In the realm of Europe, a great war raged for three decades, a war that would reshape the continent and its many kingdoms. This was no ordinary conflict; it was a dance of alliances, betrayals, and power struggles, much like the game of thrones we know so well.

In the year 1618, tensions between the Protestant and Catholic kingdoms reached a boiling point, igniting the spark of war. The Defenestration of Prague was the proverbial wildfire that set the realm ablaze. The Protestant lords of Bohemia, refusing to bow to the Catholic Habsburg Emperor Ferdinand, threw his envoys out of the castle window, declaring war on the Habsburg dynasty.

The Protestant kingdoms, led by the King of Sweden and the Elector of Saxony, rallied against the Catholic League, commanded by the Habsburgs and their loyal ally, the King of Spain. The battlefield was a chessboard, and the kings and...