CHRIST! This is beyond my worst nightmare scenario I could have conceived with how things were going with the Romanov's! And all of this, while the Torus Ivan Branch is still alive and kicking, while part of the Evil Bohka's. AND, this is without going into the fact that Kislev is now going to be going to war against the Full might of Clan Moulder and a unknown number of Lahmian+extra Vampires that are now going to see it as their primary goal to make life suck for Kislev for its audacity to not bend its neck to the Ruler of fallen Lahmia, Neferata. We are definetly not going to see the end of this number of people from dying, especially if a 1/6 of the currently surviving Romanov's, don't make it out of their coma's inflected by both parties of Skaven and Vampires.Personages Of ImportanceThe Romanov Dynasty: Ruling Royal Family of Kislev
Matriarch - Kattarin Romanov, Tzarina of Kisle [Titles Include: Tzarina, Kattarin the Bloody, Chosen of the Widow, the Ice Queen] - [STATUS UNKNOWN]
Patriarch - Rasputin Romanov, Husband To The Tzarina - Dead [Captured, Tortured, Murdered By Kurgan Chaos Worshippers]
Sister Of Matriarch - Natasha Romanov, Countess of Ostland
Ursus Mattrin Romanov, Crown Prince of Kislev, Married within Kislev City [High Priest of Ursun]- Dead [Assassinated By Various Anti-Romanov Forces, War of Bitter Ice] [ALL ADDITIONAL BRANCH MEMBERS KILLED - BRANCH EXTERMINATED]
Olesya Romanov (Formerly Nikodoch), Wife of Crown Prince Ursus Mattrin Romanov- Dead [Assassinated By Various Anti-Romanov Forces, War of Bitter Ice]Kattarin Romanov, Daughter To Heir, Married Within Erengrad- Dead [Assassinated By Various Anti-Romanov Forces, War of Bitter Ice]Ursuni Romanov, Daughter of Heir, Married Within Kislev City- Dead [Assassinated By Various Anti-Romanov Forces, War of Bitter Ice]Dmitry Romanov, Son to Heir, Married Within Praag- Dead [Assassinated By Various Anti-Romanov Forces, War of Bitter Ice]Mattrin Romanov, Son to Heir, Married Within Western Kislev- Dead [Assassinated By Various Anti-Romanov Forces, War of Bitter Ice]Boris Romanov, Son to Heir, Married Within Southern Kislev- Dead[Assassinated By Various Anti-Romanov Forces, War of Bitter Ice]Rasputin Romanov, Son to Heir, Married Within Kislev City- Dead [Assassinated By Various Anti-Romanov Forces, War of Bitter Ice]- Salyaza Natasha Romanov, Married to Prince Gorbachev of Erengrad [High Priestess of Salyak] - [Alive, Caring For Wounded Family Under Guard In Kislev City]
- Prince Sorca Romanov (Formerly Gorbachev) of Erengrad, Husband of Natasha Romanov - [Alive, Accompanying Wife Under Guard In Kislev City]
- Anna Romanov, Daughter, Married Within Erengrad [Initiate of the Widow] - [Alive, Residing With Family Under Guard In Kislev City
- Mattrim Romanov, Son, Unmarried - [Alive, Residing With Family Under Guard In Kislev City]
Alexa Romanov, Daughter, Married Within Erengrad [Initiate of the Widow]- Dead [Assassinated By Anti-Romanov Forces, War of Bitter Ice]Rasputin Romanov, Son, Married Within Western Kislev- Dead [Assassinated By Anti-Romanov Forces, War of Bitter Ice]- Olga Romanov, Married to Governor Morosow of Praag [High Priestess of the Widow] - [Comatose From Skaven Assassination Attempt, Under Guard In Kislev City]
- Governor Boroda Morosow of Praag and the Z'ra, Husband of Olga Romanov - Dead [Publicly Executed By Vampiric Forces During Their Attempt To Claim Praag]
- Galya Romanov, Daughter, Married Within Kislev City - Alive/Captured By Torus Ivan Pulks
- Katya Romanov, Daughter, Married Within Praag Area - Dead [Publicly Executed By Vampiric Forces During Their Attempt To Claim Praag]
- Rasputina, Daughter, Married Within Northern Kislev - Dead [Publicly Executed By Vampiric Forces During Their Attempt To Claim Praag]
- Dazhus Andre Romanov, Fraternal Twin of Ivan/ Married Within Kislev City [High Priest of Dazh] - [Comatose From Catastrophic Injuries Sustained From Vampiric Murder Attempt, Under Guard In Kislev City]
- Bojárynja Talika (Formerly Chzov) of Kislev City, Wife of Dazhus Andrew Romanov - [Alive, Remaining At Husband's Side, Under Guard In Kislev City]
- Mikhail Romanov, Son, Married Within Praag Area - Dead [Publicly Executed By Vampiric Forces During Their Attempt To Claim Praag]
- Rasputin Romanov, Son, Married Within Southern Kislev - Dead [Killed During Bohka Intercine Conflict After Yellow Fang and Vampiric Masters Revealed]
