(be continued)
Yeah, and not only him, you will meet with great pleasure a whole set of historical ones, from those aforementioned to Duke Medina Sidonia ( in 1588, the Great Year, the Spanish Armada is about to join force with the Duke of Parma, Alexander de Farnesse in the Netherlands to invade and chastise poor England and chaste Bessie for the insolent use of Magic!!!, he he hope you all know History), Shakespeare, Nostradamus (in queer shape), Guy Fawk (you must be very “treacherous” to be able to find this guy and the reward from his quest is handsome), Miguel de Cervantes (my hero). Well, except the case of Jeanne d’Arc (who is undead), in fact put Toquemada in the same age with Galileo is an anachronism, but sacre nom, this world is soaked with Magic for nearly 400 years, and Magic is synonymous to “No surprise” (look, where is the Real star of 1588? No more, Don Felipe II of Spain has been assassinated by a spy, and his name is Niccolo Machiavelli!). Thus is the world in 1588, full of evil yet also plenty of excitement, and the hero/heroine-Lionheart, descendent of the doughty and valorous culprit of the Disjunction (aka the appearence of Magic) Richard the Lion-hearted, will set forth to save the world as he/she does dutily in all other RPGs.
This alternate history, I conclude, adds much flavour for Lionheart though I have to concede it is not the fault of DD not to imitate it. Any way, it only accounts for 15% of the success of the game.