Brandenburg: 1485
King: “Ok, lets see what’s in the mail… New Core…. New Core… New Core… "
"What’s this?”
King: “Bah! Just another scam!”
Messenger: “Your highness! You are needed in Mecklenburg immediately! I am afraid it is of dire consequence…”
King: “Oh no, what’s happened now? A rebellion?”
Messenger: “No your majesty. It appears your uncle Arnulf has… an illness!”
King: “Dire news indeed. I must leave with much haste!”
Later…
King Arnulf: “Hey everybody… glad you can make it. WHEEEEEEEEZE! The…. The doctors say I have an illness…”
King Johann: “Yes uncle… We’ve heared.”
King Arnulf: “Oh, I can feel myself fade. My soul’s fleeting span is at its end. Tell me dear nephew, forst what shall I be remembered?”
King Johann: “For your vast ceramic unicorn collection Uncle Arnzy…”
King Arnulf: “Good. I have spoken my last rite and taken care of my affairs. I believe that now I may abandon this short existence and begin the ultimate and lasting one. Before I leave I have left but to utter my final words. The ending to the soliloquy of life.
King Johann: “Speak it now, so it may be heard and remembered.”
King Arnulf: “I like pie.”
The old kings eyes slowly shut and he sank deeper into the mattress of his deathbed. And then, with astounding speed he shot upright.
King Johann: “AAAGGGGGGGHHHHH!!!! ZOMBIE!!! Kill it! Kill it!”
King Johann began to strike his dear old uncle in the head repeadedly.
Mecklenburgian Archbishop: “STOP! STOP! You’re not hitting him hard enough!”
The Archbishop quickly grabbed the old king’s sceptre and began to beat him with it. The rest of the group quickly joined in. Afterwards everybody was to agree that it was all jolly good fun and would look forward to the next deathbed service greatly.
A few days later:
Archbishop of Mecklenburg: “Ok everybody, time to read out King Arnulf’s will. Lets see…. ‘Dear relatives’ blah blah blah…. ‘Deep love’, blah blah blah…. Ah, here we go. ‘To my Nephew Johann I leave my prized porcelain unicorn collection, and to my Great Great Second-Cousin-in-Law’s Nephew’s Groundskeeper I leave my kingdom…. I believe that’s the King of Gelre!”
King of Gelre upon hearing the news:
A few seconds later:
And with that the War of Gelring Duchebaggery began. It would see Brandenburg, England, and Saxony fighting against Gelre, Bavaria, and The Palatinate.
Next time on Glory and Poro Splelling: Find out who will win in this most Glorious and Epic war!