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Eighty Years' War
Cold mist rolls in from the North Sea, wrapping the flat lands of the Netherlands in a ghostly shroud. Beneath the quiet dikes and bustling towns, something dangerous is stirring. A single spark could set the entire region ablaze.Picture the Low Countries in the late fifteen hundreds—a patchwork of busy cities, windmills, and spires. Every cobblestone belongs to the Spanish Habsburgs, ruled by King Philip the Second. Trade fills Antwerp’s markets and fishermen cast nets in the north, but unrest grows beneath the surface. Philip dreams of unity, but his vision crushes the spirit of the…
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