On the Fourth of October, Mr. Duke gave a speech to prepare the troops.
"Everyone, we will be deposing Emperor Francis today. We'll begin by taking a Portkey I have managed to acquire to the Magical Disrict of Vienna. Then we will stun everyone we see, proceed to the Throne Room, and kill the Emperor. After we have secured the Government building, I'll come to the Palace, and I'll begin to set up a new government. You will provide security during this. Does everyone get that?"
The assembled soldiers nodded.
"Then proceed to the Portkey outside."
Gottfried Essen was bored. Guard duty in the Palace was monotonous, but it was good pay. It was three in the morning, and he was close to nodding off. He should probably get a potion. Well, at least he didn't have to guard the Emperor. Francis was not a nice man. He thought he heard a banging noise outside.
Suddenly, dozens of Brazilian soldiers burst through the door.
Eleutrio Goeuvia yelled out "Drop your wands and surrender."
Gottfried heard the man next to him scream an expletive. There was a clatter of wands on the floor. The Brazilians began stunning his fellow soldiers. This was not what he had signed up for. He dropped his wand and yelled "I surrender." A Brazilian cast a stunner his way, and that was the last Gottfried Essen remembered of the first battle of Vienna.
Emperor Francis thought he heard a faint noise outside. He wondered what was happening. As he was getting up, groaning all the way, he saw a flash of light from under his door. The door burst open, and a dozen swarthy men, who seemed to be Brazilian, burst in. "What is this?" Francis called. "Goodbye Francis. Reducto." One of the men replied. And so, Emperor Francis, ruler of the Austrian Empire since 1945, died.
Harry stepped onto the soil of his first conquest. Some of the Austrians had tried to counterattack, but most had surrendered after Francis's death and the capture of most of government. All told, only 2 members of the Ironlance had died, and 6 were badly injured. The rest were rich. And Harry, well Harry begun the first step on the path to world conquest. Now for Germany.