- Andre Romanov, Son, Married Within Southern Kislev - Dead [Killed During Bohka Intercine Conflict Between Chaos-Tainted Bokha and Yellow Fang]
- Olga Romanov, Daughter, Married Within Southern Kislev [Initiate of the Widow] - [Alive, Remaining At Parent's Side Under Guard In Kislev City]
- Ivana Romanov, Daughter, Unmarried - [Alive, Remaining At Parent and Grandparent's Side Under Guard In Kislev City]
- Konstantin Bokha, Engaged To Ivana [Alive, Remaining Under House Arrest In Kislev City]
- Maria Romanov, Daughter, Newborn - [Alive, Under Heavy Guard In Cradle In Kislev City]
- Torus Ivan Romanov, Fraternal Twin of Andre/ Married Within Kislev [High Priest of Tor] [Traitor To Tzarina] - Alive/Precise Location Unknown
- Bojárynja Nadyezhda Romanov (Formerly Rybkin) - Alive/Precise Location Unknown
- Rasputin Romanov, Son, Married Within Kislev City Area - Alive/Precise Location Unknown
- Boris Romanov, Son, Married Within Praag Area - Alive/Precise Location Unknown
- Dmirov Romanov, Son, Married In Western Kislev - Alive/Precise Location Unknown
- Ivana Romanov, Daughter, Unmarried (Initiate Ice Witch) - Alive/Precise Location Unknown
Not really? Fred family was the one that got fuck up more since at quest start he was the only member of his house.Man the Romanovs got fucked up. It's like what happened to Freddy's family at the start of the quest, but like, up to 11.
Im betting its the latter, as Tor gave us a while back a very good idea of what his mental state is and his willingness to go betray his family and go help assasinate one of his brothers. Hard man makes hard choices, are practically radiating off of the guy, especially since he still see's his mom and Alexandra as the more ultimate evil when he started to rebel, though who knows how much of a factor that is in comparison to the Skaven and Vampires? Maybe, they promised they would just revert everything back to the old days of Kislev before his mom came around, with the promise everything would be done from the shadows, with no overt things like 500% increase in slavery and slaves buying to work and die in the tens of thousands every year to build stuff like new forts, roads and massive temples/palaces again?The question now is whether Torus being hidden is due to him realizing what he cooked off and being a fucking coward versus him doubling down on the horrific bullshit he made bed with
He had done his best to keep up the Princess of Tiranoc's spirits after she had been recaptured by Alyssa,
Listen, freedmen...As the slaves take their steps out of the shadows of the slave tunnels and towards the nexus points, what they hear from you is that anger.
Take as much time we you need and hope day goes by alright. Process your emotions however you need to and feel better.Also just a heads up that I probably won't be on much tomorrow. I'm feeling that certain kind of sad about the day.
Appreciate all of you very much. Thank you, again, to the Patreon people especially, but thanks to everyone who reads as well.
So, if I'm reading correctly, (in IRL analogies) Kislev Civil war is currently Tsarists winning and have Lenin expy captured?
Likewise on the mistake in regard to Ivana, and from what we can tell on the matter, the dead may as well be 15 dead, 2 coma and 1 captured, as Katarina the Bloody was captured and from what we can tell has just been brought to Hellpit, for a most horrific fate that no one would wish to suffer through if given a chance. Besides that, if things keep escalating as things go now, the war of bitter Ice will just have Moulder start hiring more master assassins of Clan Eshin and the rest of the council of 13 forces to answer their warptoken debts if things get really hard with cracking Kislev's nominal leadership after this barrage of death and destruction. And considering, this isn't factoring in the Evil Bohka's faction, which considering the one's Alexandra captured were the actually good ones and not the morally grey to downright evil ones, I suspect they will also be up to their own tricks to kill more of the Romanov's after this latest bought of fighting is finished. Particularly the two comatose one's since Freddy himself almost didn't make it when he went under in Ungor, and he had much better stuff at hand to keep him alive and healthy despite being unconscious and was still at death's door. And Kislev...doesn't have that on hand for the palace where everyone is being kept guarded and under constant surveillance by the Kreml guard.YEEEEEEESH.
