He rose from nothing... to shake an empire.
Tewodros the Second, born Kassa Hailu, united a fractured Ethiopia with fire and
faith.
Brilliant, bold... and brutal. He built his own army, his own cannon, and crushed
warlords one by one.
But when Britain ignored his letters, he took their diplomats hostage.
In 1868, thirteen thousand British troops landed, determined to take him down.
Rather than surrender, he took his own life. A king until the very end.
His legacy echoes from the cliffs of Maqdala... to this very day.