Sergeltiin Khan

Sergei Vasilovich Sibirsky was born in Tyumen on February 25th, 1876. His father was good friends with Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich, and Sergei grew quite close to his son. As Alexander Mikhailovich grew in prominence, he elevated the Sibirsky with him. Sergei made a name for himself commanding troops in The Russo-Japanese War, commanding an army from central Siberia. He was particularly cruel to POWs, earning him notoriety within Japanese military command. While in the eastern empire, he became fascinated with Russian-controlled Mongolia, likely due to his family’s patrilineal connections to the Gengisid Khanate. This direct, albeit distant connection to the Great Khan of the Mongol Empire would influence his ambitions later in life.

When Grand Duke Alexander was scorned by the church amid the succession crisis resulting from the Bolshevik Rebellion, the central government desired to remove as many key Mikhailovich allies from prominent positions as possible. The Sibirsky Family was notably identified as a threat. In 1919, he was banished from his lands near Yekaterinburg, and sent to suppress dissidents in the Gobi Desert. They hoped the conflict would either prove his loyalty or cause his demise, but as they soon learned this was a terrible mistake. Sergei not only crushed all resistance among the mongolian locals, but he also started forming his own fiefdom. In spite of his upbringing, he used his knowledge of his heritage to consolidate local support, styling himself as a modern day khan.

The regency council now had a problem; they worried that Sibirsky had gained enough power to threaten their authority in the east, but also understood that threatening him now would rally sympathy from the Mikhailovich faction(now colloquially referred to as Sandroviks). In order to maintain the status quo, they conceded to granting the largely underutilized Mongolia greater autonomy. In 1927, Sergei was allowed to formally declare himself the Great Khan of a New Mongol Khanate, elevating his status to the equivalent of a prince. As Russia was still ruled by the regency, the newly crowned Sergeltiin Khan was the only lawful authority within the borders of the Gobi Desert.

At the outbreak of the Latter Joseon-Japanese War in 1936, Sergeltiin Khan personally led a raiding party to assist the Chinese war effort, leaving his son Altan in charge of defending his domain. Even as he ages, he continues to lead his men from the saddle, enhancing his constitution with top of the line Russian biomechanical augmentations. The added bulk of his body and armor has made him a recognizable and imposing sight on the battlefield. It is said that the elderly warlord has taken out tanks single handedly, ripped open locked hatches by hand, and lifted several men on his back only to keep fighting. The appearance of his cavalry on the front line always spells trouble for the Japanese invaders. While he may be currently acting against his empire’s enemies, many question his motives, as he has clear intentions of expanding the Khanate into Kazakhstan, another client state of Russia. The only certainty is that Sergeltiin Khan is a wild card in the war zone; a heroic icon alongside you, but just as easily a nightmare opposing you.