La Borgia - 04 - The Price of Vanity .pdf

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PESARO,ONE MONTH LATER.

STOP TEASIN6ME, YOU FAT

FUCK.

u * * *«■

you DUMB DRUNKARD,yOU'RE AUWA/5 TRyiNS TOi m p r e s s youR s t u d s , y ou

FORSOT THAT I AM AB0 R6 IA , AND X DEMAND .

r V AN AP0U06V FROM ( A

r t ? you. B f l

WHO PUT THAT BUNINTO yOUR OVEM?

yOUR DADDy OR yOURBROTHER? a







CALM POWN.' y o u f i l t h / p i g , show

M6 PISR6SP6CT 0NC6M0R6, AMP X WILL

0RP6R P6NTASIL6A TOKILL BOTH yOU ANP

/OUR LOV6R/ .

THATINCESTUOUSWHOR6 WON'T

566 M6. ASAIW... '

W6 WILL TAK65H6LT6R IN MV

UNCLE'S CASTL6.HOLP ON TI6HT,

MAURO...



MEANWHILE, CHARLES V II I'SEXPEDITION IS COMING TO

AN END. __________

I f MARS IS IN - I .^EQUILIBRIUM.. . AS I 'STOLD yOU, MV LORD, THE'

STARS HAVE FORETOLDl THAT NAPLES WILL /^SURRENDER WITHOUT/[ A FISHT...

----

F VES, A SLORIOU5" / VICTOR /. I AM THE ^MASTER OF THIS CITy. ~

I WANT TO CLIMB £MOUNT VESUVIUS. FIND -

THE BEST LOOKING * * - WHORE YOU CAN ANDJ i FOLLOW ME. . n / " " '





UP, BITCH,

AMP MO'Ji THAT

ASRIPA SAWIN TH6 STARS

THAT I WIU

RUU& TH6

WORLP,

WHOAAA.

CAUMPOD



MACHIAVELLI PALACE,FLORENCE.

' I HAVE TO WAKEyou UP, My DEARFRIEND. NO NEED

TO HIDE ANyMORE,I BRINS

N WONDERFULs a^ n ew s . ^

DO NOT WORRy, MyFRIEND, I CAN'TSLEEP IN THISHEAT... CAN'T READEITHER, BUT THISBOOK IS MAKING AEXCELLENT

yES,FUTUREHOLy FATHER/

SO, I'M NOT A HOSTASE ANy MORE? I CAN

RETURN TO My FATHER?



YOU HAVE TO CONQUERTHE DUCHIES AND

BARONIES OF /OURENEM IES, COLONNA,

OR SIN I AND SFORZA, TOGUARANTEE ABSOLUTE

POWER...

WHy are yo uSO KIND TO

ME?

YOU WILL BE M Y GUIDE,

PHILOSOPHER.'TELL ME, WHATSHOULD I DO?

I WILL ASK m FATHER FORHIS ARMy.' WHEN I AM DONE

CONQUERING, I WILLRETURN AND TAKE HIS

THRONE.'

THERE WILL BE NOMERCy.' My POWERWILL SPREAD TOENVELOP ALL OF

ROME.'

AFTER ROMAGNA, ALL

OF THE REPUBLICWILL FALL INTO yOURPOWER, FOLLOWED ByTHE PROUD FLORENCE AND THE KINGDOM OF

NAPLES'



RIGHT ON TIME. /OURBROTHER GIOVANNI

JUST RETURNED FROMSPAIN.

FATHER, I AMBACK.'

NOW THAT WE ARE FREE OFCHARLES VIII, IT IS TIME

TO TAKE CARE OF DOMESTICENEMIES... .

I WILL REMOVETHIS ROBE OF ANDPUT ON ARMOR. IWILL GRIND THEM

INTO DUST.'

STOP DREAMING, CESARE, YOU BELONG TO CHURCH. HY DEARGIOVANN I W ILL TAKE COMMAND OF HY ARMV AND FIGHT THE

OTHER HOUSES, STARTING WITH OR SINI.



NEVER/ HE IS NOT A WARRIOR,BUT A PEDERAST.' ORSINI WILL

BEAT HIM EASILV7

STOP IT. B LE5S HIM ASHIS BROTHER AND HIS

. CARDINAL.'

SINCE YOU DO NOTWISH TO BLESS HIM,

M Y RING WILL.'

OH, WHAT A WONDERFUL RUBV. I

LOVE THEIR COLOR, LOOKSNICE IN CONTRAST TO My SKIN.'

YOU CO M SUCKER,

STUFF IT UP yOUR ASS '

STOP IT.' IT'S TIME THAT yOUKNEW - yOU ARE NOT My SON.' A

SERVANT KNOCKED yOUR WHOREOF A MOTHER UP.' GIOVANNI IS Av REAL BORGIA, UNLIKE J ,

A r - s , yOURSELF.'

