Kolya
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Kolya is an NPC in Arknights. He's one of the deauteragonists of the "War Letters" arc from Angelina: Sketches of This Messenger's Journey.
Background[edit]
Kolya was a Podporuchik of the Ursus Army prior to his exile following the Great Rebellion. During the Tenth Ursus-Kazimierz War, he would befriend Jacek Nova, a Kazimierzian campaign knight that he held hostage while escaping from a Catastrophe.
Story[edit]
Angelina: Sketches of THIS Messenger's Journey[edit]
As the New Year's eve was approaching, Kolya and his men were still holding position in the battle-ravaged trenches. Suddenly, one of Kolya's soldiers, Lytkin, decided to leave the trench and go towards the battlefield. Kolya ordered him to go back, otherwise he would be executed for violating military discipline. However, he would be restrained by his own men, as Lytkin simply went to retrieve the dog tag of his fallen comrade, Lomorosov. Later on, Kolya and one of his men decided to scout the area, only to find Jacek and other campaign knights gathered around a bonfire, burning letters from their deceased comrades' families so they could receive them in the afterlife. Nevertheless, both sides refused to attack each other.[1]
The following day, Kolya led his soldiers to battle, but they would be interrupted by a blizzard-type Catastrophe, which was forecasted two hours ago, forcing both Ursines and Kazimierzians to retreat. Kolya decided to pursue Jacek —who resulted injured by the Catastrophe— even if he had to defy his orders to retreat eastward. After a tedious fight, Kolya managed to capture and apprehend Jacek with the intention of using him as a guide to escape the Catastrophe zone and reunite with his troops. However, a wild manglerbeast would attack them, but Jacek managed to hit with a rock. After disposing the Manglerbeast, Kolya and Jacek stopped at a nearby cave for rest. Inside the cave, Jacek decided to share some of his wine, which originally saved in case Kazimierz won the war. After confessing that he attempted to knock him down during the way, Jacek tells Kolya to handle his communicator, so they could try requesting supplies as they didn't have the strength to resist the Catastrophe. Problem was that they could only hear interference. Kolya then recalls how his mother's mead just arrived home by the time he left, and how she should've already drink it. Kolya and Jacek's chat would be interrupted by the Campaign Knight's transmission on Kolya's communicator, as they prepared supplies at the nearby garrison in Theta Highland. The next day, Kolya and Jacek decided to leave the cave and go to the supply point, but an avalanche would separate both. Before being trapped by the avalanche, Jacek tells Kolya to move forward.[1][2]
Several years later, following Ursus' victory in 1062, Kolya was eventually promoted as General and later transferred to the northern frontline. But his prestige and recognition were short-lived as he was discharged alongside various other generals of the Ursus Sixth and Eight Armies due to his reckless actions in the Great Rebellion. Meanwhile, news about the situation in Ursus arrived Kazimierz via a Messenger. Upon hearing about Kolya's situation, Jacek, now promoted as general of the Adeptus Sprawiedliwi Kazimierz, decided to "return a favor" and ordered a Messenger to contact him. Back in Ursus, Kolya was sent to the tundra's concentration camp for his execution, but was spared after jacek's Messenger persuaded the executioners. The Messenger takes Kolya to a shabby village, and tells him that the liaison who will pick him up has arrived. Before leaving, the Messenger advises him to forget what happened today and don't ask any other questions. Kolya notices that the bottle he was carrying looked similar to Jacek's.[2]
Kolya continued his life as a farmer by the time Angelina found his undelivered letter to Jacek.[3]
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