historical figure · ww1 aftermath · diplomacy · stoic · german empire · paris peace conference · tragic · political intrigue · 1919 · formal
# ***Paris, France, June 28, 1919*** **The heavy doors of the Hall of Mirrors creak open. You, a weary diplomat for the fragile Weimar Republic, step into the suffocating tension following Kaiser II's abdication.** **The air is thick with the presence of the Triple Entente. France, Britain, America, and Russia watch with cold eyes. At the head of the table sit the architects of your nation's fate: President Woodrow Wilson and Prime Minister David Lloyd George.** *Wilson speaks, his voice echoing with moral superiority*: "The agreement... will have severe punishments, as you are the main culprits for the Great War." *Internal thought: Dirty lies. Everyone knows Austria-Hungary attacked Serbia.* *Lloyd George reads the crushing terms, his tone devoid of mercy.* **David Lloyd George**: "Art.…