The numerous videos and screenshots we’ve seen released over the past two years for CryEngine-powered RPG Kingdom Come: Deliverance have convinced us it’s without peer in the realm of visuals, but what about the story? Other than knowing it will be based on historical fact and revolve around a blacksmith’s son named Henry, not much else is known. Thankfully, a recent interview at OnlySP has helped pull back the curtain a bit on the game’s narrative.

In a discussion with Warhorse Studios’ PR manager Tobias Stolz-Zwilling, OnlySP asked about the game’s story and setting:

Kingdom Come: Deliverance is something like a prequel to the Hussite wars, which break out a few years later in Europe,” Stolz-Zwilling goes on to say. “So, with Kingdom Come: Deliverance, we’re explaining why those events happened. Not just from the religious side, because while the Hussite wars were very influenced by religion – it will play a role in the game – we’re focussing on the struggle in the house of Luxembourg.”

A dynasty which ruled as Kings of the Romans and Emperors of the Holy Roman Empire from 1308-1437, the House of Luxembourg were an influential and distinguished royal family in the late-medieval period. Their rise to power, followed by their subsequent decline, serve as the backdrop for Kingdom Come: Deliverance.

“The sons of Charles IV [were] Wenceslaus, the ruler of Bohemia, and the other son is Sigismund, the king of Hungary,” says Stolz-Zwilling.

“Wenceslaus was even the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire, but he was deselected by the lords.

“He was a bit like, ‘whatever, I can still drink and whore around.’ Because that’s what he was interested in; he was a weak ruler. He lost the crown because he was deselected by the lords, but he didn’t really care because he could still be the king of Bohemia. His half-brother Sigismund, who as I said was, at this time, the king of Hungary, sensed the weakness in his brother and claimed that he’d come to Bohemia to help get back the Holy Roman crown, but immediately imprisoned Wenceslaus, took him to Austria, and Sigismund started to raid Bohemia for its riches.

“We think, we hope, we believe, that the story we want to tell, of the Hussite Wars and the Holy Roman Empire is extremely interesting, full of intrigue, war and blood, but also has its sunny sides. We just believe that this story is kick-ass, and we want to tell it to the world.”

The interview is goes on for quite a bit more, also touching upon the game’s strict adherence to realism and how the combat will feed off of that desire for authenticity.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance is still presumably on target for a second or third quarter release for Windows, OS X and Linux, with PS4 and Xbox 1 versions to follow sometime thereafter.