia continued, an important meeting was taking place in the Scandinavian city of Oslo. The various Dukes and Margraves of Germany had temporarily called a ceasefire and gathered in the neighboring realm, which was neutral ground with the purpose to discuss the greatest threat to their continued existence.

There was one German Duke who had declared himself King and had risen to his position through sheer overwhelming force. Every day Austria advanced with new, Faustian technology that caused many to believe that its King had sold his soul to the devil in exchange for limitless knowledge.

Though the Catholic Church refused to recognize the legitimacy of Berengar's claim to be a King, many of his neighbors used such a title out of respect for his power, for if he were to be called a Duke, then what exactly did that make them?