The morning sun illuminated the neo-classical portico of the Austrian Supreme Administrative Court on the Schmerlingplatz in downtown Vienna. Outside the monumental granite facade, hundreds of international journalists, television camera crews, and curious Viennese citizens were gathered behind security barricades. Headlines across European news outlets were ablaze with breaking reports: *CRISIS IN THE HOUSE OF HABSBURG: ARMED AMBUSH IN SALZBURG TARGETS ARCHDUKE MAXIMILIAN.* *LOST MEDIEVAL CHARTER DISCOVERED IN HOHENWERFEN LIBRARY.*…
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