I was just watching River Monsters, and remembered this.
“We were received by that great merchant and studmaster Cuno in his Villa at Mar, which is only one of his estates but perhaps the grandest. Like other great men of our modern age he did not inherit his power, but instead elected to seize it himself through perseverance and great force of body and mind.”
The King’s mounted dragonslayer proxy did tower over the drones there, abandoned and incapacitated so very long ago by water and mud.
I was just watching River Monsters, and remembered this.
Exploring the lands beyond the grave, colonizing them!
"A team of 12 medical professionals work around the clock inside the body of mr. Orvegaard, to ensure the continued health of him and, consequently, the company."
From Wikipedia!