Katarin
Katarin is the current Tzarina of Kislev and is known as the Ice Queen due to her mastery of Ice Magic. She took the throne after Boris Ursus was killed fighting Kurgans far to the north. She is of Gospodar descent as all rulers of Kislev are.
Her power is said to come from the land of Kislev itself, giving her command of the elements and mastery of that form of wizardry. Some whisper that she is the reincarnation of the first Khan-Queen Miska, although this is unconfirmed. When she ascended to the throne it is said that the Bokha Palaces grew a whole new wing made of ice, hald a mile long. This is beyond all but the most skilled ice mages and it is here that Katarin remains for most of her time. Some say she enjoys the cold, while others believe it to be an attempt to overawe all of her enemies and foreign ambassadors.
This tzarina, unlike her predecessor, leads from the rear and is aloof and remote, prefurring to work through agents and generals. She rarely joins the armies of Kislev (or pulks) but when she does she is almost always mounted on her stead whose breath is said to be the winter wind, or she may be riding an armoured sled drawn by a team of identical beasts. When she does go forth, she devistates all who stand before her, and the Ungol people to the north of Kislev believe and fear her to be one of the ancient warrior witches from their past.
The queen will have to fight more, as in recent times the Kurgans and Kyazak have been growing more fearsomne, under their Zars and Hetzars. The scale and ferocity of these raids has meant the despatching of a number of Empire contingents to aid in the defences. She will have her work cut out to defend the land against the maurauders of Chaos from the north.
Sources
- Warhammer Armies: The Empire, 4th Edition.Baltimore: Games Workshop Ltd, 1996.
- Warhammer Armies: Kislev (6th Edition). 6th ed. A gathering of White Dwarf articles.
