Jag är inte tillräcklig men det vet jag redan. Förlåt för min oduglighet.

It was unusual warm for march, the soldiers were already disgracing the kingdom and undressing piece by piece. I myself was far too warm, carrying a far to heavy bag and riding behind one of the kings men.

But, this story is not about me, it is about a moment that changed old history. Let me introduce you to 1809.

As I said, the morning was cold and the field empty, save for three men in it's middle. Two of them were far to tall for that time and one was of a more fitting height.

"Why are we still waiting?" one of the tall ones asked the other, apparently impatient. Like he did not have a whole century before him. Not that he knew that.

"One more." Little Alandskie could not be forgotten, not in times like those.

The short one did not look up at either of the tall mans beside him, did not say a word. The time for words was long gone and maybe, just maybe he looked forward to those new times.

Soon the Grand Duchy of Finland and the Russian Empire could start their long journey towards St Petersburg.

The carriage was even more quit than the field, the silence was only broken by the soft humming of the Empire and more rarely his ambitions.

"You will love it, you will even be allowed to have your own baths. That is nice, right?" As you might have guessed, your own bath meant you were supposed to stay in your room and not complain about anything.

The young Grand Duchy was a bit more lucky though, he was needed home sometimes. The Empire had to let him go, otherwise he would have attracted attention from the wrong kind of people.

At first the Empire liked the Grand Duchy and treated him better then most of the others in that house. You could even stretch as far as to say the Grand Duchy was his favourite. For some time anyway.

And that would be 1809 for you, the year the Grand Duchy of Finland formed.

The end of the Finnish war.

The end of the Swedish Empire.

Min kamps början.


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