Mega historical bust ups. A thread.
1. King John and Philip of France
The powerful foreigner cynically helped put the incompetent, odious sex offender on the throne only to launch an all out war against him.
John bankrupted his kingdom, fell out with everyone and shat himself to death
1. King John and Philip of France
The powerful foreigner cynically helped put the incompetent, odious sex offender on the throne only to launch an all out war against him.
John bankrupted his kingdom, fell out with everyone and shat himself to death
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Oddly at exactly the same, at the other end of Eurasia, time the two ride or die Mongol blood brothers, who had ‘slept under the same blanket’ slid from alliance into rivalry, emnity & full scale war.
Genghis ‘yes we’ Khan slaughtered his followers & executed him
The narcissistic, second generation arriviste needed someone to take care of business. Wolsey delivered, becoming so powerful he was a kind of shadow king. They fell out (that Boleyn girl rather than EV credits). Henry stripped his offices & wealth, hounding him to death
Found common cause overthrowing the republic. One had the name, the other took the fight to the enemy. They divided the world’s mightiest empire between them but it was not enough. Octavian sent subordinates to finish his increasingly erratic former friend.
The supreme leader needed his ‘lion-hearted’ enforcer to deliver victory in their never ending, rapacious trumped up war against Troy. But they fell out over the spoils of war. Achilles took to his tent in a massive strop, decommissioning the dragon, if you like.
Immortal atheist genetically engineers a progeny of transhuman warrior philosophers.
After being scattered by the ruinous powers of Chaos, some grow up with daddy issues and one starts a galaxy wide civil war against his father.
Queen Anne and Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough.
Macarthur/Truman