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Forty-five reliable bodyguards. Forty-five devoted Gascon hearts, ready to cover their overlord from any danger. Forty-five people whose loyalty the king can be sure of. This is a lot or a little, considering that Giza, who are striving for power, contain a whole army of hired killers, the king is hated and despised by his own subjects, and in the shadow of the inconspicuous Navarre, the power of the modest "King" is unfolding, as he calls himself, Henry of Bourbon, who still only to be called the Great. But for now... for now, these modest forces, inconspicuously directed by the royal jester named Chicot, are enough to keep Valois on the throne staggering under him. Alphonse de Neuville.