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Mikhyl Nevenskoi was a companion of the Time Lady Leora, and by extension of her father the Colonel, in conjunction with whom she often travelled. A committed neo-communist revolutionary, he was born on a Mars colony in the 22nd century, and participated in the resistance against the 2150s Dalek invasion of Earth before he crossed paths with Leora.
Biography[]
Early life[]
Mikhyl Nevenskoi was born, by one account, in 2135 in the Soviet Mars colony of Nova Leningrad, or "Novylen", (GAME: "Player Characters" [+]Part of The Legions of Death, J. Andrew Keith, The Doctor Who Role Playing Game (FASA, 1986).) though by another he was aged six by 2145. By this account, on the 23 December 2145, Mikhyl was one of the two dozen people from Nova Leningrad chosen to deliver food, drink, and letters to the children of New Haganistan. He broke off from the designated route of the group into the Sealed Dome, and befriended a family, whom he exchanged gifts with. The next morning, he was returned to the group mildly tipsy. (PROSE: Revelry of the Redacted [+]Ryan Fogarty, The Book of the Snowstorm (Coloth, Arcbeatle Press, 2023). Pages 481-483.) While still in his teens, he stumbled upon Borozhev's 2025 manifesto, the foundational text of neo-communism. Now convinced of the evils of the Soviet regime and determined to help bring about a revolution that would return to truly Marxist principles, he joined a band of revolutionaries, quickly "becoming quite accomplished in many of the arts of revolution". (GAME: "Player Characters" [+]Part of The Legions of Death, J. Andrew Keith, The Doctor Who Role Playing Game (FASA, 1986).)
Imprisonment and the Daleks[]
However, he was eventually captured, however, and sentenced to political exile in the asteroid belt where he was to be "confined on a small planetoid" by himsel, forced to mine out minerals to trade for supplies from a ship that came round once every six months. In 2156, as part of the ongoing 2150s Dalek invasion of Earth, the Daleks invaded Mikhyl's asteroid, intent on highjackin the supply ships and using them to infiltratie the "fairly extensive Mars base defenses". However, the Time Lady Leora also arrived on the asteroid, determined to thwart the Daleks. Because the survival of the Martian colony was a historical necessity, Leora, though involved with the Celestial Intervention Agency rather than a true renegade, felt in a position to intervene, and she helped Mikhyl defeat the invaders. After they won, he "pleaded" for a chance to join her in her travels. Although this was more of a departure from established history, Leora accepted, as she knew that the Dalek conflict would bring an end to the regular supply ships, and thus, turning Mikhyl down would mean condemning him to a slow death by starvation. (GAME: "Player Characters" [+]Part of The Legions of Death, J. Andrew Keith, The Doctor Who Role Playing Game (FASA, 1986).)
First travels in time and space[]
Over the course of his travels with Leora, Mikhyl built up a strong emotional bond with the Time Lady, but often came into largely-playful conflict with two of her and the Colonel's other companions, American military man Rod Mitchell and high-born 19th century lady Sandra Cathcart. He did not let up from zealously preaching his revolutionary ideals wherever he went, and earned the party a stern investigation by the Celestial Intervention Agency for "the part they played in starting the uprising of Spartacus and his gladiators against Rome". (GAME: "Player Characters" [+]Part of The Legions of Death, J. Andrew Keith, The Doctor Who Role Playing Game (FASA, 1986).)
In Roman Britain[]
Mikhyl is interrogated by Cunovellasus in the Briton camp. (GAME: "In the Briton camp" [+]Part of The Legions of Death, J. Andrew Keith, The Doctor Who Role Playing Game (FASA, 1986).)
Mikhyl Nevenskoi may have been among Leora and-or the Colonel's party of companions when, (GAME: "Player Characters" [+]Part of The Legions of Death, J. Andrew Keith, The Doctor Who Role Playing Game (FASA, 1986).) while in flight in the Time Vortex, they detected the energy signature of an unauthorised TARDIS stationed in Britain in 43 A.D. and decided to investigate. (GAME: "Temporal Anomaly" [+]Part of The Legions of Death, J. Andrew Keith, The Doctor Who Role Playing Game (FASA, 1986).) The Third Doctor and one or more of his companions may also have been involved. (GAME: "Player Characters" [+]Part of The Legions of Death, J. Andrew Keith, The Doctor Who Role Playing Game (FASA, 1986).) With their TARDIS (or TARDISes) locking them out after they ventured out, the time-travellers had no choice but to join up with the remainders of a Roman scouting party which had been ambushed by unexpected, anachronistic Briton forces. (GAME: "Field of Battle" [+]Part of The Legions of Death, J. Andrew Keith, The Doctor Who Role Playing Game (FASA, 1986)., "Falco's Story" [+]Part of The Legions of Death, J. Andrew Keith, The Doctor Who Role Playing Game (FASA, 1986).) Their subsequent misadventres may have split the party as some of them were captured, (GAME: "Player Options" [+]Part of The Legions of Death, J. Andrew Keith, The Doctor Who Role Playing Game (FASA, 1986).) ending up, eithr way, with some of them, possibly including Mikhyl, being taken to the Britons' camp to be interrogated by Cunovellasus. (GAME: "In the Briton camp" [+]Part of The Legions of Death, J. Andrew Keith, The Doctor Who Role Playing Game (FASA, 1986).) Nevertheless he largely rooted for the Briton resistance against the imperialistic Romans, despite the historical inevitability of the latter's victory, and did not hesitate to make that feeling known to the Romans when in their presence, causing some embarrassment for the team. (GAME: "Role Playing the Adventure" [+]Part of The Legions of Death, J. Andrew Keith, The Doctor Who Role Playing Game (FASA, 1986).)
Mikhyl fails to stop the defeated War Chief from giving them the slip. (GAME: "Ending the Adventure" [+]Part of The Legions of Death, J. Andrew Keith, The Doctor Who Role Playing Game (FASA, 1986).)
The time-travellers eventually discovered that the culprit was the War Chief, posing as the "war god" of the Sacred Wood, who had been interfering with the Roman conquest of Britain as part of a scheme to take over the entire Roman Empire from within by hypnotising Emperor Claudius. (GAME: "The War Chief" [+]Part of The Legions of Death, J. Andrew Keith, The Doctor Who Role Playing Game (FASA, 1986).) With the help of Roman Tribune Marcus Cornelius Falco and Briton Princess Branimandua, they eventually managed to foil his operation by smashing his Processing Machines, but in all likelihood he managed to escape. Falco, Branimandua or both may then have joined the group of time-travellers as additional companions. (GAME: "Escape" [+]Part of The Legions of Death, J. Andrew Keith, The Doctor Who Role Playing Game (FASA, 1986)., "Ending the Adventure" [+]Part of The Legions of Death, J. Andrew Keith, The Doctor Who Role Playing Game (FASA, 1986).)
Physical apparance[]
Mikhyl was tall and gangling, but well-muscled, with blond hair styled into a mohawk and blue eyes. His expression often had "a fanatic quality", and he reportedly "[took] little care with his appearance". He wore a form-fitting blood-red jumpsuit and boots, the former of which had attachments, including gloves and an inflatable, clear plastic helmet, which allowed it to "change into a short-term environmental suit when necessary". (GAME: "Player Characters" [+]Part of The Legions of Death, J. Andrew Keith, The Doctor Who Role Playing Game (FASA, 1986).)