Keeping in mind that the Romanov Dynasty is/was not just a collection of related government officials, but also the leadership of Kattarin's new pantheonic church...
This is devastating.
Here's the impact of the War of Bitter Ice on the Romanov Dynasty in Kislev
At best, the Dynasty has been cut in half. At worst, its down to less than a fifth of its size.
- Before
- 28 members (+5 in-laws worth mentioning)
- Across 5 branches
- After
- 6 living, loyal, and present members (+2 in-laws) (+1 new in-law)
- Across 2 branches
- 5 traitors (+1 in-law)
- of 1 branch
- 1 prisoner
- 2 coma patients of dubious prospects to live
- 1 missing
- 14 dead (+2 in-laws)
And the Bokha are whole responsible for 2 of those deaths and partially responsible for 9 more (+1 in-law).
I also want to point out that these explanations specifically call out the Bokha themselves answering to the Skaven, the Vampires, and Chaos itself.
So, no wonder Alexandra is truly ready to permanently end the Bokha be it in name or through bloodshed.
They cannot claim to be a necessary check on centralized power when they've just finished killing each other because it turns out they are actually foreign agents.
Funny enough, I didn't realize Konstantin had already been added to the family tree so for a hot minute there I thought the only available Ivana was Torus Ivan's daughter and I could not wrap my head around why Alexandra would be making an offer that is at best useless and at worst actively detrimental to her cause.
Not that Konstantin is going to have a fun time with his new in-laws anyway. His people are directly responsible for the very recent deaths of two of her uncles.
Where are you getting all these information?Damn that family tree has a lot of red, some silver linings, there is only 1 Romanov left that Alex cares for that is still imprisoned so at least Alex doesn't have to run around anymore trying to save as much as she can, also looks like the Vampires tried to take Praag but were repelled by the defenders of Praag,
The Romanov Dynasty: Ruling Royal Family of Kislev
Matriarch - Kattarin Romanov, Tzarina of Kisle [Titles Include: Tzarina, Kattarin the Bloody, Chosen of the Widow, the Ice Queen] - [STATUS UNKNOWN]
Patriarch - Rasputin Romanov, Husband To The Tzarina - Dead [Captured, Tortured, Murdered By Kurgan Chaos Worshippers]
Sister Of Matriarch - Natasha Romanov, Countess of Ostland
Ursus Mattrin Romanov, Crown Prince of Kislev, Married within Kislev City [High Priest of Ursun]- Dead [Assassinated By Various Anti-Romanov Forces, War of Bitter Ice] [ALL ADDITIONAL BRANCH MEMBERS KILLED - BRANCH EXTERMINATED]
Olesya Romanov (Formerly Nikodoch), Wife of Crown Prince Ursus Mattrin Romanov- Dead [Assassinated By Various Anti-Romanov Forces, War of Bitter Ice]Kattarin Romanov, Daughter To Heir, Married Within Erengrad- Dead [Assassinated By Various Anti-Romanov Forces, War of Bitter Ice]Ursuni Romanov, Daughter of Heir, Married Within Kislev City- Dead [Assassinated By Various Anti-Romanov Forces, War of Bitter Ice]Dmitry Romanov, Son to Heir, Married Within Praag- Dead [Assassinated By Various Anti-Romanov Forces, War of Bitter Ice]Mattrin Romanov, Son to Heir, Married Within Western Kislev- Dead [Assassinated By Various Anti-Romanov Forces, War of Bitter Ice]Boris Romanov, Son to Heir, Married Within Southern Kislev- Dead[Assassinated By Various Anti-Romanov Forces, War of Bitter Ice]Rasputin Romanov, Son to Heir, Married Within Kislev City- Dead [Assassinated By Various Anti-Romanov Forces, War of Bitter Ice]- Salyaza Natasha Romanov, Married to Prince Gorbachev of Erengrad [High Priestess of Salyak] - [Alive, Caring For Wounded Family Under Guard In Kislev City]
- Prince Sorca Romanov (Formerly Gorbachev) of Erengrad, Husband of Natasha Romanov - [Alive, Accompanying Wife Under Guard In Kislev City]
- Anna Romanov, Daughter, Married Within Erengrad [Initiate of the Widow] - [Alive, Residing With Family Under Guard In Kislev City
- Mattrim Romanov, Son, Unmarried - [Alive, Residing With Family Under Guard In Kislev City]
Alexa Romanov, Daughter, Married Within Erengrad [Initiate of the Widow]- Dead [Assassinated By Anti-Romanov Forces, War of Bitter Ice]Rasputin Romanov, Son, Married Within Western Kislev- Dead [Assassinated By Anti-Romanov Forces, War of Bitter Ice]- Olga Romanov, Married to Governor Morosow of Praag [High Priestess of the Widow] - [Comatose From Skaven Assassination Attempt, Under Guard In Kislev City]
