The people of Radensdorf, worn down by civil war, had been praying to the Lord that no more fighting would break out. So when the Duchy of Bavaria withdrew and the threat vanished, they welcomed us with a fervor that rivaled a triumphal procession.
Crown Prince Maximilian assumed the Berenites' welcome was meant for him, but if the man himself was happy, that was good enough. Instead of returning to Tyrol in Austria, he joined us.
To be precise, the grand duke had invited the crown prince, and the crown prince had accepted. This also went a long way toward improving relations between the Habsburgs and the Altringens, who had previously regarded each other with mutual indifference.
It amounted to the Habsburgs cutting into the three-way staring contest over Strasbourg, but in truth, the greatest enemy was Burgundy. Burgundy was still fighting a civil war with France.
