Kalyazin

Kalyazin (pronounced: Kahl-YAZ-in) is a country steeped in old religion. It is at war with Tranavia. To the north is the Aecii Empire, and to the south is Akola.

Description
Kalyazin is known to be superstitious and deeply religious. The people of Kalyazin believe that magic is something that can only be divinely appointed by the gods. They have been at war with Tranavia over magic for nearly a century. They believe that Tranavians are heretics that need to be eradicated from the earth. Old monasteries nestle in the Kalyazi forests and churches can be found everywhere. There are wayside shrines throughout the country dedicated to the various gods and goddesses, as are the churches themselves. Most people have one specific god they pray to, and there are saints for more minor affairs. The book Vasiliev's Book of Saints contains information about the various saints. The Codex of the Divine is the holy book of the Church.

It is a very cold country, and it can seem as if winter never ends. Even the melt season is cold. It is heavily forested. The capitol city is Komyazalov, and the court is known as the Silver Court. The aristocracy is led by the boyars, who are next inn rank to a prince. There are three primary Kalyazin languages. Since the war with Tranavia, even those not conscripted into the army receive some training. The specially trained soldiers who hunt the Vultures are called Voldah Gorovni.

Notable Locations:

 * Komyazalov: The capitol city
 * Tvir: A city located in the east near the war front
 * Voldoga: An outpost town recently claimed by Tranavia
 * Rudnya: The closest city to Nadya's monastery
 * Kazatov: A northern city
 * Gazhden'viya: A town
 * Czezechni: A city
 * Voczi Dovorik: A small town nestled in a wide gap in the woods, it's a few days' travel from the capitol
 * Torvishk: A place with healing springs frequented by the tsar.
 * Baikkle Mountains
 * Dozvlatenya Forest

Notable Kalyazins

 * Nadezhda Lapteva
 * Anna Vadimovna
 * Konstantin Ruslanovich
 * Pelageya Borisovna
 * Yekaterina Vodyanova
 * Iryna Chernikova
 * Magdalena Fedoseyeva
 * Ruslan Yedemsky
 * Yulian Vodyanov: The tsar of Kalyazin
 * General Golovhka: The general leading the war effort
 * Kseniya Mirokhina: A cleric gifted with unnatural marksmanship by Devonya
 * Father Alexei: The head priest at Nadya's monastery
 * Viktor Artamonov: A wealthy boyar
 * Grigoriy Rogov: A monk who heard the voices of the fallen gods and was poisoned by a fellow monk at his monastery
 * Milonir: One of Katya's soldiers
 * Olya: A hedge witch
 * Andrei: An acolyte at the Komyazalov cathedral
 * Sister Belovicha: A priestess at the Komyazalov cathedral
 * Dimitry: The tsar 's favorite holy man
 * Krill Balakin: A low prince
 * Eugeni: A member of the Voldah Gorovni
 * Danulka: A member of the Voldah Gorovni
 * Lilya Fedoseyeva: Nadya's mother
 * Zinaida Nekrasova : A soft-spoken general
 * Dimitri Zyuganow: A low prince from western Kalyazin who killed Svoyatova Alisha Varunshkina.
 * Marya Telkinova: Lover of Svoyatova Inessa Besfamilny who was corrupted by a kashyvhes.
 * Tsaritsa Milyena: Her death was prophesied by Svoyatova Maruska Obukhova. She died by a snake bite an hour after Maruska was burned at the stake.

Trivia

 * Kalyazin is inspired by Russia.