Conquest帝国征程(1)

It was the hand of God that decided the outcome of battles

The fate of nations and the life or death of kings.

Everyone knew that.

It was winter, the season of frost and death.

And a king lay dying.

His name was Edward the Confessor.

He was dying childless and it was far from obvious who would succeed him.

Because there was no heir

There were many who thought they should be the next king

Including some foreign princes like Duke William of Normandy.

But among those gathered around the bed of the dying Saxon king

was the next most powerful man in England

Harold Godwineson, and he thought the crown would look well on his head.

He was hoping for some sign that King Edward felt the same way.