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Part One: The Most Evil Company In History

Behind the Bastards

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A Tale of a Man and a Woman, Part 1

So at this point, robert clive, 20 something, duede, had more adventure than most people in two lifetimes. So he takes charge of the reinforcements, and he leads an attack on the guy who'd just been laying siege to him. Clive bribes hundreds of the enemy's best soldiers to defect and adds them to his army. And he spends the next few months just winning a series of skirmishes and slowly demolishing this indian king's army. A, he everywhere he conquered, he took bribes and cuts of all the riches in the region and just took it. By the time this whole war is over, clive has fuck you money. He goes back

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