A few things I noticed (sorry for not seeing it sooner):
Tatjana, the Ruskaja nanny.
While
Ruskaja is the correct form of contemporary Ruthenian, it's an adjective with a feminine gender. It's fine when in context (
"Ruthenian nanny").
You'd even speak Ruskaja like a native, though the tutors will certainly not enjoy the rustic accent.
Yet when talking about the tongue it should be written as
Ruski language. Ruski native, Ruski speaker, Ruski sword... the masculine gender, it's more correct when used with English words. In general, using
Ruthenian is advised because Polish and
Ruski maintain the classic masculine, feminine and neuter grammatical genders, so using
Ruskaja or
Ruski may sound... strange when combined with some words.
Not to be confused with the Russian language, also named
Ruski. Both Ruthenian and Russian are called that way in their respective languages, because they are from the same source, yet started to diverge since the Middle Ages until the start of the Quest, when Ruthenian was influenced greatly by Latin and Polish, while Russian by Church Slavonic, the liturgical tongue of the Orthodox Church. By the way, Church Slavonic was the official language of Muscovy and its elites up until the XVII century. Also,
Ruski is
not an insult during this time. Historiography named Ruthenian
Old Belarusian during the XIX century precisely to differentiate it from Russian, because due to both being named
Ruski earlier, the Russians claimed that they are one and the same. That the Western variants are simply Russian dialects in order to promote their vision of One Russia, with no Belarusians and Ukrainians as seperate nations.
One isn't exactly inspired to virtuous acts by the idea of predestination. Not to mention, these sermons! Death, death, death, sin, sin, sin, Hell, Hell, Hell. God's world is beautiful out there! And we are all sinners, yes, but many are truly trying their hardest. It's unclear at this point whether you're sympathetic to Catholicism, repelled by Calvinism, or are just simply too choleric-sanguine to sit through all this. An implicit optimism to your thinking, too.
Fun fact: Calvinism and its egalitarian rules found many adherents among the nobility of the Commonwealth, which loved the idea of equality among peers. However, predestination was not among them. The freedom-loving Polish nobles simply wouldn't accept the fact, that they are damned or saved from birth. They preferred to retain the belief, that it's their good deeds that grant them Salvation along with having the possibility of choice. Of course, this is the general rule, individuals could believe in what they please.
Oh, a very sad edit, one that will make you sad, too, so it's worth mentioning: there are no cool Deluge sabers yet. Not only that, but its introduction is dependent on post-PoD events playing out historically. I had written "saber" for one of the choices, learned this horrid fact, later only making reference to Marszowski fighting with a longsword or rapier, but have now edited the choice itself. So sad. Shouldn't effect votes.
Sabres were present in the Commonwealth, it's just that they became widespread with the ascension of Stephen Báthory to the throne and his Hungarian style, which quickly became very popular.
[X] Plan: The Young Hussar
-[X] Stanisław,
Stanislaus.
-[X] Felt the rage flow through you. A desire to not let it happen again. You asked for saber lessons the next day.
-[X] Tatjana, the
Ruskaja nanny.
-[X] Sir Andrzej Marszowski, your physical trainer.
-[X] "Quick-witted lad!"
-[X] You missed Father Janusz.
-[X] The French Court, with classes at the Collège Royal.
By they way, that page situation? Should our young Princeling tell that to anyone, the little twerp not only would be done for at court, but his parents might experience the wrath of the Radziwiłłs as well. I'm surprised such an option was not present. Radziwiłłs were a proud and vengeful bunch so it's very unwise to make enemies among them. In trying times to whole family stuck together regardless of religious differences and would always support each other (unless of course high treason was involved).
