King Henry VI sat in the Imperial Palace of Rio. After the Second World War came to an end, Brazil found itself among the losing side. And in doing so were subjugated to treaties that immediately humiliated the republican government.
Brazil found itself entering the sphere of Portugal once more. A shadow of a colonial past that had seemed so distant until just a few years prior.
Seeing opportunity for restoration, the House of Braganza weaponized its familial ties to the House of Orleans, and the newly reconstituted Kingdom of France as a way of regaining it's long-lost crown.
The Empire of Brazil was reborn, but it was far from a sovereign or powerful entity. Currently, the Emperor of Brazil, Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza sat with the King of France in his home as they sipped on coffee together in quiet.
Pedro sighed and shook his head as he reflected on what Henry had just told him?
