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In February, 1815, after nine weeks in exile, Napoleon Bonaparte, the deposed Emperor of the French, escaped from the Isle of Elba. Seizing the effort while the Western european powers bicker amongst themselves at the Congress of Vienna, Napoleon advancements towards Belgium with an enormous army, where the combined pushes of Prussia and England are cantoned. The France Emperor is aware of that if he can achieve a decisive shoot in Brussels, it'll shatter the already delicate Western european alliance. Leading the allies is Sir Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington; the venerable British isles field marshal who defeated Napoleon's best generals in Spain, yet who the emperor possessed never personally found in fight. Napoleon is aware of that if they can sketch away Wellington's main Prussian ally, Gebhard von Blucher, and damage his army first, they can unleash his entire might contrary to the British. A success within the unbeaten Wellington will cripple the alliance even further, as it'll then deprive them of both English soldiers and financing. In Belgium, Captain Adam Henry Webster has finally came back to a series regiment after being terribly wounded at the Siege of Badajoz 3 years prior. He's given command of the series company within the very first Regiment of Foot Guards, the elite of the British Infantry. A series of indecisive clashes will lead to a collision between your two greatest military minds of this and the bloodiest day of the complete century, as Wellington and Napoleon lead their armies to either immortality or oblivion. For Captain Webster, he fights for both his region and to protect his young princess in Brussels. Combined with the rest of the Guards Section, he sees himself at the apex of the fight, where the destiny of the complete world will be chosen; at a location called Waterloo.
