Introduction

Caspar sterm, the herald who delivered the emperor's summons, is ready to escort luther from wittenberg to the diet at werms. Mounted on a war horse, sterm is regaled in the red and yellow of his imperial majesty, charles the fifth. He wears a tabard bearing the seal of the habsburgs its crest is the crown of austria, supported by the black imperial eagle and the pillars of hercules. A shield in the middle carries insignia from all across europe, a reminder to every one of all that this 21 year old emperor commands. His herald also holds a banner bearing the same coat of arms as he looks