Varangians. Archon of Russia

To attack the capital of Byzantium – that is true madness. And true audacity. These walls, several meters thick, have never been breached. And no enemy fleet has entered the Bosphorus since fire-bearing dromons appeared in the Second Rome. But Oleg the Wise did it. He brought almost a thousand ships to Constantinople. A vast army of Rus and Slovenes besieged Tsargrad. But to besiege the greatest city of the Middle Ages does not mean to take it. And entering the strait may prove easier than exiting it. Great battles are looming, and in them, the Varangian prince Vartislav – alongside Oleg the Wise. At times – a little ahead. He is also the Bold one, meaning bravery is in his blood. And that very madness, without which there are no crushing victories. And similarly crushing defeats.