This article seeks to shed new light on well known epic poems by Martin Opitz, especially the Trostgedichte , which were written at the beginning of the war. The relationship between history and fiction is developed through a specific kind of “story telling”, which aims at presenting the protestants as victims of persecution within all Europe, without mentioning the origins and reasons of this specific war in Germany. The author Martin Opitz, as their harbinger, tries to give moral and philosophical support to his readers but also calls for a strong resistance. The different epic works Opitz wrote during his short life can thus be seen as a encrypted and steadily updated comment to the current political and military events.