Sergey Taboritsky (The New Order: Last Days of Europe)

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## Ensemble Dark Horse

### Alias

The Holy Regent
The Blessed Regent
The Emperor-Regent (fan alias)
Emperor Sergey (fan alias)
Emperor-Regent Sergey (fan alias)

### Powers/Skills

Oratory Experience
Firearm Expertise

### Allies

Lev Gumilyov
Igor Shafarevich
Ivan Serov
Pyotr Shabelsky-Bork (all formerly)
Viktor Larionov
Abaddon
Nikolai Talberg
Ivan Melkikh
Yuri Evtukhovich
Andrey Dikiy
His Sturmoviki

### Enemies

Lev Gumilyov
Igor Shafarevich
Ivan Serov
Pyotr Shabelsky-Bork (all currently)
Anyone who questions his rule

### Goals

Take over Russia (path-dependent).
Purge Russia of Jews, Socialists, Homosexuals, Disabled People, and other "undesirables."
Restore Tsarevich Alexei to the Russian Throne (both failed).

### Why Do People Love The Character?

Despite the developers warning that Taboritsky was the worst unifier for both Komi and Russia at large, this only made the fanbase even interested to experience and discuss his path

### Type of Ensemble Dark Horse

Controversial Tyrant

**Sergey Taboritsky** is one of main characters who appears in *The New Order: The Last Days of Europe*, the popular mod for the 2016 game *Hearts of Iron IV*.

## What Makes Him an Ensemble Darkhorse?

* During the pre-release teasers, the developers of TNO warned that Taboritsky's unification was one of worst paths to unify both Komi and Russia at large. Despite this warning, this didn't stop the fans from being hyped about experiencing Taboritsky's path to see how cursed his version of Esoteric Nazism really was.
* Despite not being one of the main characters of TNO outside of his player-dependent path in Komi, Taboritsky's unification route is still one of the most discussed paths in the entire game for how bleak and nightmare fuel inducing it is.
* As horrific as Taboritsky's path and regime are, some of his endings, such as his realization that Tsarevich Alexi Romanov isn't coming back and his increasing sanity slippage, were viewed as sympathetic and a bit tragic. This level of sympathy for him was unexpected.
	+ Furthermore, his obsession with Alexei provided fanfic fuel in the form of a potential return of Alexei, or at least an impersonator, to Russia. In the Post-Midnight endings, this was alluded to by the devs.
* "Verifiy Your Clock", Taboritsky's unification theme that was originally heard in a 1963 Soviet propaganda cartoon, has since become a meme to represent both Taboritsky and the Holy Russian Empire at large.
* Broadly speaking, the *TNO* fanbase will make memes of dark topics, and the sheer brutality of Taboritsky's regime was fuel for black comedy memes.

## External Links

* Sergey Taboritsky on the Villains Fanon Wiki
* Sergey Taboritsky on the Near Pure Evil Wiki
* Sergey Taboristky on the *The New Order: Last Days of Europe* Wiki
* Sergey Taboritsky on the Entertainingly Detestable Wiki