1855, this is the best of times, the extended railway, the roaring locomotives, the flowing gold built the towering Tower of Babel; this is the worst of times, in the dark shadow of the Tower of Babel, the North and the South are in opposition, the gap between the rich and the poor is huge, and the weak are preyed upon by the strong. If you don't want to stay in the shadow of the Tower of Babel and be trampled on by others, you must climb to its glorious top and step on everything. In this era full of noise and commotion, the dark...

Tsar Peter the Great of Russia, Augustus the Strong of Saxony, King Christian of Denmark, Frederick I, the "Soldier King" of Brandenburg... Across the European continent, countless enemies aimed to crush the hegemony of the Swedish Empire. In the face of powerful adversaries, the Swedish King Karl XII—who hails from a future era—tells his soldiers: "Victory or death."