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How did ordinary soldiers survive the endless mud, hunger, marching, and indifference of the Thirty Years’ War?Tonight, you’ll step into the worn boots of an anonymous foot soldier wandering through one of Europe’s longest, most devastating conflicts — not as a hero, but as a tired figure swallowed by routine.

There are no glorious charges here, no decisive victories, no speeches worth remembering. Just damp tents, thin broth, fading banners, and orders written on paper that change nothing. In this immersive, second-person sleep story, you’ll wake to gray skies, march through ruined villages, wait on empty battlefields, drill without purpose, and drift toward a night where your name no longer matters.

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