#oprichnik

[theenglishnook]

An oprichnik was an agent of Ivan IV enforcing power through fear and repression, becoming a lasting symbol of state control and political terror in history.

OPRICHNIK

[sgnarl]

little redraw of this pic i did about 4 years ago, when wormwood was really sinking its talons into my brain. its changed so much since then, pretty much only the bones of the story have remained the same. its had a huge aesthetic overhaul, especially this last year

Edit: this is a picture of MY OC. You cannot use this for d&d campaigns, aesthetic boards, character claims, or anything else. 🚫 This is not a nebulous work of art depicting a knight 🚫 This is my character 🚫

[sgnarl]

Arms Oprichnik :3

arms: Does your OC have any weapons? What weapons do they carry, and how do they wear them when they're not fighting?

this man is banned from air travel

but yeah he can pretty much use anything you give him, he's trained to be very flexible and resourceful in combat. i imagine he carries a few weapons of great variety on him at a time but anything else he just picks up as his day goes along

[lisystrata]

Collage of fragments of different films. Conrad Veidt as Ivan the Terrible in the "Das Wachsfigurenkabinett" (1924) directed by Paul Leni, and Mikhail Kuznetsov as Fyodor Basmanov, oprichnik, in the film "Ivan the Terrible" / "Иван Грозный" (1944) directed by Sergei Eisenstein. In my opinion, they look really cool together.

Sergei Eisenstein (with all the soviet passion) scolded German film expressionism, however, in "Ivan the Terrible" he tried to match the methods of directors of the Weimar era and even looked for an actor for the role of Basmanov, most likely on the young Conrad, who was the personification of expressionism in 1920.

[sgnarl]

ouuuggh he's so scary

[raccoonmoon]

Day 1

Сharacter 1: Oprichnik (maybe Theodor Basmanov)

Oprichnik was the designation given to a member of the Oprichnina, a bodyguard corps established by Tsar Ivan the Terrible to govern a division of Russia from 1565 to 1572.

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The Oprichnik by Pyotr Tchaikovsky. St Petersburg, Mariinsky Theater