Brother Demetrios of Travunje, in his biographical chronicle Vita Moscari, De Principio Regis Sildavinae , gives us a description of King Muskar in his later years : “The dread King, despite having occupied the throne for a score of years, remained in great health and resembled a young man in his vigour and his sharp instincts. Always a great and strong man, he towered over most of his knights. He was blessed with the bearing and the voice of command with which he cowed the young nobles of court, many of whom had known no other sovereign.” Even while his sixties and venerable for his times, King Muskar cut a terrifying political figure and managed to keep the restive nobles obedient through his charismatic leadership and his rapport with the common folk. Undoubtedly, his readiness to mete out swift and severe retribution in the face of opposition, demonstrated on several occasions, helped to dull some noble’s instincts for rebellion. The Vita Moscari relates that King Muskar
News, plans and plots regarding my 18th century Imagi-Nations campaign set in the fictitious nations of Syldavia and Borduria, my variations on a theme of Hergé