Konstantin Larionov

Larionov was a member of the Cossacks when he and his Squad were attacked by a small group of Yav' outside Moscow. He was the only survivor, and an extremely rare one, attributing his success to his personally-owned Western equipment and the will to fight. Always seen with some type of M4-pattern rifle and M67 grenades, he always 'stuck out'.

After this event, he published a book on his findings, having looted all dead enemy combatants afterwards, and possibly correctly thought himself to be the only to do so in such an encounter. This 'series' tends to be considered the most credible story amongst anyone familiar with the topics; but the real hardcore skeptics say that the book 'changed' over the course of its printing and that Larionov has in reality, been blackmailed or killed.

It is said that he always had his nickname, 'the Firecracker', and it is said by some that it had something to do with his manufacture of explosive devices using primitive resources. Others say that it was in relation to his choice of weapon. And yet even others simply believe it had no meaning at all.