Katarin Bokha

1. #1Chekist

   Keys: Chekist, Secret Police, The Chekist, Tsarina's Chekists, Tsarina's Chekist

   The Chekist of Kislev are the Tzarina's secret police. Their existence is not secret, and they have a lot of open members, but they also have spies searching for signs of corruption and opposition to Katarin's rule. The chekist are, by decree of the Tzarina, infallible in their interpretation of the law. Whatever they say the law is, is the law, and the penalties they select are always appropriate to the crime in question. They never convict the wrong people, and while they may arrest and torture people who prove to be innocent, that is no fault of the chekist. The chekist have absolute loyalty to the Tzarina, which is closely followed by competence. Katarin does not want to institute a reign of terror; she just wants to be able to deal with her enemies quickly and efficiently. Chekist who display excessive cruelty and incompetence are arrested by their superiors and soon become even more closely acquainted with the furnishings of the interrogation rooms.

2. #2Ice Witch

   Keys: Ice Witch, Ice Witches

   The Ice Witches are a female-only sisterhood of powerful female wizards that exists within the lands of Kislev. Women of great magical power, of whom the Tzarina {{char}} is their most famous member, they command the very elements through their mastery of the Lore of Ice and bring to bear the might of their land in defence of their great nation. The Ice Witches are a strange breed, being physically and spiritually linked to the seasons of Kislev, growing weaker in the summer and stronger in the winter. The Ice Witches are firmly on the {{char}}'s side in Kislev's many political conflicts. {{char}}, in turn, favours the Ice Witches, granting them legal privileges similar to those extended to the Kislevite nobility.

3. #3Kislev

   Keys: Tzardom of Kislev, Realm of the Ice Queen, The Motherland

   Kislev, officially the Tzardom of Kislev, is the most northerly Human realm of the Old World. It is a powerful kingdom defined by the constant need to prepare for incessant warfare against the tribes of the Chaos-worshipping Northmen on their borders. Kislev is known far and wide for having some of the greatest horsemen to ever roam the plains of the southern realms. The climate is harsh and unforgiving, and only the strongest, most determined people can survive here. Since the founding of this mighty kingdom, Kislev has been under siege by the murderous forces of Chaos. From the Worlds Edge Mountains to the east and the Sea of Claws in the west, Kislev stands at the very frontiers of Human civilisation in the Old World, a land covered in wide-open steppes and thundering icy rivers, where lonely villages stand isolated in the empty wilderness, while mighty cities rise from the landscape like great islands of stone. Kislev shares it's name with it's capital of Kislev.

4. #4Boris Bokha

   Keys: Boris Bokha, Radii Bokha, Red Bokha, Bokha the Red

   Boris Bokha, also known as Radii Bokha, was a great Tzar of Kislev who ruled in the late 25th and early 26th centuries IC, and was the father of the current reigning Tzarina Katarin. He took the title of Radii Bokha after defeating a Beastmen army outside of Praag. Boris was a fiery, passionate warrior.

5. #5Praag

   Keys: Praag, The Cursed City

   Praag, also known as the Cursed City, is the largest and most heavily fortified city within northern Kislev, earning itself the title as the Bastion of the North. Though rebuilt again and again, Praag can never shake off the legacy of its endless sieges and the destruction left behind. Mutation and madness taint its people, depravation and decay eat away at its streets, and the siege mentality endures eternal. But Praag has never been a shrinking violet, and its people are not prepared to give up and move elsewhere. Praag may be a dying city, but the city and its inhabitants are defiant to the last.

6. #6Kislev (City)

   Keys: Kislev, City of Kislev, Kislev City

   Kislev, also sometimes called Kislev City, is the capital city of the Tzardom of Kislev. From the time of its founding as Kislev, the city has never been taken by an invader, not even during the dark winter of the Great War against Chaos. Kislev’s greatness is a shadow of what it once was, but its streets, known as prospekts, are always thronged with people from lands far away, and such is its bustle and energy that there is never a shortage of things to do and places to see. Due to its position on the Urskoy, it is virtually on the border with the Empire, and many Imperial customs and aesthetic values have influenced Kislevite life, literature and architecture. At the centre of Kislev lies the Bokha Palaces, the seat of power rebuilt during the reign of Tzar Boris Bokha after the original Palace Gospodarin was all but destroyed during the Great War against Chaos in IC 2302.

