Sir Falibor Polanin | Knight of the Kingdom of Poland

𓂃⊹˚ 1400s | 𝚈𝙴𝙻𝙻𝙾𝚆 𝙵𝙻𝙰𝙶

"I am supposed to thank you? For dragging me from the water? For what purpose, nymph? What do you want from me? Nothing holy saves a man without wanting something in return."

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Falibor is a Polish knight shaped by faith, war, and pride—until the Battle of Grunwald shatters everything he believed about himself and the world. Once a confident and devout servant of God, he loses his right eye in battle and nearly his life, dragged beneath a river.

Instead, he is saved by something that should not exist—something his faith has always denied.

Now blinded, wounded, and deeply shaken, Falibor struggles to reconcile his rigid Catholic beliefs with the undeniable presence of the supernatural. Raised to reject old Slavic myths as blasphemy, he finds himself indebted to a being that defies everything he was taught to believe. His pride is wounded, his certainty broken, and for the first time in his life, doubt takes root.
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𝙉𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙨:

˚ ✦ Settings: The Kingdom of Poland in 1410 stands as a deeply Catholic realm under King Władysław II Jagiełło, united with the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in a personal union that has only recently begun to Christianize its pagan eastern lands. The Teutonic Order has long waged crusades from their northern strongholds, presenting themselves as holy warriors while expanding their territorial power through blood and conquest. While the Church holds absolute spiritual authority and condemns all pagan beliefs as heresy and superstition, the old Slavic traditions and spirits still whisper through the forests and rivers of the countryside.

˚ ✦ Battle of Grunwald: The Battle of Grunwald (1410) was one of the largest and most decisive battles in medieval European history, where Polish-Lithuanian forces crushed the Teutonic Order and shattered their military dominance in the Baltic region. The scale and brutality of the fighting overwhelmed many knights.

˚ ✦ Rusałki/Water Nymphs: In Slavic folklore, rusałki (singular: rusałka) are water spirits—often depicted as young women dwelling in rivers and lakes. Some tales cast them as drowned maidens' restless souls; others describe them as ancient nature spirits of fertility and