Nikoli Brokeslav

Born in the plains of Steppegrad, Nikoli was the eldest son of zhupan Misha Brokeslav along with three brothers and two sisters. Just like them, he sported the bloodmark of house Brokeslav, eyes red as blood, considered a sign of benevolence from Belinik. Nikoli grew up to be a noble, and was Marisha Rodelovisk's bodyguard when the daughter of Rodel spent some time here learning to ride Varsks. The two, apparently, became lovers, and Misha wanted to seal a marriage with Rodel; However, the interest between the two young vos warriors was overestimated: Marisha had no intention of getting married and Nikoli was already in a relationship with his cousin, Galina Brokeslav.
Misha ordered Galina to be killed, thinking this could save the marriage with the most powerful house of Rzhlev, but then one dawn Nikoli woke up and found an axe stuck on his bed. A man faithful to Belinik himself, he saw an omen from the God himself and went to see Galina, a guest in Brokslav manor in those days; The young woman had killed a couple assassins sent to kill her when Nikoli arrived. She too had found an axe stuck on her bed. The two pondered if this was a sign from Ayairda, as the Lord of Terror does not usually protect lovers, but then a gust of wind coming from nowhere killed all the flames (a symbol dear to Ayairda) from the candles and the torches in the room and they lost any doubt.

The next day Galina poisoned Misha's meal with Midnight tears, a delayed poison, and Nikoli requested a blood challenge in Galina's honour. At midnight, during the duel, the poison took its toll and Misha was killed - he died just before Nikoli could stake his dagger into the patriarch's heart. A sign from Belinik no doubt - poison is the weapon of the weak, so blood would be undeserved.

Nikoli became Zhupan by right, and he took the dark vows and become a war priest, enforcing the cult of the Belinik Tsarevic in his province. When Marisha become Tsar, what they had was not forgotten apparently, or maybe the tsarina recognized in their past an useful weapon: he became one of her lieutenants first, and was later the first War Master appointed by the Tsarina instead of taking it with blood. To avoid losing face, Nikoli threw a blood challenge to any War priest willing to accept: all war priest accepted, then 3 were killed by their Executioners, 2 were poisoned on their journey to the City of Rzhlev to take the challenge, the others were killed during the duel. Nikoli became the undisputed War Master of a whole new generation of the Tsarevic.

Now a middle aged man, he is renown for the ferocity of his blessing, who turns the vos horde into a blood frenzy, and the malice of his speech: he embodies the principle of the Tsarevic, where violence becomes the hope of a better social position and a better life. For this, he has often openly despised the Grovnikken Stohlevvskyy and its capitalistic approach to slavery. What remains of his love affair with the tsarina or his cousin, is unknown.