7. #7Gospodars

   Keys: Gospodars, Gospodar, Gospodarinyi

   The Gospodars, or Gospodarinyi in their own language, are the ancestors of the modern-day Kislevites. Most all of the current ruling Kislevite elite of the boyar class, including the tzars and tzarinas, come from Gospodar stock, and their language and beliefs dominate Kislevite society. In particular, the Gospodar Cult of Ursun, the Great Bear, is the most powerful religion in Kislev, influencing even most Ungol communities. Gospodar women, who are renowned throughout the Old World for their fair-skinned beauty, are afforded the same social rights as men within the tribe. The Gospodars are a tall, imposing folk with fine features that can seem exotic and strange to foreigners. Their skin is usually pale and their often-straight hair ranges from blue-black to reds and blondes. Some blessed babies are born with white or silver hair, which is believed to be a sign the land's spirits have marked the child for great deeds.

8. #8Ungols

   Keys: Ungols, Ungol

   The Ungols are a nomadic tribe of Men who inhabited the land now known as Kislev before the arrival of the Gospodars who would eventually mix bloodlines and cultures with them to become the Kislevites. Although they were defeated by the Gospodars, the culture of the Ungols lives on as a part of the present-day culture of Kislev. The city of Praag has a large Ungol population, and some would say that the Ungols have more influence there than the Gospodars do. Some of the fastest Kislevite cavalry archers are actually of Ungol blood, and are still known as the Ungol Horse Archers. They are watched over closely by the Gospodars for any signs of disloyalty, but are used throughout the lands of Kislev due to their speed of deployment and their intimate knowledge of the ground.

9. #9Bokha Palace

   Keys: Bokha Palace

   Also known as the Winter Palace and the Kreml, the Bokha Palace is the administrative heart of Kislev, acting as the seat of the Tzarina's power within the nation's capital. The original seat of power of the Tzars, the Palace Gospodarin, was all but destroyed during the Great War Against Chaos. The current palace was rebuilt during the reign of Tzar Boris Bokha, renamed after the reigning Bokha family.

10. #10The Empire

    Keys: The Empire, Empire of Man, Empire of Sigmar

    The Empire is an electoral monarchy composed of semiautonomous feudal states called "Electoral Provinces" or "Grand Provinces." The Empire is the largest, most populous, most powerful and most important of the nations of Men in the Old World. The Empire was forged by the warrior-king and ascended deity Sigmar from the primitive tribes of Human barbarians. Having yet to succumb to any threat, external or internal, it is the faith, the sense of righteousness, and the unconquerable spirit of the realm's citizens which gives the Empire its strength, as well as the ruthless efficiency of its military and religious orders. The greatest and most powerful realm of the Old World, the Empire is ruled by a monarch with the title of the "Emperor of Man" or simply "Emperor" and is composed of the descendants of the ancient tribes of Mankind united by the great Human warrior Sigmar Heldenhammer.

11. #11Nobility

    Keys: Noble, Nobles, Nobility, Druzhina, Druzhin, Boyars, Boyar, Atamans, Ataman

    The people of Kislev draw on the nobility traditions of the ancient Ungols as well as of the Gospodars. The middle-ranked nobility that effectively holds most of the power are the Boyars. Below them are Atamans, who are chosen according to the traditions of the people they rule. The lowest rank is that of the Druzhina.

12. #12Religion

    Keys: the Great Bear, Ursun, Cult of Ursun, god of bears, patron god of Kislev

    The Cult of Ursun is the religious organisation dedicated to the worship of Ursun and the patron god of the Tzardom of Kislev. The Cult of Ursun is a well-patronised and funded cult but far less centralised. Each town and stanitsa in Kislev with more than one follower of Ursun will have a chief priest, who is typically the strongest or largest man in the community. The chief priest speaks for all his followers and for the will of Ursun. Father Bear is a fierce, patriarchal figure. He is unyielding and unforgiving when it comes to his strictures but also demands his followers fend for themselves. Ursun is aloof but not unfeeling, he grants prayers to the faithful that may attract his attention by nailing a fish to their door. Ursun highly favours those who demonstrate the strength and courage. Those who are cowardly, weak, or who hunt in a disrespectful fashion receive no blessings and may be punished.

13. #13Kislevarin

    Keys: Kislevarin, Kislevite, Gospodarinyi

    Kislevarin is the name of the language of the people of Kislev as it is known to foreigners, but to the Kislevites themselves their tongue is always called Gospodarinyi. It is a blend of the original Ungol and Roppsmenn tongues with the addition of the languages brought to the land by the migrating Gospodars.

14. #14Miska

    Keys: Miska, Miska the Slaughterer, first khan-queen

    Miska was the first khan-queen or ruler of the nomadic Gospodar tribes of the Eastern Steppes who led them in their great migration west of the Worlds Edge Mountains and their conquest of the territory of present-day Kislev. She was both a fearsome warrior and a powerful practitioner of Ice Magic as the first Ice Witch. She laid the foundations of the later unification of Kislev under the tzars and tzarinas.

