[Astromancer]

Try this one...

When Francis I was captured by Charles V armies, Henry VIII, who was still on good terms with his wife's nephew at the time, proposed a conquest of France. Charles, who actually liked Henry at the time, heck he might have loved his "uncle," still was both broke and wary of making Henry that powerful.

In this Q6 world Charles had the cash and the need to focus his nobles somewhere else. Henry and Catherine were crowned at Roun and Charles' betrothal to Henry and Catherine's Mary was reconfirmed. Then, a few years later, while the Queen and her daughter were travelling to Spain to visit family, they caught the plague and died.

Henry had a short period of mourning and then wed Anne Boleyn. Several years earlier than in our history. Anne gave Henry four surviving children. Three boys an a girl who seems beyond all possible logic to be Elizabeth, or uncannily like Homeline's Elizabeth.

In this world Anne outlived Henry and her sons. Elizabeth is claiming the thrones of France and England. Philip II feels that Elizabeth needs to learn to take orders like a woman. Elizabeth disagrees.

Basically a much grander messier 16th century brawl. I figure Elizabeth in this world is married to a French Prince of the Blood and the French want her as they never wanted Henry.

Homeline just wants to keep the Turks out of the fight. Centrum wants Mary of Scotland on the throne. They actually think they could easily manipulate Mary Stewart. Mary was a fool but no pushover.

Any fun?