In the alpha timeline, Lorenzo de Conti kills Roger II at Rignano, thus enabling the Church to subordinate the state.
In the beta timeline, Lorenzo marries the woman who would otherwise have been the mother of Pope Gregory IX and dies on the Second Crusade but has a great-grandson who is a major supporter and advisor of Emperor Frederick II, thus helping the state to subordinate the Church.
In the Danellian timeline, Lorenzo is historically unknown.
In other words, he is a fictitious character and also a connecting character, fictionally linked, in disruptive ways, to several historical figures.
Connecting characters are fictional conveniences. Years ago, there was a morally and emotionally unpleasant Batman film with one interesting feature. One newly created character was the employer of Selina Kyle, the political backer of Oswald Cobblepot and a business contact of Bruce Wayne. Thus, one new character linked three old characters - but did not do it as well as Lorenzo de Conti, who fights for his life. There seem to be Darwinian conflicts between timelines.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
The thought I had was wondering how a person could become a personal causal nexus when he had no wish to be such a thing or even any knowledge of them? Lorenzo deserved better than to be so fatally entrapped in a causal vortex!
Ad astra! Sean
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