Mîonid-Akhev

Mîonid Achef was a Variag-Prince and the brother of Kîonid Achef.When Kîonid Achef died at Knife River, his brother Mionid look the second most powerful throne among the Variags. Kionid's son, in keeping with Variag tradition, was ordered executed; but young Ûvatha escaped and rode westward to Sturlurtsa Khand, the capital of Lower Khand. There, the Horseman earned his nickname and garnered the support of King Orig Orpof, the Lord of two thirds of the Variag people. He was appointed Warlord of the main army of Lower Khand in S.A. 1999 and deposed the Orpof Dynasty the following year. Turning on his uncle's domain, he crushed the horse-warriors of Upper Khand in S.A. 2000, uniting Khand for the first time in recorded history. His uncle Mîonid did not survive the conflict.