- Governor Boroda Morosow of Praag and the Z'ra, Husband of Olga Romanov - Dead [Publicly Executed By Vampiric Forces During Their Attempt To Claim Praag]
- Galya Romanov, Daughter, Married Within Kislev City - Alive/Captured By Torus Ivan Pulks
- Katya Romanov, Daughter, Married Within Praag Area - Dead [Publicly Executed By Vampiric Forces During Their Attempt To Claim Praag]
- Rasputina, Daughter, Married Within Northern Kislev - Dead [Publicly Executed By Vampiric Forces During Their Attempt To Claim Praag]
- Dazhus Andre Romanov, Fraternal Twin of Ivan/ Married Within Kislev City [High Priest of Dazh] - [Comatose From Catastrophic Injuries Sustained From Vampiric Murder Attempt, Under Guard In Kislev City]
- Bojárynja Talika (Formerly Chzov) of Kislev City, Wife of Dazhus Andrew Romanov - [Alive, Remaining At Husband's Side, Under Guard In Kislev City]
- Mikhail Romanov, Son, Married Within Praag Area - Dead [Publicly Executed By Vampiric Forces During Their Attempt To Claim Praag]
- Rasputin Romanov, Son, Married Within Southern Kislev - Dead [Killed During Bohka Intercine Conflict After Yellow Fang and Vampiric Masters Revealed]
- Andre Romanov, Son, Married Within Southern Kislev - Dead [Killed During Bohka Intercine Conflict Between Chaos-Tainted Bokha and Yellow Fang]
- Olga Romanov, Daughter, Married Within Southern Kislev [Initiate of the Widow] - [Alive, Remaining At Parent's Side Under Guard In Kislev City]
- Ivana Romanov, Daughter, Unmarried - [Alive, Remaining At Parent and Grandparent's Side Under Guard In Kislev City]
- Konstantin Bokha, Engaged To Ivana [Alive, Remaining Under House Arrest In Kislev City]
- Maria Romanov, Daughter, Newborn - [Alive, Under Heavy Guard In Cradle In Kislev City]
- Torus Ivan Romanov, Fraternal Twin of Andre/ Married Within Kislev [High Priest of Tor] [Traitor To Tzarina] - Alive/Precise Location Unknown
- Bojárynja Nadyezhda Romanov (Formerly Rybkin) - Alive/Precise Location Unknown
- Rasputin Romanov, Son, Married Within Kislev City Area - Alive/Precise Location Unknown
- Boris Romanov, Son, Married Within Praag Area - Alive/Precise Location Unknown
- Dmirov Romanov, Son, Married In Western Kislev - Alive/Precise Location Unknown
- Ivana Romanov, Daughter, Unmarried (Initiate Ice Witch) - Alive/Precise Location Unknown
The Plot(s) Revealed! Thanks to the efforts of the Bohka and Pantheonic Traditionalists of Kislev, the Nadzirateli were unable to discover and stop the Lahmian Sisterhood from co-opting both the Verenan and Ranaldian Extremist Cults Cells across Kislev known as the Prosecutors of Justice and the Humble Ones by way of themselves (the vampires) co-opting the Kislevite Yellow Fang Sub-Cult known as the Grasping Claws
So this mess all started when Kattarin got kidnapped and then Lahmian infiltrators tricked Yellow Fang cultists into tricking Verenan and Ranaldian extremists into helping a bokha assassinate Mattrin, the heir and High Priest of Ursus, along with his whole family. They also burned down part of Kislev City or something? And split the Grand Army and mercenaries with chaos.With the Tzarina ambushed on the road, the extinction of Ursus Mattrin, the rebellion of Torus Ivan, a massive Warherd with a rumored Ice Magic wielding shaman, and lack of information on the rest of the Romanovs, none of the Romanov Loyalists contest your Regency. Now, the nation has fallen into chaos.
"The initial plan was for slow infiltration, subversion," the twins spoke once more, "Their plans were accelerated unnaturally due to the presence of the skaven. The skaven wished for the Tzarina as well, but for different purposes."
"Vampires claim they saved her," the twins blinked a single time at the exact same time. "From the skaven. Who were helped by the Yellow Fang, who were tricked…by vampires?"
They had tried to cut her supply lines as she stormed west to take Erengrad, and had to try and blunt those probing attempts towards Praag.
The skaven had boiled up from below all three cities, requiring work on all parties involved, undead included in some cases, to push them back.