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Charles II of Spain was born into power, but his body—twisted by centuries of inbreeding—betrayed him from the start. In this immersive, second-person narrative, you are the last Habsburg king: a monarch who drools in council meetings, mumbles at ghosts, and unwittingly signs Europe into one of its deadliest wars. Your jaw doesn’t close, your heirs don’t arrive, and your court is more concerned with your death than your rule.
This is not a tale of glory—it’s a slow-motion collapse told in the dim light of candlelit chambers and whispered succession plots. If you came looking for courtly romance or noble triumph, you won’t find it here. What you will find is a slow, devastating unraveling—of a man, a dynasty, and an empire.
Settle in, breathe deep, and witness history's most tragic punchline.
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