[Master] Anya Svarinkoff

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Anya Svarinkoff

Appearance:
Anya is a young woman of mere 25 years.  She sports a highly stylized military clothing with a cap, trenchcoat and fur scarf, all in black and purple, with some gold for contrast.  Her hair is a bright purple and her eyes are blue, making her rather attention grabbing to the eye.

Personality:

Anya is not a subtle person, if her looks don't give it away.  She is rather straight to the point, and speaks her mind, often expressing her dislike or like of others out loud.  Nevertheless, she is a prodigy in her own right, and rather proud of her lineage, despite controversies.  She values herself and her family a lot, and to the best of her ability she tries to honor it.

Her feelings of coming to the US are mixed, at first of course the strangeness of being in a foreign land, from which she heard much bad and good about.  Secondly, the sensation of freedom and at the same time loneliness that came from being independent, on her own...and of course, the pressure of representing her family with every step she takes.

Generally, she tries to keep her bluntness in check to avoid shaming herself by doing something foolish...but most of the time she feels she's lucky enough to get out of the consequences of it, so her willingness to contain her own flaw is wavering...


Biography:

Anya is a third generation mage from her family, rumored to be descended from one of Rasputin's bastards.  But to tell her tale, it's necessary to go further back.  The magical blood, otherwise inert for many years awakened with her grandfather, an active mage and true patriot to his country.  He served russia throughout the wars, all the Cold War.

By that time, he was lined up to be part of the american version of the Grail War, despite all tensions.  And he had all intents in participating, having attained a most precious catalyst to summon a servant that he knew would win the war.  However, he never had the chance of competing, as shortly before the start of the war, he was murdered in US soil, the official story being that he was but an unintentional victim of a bank robbery.

Suspecting foul play and grief struck by his death, his son took over his position as the mage representing the USSR.  Picking up on where his father left, he conjured the servant and found that it was no other than Rasputin, the very heroic spirit from whom his family was suspected to descend from.  That earned him sympathy from the servant, and together they were a team like no other, fighting with their all to avenge his father and win the grail for their country.

Yet, despite their best efforts, they lost.  Rasputin was defeated in battle and he, permanently paralyzed from the waist down after a duel of Masters gone to the brink of death.

The Cold War ended, but tensions and scars remained.  That is where Anya's story began.  Since an early age, she was pressured to work on her magical potential, to not waste the gift that her grandfather had sparked, and to one day come to do what none of her ancestors could: win the Grail.   It was hammered into her head, time and again.  She was always under this pressure, further pushed by the hatred that her father had acquired for the western mages.   Over the years his health had only decayed, and he grew more and more bitter.  He filled Anya's head with the most spiteful opinions of his enemies, making sure she understood that she couldn't trust anyone in that grail war, that everyone would play low, so she should as well.  She should be ready to take down any threats by any means, or else she'd die or end crippled like him.

He passed before her 20th year, but his voice remained.   She was trained like an attack dog, to be ruthless and efficient.  To not feel any sympathy, to try to win at all costs.  And to fail there meant to disgrace her family, to just carry on a line of failures.  To show that they were indeed just the spawns of a bastard, not truly deserving of being associated with a legend like Rasputin.  For that reason, Anya could not, and would not give up.  She would not give her enemies any quarter, and she wouldn't let morality keep her away from claiming the grail for her family and her country...