Shadow Self (eventually) Veronica Yakimov

Posts : 27 Join date : 2014-06-19

Veronica Yakimov
"We've come so far on our own. Who is to tell us our fate?"

The Biography

Birth Name: Veronica Yakimov
Aliases: Vi
Gender: Female
Age: 34
Birth Day: September 6th
Arcana: Chariot
Place of Residence: San Maralus
Part Time Job: School Nurse for Zeta Academy. (At least, until her transformation)
Height: 5'11"
Base & Transformed Appearance: A tall russian woman with shoulder length brunette hair, and green eyes when she's able to maintain the illusion. Otherwise they glow a golden color. She is athletic in body type and figure, clearly concerned about her own personal health.

Transformed, her body twists, fingers have skin and muscle peel away into sharp bone claws. (That still can grasp) Her teeth grow sharp and hooked, usually in a bloody manner that runs down her jaw. Her muscles in general become much more pronounced as she looks more and more like a feral beast... yet how she moves is strange. Jerky and slow, like a puppet that's caught in her own strings, or just stopping for every slight movement in a briefest of moments. Her eyes lose their pupils and instead have literal holes in the center where they once were, almost void-like in appearance. Yet her voice takes on a calm tone despite her appearance... unless riled into combat which distorts into gleeful cackles and laughter, and though her jerky movements remain, they become rapid, giving a very unnatural look while in motion.

Personality: Veronica is a passionate woman, never failing to extol the virtues of personal health and exercise... even to the point of annoying her patients. Beyond that, she is somewhat unfocused, prone to straying from the topic at hand and easily distracted. She has learned how to focus when she has a job to do though, so far it hasn't caused her problems in her medical practice. For a moral compass, she appears to not carry any malice, if perhaps a bit selfish. She does however, express a bit too much interest in surgery.

With the turn of her shadow, however.... While it's obvious she tries to keep up her act, trying to be convincing even as her form twists into her monstrous self, it's quickly apparent she's very aggressive and not willing to bargain for long. Her wrath can be avoided, but one must tread carefully.

The Potential

Strengths:

—Strength Name: Hardy
—Description: Strength boost. A naturally hardy woman, coming from a family that was well suited to harsh climates and hard work.

—Strength Name: Fit
—Description: Strength boost Veronica exercises often and pushes herself. Always seeking to keep her body in shape.

—Strength Name: Flexible
—Description: Attack Speed Boost. Her frequent workouts allow her to be more flexible than normal, as is her somewhat reckless attitude.

—Strength Name: Impassioned
—Description: A passionate woman in life, and even after, she strongly believes in her goals, and has some skill in convincing others to see her way.

Weaknesses:

—Weakness Name: Reckless
—Description: A negative on defense. When in combat, she is usually unconcerned for her own safety unless in serious danger.

—Weakness Name: Enraged
—Description: Defense Weakness. Her rage in combat, while possibly intimidating, does not lend her to taking or dodging hits well.

—Weakness Name: Unfocused
—Description: Agility Weakess. Not so great at focusing. While this may grant her awareness at times, more often than not it means she is less likely to maneuver around obstacles or remember to dodge.

—Weakness Name: "I am not so good with the computers"
—Description: While enjoying her natural health, she has never been good with technology. Even standard modern phones give her trouble if it's anything beyond 'punch number in to call someone'

Soul Bound Weapon:
Weapon Name: Butcher
Weapon Description: A rather vicious looking axe, a long curved blade with a spike in the back that she almost never remembers to use. The blade is rather heavy, and it looks like... teeth? are along the opposite side of the blade. The handle and blade combined only go about 3 feet, clearly meant to be in close when striking.
Weapon Image:
Weapon Attack Type: Strike
Weapon Element:

The Background

History:Veronica was born in Russia, out in the country where harsh manual labor was necessary to survive the brutal winters. Grew up with her parents and an older brother, who was notoriously lazy. In her teens, her brother's unhealthy lifestyle found him with blood clots and he died from heart complications shortly thereafter. While never very close to him, she took it as a lesson for personal health.

Riding on her revelation, she went to college to become a doctor and first aid responder. During her schooling she began to realize that her family's stubbornness in their traditions meant they suffered out in the country only out of pride. Growing resentful, she made the decision to leave.

Looking for work outside of Russia, she found a job as a nurse at Zeta academy. While not quite what she envisioned, she couldn't pass up the benefit package they were offering. Gathering her belongings, she decided to take the plunge into adventure in a new country.

She's had trouble settling in, but her skill has earned her some respect after she treated a couple serious injuries from accidents and falls. She doesn't mind the children, but is wondering where else her skills could take her...

Posts : 6498 Join date : 2013-07-06 Age : 30

Liking the character, finally someone European for the setting, haha. I just need you to make sure you have a third combat weakness to go with your attack-speed strength, so you can redo one of your weaknesses. And also, I need the length of your soulbound weapon, and you are approved.

Posts : 6498 Join date : 2013-07-06 Age : 30

Approved. Welcome aboard!

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