Human · Champion · Florence
Niccolo Machiavelli
1469 – 1527 · Writer and statesman of Florence
One must therefore be a fox to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten wolves.
Who he was
Niccolò Machiavelli served the republic of Florence for fourteen years as a diplomat and secretary, meeting kings, popes and Cesare Borgia. When the Medici returned to power in 1512 he lost his post; in 1513 he was jailed and tortured, then retired to his farm.
There he wrote The Prince, a handbook on how rulers win and keep power, as well as histories and comedies. The book made his name a byword for cunning. He died in 1527.
Sources: Quentin Skinner, Machiavelli (1981) · Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Niccolò Machiavelli”
In Godsdusk
Active · Better Feared Than Loved · cooldown 5 roundsAll enemies are frightened: -20% ATK for 2 rounds.
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