HISTORICAL FIGURES - John Casimir - king of Poland who has a "guest" role in the first installment of the series

Polish king, John Casimir, is the ruler of Poland during the most of the seriest, or at least, first major installments.

Born in 1609, he was crowned in 1648 and abdicated in 1668, so since our series begin in 1655 and continue all the way to 1668 and further, he will become a prominent figure, tho he won't show up on the pages of novels, comics, or on the screen too frequently, being a rather controversial figure.

Well, he wan't very liked by his polish subjects, even hated, to the point where a lot of Poles - both nobility and soldiers - decided to become loyal to the swedish king, when he invaved the country.

Therefore, John Casimir, had to flee, he found an asylum in the neutral Austrian Empire, where he was hiding for a short period of time, but then returned and took power and the polish throne, once again.

So a few more notes about him.

In 1655 - his first appearance in the series - he is 46 years old. Back then people aged much faster, therefore he may look quite old, just like those painting below show.

He prefers to wear western-european style of clothing, lacy collars etc, and a black wig on this head, because he's bold under that ;)

But as You can see, from time to time, he will jump into the traditional dress.

And I want to use both of these looks in the first installment of the series becasue...

SPOILER ALERT!

... because in my story the one wearing western-european clothes and a wig will be just an impostor, an actor pretending to be John Casimir, to lure the Swedes away from the real polish king.

And in the mean time, real John Casimir, will walk here and there in those red polish clothes, pretending to be a just a simple man :)

( This is a motive I've borrowed from "Eagle has landed" with Michael Caine )  

But of course, I'd like both of my "Johns Casimirs" to look a bit different. An impostor could be a little bit younger, like some painting show below, and with the real king looking a bit older.

Not mentioning that they could be different in some other way too, with impostor being a blonde hair in reality, and definitely not bold, only using a perfect disguise.  

I'd also like to feature John Casimir, in his far more recognizible western-european version, on the cover of the first book installment, as a background figure. 

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