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| Title | Converser |
| Level | 1 |
| Faction | None |
| Sector | Kaibab Forest |
| Area | The Repository |
| Location | /waypoint 6691951 5092522 |
History of the White Crow
The History of the White Crow Battalion as written by Voivode Michael Pavlovich.
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In October 1917, Tsar Nicholas Romanov, leader of the Russian Empire, was overthrown. In the summer of the following year, the tsar and his family were executed. Almost as soon the news of the family's deaths reached the public, rumors began that two of the children had survived, Maria or Anastasia and the Tsarevich Alexei. These rumors were true. Members of the Imperial Army, also known as the White Army, tried to free the Romanov family from their captivity in Yekaterinburg, but were unsuccessful.
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The first scouts arrived in Yekateringburg on the night the Romanovs were executed. Infiltrating the ranks of the family's jailers, two members of the White Army, were among those sent to kill the Romanovs. They took their place in the firing squad and aimed as poorly as they could. After firing, the squad was supposed to use their bayonets against the family to ensure their demise. In the ensuing chaos of rifle fire, screams, and struggling, the loyal soldiers were able to save two members of the family, the Grand Duchess Maria and the Tsarevich Alexei, by knocking them unconscious as their parents and siblings were being slaughtered.
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When reports came that the White Army was nearing the estate, the Bolsheviks loaded the bodies onto a wagon to take them into the woods and bury them. The loyal White soldiers volunteered to guard the back of the wagon, and as the wagon rode into the night, they pushed the unconscious children out. The guards helped bury the rest of the family, and in the rush to complete the task, no one noticed that two of the bodies were missing. In the distance, they began to hear the sounds of battle as the forward ranks of the White Army reached Yekaterinburg.
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The Bolshevik soldiers feared for their lives knowing that the Whites would kill them to a man for what they had done to the helpless family. Pushing the two disguised soldiers into the front of the wagon, they took off as fast as they could go, and the loyal Whites watched as the road leading to the royal children lengthened in the distance. Soon enough, their true allegiance would be discovered, they knew, and their lives would be forfeit at the hands of the Reds. With a quick glance at one other, each knew the other would take the secret of the children's escape to their graves.
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The Tsarevich and his older sister sat with their backs against a tree and waited for their rescuers to return. Hours passed, but no one came. They were too afraid to head towards the sounds of gunfire nearby, and so they began walking deeper into the woods. Maria feared for her brother's life. The bruises and scrapes they endured during their ordeal would heal easily enough for her, but for Alexei, a hemophiliac, they could be fatal. Yet, Alexei claimed that he would be fine because of the help their dear friend Rasputin, had given him during his lifetime, and miraculously, this proved to be true. Alexei healed just as any normal young man would.
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For days, the pair lived off of the little bit of edible vegetation they could find until they finally came to a small house near the village of Revda. Irina Leonskaya, an Imperial sympathizer, recognized the two immediately. She fed them and provided baths and clean clothing. By the time the two were drifting to sleep, Irina's husband Rostislav Andreiovich had come home. Quickly she explained what had happened, and the two set about deciding what should be done. Rostislav agreed to contact the White Army, but they refused to take him seriously. When the Bolsheviks began hearing rumors of the two supposed Romanov children however, they decided to investigate. Rostislav heard that the Reds were looking for the royals and decided they would be safer if they left Russia.
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He and Irina made their way with the duo to Hamburg and boarded a ship to America. Going through immigration, Rostislav kept Alexei and Maria close and when the agent asked for their names, he gave Alexei's name first.
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"Say again?" Not only did the name not shock the agent, he didn't even seem to understand what Rostislav said.
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Maria was surprisingly content with her lot in life, though it was a far cry from the opulence of her memories. Though poor, her manners and speech marked her good breeding, and she caught the eye of a number of men. Eventually she married a kind barber who thought his wife's tale of playing with Faberge eggs as a child were silly yarns spun for her own children's amusement. The younger Alex had a more difficult time adjusting to life in America. He remained angry with his sister for many years for giving up her heritage, but Ross Nicholson assured Alex that one day, he and his heirs would sit on the throne again. Alex worked to increase his wealth and his standing in society, entering college on a scholarship and marrying well.
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Still, Alexei Nikolaevich Romanov would never return to Russia. The man who should have been Tsar Alexei II died in 1967 and is burried in New York. His descendants all knew of their heritage, and from that noble line has come the one that is destined to build a new empire. Russia rose from the ashes of Rome. This is why the emperor is called the Tsar, the Caesar or Russia, and why the emblem of Imperial Russia was the double headed eagle.
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America has often been called the New Roman Empire. So it is just and true that Tsar Alexei III should create his empire out of the ashes of America. Our emblem will be the crow, for we are the carrion birds that will feed upon dying philosophies of corporate democracy and make way for the emperor. We must be his his White Army reborn, his White Crows. Long live the tsar!
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