NOW I> UNDERSTAND

WHy YOU ALWAySPREFERRED THIS

USELESSh. CREATURE. ^

GIOVANNI AS GENERALOF AN ARMy? HE HAS

OVARIES INSTEAD OF ADICK. yOU ARE FALLING

INTO THE ABySS.'

I HOPE yOU GETSyPHILIS FROMyOUR WHORES'

you IDIOT.' IWILL

EXCOMMUNICATEyou.'







"W f CAN'T 6V6M>SL66P WH&N OMGUARD.' W W Y

NIGHT SOM&THINGHAPPENS.', ___ '

AND W6 DRAG OUT

ANOTHER POOR SOUL ALMOST W m

MORNING.'



AHHH... m SOM,FUTURE KING OF

MAPLES, AND ALL OFITALV,

EXTINGUISHED LIKE A TORCH IN SAND.'

AAAH.'...

AAAAAH.' AAAHHH.' I HAVEN'TEATEN IN THREE DA/S OR

HAD A DRINK... CAN'TSLEEP... M DEAR SON...WHO HATED YOU SO ?



T&LU THE TRUTH MOW/ WHO KILLED

HIM? WHO TOOK HIS HAND?

WHO FORCED ME TO EMTER

THE CHURCH WHEM I DIDN'TWANT TO?

WHO FORCED ME INTO

THESE RED CLOTHES, WHEN A NISHT CAP LOOKSBETTER THAN A CARDINALSHAT? WHO MADE ME INTOSOMETHING I DID NOT

WISH TO



IT'S yOUR SOW.'EAT HIS HAND

THEN.'

ENOUGH.'



VAP6 RETRO?IF I CALL UPON

CHRIST,HE WILLSMITE YOU WITH

LISHTNINS.' .

ALL RIGHT,SLOW DOWN...

TAKE IT AWAV.

yOUR HATRED TELLS METHAT YOU ARE MOT SOLELy

RESPO NSIBLE FORGIOVANNI'S DEATH. I AH

ALSO TO BLAME FORLOGINS HIM BLINDLy...

i IT IS OBVIOUSLV" MOT A

SOLUTION, SINCE yOUHAVEN'T DOME IT YZT.

1 WHICH BORSIA WILLLEAD VOUR ARM/? THEREIS ONLy THAT RETARD,fiEOFF, WHOM YOU ARE

HIDING IN A MONASTERy.

yOU DIDN'T JUS T HIT yOUR

FATHER, BUT CHRIST'S VICARON EARTH. IF I CALL THE

GUARDS, yOU WILL END UPON THE STAKE. ,



H/ SON, I WILL LOVE YOU LIKE I PIP

GIOVANNI.

PIP I HEAR yOU RIGHT,PIP YOU CALL ME SON?

I SAIP IT, ANP I WILL REPEATIT: THE ARHy IS yOURS, My

SON. COME ANP GIVE ME A HUG.

ANP I ALLOW yOU TO

REMOVE yOURCARPINAL'S ROBES,

SON.

NOW yOU REALLy ARE My FATHER.'

THANK yOU.'

BITCH.'



STOP RINSING FORDEATH, VOU MORON.'

SHUT UP ANDLISTEN.' I SAID

THAT LUCRECIA ISBAD, NOT THAT SHE

WAS DEAD.'

HURRV UP AND MOVE yOUR

LEGS, yOU OLD WITCH. THEFEVER IS KILLING HER.'

THE WITCH yOUTRUST HAS

ARRIVED, SHEWILL CURE yOU

WITH HERPOTIONS...

I CAN'T TAKE IT ANyMORE, My

BODy ISBURNING...

My PAIN CANNOTBE CURED WITHPOTIONS, ONLyWITH A KNIFE...

yOU WILL NOT FEEL ANyTHING AFTER yOU DRINK THIS, DEARCHILD. yOUR BABy IS HUGE, IHAVE TO OPEN yOUR BELLy . •

I AM NOT AFRAID OFPHySICAL PAIN... ONLy

SPIRITUAL... GO AHEAD,CUT ME OPEN...



STOP RIMÔIN6 FOR HERHEALTH, YOU FOOL'

SHUT UP.'LUCRECIA IS

PEAD.'





A D D F & A T H 5 R 5 T O

T H 6 H E -U M / P U T

B & A D S O N T H &

CLOAK! I W A N T T O

S & 6 N F O R W H A T

I A M - A S O D . '

LEONARDO DA VINCI 15 HERE,

yOUR HIGHNESS. THERE ARESOLDIERS ALL OVER THECASTLE, WHERE WOULD YOU

RECEIVE HIM?

YOU IDIOT, BRINGHIM TO My CHAMBERS

AT ONCE.'

