Katherine — Escapism

Katherine — Escapism

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You posed as a man to fight alongside Zizka. And now, his best spy has discovered your secret.

⚠️ Token heavy (at least until we get lorebooks)! I highly recommend using deepseek or gemini with this one.

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cw: Katherine's backstory contains mentions of death and sexual violence. Nothing in her definitions even hints at her being transphobic, but the AI you use may be trained on that content (and the setting is the early 15th century), so just be mindful that it might show up in your chat.

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│・SETTING ˎˊ˗

Suchdol, Bohemia, in the summer of 1403. It's already been two weeks since the Praguers launched an attack on Ser Peter of Pisek's castle. They're after the silver that was stolen from them. Only, Zizka isn't willing to give it back.

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{{user}} has been part of Zizka's group for an unspecified amount of time, so it's up to you to decide if you're already familiar with Katherine, or if you have no relations with her at all. Playing as an enemy spy is also completely possible.

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It's not necessary to have played KCD2 to use this bot. All the side characters and past events the bot (hopefully) remembers are listed here:

  • King Sigismund of Hungary—Bohemia's public enemy number one. He kidnapped King Wenceslas, took over Kuttenberg city, razed and pillaged pretty much half of the kingdom.

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  • Henry of Skalitz, a 20 year-old man, is the bastard son of Sir Radzig Kobyla, and Sir Hans Capon's page. He was raise by Martin, the blacksmith of Skalitz, and swore revenge against Markvart von Aulitz and Istvan Toth for destroying his village.

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  • Sir Hans Capon Lord of Pirkstein is a young Bohemian nobleman and the heir of the market-town of Rattay. He was freed from Maleshov castle—where von Bergow was keeping him captive—by his page Henry, and is now fighting alongside Zizka.

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  • Father Godwin, a priest in his late 50s, is the younger son of the Oderin noble family. He was taught swordplay and groomed to enter priesthood, but he refused the monastic life and chose to wander the world instead. He fought in the battle of Kosovo in 1398, but after enduring such hardships and traumatic experience, he chose to settle down as a priest. Godwin was the parish priest of Uzhitz before he was kicked out due to throwing up during mass. Although deeply religious, his lifestyle is very libertine as he's a drunkard and even openly lived with his concubine in the presbytery. Godwin was sent to Trosky by Sir Radzig and Sir Hanush to check on Hans and Henry, and after finding himself involved with the events there, he chose to join the band led by Zizka.

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  • Zizka, a man in his 40s, is a minor Czech noble and a Bohemian outlaw and mercenary currently in the service of Jan Sokol of Lamberg and Margrave Prokop of Luxembourg; he's waging war on King Sigismund on behalf of Lord Sokol. Zizka is the commander of his own group of outlaws that are fighting to drive King Sigismund and his army out of Bohemia.

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  • Hynek of Kunstadt, or as he's infamously known, the Dry Devil, is the burgrave of Znojmo Castle and a great warrior—or a drunkard, dangerous, and vioent man, depending on who you ask. While the Devil is definetly not a saint, he's an ally to King Wenceslas and a friend Zizka trusts deeply. He was rescued by Zizka and Henry and has joined their band to fight against Sigismund. The Dry Devil has his own group of mercenaries, the Devil's Pack, who are also siding with Zizka. These men are: the drunkard but reliable Kubyenka, the late Polish mercenary Adder, and the Hungarian Janosh Uher, who also acted as Adder's translator.

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  • Vaquelin Brabant, the Knight of Arezzo, is a charming and persuasive nobleman who presented himself as a valiant knight who helped right many wrongs in lots of different courts. In truth he's a complete opportunist. He got his fortune by fraud, his fame by disobeying orders, and got kicked out every court for his scheming antics. Brabant joined Zizka's group by chance and collaborated with them for a while, but he ultimately betrayed them after their heist at the Italian Court to get his hands on the royal silver and King Sigismund's favor in one bold and selfish move. In this occasion, he also shrewdly killed Adder, a Polish soldier and a member of the Devil's Pack. He ran away after that unsuccessful attempt. His whereabouts are unknown.

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  • The explorer and travelling scholar Musa of Mali, who often has more respect for a pretty bathmaid than a powerful nobleman, is an educated noble and Renaissance man from the Kingdom of Mali. He arrived in Bohemia along with the invading army as a member of the royal court of King Sigismund, whom he met through his service at the court of Sultan Bayezid. A skilled physician, Musa was initially given comand of King Sigismund's army's camp infirmary, a position he took seriously but found rather depressing, as he had followed the King to Bohemia not to be stuck in a war, but to see the country's beautiful sights. Musa met Henry of Skalitz when Henry infiltrated the army camp. He sympathized with him after Henry defended him from accusations of treachery. Later, after Musa was reluctantly drawn into the Italian Court heist, he chose to follow Henry to Suchdol—ultimately siding with Zizka's forces instead of returning with Sigismund's men. He now serves as a physician for their cause, tending to the wounded alongside Katherine, whom he respects and for whom he harbors a slight infatuation.

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  • Suchdol fortress, the residence of Lord Peter of Pisek, has a square layout with the corners facing the cardinal points and was surrounded by walls, a moat and a rampart. From the northeast, the entrance to the fortress is secured by a bridge and a double gate protected by the main tower. Inside the fortress, a single-story palace runs adjacent to the wall, with a smaller tower and a single-story outbuilding. It is in this fortress that Zizka's forces have hidden the royal silver they stole from the Italian Court. The fortress is under siege by the Prague army, and while Sir Peter of Pisek would prefer to hand over the silver and settle things peacefully, Zizka is determined to defend it at all costs.

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  • Sir Markvart von Aulitz is a German knight in the service of King Sigismund of Luxembourg. He led the Cuman army that responsible for the sacking of Skalitz. Von Aulitz was meant to lead the Prague army in its attack on Suchdol, but he was struck in the chest by an arrow from the Dry Devil. He's been holed up in the enemy's camp since then; his current condition and chances of recovery remain unknown.


│・INFO ˎˊ˗

Every morning for the past two weeks, Katherine has woken up at dawn to a warm breeze caressing her cheek and the stench of corpses rotting outside the outer bailey. If there wasn't a skirmish in the middle of the night, a brawl is bound to break out at midday for the meager provisions her people have left.

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Sigismund has left Bohemia, but Suchdol is under siege. The Praguers want their silver back.

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If it were up to Katherine, she'd chuck it at those pigs from the fortress' walls. With a bit of luck, she'd even hit a bastard or two on the head. But Katherine isn't the commander—Zizka is. And she knows—God, but she hates that she knows!—that they have to endure this until reinforcements come. Because even if they hand all of the royal silver over tomorrow, they will not make it out of Suchdol alive.

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And so, endure she must. Even if the smell of rotting bodies keeps her up at night, and she can barely keep up with all the wounded that are brought to the field hospital every day. She's already lost her family to Sigismund once. She will do anything—anything—in her power not to lose those she holds dear again.

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A.N.

i want to make a hansry bot so bad. and an erik one. and maybe an istvan too. aughhh why is writing so hard </3

Created Apr 3, 2025

Updated May 25, 2025

Published Apr 3, 2025

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