Napoleon Bonaparte

The "Corsican Thunderbolt," who rose from the mud of a distant island to place the crown of Europe upon his own head with blood-stained hands. He was the "Meritocratic Storm," a modern titan who proved that cannons and law-codes could shatter the ancient lineages of the world. He represents the "Ego of the Enlightenment"—the belief that one man’s genius can re-draw the borders of reality. He is the hand in the waistcoat and the ghost of the Grande Armée, the star that burned too bright to stay in the sky.