WELCOME, MAESTRO.WE HAVE BEEN

EXPECTING yOU.

A THOUSANDS APOLOGIESFOR THIS, MAESTRO. CESARE

LIVES HERE WITH HISPERSONAL GUARD, WHICHCONSIST OF A THOUSAND

SOLDIERS.



I HUMBiy SAIUTB /OU,HISHty MASTER....

X KI55 TOUR ROBE,CESARE B0R6IA.'

PLEASE SET UP,MAESTRO. I MEED SrOU'



HOW CAMI BE OF

AS SIST AN CE?

I AH PREPARING ACAMPAIGN AGAINST

ROMAGNA, FLORENCE ANDTHE KINGDOM OF NAPLES'I WANT YOU TO DEVELOP

NEW AND POWERFULWEAPONS FOR ME.'

THE Y SHOULD HELP ME IN KILLING ENEMYSOLDIERS AND DESTROYING FORTRESS

WALLS INTO PIECES'

I AM SORRY, YOUR HIGHNESS,

BUT I CAN NOT USE MyTALENTS FOR THAT PURPOSE.

I ABHOR THE IDEA OF WAR.

I WILL SHOWER yOU WITHRICHES. yOU WILL HAVEyOUR OWN PALACE, AND

SERVANTS...

I DO NOT CARE ABOUT

MONEy, POWER ORPALACES, My LORD. I

COULD LIVE INMONASTERY CELL...





AMAZIN6: A POWERFULCANNON, A CARRIAGE

WITH BLADES FROM ITSWHEELS, A FLVING

MACHINE...

THAT'S RIGHT, Y O U BEAUTIFUL ADONIS... W«y BOTHER BREAKING

WALLS IF Y O U CAN FLV OVER

THEM?

Y O U ARE A t

LEONARDO...

KEEP My PR



TELL MY FATHER WHAT yOU SAW HERE, DEAR DUARTE.THESE CANNONS THAT LEONARDO IMPROVED, CAW

FIRE STONES UP TO 6 0 POUNDS IN WEIGHT.

THE POPE WILL -------

BE IMPRESSED, WE AREINVINCIBLE WITH SUCHWEAPONS.

YOU H A V & M ' T S & & M & V & R V T H I M < 3 y & T.

W A I T T I L L I S & M D

v I N T U B BI RD S. .. <



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WE CONQUERED PESARO,RIMINI, IMOLA, AND FORM.'

WE CONTINUE AGAINSTFLORENCE,RAVENNA, AND

V VENICE.'

EVERV ITALIAN NOBLE WILLBOW DOWN TO ME.' NO ONE CANSTOP CESARE BORGIA.' I WILL

BE BIGGER THAN JULIUSCAESAR.'

BOR6IA/

BOR6IA/

BOR6IA/







CESARE ORDERED MORE THAN ADOZEN LUXURIOUS ARMORS...

you STUPID DOS' THOSE t FIVE DIFFERENT COLORS,

THey MAKE ME LOOK LIKE AFOOL.' DO yOU THINK THATWAR IS LIKE A CARNIVAL?

MASTER, THEDIFFERENCE

BETWEEN THE TWOIS THAT WAR MAKESBLOOD FLOW, AND

THE CARNIVALMAKES WINE FLOW...

HE HID HIS FACE BEHIND A MASK

THAT HE NEVER REMOVED.

IN THIS WORLD,EVER/ONE IS HIDINGBEHIND SOME KIND

OF MASK. I, AT LEAST,SHOW MINE.



ALL TH6 NOBLES OF IT ALy -

RIARIO, COLONklA, ORSXMX,(SONZAôA, SFORZA, B ASLIONÏ .



"...AMP B6NT TO C6SAR& BORêlA, PUK6 OF

VA L6N TINOIS , COMMANP6R IN CHI&F, AMPCAPTAIN OF TH6 HOLV ROMAN CHURCH.

A5TORR6 MANFR6PI, PRINC6 OF j FA6NZA, Y O U WILL PRINK M

PI55 THR66 TIM6S A PA^ FOR AW66K, WHILE I R&LAX B/

RAPINS yOUR MOTH&R ANP /OURSISTERS' R6P&AT AFT6R M6

THE POP& BL&SS&P HIS 50N, WITHHI5 HANPS SHAKING WITH PRIP6.



PLACE THISEXCOMMUNICATED

BLASPHEMER ON THEBED OF REDEMPTION/

AAA6H/ L O W , DELIVER

ME FROM THE CLAWSOF THIS INSANE POPE,i \ DESTROY HIM/ A

WHO DO you THINK

you AR E? SOD DOESMOT LISTEN TO YOU! you ARE A SERVANT

OF THE DEVIL...

