The other three powers split into three routes and steamed at full speed toward the North Sea.
One route was from the closest Netherland Kingdom, personally commanded by the Kingdom's Guardian, [Protector of the Realm] Cromwell;
Another route was the strongest, the Pyrenees Empire's Invincible Fleet, under the command of the Imperial Consort, King Fernando II of Aragon;
The last route was the Royal Navy of The Holy Silver Empire, led by Frederick III's younger brother—once Archduke Ferdinand, now the [King of Solitude].
This one was an old acquaintance.
Back then it was Frederick III's appointment of this blood brother to succeed as King of one of the Seven Electors, the Palatinate Electorate, that set off the religious war.
Ferdinand was a fanatical Traditional Faction believer; the moment he took office he launched mass persecution of the Protestants in the Palatinate Electorate. The current blood-soaked grand spectacle—they've already staged it once before.
