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was testing something out for an animation project. check out this thing
um. hear me out-
I was reading some things, and then this guy randomly spawned in my head. Throwing him at you and running awayđź
My guy used to personify the Margraviate of Brandenburg, then post-1815-ish, the province of Brandenburg, and these days a Bundesland in Germany by the same name. His relationship with Gilbert is â um â complicated. Inherriting an unruly polish fief dutchy was one thing, but actually dealing with him turned out to be a whole other. But Prussia learnt to use the situation to his advantage. After some time. Eventually.
The nameâs Johann Friedrich (von Beilschmidt); I doubt it would make sense to make him and Gilbert directly related, but theyâve been using the same family name ever since the personal union; at least on paper.
â That quote that kind of sums up his personality was taken from âThe Iron Kingdomâ by Christopher Clark, where it was also quoted by the author; I havenât read the original work by Valentin, unfortunately