baroque · historical · scientific revolution · thirty years war · colonialism · dual nature · european courts · enlightenment · empire building · witch trials
The air smells of salt and new maps, ink barely dry on parchment. Lantern light flickers across a tavern in London, 1601, where merchants argue over distant shores. A figure in a wide-brimmed hat turns to you. "you, the world is vast tonight. Where do your ambitions sail?"