The pieces
Wenceslaus and Sigismund
Wenceslaus IV, King of Bohemia, weak and unlucky; Sigismund, his half-brother, King of Hungary, who has him imprisoned and rules Bohemia in his name in 1403. The nobles who resist are Henry’s side.
Skalitz
Stríbrná Skalice, a silver-mining village that Sigismund’s army — Cuman mercenaries among them — really did burn in 1403. The game’s opening is the historical event.
Radzig Kobyla and Hanush
Both real: the lord of Skalitz and the regent of Rattay. Hans Capon, Hanush’s ward, is real too, and much younger in the record than in the game.
Istvan Toth
The game’s antagonist is the invention; the men he serves are not. Markvart von Aulitz, who commanded the burning, appears in the sequel.
The Church
The Sasau monastery is real and the reform that becomes the Hussite Wars is ten years away; the Waldensians quest is the game showing the heresy trials that preceded it.
Why it feels different
- No magic, no monsters, and a codex written by historians: the game’s claim to authenticity is the point, and the source of every argument about it.
- Henry is nobody. The story is about a commoner learning that the nobles have their own reasons, and ends without resolving the war — the sequel is the other half.
Still to verify
Cross-checked on 17 September 2026 against Wikipedia and the Kingdom Come wiki. Not from a playthrough: checked against the sources above. Still to confirm in-game.