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  Koschei - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Koschei is also known as Koschei the Immortal or Koschei the Deathless (Коще́й Бессме́ртный).
In John C. Wright's Everness Saga Koschei is the bringer of death, the taker of souls when someone has to die.
In Charles Stross's novelette A Colder War, Koschei is the American code name for sleeping Cthulhu, captured along with shoggot'im (shoggoths) from Nazi Germany by the Soviet Red Army.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Koschei   (826 words)

  
 The Dark Path
Koschei, claiming that Ailla is an expert on Imperial customs, convinces Sherwin to let her accompany the diplomatic party to the planet for a function at which they will meet the leaders of the colony.
Koschei contacts Terrell and offers to help him understand the proper functions of the Darkheart, and Terrell, convinced that Koschei is on his side, agrees to let him experiment with the machinery.
Koschei is stunned to realize that Ailla was never really a loyal human companion, but a spy sent by the High Council to monitor his behaviour.
www.drwhoguide.com /who_ma32.htm   (2722 words)

  
 Wikipedia: Koshchei
In Russian mythology, especially in the Caucasus region, Koshchei is an evil spirit with a terrible appearance, menacing principally young women.
Koschei's another name is Koschei-Immortal the reason for that is the fact that his death is saved separately in needle, that is in egg, that is in box, that is on the big tree.
Koschei will die the day the needle is broken.
www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/k/ko/koshchei.html   (115 words)

  
 The Master: From his Academy days to his taking of The Title   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Koschei sat and listened to the stories told by the Hermit on the slopes of the mountains of Southern Gallifrey, as the Doctor did.
Nothing is known about Koschei until in the 28th century he manages to save the human girl Ailla from being spaced by a band of smugglers.
Koschei and the Doctor both decide that the device needs to be destroyed before its power is abused any further.
members.cox.net /nthdr/master/master_academy.htm   (523 words)

  
 Sister Alyonushka and Brother vanushka
Koschei flew across the land and swept up Marya who was returning home from battle and carried her off to his kingdom.
Koschei returning from the hunt was informed by a horse of his that Ivan had taken Marya.
Koschei swept up Marya and told him that he would not kill him since he took pity on him in the past.
russian-crafts.com /tales/maria_morevna.html   (2608 words)

  
 Excerpts from GURPS Russia
Koschei was a demonic figure, a skeletal or semi-skeletal man with a coarse, bristly beard and a foul expression.
Koschei's immortality came from the fact that his soul was separate from his body.
Alternately, Koschei could be killed by having his skull smashed in by the hooves of a magic horse (usually one obtained from Baba Yaga).
www.sjgames.com /gurps/books/Russia/excerpts.html   (7799 words)

  
 Steve Crow's BNW Characters - The Jihad
It is believed that Koschei's center of operations for his world-wide communication center through which he runs his personal army of Deaders is kept here.
However, since it is believed that Koschei also contributes to much of the Jihad's other technological and bio-engineering developments, it is likely that he can at least be found at Jotunheim some of the time.
Koschei is and should remain a mysterious never-seen figure.
www.geocities.com /Area51/Stargate/4991/bnw/jihad.htm   (4361 words)

  
 Outpost Gallifrey: Reviews
When Koschei was offstage, my favourite bits of the story were the character interactions on the survey ship Piri Reis.
Koschei's transformation into the Master was to have been gradual and cumulative, with a series of half a dozen traumas instead of one magic moment.
Strangely enough, given that we are pretty sure who Koschei is, or rather will be, their agenda does not seem very destructive, or even ambitious, at least at first...
www.gallifreyone.com /review.php?id=ma-32   (1815 words)

  
 Kievan Rus Database (Firebird)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Eventually, Koschei the Undying heard about her, and he became very angry that he had not heard of this beauty before and that he didn't possess anything as beautiful.
Koschei became a large fl falcon, grabbed the firebird in his talons and flew away with her.
Koschei covered them with grass and leaves, but their beautiful rainbow colors still showed.
members.aol.com /bksmyre/Firebird.html   (261 words)

  
 DHS | Delta Green | Welcome to a Night at the Opera   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The leader ducked under Koschei's grasp, and thrust, his blade slicing easily through the cloth and then the flesh of the other's side.
Koschei was stronger than any one of them, and perhaps than any two of them, but he could not withstand their numbers.
He knelt down beside Koschei, and whispered to him: "I know where your death is." "What?" gasped the titan.
www.samuelranzato.is-a-geek.com /Delta_Green/more.php?id=53_0_1_0_M10   (1707 words)

  
 Perfect Timing
Koschei and Ailla fight a Sontaran squad which is attempting to conquer the planet Ribos.
She does not desire Koschei sexually, but cares for him and wants to be with him at all times.
Koschei and the Doctor discuss their old friends from the Academy; Magnus, who disappeared off somewhere with a collection of spare TARDIS parts, and Ushas, who has made a new home for herself as the rani of Miasimia Goria.
www.drwhoguide.com /perfect1.htm   (3734 words)

