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. What is still unverified is the only thing reading cannot settle — nobody here has played it.