15. #15Bokha Palace Guard

    Keys: Bokha Palace Guard, Bokha Palace Guards, Palace Guards, Palace Guard, Kreml Guard, Kreml Guards, Tzar Guard, Tzar Guards

    The Bokha Palace in the city of Kislev, capital of the nation of the same name, is guarded by {{char}}'s most loyal and heavily-armed Kossars. These soldiers, the Bokha Palace Guard, play a vital part in the Ice Queen's plans to expand the standing army with cavalry, and to gradually phase out Ungol law in Kislev. Wielding the mighty berdiche, these heavily-armoured warriors strike fear into the hearts of their enemies. Kreml Guards receive plenty of training to wield their fearsome two-handed axes and are armoured appropriately with armour from mail up to heavy brigandine.

16. #16Ice Guard

    Keys: Ice Guard, Ice Guards

    The Ice Guard are an elite fighting formation of mystical Kislevite warrior-women. They are fearsome and fearless, conditioned to put Kislev first and to face the vilest horrors without hesitation. The Ice Guard is staffed by formidable warrior women with aptitude for Ice Magic. Each weapon these women wield is imbued with Ice Magic. Members of the Ice Guard are known for being equally skilled with bow and blade. Enchanted ice wreaths the Guards' blades and arrow tips.

17. #17Foreign Relations

    Keys: Foreign Relations, Diplomatic relations, Kislev and the Empire

    Kislevites still remember their alliance with the Empire that brought victory during the Great War Against Chaos some two centuries ago, when Magnus the Pious came to their aid. Not all in the Empire bear Kislev goodwill, however. The Elector Count of Talabecland remembers his province's ancient claims to large portions of Kislevite territory. Trade between Kislev and the Empire moves mainly along the River Talabec.

18. #18Great Orthodoxy

    Keys: Great Orthodoxy

    The Great Orthodoxy is a newly organised, polytheistic religion founded in Kislev by the previous reigning tzar, Boris Bokha, who was also the first high priest of Ursun in four hundred years and instrumental in the revival of the Cult of Ursun. Tzar Boris created the Great Orthodoxy in an attempt to centralise all the Kislevite cults under one religious authority and officially codify their beliefs. It has become in that process one of the wealthiest organisations in the Old World. Kostaltyn is the supreme patriarch of the Cult of Ursun.

19. #19Kostaltyn

    Keys: Kostaltyn, supreme patriarch, supreme patriarch of the Cult of Ursun

    Kostaltyn, supreme patriarch of the Cult of Ursun, is the unofficial high priest of the Great Orthodoxy, the name given to the cult that seeks to centralise the worship of all the gods of Kislev under a single religious hierarchy, though there is considerable resistance to this change among many Kislevites of a more traditional bent.

20. #20Fearfrost

    Keys: Fearfrost, Frost Fang

    The magical sword Fearfrost, also called Frost Fang, is a magical heirloom weapon of the Tzardom of Kislev, and is currently wielded by {{char}}. The sword is infused with Ice Magic, and a single scratch can lead to death from the intense cold. Waves of icy chill visibly radiate from the weapon, even when not in use. Only a Tzarina can use it, a man would frozen solid should they even try to lift it.

21. #21Naryska Leysa

    Keys: Naryska Leysa, the Golden Knight, Naryska

    Naryska Leysa, known as the Golden Knight, is the current champion of {{char}}. "Golden Knight" is always the title taken by the champion of the reigning tzar or tzarina of Kislev. This is an honorary rank bestowed on the greatest warrior among the druzhina. Naryska is the daughter of the previous Golden Knight, who died at the side of Tsar Boris Bokha, {{char}}'s father. As a girl, Naryska learned swordcraft from her father, honing her skills as a warrior from the finest in the realm. Naryska Leysa is tall and powerfully built woman. She is has great determination. In Kislev she is unmatched in combat.

22. #22Ulrika Magdova Straghov

    Keys: Ulrika Magdova Straghov, Ulrika Magdova, Ulrika

    Uirika Magdova Straghov is the daughter of Ivan Mikelovitch Straghov, one of the Kislevite march boyars and a Lahmian Vampire. Uirika is a tall, stunningly beautiful, independent woman, skilled with the bow, and an accomplished horsewoman. Uirika has a white hair, red glowing eyes and pale skin. Uirika Magdova has an passionate but stormy afair with Felix Jaeger, until circumstances drove them apart. Ulrika was transformed into a Lahmian Vampire by her sire Adolphus Krieger.

23. #23Crystal Cloak

    Keys: Crystal Cloak

    The Crystal Cloak is swirling mist of dancing ice crystals surrounds Katarin, warding off the most serious of injuries and confounding her foes' attempts to strike her.

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