  
 Villian - www.ezboard.com
Turns out Vassilissa has her arch nemesis Koschei chained up in there, who regains his strength as soon as Ivan brings him a bit of water.
Other human, male villains include the two older princes, who always betray their young brother; the wicked king who tries to kill the boy prophesied to marry the princess; the fiance in the Robber's Bride (similar but not identical to Bluebeard).
I'm not sure about the Koschei version, but in the Heartless Giant the heart is in an egg in the duck which is swimming in the well in a church.
www.surlalunefairytales.com /boardarchives/2005/jan2005/villain.html   (426 words)

  
 Discontinuity Guide - The Dark Path
Koschei is the name of a near-immortal sorceror in Russian folklore.
Koschei begins his journey to the dark side: 'Sometimes, Miss Waterfield, one must compromise and accept the existence of a lesser evil for the greater good.
She met Koschei on twenty-eighth century Earth, during the height of the Empire, where the Time Lords had planted her in order to meet him.
www.whoniverse.org /discontinuity/MA32.php   (1910 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Koschei thrust towards him, but Leethus parried, glancing the blow away.
Koschei grinned at him evilly, bringing down his sword onto the boy.
Suddenly his back was on fire and he dropped to the floor, his psi-sword disappearing as he lost concentration.
www.factionparadox.co.uk /Thomas/fight.doc   (314 words)

  
 [Exalted] Fair Folk Graces - Page 2 - RPGnet Forums
A mortal hero can just kill him, Heart Grace or no. However, Koschei could have an Oath for Imposition of Law: 'Surviving' that can only be circumvented if the would-be-murdered finds Koschei's death, which he's removed from his body and placed at the tip of a needle, inside an egg, inside a hen...
As it is Alak's, vexing Koschei will not allow Koschei's enemy, Iselde, to seize the Grace as her own - she must overcome Alak, and may not even know that Alak has the Grace.
However, Koschei could have all three of those ownerships - he could possess and be attuned to his own Sword, for instance.
forum.rpg.net /showthread.php?t=182032&page=2   (1500 words)

  
 doc who3
Koschei (the Master) always wants to prove himself to be the best, but the Doctor always comes out one step ahead.
Koschei is interested in Gallifreyan politics and hopes to become a member of the High Council.
Koschei begins working as a "truant officer" and is responsible to dealing with all criminal activites conducted by Time Lords.
www.geocities.com /willbswift/docwho3.html   (8840 words)

  
 The Master - Tardis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
His unstable obsession with order however, prompted the Time Lords to plant the Time Lady Ailla as a spy to monitor Koschei's actions, posing as a human that Koschei takes on as a companion on a stopover in the 28th century.
Koschei finally caught up with the Second Doctor at the Darkheart colony in the early years of the Federation.
The Doctor later learned in his eighth incarnation that the Master exhausted his regenerative cycle recovering from injuries suffered on Tersurus in an explosion triggered by Susan Foreman when he attempted to kidnap her.
tardis.wikia.com /wiki/The_Master   (889 words)

  
 DOCTOR WHO: The Legacy - The Millennium People - Part II
Yes, the Boss and the Master (or Koschei as he liked to call himself now) were deep in conversation once again.
The Doctor had a feeling it was connected to that twisted future version of Koschei that he had witnessed in his future memories.
The vortex bubbled around his hand, and the essence that was Koschei melted into the vortex.
www.angelfire.com /scifi2/taa/MillenniumPeopleII.html   (2237 words)

  
 [No title]
Koschei was an evil man and he would not let Vasilisa go with the Firebird.
Koschei was so evil that he started to turn Ivan’s heart into wood.
Suddenly Koschei died (The secret to turning her heart back was hidden in her tears!) Prince Ivan and Vasilisa and the Firebird returned to the Tsar’s castle.
www.bgfl.org /bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/teacher/english/w_firebird/5.doc   (515 words)

  
 Russian Lacquer Box - Maria Morevna   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Some depictions of this scene show her as the commander of an army, but Kotova instead depicts her as a classic fairy-tale princess, and though her figure is tiny she still looks quite pretty.
On the lid, Ivan rescues Marya Morevna and slays Koschei the Deathless.
Even Koschei's horse on the lid has personality--he seems to be glaring at his master, who has no doubt treated him cruelly, and ridden him into the ground trying to pursue Ivan's horse.
www.lacquerbox.com /KOTSKAZ.HTM   (495 words)

  
 the bell jar
Koschei stirred as Ushas poured another mug of water through the bell jar.
Koschei didn’t stir, and yet more water landed in the bowl.
The curtain had stopped billowing, and curled up on the bed, Koschei’s eyes were wide and fixed, his face frozen in mid-yawn.
www.sleepingwithghosts.popullus.net /doctorwhofic/belljar.html   (752 words)

