The apocalyptic effects of years of war on the population transform central Europe into Hell on Earth.

King Gustavus Adolphus brings the seemingly unstoppable power of Sweden crashing through central Germany.

The Danes stage a daring intervention against the Habsburgs. Enter: Wallenstein & Richelieu.

Dynastic ambitions, messianic delusions and One High Fall topple the Holy Roman Empire into war.

The royal dynasties of Europe strain to confront reformation, centralization and modernization in their own distinct ways as we bring them up to the eve of the Thirty Years War.

The Black Death, the rise of the Habsburgs, and the dream of the Universal Monarch.

A man, a hammer, a nail, a door, history. Martin Luther sets off the protestant reformation and lays the groundwork for a century of violence in Europe.