Sailor Cat’s Valkrana of Russia

Requires R&F or GS.
Introduces the multiverse’s most awkward necromancer, Valkrana, as an alternative leader of Russia. Cast your spells at the perfect moment for maximum effect, or at your leisure while your skeletons hack at the enemy. Learn more about the character on Valkrana’s website.[valkrana.moe] More civilization options in the Alternative Civilizations section below.

You gain one use of your spellbook upon first obtaining each Relic. The Library has a slot for Relics, which provide +2 Great Scientist points per turn. 10% chance for land units lost or destroyed in combat to be reanimated as a Skeleton under your control. Unlocks the Skeleton unit.

Spells

• Scry: Permanently reveal a city belonging to target leader. Targets a different city per use, or increases your visibility radius over a city. Targets a random plot if no leaders have been met.
• Kinetic Barrier: Grant your units a +10 Combat Strength bonus when defending. Lasts 5 turns and stacks duration.
• Well of Souls: Heal your skeletons for an amount equal to 20 plus twice the number of units you have destroyed since you last used this spell.
• Skeleport: Spawn 3 hostile skeletons near target leader’s city. Targets a random plot if no leaders have been met.

Unique long-lasting melee unit that replaces the warrior. Gains +10 Combat Strength when the Library is first constructed, and +20 Combat Strength when the University and Research Lab are first constructed. Can repair improvements and remove features.

Valkrana is awkward, and has a permanent penalty to diplomatic score with other civilizations. Each Relic a civilization discovers will slightly but permanently improve her opinion of that civilization, up to five times. She hates civilizations that have spied on her. Valkrana’s main focuses are science and espionage.

• Supports English, Chinese (PhantomJ_M), German, Italian (iPlayGamesITA), Japanese, Russian, Spanish (josearte777). See this thread to contribute.
• Arcanum Necromantic reanimation chance is halved vs. barbarians. Great scientist points reduced to 1 per relic in Secret Societies and Heroes & Legends modes.
• Relics obtained by capture, trade, and discovery all count toward leader ability.
• Scry’s initial reveal radius is 2 tiles, including the center tile.
• Skeletons will change appearance as they gain strength; skeletons’ hats are randomized per strength threshold.
• Leader kudos are chosen semi-randomly from a dialogue pool.
• AI uses spells semi-randomly.
• When Valkrana is defeated, a number of hostile skeletons will appear.
• Valkrana’s Awkward Infomonger penalty is -5.
• Adds the Cult of Ilyana religion, which Valkrana favors.
• Recommend using with Relics Plus mod.

Art: Valkrana Alt Portraits
The Witcher: Valkrana of Nilfgaard
D&D: Valkrana of Ravenloft
The Elder Scrolls: Valkrana of Valenwood
Soviet Union: Valkrana of the Soviet Union
World of Warcraft: Valkrana of the Forsaken

The latest version of Valkrana of Russia is 1.33. Versions available on Github[github.com].

Everything Else: Sailor Cat, Firaxis
Character Art: Anpuraya
Skeleton Model: IronicGame, Sailor Cat
Translations: iPlayGamesITA (Italian), josearte777 (Spanish), PhantomJ_M (Chinese)

LastSword for UI guidance, SeelingCat and Zegangani for help, Deliverator for CivNexus, Anpuraya for rad character art, JNR, Leugi, and Valkrana’s supporters.