  
 Koschei The Deathless   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Koschei The Deathless is an evil wizard from Russian fairytale.
He kept his soul not in his body, but hidden in a duck's egg; he could thus not be killed in the normal way, but could be killed by destroying the egg.
Doctor Who: The Dark Path by David A. McIntee, where Koschei is the given name of the Time Lord who will eventually turn out to be the Master.
urchin.earth.li /cgi-bin/twic/wiki/view.pl?page=KoscheiTheDeathless   (135 words)

  
 A Brief History Of Time (Travel): The Dark Path   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Suddenly, the Colony is awash with new visitors: the Second Doctor, Jamie and Victoria; a Federation ship, counting amongst its complement the time traveller Koschei and his companion Ailla; and a Demon with deadly designs on the colony's Adjudicators.
But, in the first half of "The Dark Path", Koschei is no such thing -- on the contrary, he is portrayed as self-assured, intelligent, sophisticated.
The Doctor and Koschei are both better handled; McIntee's Second Doctor, in fact, is one of the better portrayals of the Missing Adventures, while Koschei recalls the suaveness of Roger Delgado rather nicely.
www.physics.mun.ca /~sps/rftlof/TheDarkPath.html   (648 words)

  
 [No title]
Koschei the Deathless told Ivan that if he got the firebird back from Baba Yaga, he would give Ivan the opportunity to choose between the princess and the firebird.
Koschei (as he was truly evil) then tried to turn Ivan’s heart into wood.
Koschei the Deathless died Vasilisa’s heart was no longer wooden.
www.bgfl.org /bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/teacher/english/w_firebird/4.doc   (1077 words)

  
 Nine Princes In Moscow : History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
With their help, Ivan was able to find the place where Koschei had hidden his life, and despite Koschei's best efforts, take possession of it.
He took what Koschei had gifted and taught to him, ingredients from Koschei's magical gardens, and his own skills, helped by the miraculous power of the Firebird, and made a Seed into which he incorporated his life.
The other eleven women who were present in Koschei's castle (Adaliunda, Chekhinia, Eupraksiia, Gaianiia, Kogorshed, Konstantiia, Liubava, Milava, Pansemna, Siuiun-Beka and Vakhtina) married some of the men he brought in, and they formed the first generation of the Boyars of Moscow, and the first Boyar families.
www.wolfram.demon.co.uk /rp_am_npim_history.html   (2745 words)

  
 DOCTOR WHO: The Legacy - Once Upon A Memory
The last time the Doctor had seen his old friend was on DarkHeart, and Koschei had looked nothing like the man in his memory.
In that memory the Doctor was smaller than the deranged and regenerated Koschei, which would imply that the Doctor had been in his second incarnation.
The man in his memory (Koschei to be sure) was the same man who had caused his most recent regeneration.
www.angelfire.com /scifi2/taa/OnceUponAMemory.html   (879 words)

  
 Heavenly Minds | Main / HowCalixOccultusMetKoschei   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
(reversed): Koschei the Deathless has taken an interest in the death and confusion and has journyed to Afghanistan to take personal control of the Russian Lodges and of the region.
Six of Wands (reversed): Koschei arrives and begins mucking with the ley-lines and magic mountains which upsets a centuries old balance.
The Hanged Man: This is Koschei seeing that his best chance is to work with Calix Occultus and he does, unifying the two Cabal factions against the djinn.
www.innocence.com /games/taci/Main/HowCalixOccultusMetKoschei   (615 words)

  
 The Master
Aliases: Koschei, Reverand Magister, Professor Thascales, Mr.Seta, the Adjudicator, the Commissioner, the Duke of Dominoes, Melkur, the Portreeve, Tremas, Kalid, Sir Gilles Estram, Major Kreer, Bruce
Like the Doctor, the Master has changed his appearance over the years, although he can no longer do so naturally and instead has acted as a parasitic body snatcher the last couple of times he has been forced to do so.
(Divided Loyalties (fb)) Koschei of the House of Oakdown is at the Time Lord Academy at the Capitol.
www.internationalhero.co.uk /m/master.htm   (1466 words)

  
 Heavenly Minds | Main / Koschei   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Koschei looks at the Realms differently than do most Cabalists.
Koschei sees fewer differences between the Realms; they are all full of annoying bravos, interesting stories and beautiful women.
Koshchei's dwelling is said to be beyond thrice-nine countries, in the thirtieth kingdom, where he is entertained by his captive women and the legendary self-playing harp.
www.innocence.com /games/taci/Main/Koschei   (190 words)

  
 February 2001 Moot
Agatha glances at Koschei as the First Law is read, nearly choking as it becomes obvious who the Fool is tonight.
Koschei mutters something in Helen's ear as he comes alongside her, then drops to his knees, looking a bit pale and stiffly withdrawn.
Koschei listens with chin in hand, his eyes veiled behind an overlong tangle of hair.
makura.critter.net /garou/feb2k1moot.html   (12163 words)

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