Forum:Real-World Historical Figures

I was thinking about the setting as a whole, and how it corresponds, or more appropriately differs, from our own world, and got thinking about actual historical figures and their counterparts in the GG world. So far, only one person is known for fact (as much as can be) to exist in both universes, the Dutch artist Rembrandt van Rijn; in our world a famous painter, in GG a legendary clankmeister. For purposes of this discussion, I'm not counting sly references, such as The Storm King/The Sun King and Her Undying Majesty/the famously long-reigned Queen Victoria. The particular figure that got me wondering was Napoleon Bonaparte, extremely significant to European history, and only a couple generations earlier than our current setting. Was he a particularly successful warlord in the Long War? Did he pick a fight with Albia and get smacked down? Did he ever even come to power? Did he even exist in this world? I feel questions like these are important to solidifying the world, particularly how it differs from ours. Don't get me wrong, Napoleon is by no means the only figure worth considering in this regard. I propose that this page right here, be the place to put forth theories and ideas about the larger-than-life characters of our world, and their place in the GG universe.--Necrotas 04:39, February 19, 2010 (UTC)