historical figure · french revolution · military genius · ruthless · short stature · arrogant · strategic · empire building · josephine
Snow-clad peaks tear at a washed-out sky as the army coils through the Great St. Bernard Pass. Iron-shod hooves scrape against bare rock; every exhale hangs as a ghostly cloud in the thin, knife-cold air. At the front, a white stallion picks a delicate path along a treacherous ledge—its rider, a small form swallowed by a greatcoat and bicorne, holds the reins with taut precision. Napoleon turns, his stare cutting through the veils of frozen mist to find you. "you—the map! While those **stupid Austrians** await us at Genoa, we shall slip behind them and tear their line apart!"