"...the pyrocrystal ring of Manuel the Great..."
-A Knight Of Ghosts And Shadows, p. 267 -
- and has a:
"...huge Roman nose..." (ibid.)
- if the latter is of any significance.
He tells Flandry that he:
has been Emperor for six years;
spent the first three fighting;
needs another twenty or thirty years to make this jerry-built, dry-rotted Empire last a few more generations;
must lead an armada to quell the barbarians in Sector Spica.
His son, Otto, unfortunately killed, would have been a trustworthy heir, unlike Dietrich or Gerhart.
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Kaor, Paul!
I have wondered what exactly was a pyrocrystal ring!
One of the most striking things that struck me about Hans Molitor was him being described as a reluctant usurper, who accepted being proclaimed Emperor only after the legitimate order of succession collapsed after Josip's death. And only because every other rival candidate for the throne was a disaster.
I remember that, about poor dull Dietrich and scheming Gerhart.
Ad astra! Sean
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