Known forever as Boris “Goldgather” and Boris “the Incompetent", the year 1053 IC saw the accession of the last and worst of the Drakwald Emperors.[1a] Devoted solely to money and its acquisition, he let the Elector Counts rule as they would as long as he received appropriate “gifts.” New titles and offices were invented and sold, so now Elector Counts vied with each other to acquire ever more grandiose titles, such as “Grand Prince” or “Grand Duchess Palatine.” A quick bribe would see a troublesome freetown’s charter revoked by the Emperor, the first news of which would come when soldiers of the local noble would seize control and hang the burgomeister. Others joined the game as the cults began selling ecclesiastical offices. The Emperor himself would even sell to commoners the right to s