Followers of Yermak

The Followers of Yermak are a faction in the Youtube series DiplexHeated’s Wasteland, made using the Red Rising mod of Men of War: Assault Squad. The Followers of Yermak are an enigmatic cult in the Novgorod Region of Russia, founded some time after the Third World War, with a base located somewhere between Lake Ilmen and Vizha. The origin of the name is unknown, though some speculate that the followers are named after the 16th century Cossak leader Yermak Timofeyevich, however, the name may be unrelated. The exact details of the cult’s beliefs are unknown because of their insular nature, however, they are known to be extermely violent and will attack anyone who crosses their paths, and were actively in conflict with the postwar factions, the Novgorod Republic, the New Order, and the Trade Union. Their conflict with the New Order, however, ended in an (at least temporary) alliance with the New Order with the goal of destroying their shared enemies, the Novgorod Republic and the Trade Union. Much of the Followers’ forces were killed during an attack on Veliky Novogorod, the Republic’s capital. Afterwards, the surviving Yermak troops were betrayed by the New Order. The Republic, however, was not finished, and a Republic-Trade Union alliance known as the Novgorod Commonwealth destroyed the main base of both the New Order and the Followers of Yermak. The last action involving the Followers was an attack on a group of Commonwealth civilians in retaliation for the destruction of their compound. As many of the civilians were armed, the followers suffered severe casualties in the attack, and the remnants were finally eradicated by Commonwealth forces, including an APC.