Re: Background Stories: Tales of the Yelkanov Clan
"Ivan Dobyavich Yelkanov? Sorry, the name doesn't ring a bell. Ah, the tall one with the nose piercing! Ah yes, yes, it's coming back to me now. Sorry, we see alot of faces round here. Yes, Yelkanov did well here. I mean, he wasn't the best, but certainly in the top five of his group for military service. The lads here arrive with nothing normally, but Ivan had that peasant's fury. He was sure he was serving the Tsarina. Sure he was bettering Kislev.
We trained them for a few weeks, standard weapons; Bow, sword, axe. He took to the axe like a natural as I remember. Must have been a lumberjack in his village. Anyway, we took his group, fourty of them on the road to Kislev city. That's the thing with the conscripts, they're very useful for getting rid of banditry.
So we headed down to Kislev and were ambushed. Bandits, but they must have been desperate to attack an armed party. Anyway, a few of the lads didn't have the sense to duck and we lost a few. One of the other lads, I think his name was Semerov rushed out to try and engage them in melee. A few of the lads followed him, Yelkanov being one of them. Well, Yelkanov is six foot something and these bandits were all under that, so they must have shat themselves when this angry peasant with a greataxe came running at them. Put them to flight soon enough, though the lads told me that it was Yelkanov who had broken them. I spoke with him and he wanted to serve, so I had a word with Captain Feremankivh, an old friend of mine from our Kossar days and had him transfered. Why, where's he too these days?" - Drillmaster Pryoovet in Erengrad.