The return of the fallen king

-Pictureisnotmine,Idonotowntherightforit,soifownerwantsittobeputdown,pleasemessagemeonthecomment-Inausurpedkingdom,amidawar-tornandblood-soakedItaly,Conradin'sbattlegroundisset.ToreclaimhisbirthrightthecrownofSicily,hemusttreadapathpavedwithblood,learningthathemustdowhateverittakestoascendthethrone.---------------Intheyear1266,thetaleofConradin,thelastscionofanancientimperialdynasty,unfolds.Hisonce-greatkingdom,Sicily,hasbeenruthlesslyusurpedfirstbyhisownuncleandnowrestsinthehandsofthecunningFrenchCountCharles.ThroughatreacherousplotinvolvingthePope,CharlesmanagedtoousttheHohenstaufenfromtheKingdomofSicilyandcrownedhimselfasitsking.IntheEast,powerssuchastheDespotateofEpirusarekeenlyobservingtheinstabilityinSicily,poisedtoseizeanyadvantagethatmayarisefromthechaos.Meanwhile,thesmallItaliancommunesarecaughtinthepoliticalcrossfire,aligningthemselveswithonesideoftheconflictortheotherbasedontheprevailingpoliticalpartyinpowerandtheirvestedinterests.TheseshiftingallegiancesturntheItalianpeninsulaintoapowderkeg,whereall-outwarseemsinevitable.AstheshadowsofhistorycloseinaroundConradin,theworldwatcheswithbatedbreath.Willheemergetriumphant,hisnameforeveretchedintheannalsofSiciliangloryastherightfulkingwhodefiedinsurmountableodds,topplingboththePopeandtheusurper?Orwillhe,inhisvaliantstruggle,becomeatragicfigure,asymboloflostopportunitiesandshattereddreams?ThefutureofSicilyhangsinthebalance,andConradin'sdestinyremainsuncertain,poisedontheprecipiceofhistory.