Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-24664052-20150921055751

Ipatiev Castle, Kostroma

The eighth year of the Rossiyan Civil War…

Eight years of war had gripped the northern nation, but with the rise of Ivan Vasilievich, the only Vasilievich heir remaining alive, as the hero of the civil war, the other factions are starting to falter, having to choose two ways: join him or wait for the inevitable defeat.

However, one noble, Stepan Puzharsky, is remaining defiant against him, and as everyone is faltering before Ivan, he has managed to recover an ancient artifact that allowed him to outlast the war, and repel Ivan’s offensives.

''Ivan has concluded that Puzharsky has become the greatest threat to him, and must be eliminated immediately. By using Kostroma as a bulwark against Stepan’s counteroffensives, he hoped he could stem his defiance and negate the effectiveness of whatever secret weapon he has in his arsenal long enough for him to come up with a plan that will finish him once and for all.''

Ivan looks at the wintry landscape from the castle’s balcony as he walks back and forth, waiting for the Templar officials and their special agent to arrive. He ponders about many things. Stepan, that secret weapon, his survival that he cannot permit…and most of all, one of the officials who rebelled against his father and started the war…

(Ivan was nine years old when the civil war began, and he’s 17 years old by this time.) 