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With thanks to Lord Ludwig, our in-house literati for his tireless work with the text.

Text by Lord Ludwig (LL).
Inspired by a drawing by relahuoguo.

You have outdone yourself download/file.php?id=90467&mode=view, impressive. The text and the realhugo drawing are also very good. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks. To those interested - not many, I guess - I would add that the text has strong historical roots. Cangrande Della Scala really was Lord of Verona, the date and circumstances of his death are historical fact, as is his being succeded by his nephew, the 21 year old Mastino. And he really had several sons and daughters out of wedlock, among the latter a Margherita and a Lucia Cagnola.

Of course, that is where historical facts stop and GIMP fantasy starts. I have no idea if Margherita and Lucia were beautiful, plain or ugly; if they were friends or enemies. I do not know in what year they were born, or what happened to them when Cangrande died. Definitely, the lord of Verona would never, even in his wildest fever-induced dreams, have considered leaving his titles to a woman.

Nothing wrong with "improving" history with fiction. Most of the Inquisition scenes presented here didn't happen as portrayed, they are just feverish erotic fantasy. As to Cangrande, this brought back memories of a History of the Renaissance course I took centuries ago. Good choice of setting.