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Casca lives amongst the people of an English Village for a few years, settling in with a widow, but when religious discord hits the country following the death of Queen Elizabeth Casca is unwillingly dragged in after saving the life of a Catholic. Shunned by the villagers he goes to London with the man he saved and becomes involved in a plot to blow up the English Parliament. Casca seems to go along with this plan but reveals the plans to the authorities just before the due day - November 5 1605 - and takes a boat out of Tilbury as Guy Fawkes and his co-conspirators are arrested.
Alighting in southern Sweden Casca joins up with a new batch of recruits training for the new Swedish army. Casca soon rises to sergeant. A war against Denmark follows and he gains a captaincy, using new tactics that gain the attention of the new king Gustavus Adolphus and these tactics are used in other wars, against Norway and Russia(useage of mobile field artillery). Casca is rewarded with a title, Count of Hapsal, and he settles down to his new land with a retinue of soldiers.
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Time passes in his role as Count, but he looks to Germany where a new conflict rages. Sweden stays out of it for a while and Casca considers leaving his comfortable life in Hapsal but for the moment decides to stay. Eventually the constant Catholic victories compel the Swedish king to enter the war and Casca and his men join the main army in northern Germany. The Battle of Breitenfeld (1631) is a victory and they campaign in Bavaria, killing the rival general Tilly. At the Battle of Lutzen the king is killed but Casca and his fellow officers rally the Swedes and they triumph. However at Nordlingen (1634) an Austro-Spanish army destroys the Swedes and Casca lies on the battlefield mistaken for dead. He recovers a day later and staggers off to a village. When the war flares up he rejoins the Swedish army but as an ordinary soldier and partakes in Wittstock, 2nd Breitenfeld (1642), Denmark (1643-5) and the final battle, Jankau (1645). With the war over Casca leaves, his talents no longer required.
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Casca returns east to find another Cossack people, the Zaropog Cossacks. They are being oppressed by the Poles and Casca sees an opportunity to help them and is one of the men who help them rise up in revolt.
When the dust settles he travels south to Vienna which has called for help as a huge Turkish army is approaching. The seige of 1683 sees Casca helping the Austrians repel the Ottomans, and when a relief force of Poles defeat the Turks, Casca joins the Imperial Austrian army that invades Turkish Hungary and win at the Battle of Mohacs (1686). Casca is given a captaincy and helps Prince Eugene win the struggle for Transylvania. When the war ends in 1699 news reaches Casca that another war is brewing in Spain.
