Category:Seger

Sweden: 1697.

The Swedish Empire nearly engulfs the Baltic. Stretching from the vast snow of Lappland to the green fields of Livonia, the Gulf of Bothnia and Finland both are surrounded by the Fennoscandian giant. But, as the sun rises, something is off. A bugle sounds, and most know the news before the messenger announces, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_king_is_dead,_long_live_the_king! "Konungen är död - länge leve konungen!"] Everyone now knows that his fourteen year old successor, Charles XII, is now the sovereign of one of the great empires of Europe.

Point of Divergence
Grodno: 1708.

A vanguard of eight-hundred assemble around the small town of Grodno. Charles XII, the leader of the group and king of the Swedes, prepares his men for a charge to scare the Russian force of 9,000 in the town, along with Peter I, when Charles XII realized that Peter I's capture could be the optimal solution and the ultimate demise of the Tsardom of Russia. He soon settled on the ambitious plan to capture the Tsar of Russia, and soon a short but fierce battle happens outside the gates. The town was stormed by the Swedes, and Peter I was soon captured in the fighting.

Men rejoiced after the capture of Peter, and a message written by Peter (at gunpoint) implored Frederick to rejoin the Great Northern War. Russia dropped out of the war with a favorable terms for the Swedes in the Treaty of Veliky Novogord.