Prester

His title Prester indicated his standing in the hierar-chy, at about the level of a duke.

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Prester is an artificial world, really more like a space station.

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Williams' answer was to craft the vast fantasy landscape of Osten Ard, centred on the immense castle of the Hayholt, a Gormenghast-esque warren of kitchens and halls from where King John the Presbyter also called Prester John, in a nod to the legendary figure rules over the unified races of humanity.

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Williams' answer was to craft the vast fantasy landscape of Osten Ard, centred on the immense castle of the Hayholt, a Gormenghast-esque warren of kitchens and halls from where King John the Presbyter also called Prester John, in a nod to the legendary figure rules over the unified races of humanity.

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The world had, for some time, been filled with the report of a powerful Christian prince, called Prester

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Prester John - This mythical king was around during the Crusades between the 12th and 17th centuries.

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It was rumored that if a Christian army was in need in the Holy Land, they only need pray and Prester John would descend upon their enemies and destroy them.

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Prester John was the epitome of all things chivalrous and was a generous and virtuous ruler.

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Some of them, such as Anna Tambour's "The Shoe in SHOES 'Window" and Catherynne M. Valente's "A Dirge for Prester John" are essentially unreadable, full of pretentious declamations substituting for narrative: "Truly, where chaos reigns, even at night, nonsense and evasion shine where people look for straightforwardness, but where they look for inspiration, something beyond the realm of daily existence, they are then shown only things, and who can feed his soul with that?"

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Henry was also intrigued by the Christian legend of Prester John, a fictional king that lived during the time of the Crusades and came to save Christian crusaders in trouble with his invincible armies and vast riches.

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