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Khutulun

keywords

Champion, Asia, Mongol, Brown

Game text

Enemies must spend 1 additional action to move out of spaces in this Champion's base attack grid. Once per game, if this Champion has a revealed cavalry card, move an enemy into a space adjacent to this Champion.

Flavor Text

Great-great-granddaughter of Genghis Khan, Mongol warrior princess Khutulun led armies and outwrestled every suitor who wagered 100 horses for her hand in marriage.

champion history

Envision being so unstoppable that your empire bans men from wrestling women—just to honor you. That’s Khutulun. Mongol princess. General. Cavalry commander. Undefeated wrestler of men. She was the great-great-granddaughter of Genghis Khan, and she didn’t just inherit his blood—she weaponized it.

She grew up with fourteen warrior brothers and decided early on that if you wanted respect, you earned it by throwing people to the ground. In Mongolia, that meant wrestling like your life depended on it. And Khutulun? She didn’t just wrestle—she wrecked. Man after man stepped up. Man after man got slammed. She was a one-woman demolition crew in silk armor.

During her father’s civil war against Kublai Khan, Khutulun led the Mongol heavy cavalry. Marco Polo claimed she had a signature move: gallop into enemy lines, knock out an officer, choke-hold him, drag him onto her horse, and ride back like she was delivering groceries. That wasn’t a stunt—it was her standard operating procedure.

When her parents tried to arrange a marriage, Khutulun laid down the law: she’d only marry a man who could beat her in wrestling. Royal blood didn’t matter. What did? Horses. Each suitor had to wager at least ten—sometimes a hundred. Princes, blacksmiths, nobles—everyone tried. Ten thousand horses later, Khutulun was still undefeated and had a herd that rivaled the emperor’s.

In one epic match around 1280, a prince bet a thousand horses. Her parents begged her to let him win. She agreed—until the match started. Then she went full beast mode, crushed him in front of everyone, and added a thousand horses to her collection. The suitor vanished. The legend grew.

Eventually, she married—some say—the man sent to assassinate her father. His name was Abatkul: tall, lively, good-looking, and very bad at assassinations. He failed, got jailed, dodged execution, became an officer, and somehow won her heart. Because of course he did.

When her father was dying, he wanted Khutulun to become Khan (or Katun, the female version). She said no. She didn’t want a throne—she wanted a battlefield. She backed her brother’s claim and took command of the army. She chose war over rule, horses over court, and lived like she fought: fierce, free, and legendary.

She didn’t just break bones—she broke expectations. She didn’t just win matches—she rewrote the rules. Khutulun was a beast, a boss, and a brawler who made history tap out.