Coronation
Coronation

It happened 1000 years ago, a few days before the official coronation of the first King of Poland in Gniezno. Another, more intimate, but no less important coronation took place under the sacred oak of Weles. However, you will not read about it in any chronicles, sources or notes from that time. Church scribes, the only chroniclers of that period, couldn't and shouldn't know about it…

Bolesław, like his father Mieszko, was a fearless warrior, wise, cunning and charismatic leader, but most of all pragmatist. Syncretism suited him, especially when it helped in realization of his personal goals and ambitions. He was baptized, and posed for years for an exemplary Christian, to secure the favor of the Roman Church and be able to officially seek a royal crown accepted by the Western world and The Holy Roman Empire, but he never renounced the faith of his ancestors and secretly cultivated the old ways and old gods. With his “condition” he didn’t really have much choice. Bolesław was calm and ready. Weavers of Fate, all his choices, all battles, all deeds, all spilled blood have led him to this place. This ancient ritual and coronation has an even greater significance for him than the official christian one, which will take place in a few days in the Gniezno Cathedral. After years of long and bloody wars, he managed to defeat and unite all Lechitic tribes, wild packs of Luticians and savage Pomeranians. At dawn, between night and day, under the sacred oak of Weles, he will become the ruler of all Vukodlak tribes from the Odra river to Kyivan Rus! He will become the first King of the Vukodlaks! His legacy, a trace left on the path of the ancestors.

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