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battalions receiving them, and holidays celebrating
the Motherland’s heroes—working holidays, but
holidays nonetheless—occur almost weekly. One
finds it difficult to remember the blood and scandal
smeared over so much of Khador’s politics and past
when one beholds its shining capitol.
Noted Persons
Queen Ayn Vanar XI (female Khard Ari3/Ftr7):
The striking queen of Khador is a shrewd and powerful
politician with ambitions deeper than the Khardic Sea.
She is willing to do anything to further her goals, and
her machinations have come to fruition most recently
with the successful invasion of Llael. These days her
ambitions turn toward Cygnar. She has yet to choose
a husband, to the chagrin of countless nobles, and
pursues her family’s destiny alone in the palace.
Mhikol Horscze, Premier of the Khadoran High
Kommand (male Umbrean Ftr20): Horscze is an
ancient giant of a man with stark white hair and
piercing grey eyes. Despite his great age, the premier
is sharp of mind. As head of the Khadoran High
Kommand he has used his intimidating presence
to steer the supreme kommandants efficiently and
without question for over two decades. Premier
Horscze once tutored the renowned Kommandant
Irusk in the art of war and takes great pride in the many
successes of his former pupil. Some among the High
Kommand resent Irusk’s rapid rise to prominence, but
the premier is quick to silence them.
Posadnik Alexei Ladislav (male Khard Ari10/Ftr3):
As a trusted advisor, Posadnik Ladislav is the queen’s
shadow. Alexei served briefly in the Winter Guard
but lost one of his hands to a rampaging troll during
his tour near Tverkutsk and was forced to retire into
politics. He has the responsibility of acting as liaison
between the throne and the persistent members of the
kayazy, a role he performs with great pride and honor.
He replaced his lost hand with a silver cap bearing the
Khadoran insignia.
Kommandant Boris Makarov (male Khard Ftr13):
Kommandant Makarov, an enormous man with
voracious appetites, commands the Winter Guard
of Korsk. If the queen symbolizes the Motherland,
Makarov personifies the Khadoran fighting spirit.
He pays his respects to both Morrow and Menoth,
is fiercely loyal to his queen, and disdains petty
politicking. Boris spent a great deal of his life behind
the grinning cuirass of the Iron Fangs, and he would
like nothing more than to stand on the frontlines
of Ravensgard. He bides his time restively however,
as he hopes his wife is on the verge of giving birth
to his first son; after seven daughters, he feels his
family is due a proper heir. After the boy comes into
the world and Boris can hold him up for the gods to
see, the kommandant plans to delegate his duties and
immediately join the front.
Master Mechanik Dahlrif Salvoro II (male Khard
Amk14): Dahlrif Salvoro II is the successor to the
proud Salvoro name, renowned for its developments in
steam technology. As one of the heads at the Khadoran
Mechaniks Assembly headquarters in Korsk, Dahlrif
rarely appears without his trademark blood-tinted
goggles. The testy middle-aged arcane mechanik
does not suffer “fools” easily. He is very interested
in all manner of mechanika, researches all types of
technology, and meets frequently with other arcane
mechaniks and engineers. Dahlrif throws himself into
his work as if driven to build upon the Salvoro legacy,
and he regularly lectures at the Khadoran Institute of
Engineering.
Locales of Korsk
Gotskij Dvor: The business district known as the
Gotskij Dvor is Korsk’s permanent commerce center.
Three city blocks square, covering nearly a square
mile of city, and kept polished and clean despite
neighboring factories and lumbering steamjacks, the
elite and wealthy of Korsk come to the Dvor to trade
on a massive scale. Servants of the throne come to
contract huge work orders from the many businesses
and industries that have offices here. Czavyana Trading
Posts has its headquarters here as well as Falgora Arms
and Armor, Salvoro Forge, Vislovski Gunwerks, and
Gevenorsk Mercantile. Although the ruling class is
situated closer to the palace, most merchants believe
that the contracts changing hands at Gotskij Dvor form
the real power in Korsk.
Katrinksa Cathedral: Officially, Morrow and
Menoth are equally tolerated in Korsk, but the queen’s
favor is evident in the sheer majesty of the Cathedral
where she chooses to worship—if she decides not to
make her devotions in her personal palace chapel, that
is. Built to impress, this gilded cathedral is visible from