Kuloving -

![[sturgia 1.png]] # Kuloving Old Believers - Ties to Jomsvikings ([[Skolderbroda]]) Tier 5 > Olek is patriarch of the Kuloving, one of the oldest of the [[Sturgian]] clans, which never really accepted the idea of the monarchy. He believes the boyars should be lords in their own lands. He is famed for once telling the prince, 'Every wound I suffer in battle under your banner is like my wife's caress, but every denar I pay to your treasury in tax is like an arrow in my gut.' He is older now, and keeps his counsel, but few believe that his resentment of princely authority has in any way diminished. # Dialogue [[Siga]] [[Kuloving]] on Grand Prince, [[Raganvad]] [[Gundaroving]] > "You may know that there is a matter between [[Raganvad]] and myself. Well, someone else will have to tell you about it. In my family, when there is a matter like this, we let our swords do the talking." [[Siga]] [[Kuloving]] on Khan, [[Monchug]] [[Urkhunait]] > "[[Monchug]], yes. I have made a vow about that [[Khuzait-Khanate]]. When I have fulfilled that vow, you may ask the skalds to tell you the whole story. It will be a bloody tale." [[Olek]] on clan [[Kuloving]] > "Our family have been the masters of this corner of the woods since the gods willed that the trees grow and the rivers flow. Someone wants to call himself Prince of the Sturgians? We have no quarrel with that. Just let that prince know that on our land, we're still the masters." [[Olek]] [[Kuloving]] on Grand Prince, [[Raganvad]] [[Gundaroving]] and the [[Arkit]] > "Ah, yes. [[Raganvad]], the glorious king, gave my little sister Pira (Varra) to a [[Khuzait-Khanate]] to seal an alliance. Well, my other sister - [[Siga]] - she wasn't having any of that. She rescued NAME (Varra), and left the Khuzait's castle in flames ([[Arkit]]) behind her. Well, [[Raganvad]] couldn't have that - he had my sister taken by surprise, and sent her head to the Khuzaits. This is not something that our family can forget." [[Asaios]] on [[Zorgan]] and his admiration for [[Olek]] (See page [[9]].) > [[Zorgan]] was a great admirer of [[Olek]] [[Kuloving]]. [[Olek]], he said, was leading resistance in the [[Sturgian]] council of Boyars to a law that would allow [[Raganvad]] to hire one of the mercenary bands of the north, possibly 'the Shield Brothers' ([[Skolderbroda]]), and place them under royal protection. This would give him troops that would rally to his banner more quickly and readily than the Boyars, without needing to raise taxes. But [[Zorgan]] griped that this would mean that foreigners would go strutting around the realm as though they were Boyars. He said that some Boyars, who licked [[Raganvad]]'s boots, would back the law, but men like [[Olek]], who recognized that Sturgians had pride, would never stand for this. ## Others on Temun [[Arkit]] on [[Siga]] [[Kuloving]], Varra, and Grand Prince, [[Raganvad]] > "That [[Sturgian]] witch killed my uncle (Undul [[Arkit]]). Her younger sister (Varra [[Kuloving]]) had been given to him in marriage by the [[Sturgian]] king ([[Raganvad]] [[Gundaroving]]), but she betrayed him and sent word to [[Siga]], and let her into his castle at night. He would never have been defeated by a woman, a [[Sturgian]], or anyone else in fair combat. At any rate he was slain. The [[Sturgian]] king, who at least has some honor, sent us the sister's head. But [[Siga]] remains alive - for now. Some day I will honor my father's memory by cutting her throat at his gravesite." # Game Files / Developer Diaries The Wrath of [[Siga]] Olgoving ([[Kuloving]]) Old Believers, ties to Jomsvikings ([[Skolderbroda]]) Patriarch - [[Olek]] old, ferocious Heir - Urik, fierce but high-spirited | ![[olek the old.png]] | Father of Olek, Siga and Varra --> NPCCharacter id="dead_lord_2_1" name="{=pkJy3oQL}Olek the Old" age="67" voice="curt" default_group="Infantry" is_hero="true" culture="Culture.sturgia" occupation="Lord" face_mesh_cache="true"> | | ---- | ---- | | ![[varra.png]] | Sister of Olek and Siga --> name="{=jIOMwnka}Varra" age="20" voice="softspoken" default_group="Infantry" is_hero="true" is_female="true" culture="Culture.sturgia" occupation="Lord" face_mesh_cache="true"> | | ![[olek.png]] | Olek, fierce old traditionalist. Custom equipment --> voice="curt" default_group="Infantry" age="48" is_hero="true" culture="Culture.sturgia" occupation="Lord" face_mesh_cache="true"> id="Oligarchic" value="1 | | ![[siga.png]] | Siga, his sister, older shieldmaiden. Archetype of humorless, honor-obsessed --> age="41" voice="curt" default_group="Cavalry" is_hero="true" is_female="true" culture="Culture.sturgia" occupation="Lord" face_mesh_cache="true"> | | ![[urik.png]] | Urik, Olek's son. Much like his father, but more aggressive and deceitful --> age="24" voice="softspoken" is_hero="true" default_group="Cavalry" culture="Culture.sturgia" occupation="Lord" face_mesh_cache="true"> | | ![[apolanea.png]] | Apolanea" age="21" voice="ironic" default_group="Cavalry" is_hero="true" is_female="true" culture="Culture.sturgia" occupation="Lord" face_mesh_cache="true"> | | ![[idrun.png]] | Olek's daughter, very conventional maiden --> name="{=GFmOwx4L}Idrun" voice="softspoken" default_group="Cavalry" age="20" is_hero="true" is_female="true" culture="Culture.sturgia" occupation="Lord" face_mesh_cache="true"> | | ![[rozhivol.png]] | Rozhivol" voice="softspoken" default_group="Cavalry" age="18" is_hero="true" culture="Culture.sturgia" occupation="Lord" face_mesh_cache="true"> |