...WHICH HIDES

IN youR ASSH OLE/1

WILL CHASE HIMOUT WITH My

DICK/

TAKE THAT, YOU FALSEPROPHET/ PIE AS yOULIVED, AS A WHORE/f





ALL CARPINALS BENT THEIR KNEESIN FRONT OF My MASTER. AMONG

THEM WAS SIULIANO PELLAROVERE, HIS WORST ENEM/.

BE CAREFUL, HOLV FATHER... YOU

SHOULP NOT 60 TO THIS PRIVATEPRAVER MEETINS...PELLA ROVEREIS SETTING YOU UP...THEy WILL

p ois on you...

PON'T BE AFRAIP, PUARTE.THAT FASUOT KNOWS THAT IWON. I WILL ASK HIM TO

PRINK FIRST...

YOU ARE CORRECT, FATHER. PON'T BE AFRAIP. I WILL BE AT /OUR SI PE, ANP AT

THE FIRST SIlSN OF TREACHERY, I WILLSLAUGHTER THEM ALL.'

POUR CHRIST'S BLOOP INTO THISCUP, AS A S/MBOL OF MY SOUL'S PURITY, BROTHER PELLA ROVERE.'



AS /OU CAN 5 6 6 ,IDRAINED IT. I WILLPOUR /OU ANOTHER

CUP...

HOW WOULD I DARE TOPOISON CHRIST'S BLOOD?



TH6 WIM6...WA5

klOT...POISON6D...IT'S ÖODCAWINS M6 TO HISSIP6...TH6 DR&AM IS

&NDIN6...BUR/ M& WITH...

y£S, FATH6R, YOU WIU,B& BURI&D AS A POPED6S6RV6S.



AS I SUSPECTED, IT WAS DIVIDED.-HALF HAD WINE, HALF HAD POISON.

6/ PRESSING THE BUTTON, DELLA ROVERECOULD CHOOSE WHICH WINE TO POUR... HESOT WHAT HE WANTED - HE WAS VOTED AS

THE NEXT POPE.

&AT A LITTLE, YOU CANCONTINUE /OUR STORV

LATER.



COME BACK, YOU COWARDS' WE HAVE- THEWORLD IN OUR HAND/ WE

CAN KEEP IT WITH TERROR"V v^ _A N D DEATH.'

VERV SOON, CE5ARE FOUND OUT THAT HISKINGDOM WAS DEPENDANT ON THE AUTHORITY OFHIS FATHER. HIS SOLDIERS REFUSED TO FOLLOW

HIM.

HIS KINGDOM FELL APART, BIT W BIT. THE NOBLES

HE HAD BANISHED, RETURNED TO THEIR CITIES,WHERE THE PEOPLE WELCOMED THEM BACK.



PELLA ROVERE, A5 A POPE JULIUS II , ORPEREP HIS IMPRISONMENT AMP THE

SEIZUR E OF HIS PR0P6RTV.

WACHXAVBLUX AMP PUARTE APVISEP

HIM TO ESCAPE FROM ITALY.

IN SPAIN, YOUR FRIENP, THEKIMS OF NAVARRE, WILL LENPyOU AM ARM/ OF EXPERIENCEP

MERCENARIES. yOU WILL BE

WE PREPAREP A COFFIN FOR

yOU. WE WILL TELLEVERyONE YOU PIEP FROMTHE PLASUE, AMP WE WILLBRINS IT ON BOA RPAS HIP„

WITH yOU IN IT.

CESARE, HIPPEN INSI PE THE COFFIN,WAS BROUGHT OMTO THE SHIP SAILINSTO NAVARRE. I, THE BORSIA'S FAITHFUL

PO<5, WAS WITH HIM.



WHEN WE APPROACHED THE COAST OF SPAIN, CESARE FELTREBORN. HE RADIATED WITH SOME M/STICAL POWER.

JUST THE MENTION OF M/NAME WILL BE ENOUGH TORAISE A NEW ARMV. THATSHIT HEAD JU LIU S II,WHOM I HATE FROM THE

BOTTOM OF My HEART, WILLSHAKE WITH FEAR.

RIGHT ON TIME.'THE KING OFNAVARRE HAS

PREPARED AN ARMVFOR US'

WHEN HE SAW SOLDIERS WAITINGFOR HIM, HE WAS FILLED WITH HOPE.

WITH PRIDE AND BLOOD LUST, HEWAS REPEATING H IS LAST NAME.

B0R6IA.'B0R6IA.'



THE MOMENT WE DISEMBARKED, THESOLDIERS ATTACKED US. THE KINS

OF NAVARRE BETRA/ED US.

CESARE WAS STABBED

WITH SEVEN SPEARS.

SHOW yOURFA c e , y o u

F IHHV 006 /

I SAW WHEN THEV REMOVEDHIS MASK..







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