Set in England at the end of the War of the Roses, we soon find out that
the history we know is a Tudor fiction. In fact, Henry VII did not actually
win the battle of Bosworth Field; he lost and though Richard III died in
the battle, his nephew King Richard IV (who certainly was not smothered
while still a boy in the Tower of London) reigned on for some years. The
story focuses on Richard IV's younger son Prince Edmund, a sniveling coward
who calls himself the 'Black Adder'. Assisted by his grungy servant
Baldrick and the moronic Lord Percy, Edmund plots his rise to greatness.
King Richard IV is the insane monarch ruling England during the really dark
part of the Dark Ages. He has two sons: one, Harry, his elder son and the
Prince of Wales. Although highly respected by the court and overly favored
by his father, Harry is rather looney, as well... and two, Edmund, Duke of
Edinburgh, who is loathed by his family and detested by the court. Despite
this, the slimy, cocky, foolish and sarcastic Edmund, donning a costume and
the alias of "The Black Adder", is out to inherit the throne, assisted by
two sidekicks: Percy, the only nobleman stupid enough to respect him, and
Baldrick, a street-wise peasant with inspired "cunning plans".
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