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Othmar Bolshnik was born in 708, the son of [[Kethmar Bolshnik]], twice leader of [[Nova Vaasa]]. He succeeded his father as leader of Nova Vaasa in 729 upon the latter's death. Initially, Othmar ruled under the tutoledge of a regent, [[Tristen Hiregaard]], an arrangement made by the father that infuriated the son. In 733, at the end of the Bolshnik term of office, Othmar refused to step down on the grounds that the regency had cheated him of his term of office. The regency ended and Othmar ruled alone, breaking the [Cycle of Stewards]. His subsequent actions have left no doubt that he intends to have himself declared king. The Church of the Lawgiver appears to support him in this. | Othmar Bolshnik was born in 708, the son of [[Kethmar Bolshnik]], twice leader of [[Nova Vaasa]]. He succeeded his father as leader of Nova Vaasa in 729 upon the latter's death. Initially, Othmar ruled under the tutoledge of a regent, [[Tristen Hiregaard]], an arrangement made by the father that infuriated the son. In 733, at the end of the Bolshnik term of office, Othmar refused to step down on the grounds that the regency had cheated him of his term of office. The regency ended and Othmar ruled alone, breaking the [[Cycle of Stewards]]. His subsequent actions have left no doubt that he intends to have himself declared king. The Church of the Lawgiver appears to support him in this. | ||
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Othmar Bolshnik was born in 708, the son of Kethmar Bolshnik, twice leader of Nova Vaasa. He succeeded his father as leader of Nova Vaasa in 729 upon the latter's death. Initially, Othmar ruled under the tutoledge of a regent, Tristen Hiregaard, an arrangement made by the father that infuriated the son. In 733, at the end of the Bolshnik term of office, Othmar refused to step down on the grounds that the regency had cheated him of his term of office. The regency ended and Othmar ruled alone, breaking the Cycle of Stewards. His subsequent actions have left no doubt that he intends to have himself declared king. The Church of the Lawgiver appears to support him in this.
Chronology
708 Othmar Bolshnik is born the second son of Kethmar Bolshnik. His birthday, May 20th, is celebrated across the land as Bolshnik day. Events include miltary inspections, horse races, and rampant market buying as the sales tax is temporally slashed. [Gaz V pg. 149, BoSc pg. 35]
726 Othmar's older brother, Talgaard Bolshnik, is unmasked as the Kantora Strangler and is entrusted to the Clinic of the Mentally Distressed outside Egertus.
729 Othmar Bolshnik conspires with Chezna (a darkling and leader of a ruthless band of thieves known as the Briarweed Forest Bandits) and slowly poisons his father, Kethmar Boshnik. Because Othmar’s older brother is a mad killer kept in the Clinic for the Mentally Distressed, Othmar becomes Prince, but Sir Tristen Hiregaard is made his regent (per Kethmaar’s final request). [DoD pg. 69; TEW; TNL; TA]
729 Prince Kethmar Bolshnik dies in office, but not before consulting with the other great families and devising a regency for his 21 year old son. [Gaz V pg. 32-33, 149-151]
729-733 Othmar Bolshnik becomes prince, Tristen Hiregaard becomes regent, the latter runs the government and the former prepares his revenge. [Gaz V pg. 149-151]
733 Regent Tristen Hiregaard steps down. Prince Othmar Bolshnik breaks the Cycle of Stewarts by refusing to do the same. He defends his cause by insisting that he has been cheated out of his turn.
733 Prince Othmar reaches secret understandings with Malken and with the bandits, offering them a measure of protection from legal authorities in return for gold. Malken contacts the bandits, including Chezna the Blood-cat, to compile evidence that might be used to blackmail Othmar should the need ever arise. [Gaz V pg. 150]
733 Prince Othmar begins the formation of a personal police force called the Straffers with extrajudicial powers. At the insistence of the other great families, they are limited to Bolshnik territory and Kantora. They have the curious effect of reducing random attacks by creatures of the night, but increasing the number of attacks with political undertones by these same creatures. [Gaz V pg. 32, Author's Notes to VRGttM]
737 Inexplicablly, Prince Othmar appoints the uncorruptible Sturm Androv, endorsed by Tristen Hiregaard, Constable of the Kantora City Guard. [BoSec pg. 111-112]
738 Prince Othmar commissions paintings and sculptures of himself bearing the Whip of Right and the Rod of Might (devices of the Eternal King Højplads) eliminating all doubt as to his pretensions. [Gaz V pg. 30]
741 Othmar tries and fails to have Chezna the Blood-cat silenced for all eternity by band of foreign adventurers. The Vistani outcast and bandit leader replies with a reign of terror. She is, however, driven out of her base in Briarweed Forest and obliged to roam the land. [Gaz V pg. 15, 150]
743 Prince Othmar dispenses with the seals of the five great families and mints money in his own image. [Gaz V pg. 30]
749 The patients, including Talgaard Bolshnik, and the physicians, including Dr. Gregorian Illhousen, of the Clinic of the Mentally Distressed outside of Egertus vanish without a trace. [Gaz V pg. 41]
753 Prince Othmar begins sitting in the Great Blackstone Throne (reserved to the Eternal King Højplads) nearly provoking a revolt by the Rivtoff family and the Vistin family, and necessitating the intervention of the Himmelsk Naeve to legitimise the act. [Gaz V pg. 30]
756- Repeated Nova Vaasan attempts to cut a road north through Tepest to ultimately join the Strigos road in Darkon fail. [Gaz V pg. 37]
758 A build up of royal forces within easy reach of the Tepestani border is interpreted variously as a warning to the Tepestani to stop sabotaging the road or as a prelude to an invasion to civilise the domain by force. [Gaz V pg. 37]
758 Naranna Hiregaard is to lead the crew of the Waveprowler, an effort sponsored by her family to fight the growing piracy on the [[Nocturnal Sea[[. The ship is to be captained by Onid Rhelarian. [LoB pg. 78, 143]
WIKISEED FROM CATALOGUE : Head of the Bolshnik Family(Please edit freely, then remove this note and WIKISEED label)
