Anna and Agnieszka (Grave/Digger)

Name, Surname, Patronymic: Agnieszka Müller Schmidt
Age: 22 years.
Date of birth: October 25, 1898
Character: timid and kind
Nationality: German (Prussian)
Appearance:
Eye color: brown
Hair: shoulder-length, reddish-dark
Agnieszka is dressed in a two-tone black and white (or dark brown and beige) medieval tabard, divided vertically in half.
Also, Agnieszka's head is protected by a slightly dirty from the ground metal helmet of the sallet type (or an armet similar in shape) with a narrow horizontal slit for the eyes, which she uses to cover her head to protect herself from bullets or from the world.
The waist is encircled by a simple leather belt with a round buckle.
There is an Orthodox wooden cross on the chest.
Dressed in a thick quilted jacket (gambeson) with vertical stripes.
She carries a Nagant (model 1895), a Mosin rifle, a pick axe, and a kerosene lamp. She also carries a diary and a pen to jot down impressions or sadness. She always hides what's written or drawn in it.

In 1900, before the war, two girls, Anna and Agnieszka (Anna was six, Agnieszka was four), met. The older one constantly protected the younger one from vicious children wearing gas masks and wielding toy swords and rifles. Agnieszka, terrified of gas masks, joined the Golden Empire.
In 1914, they both joined the army of the Golden Empire.

First name, last name, patronymic: Anna Vorobyova Ivanovna
Age: 25 years.
Date of birth: March 1, 1894
Nationality: Russian
Character: Hot-tempered, angry, confident, self-assured
Appearance:
Hair: Ash-dark
Eyes: Brown
Anna is dressed in a two-tone black and white (or dark brown and beige) medieval tabard, divided vertically in half.
Anna's head is also protected by a slightly dirty from the ground metal helmet of the sallet type (or an armet similar in shape) with a narrow horizontal slit for the eyes, which is raised so that her face is visible.
The waist is encircled by a simple leather belt with a round buckle.
There is an Orthodox gold cross on the chest.
Dressed in a thick quilted jacket (gambeson) with vertical stripes.
He carries a Mosin rifle with a 5-round magazine, a sharp cutting knife, a Mauser C96 with a butt, a compass, a pickaxe and a kerosene lantern.

Emerging from the ashes of the failed League of Nations , the LRN represents states unwilling to bow to the Foger Empire.
Their ideology: Globalism —a federation of nations under a central parliament. They argue that division itself breeds war, and unity under federal democracy is the only path to peace.
However, the LRN is not soft. Dissent is suppressed, and "Kings" (governors) rule the territories with authoritarian control.
By 1919, the LRN controlled:
Bavaria, Saxony and the southern German states
The Balkans and former Austro-Hungarian lands
Poland
Scandinavia
Portugal
Siberia and the Caucasus, Ukraine and Turkey
East-Central France (a region that resisted UGE penetration)
Australia and New Zealand
French, German and Portuguese colonies in Africa

The Rise of the United Golden Empire (UGE) *

• Anna Foger *, the daughter of a parliamentarian, becomes an incendiary during the war. She blames democracy for weakness, disunity, and unnecessary death.
• In 1919, amid food shortages, economic ruin, and a labor crisis, she organizes a coup in Britain *. Parliament is dissolved, and the monarchy is exiled to Canada.
• Foger proclaims the United Golden Empire (UGE) *- a combination of monarchy, church, and empire.
• She unites Protestant and Catholic power under her rule, even influencing the Vatican.
  *Italy and Spain join under religious and political pressure.
• In France, civil unrest mounts; by 1920, Foger's agents infiltrate and undermine the remnants of the French Republic, consolidating power.
  In Germany, Prussia joins *the UGE, while Bavaria, Saxony and the south reject it.
• In Russia, it allies with the White Army monarchists *, capturing St. Petersburg and Moscow.
• By 1919, the territory of the UGE covers:
  *Colonies of the British Empire
• France
  *Belgium
• Prussia and Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia
  *Italy, Spain
• Vast territories of western Russia
  *British, Belgian and Spanish colonies in Africa
• Ireland

Foger's ideology: Democracy is weakness, war is divine punishment, and only a single faith and empire can save humanity.

The Great War (1914–1919)

In this timeline , chemical warfare *developed at an alarming rate. Gas shells, aerosols, and crude biological weapons devastated both soldiers and cities.

• Tunnel warfare went beyond engineers—entire underground complexes were dug beneath the frontlines, some of which were converted into proto-bunkers for civilian use.
  Major cities such as Paris, Berlin, Warsaw, and Vienna were heavily bombed with gas and incendiary bombs. The population fled underground.
  By 1919, both sides were exhausted. Germany held out longer than in our timeline, forcing the Allies to agree to the less brutal Treaty of Versailles to end the war.

The result: a shattered, unstable Europe and two warring factions: the Golden Empire and the Royal Nation.