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== Real Life ==
* Legend has it that the Austrian flag's creation is related to this. Duke Leopold V of Austria, after being soaked in blood from a battle, took off his belt, under which his clothes were still white. Appearently he liked that sight well enough to make it the Austrian flag.
* A subversion is the Genoan admiral at Lepanto. Unlike the Spaniards who were often religious fanatics, and the Venetians who had a [[It's Personal|chip on their shoulder]] from a recent atrocity in Cyprus the Genoans were happy enough to stay off to the side and snake as many prizes as they could out of the rumble rather like cowboys separating cattle from a herd. The Genoan admeral nonetheless ended up covered with gore, not so much because he was in the thick of the fighting but because a cannon shot had plastered the man next to him.
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