Gott Mit Uns

(Also referred to as “The Lion of the North Rides Forth”)

Current Year: 1645



“Stories of old, truth unfolds

Control over Europe he holds

Freedom he’ll bring

Lion and King, Lion and King”

-Sabaton, The Lion from the North

Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden is not killed during that Battle of Lützen in November of 1632, and instead continues to successfully lead the armies of Sweden for the remainder to the Thirty Years War. His military prowess leads the forces of Sweden and the Protestant Union in a series of sweeping victories against the militaries of Italy and the Holy Roman Empire, eventually capturing Rome itself and forcing Pope Urban VIII to surrender in 1638, ending the Thirty Years War in total Protestant victory (and turning the “Thirty Years War” into a “Twenty-two Years War” to be more accurate).