People of Kislev
Kislev is a country forged from varying warring peoples who invaded the land in turn and finally settled alongside each other.
They are usually said to be the Ungols, the Gospodars, the Norse and the Ropsmenn. Huns are mentioned in Tuomas Pirinen's work but do not appear anywhere else. Also, presumably northern tribes such as the Dolgans make home in Kislev's northern areas, and many folk of Imperial stock inhabit the South. The precise nature of these peoples and their relations changes from edition to edition.
In the now obsolete first edition Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay supplement "Something Rotten in Kislev", they are given as follows:
The Gospodars are the peasant class, with the Ungols having conquered them some centuries ago but since overcome. The ruling class is said to stem from Norse and Imperial clans, while the Ropsmenn are an outlaw people.
By the 1996 5th Edition, the Ungols were the ones conquered by the migrating Gospodars, while the Norse and the Imperials make up part of the general population of larger cities. The Ropsmenn are said to have been defeated and absorbed into the Ungol, Norse and Gospodar peoples soon after Khan-Queen Miska's Gospodar Horde conquered the country. This version was first detailed in the 6th Edition 2003 Army List, that was published as a series of articles in White Dwarf. It was then further fleshed out by the Realm of the Ice Queen source book for Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 2nd Edition, printed in 2007.
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