Post by Belarus - Natalya Arlovskaya on Mar 28, 2019 15:10:58 GMT
BELARUS  general info FULL NAME • Natalya Arlovskaya AGE • around 1000 years (physically 23) BIRTHDAY • August 25th GENDER • Female SEXUAL ORIENTATION • Bisexual FACE CLAIM • N/A appearance HAIR COLOR • Blonde EYE COLOR • Violet HEIGHT • 5'7" WEIGHT • 165 pounds TATTOOS • None OVERALL APPEARANCE • Natalya bears a strong resemblance to her brother, both in stature and physical features. She's fairly well muscled for a woman, although she's lost some of her musculature over the years. She has scars on her hands and back both from fights and abuse over the years. Her sense of fashion is rather traditional and Victorian, bearing a more casual resemblance to old Russian court dress. personality LIKES
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OVERALL PERSONALITY • Personality wise, Belarus can be severe and direct, preferring to get to the point. However, she is warm to those she cares about once she’s gotten a good sense of their personality. She is spiritually sensitive and tends to think about philosophy frequently, almost lost in her own head a little. As well, she has a dry sense of humor, something that can scare those who aren’t familiar even more. Her biggest hobby is piano, something she’s practiced since its’ invention and harpsichord before that. She has a bit of a complex about never having a period of glory the same way Prussia or Poland had, having always been one of the small fries, tossed around from place to place. It makes her rather bitter, although she rarely speaks of it for others' sakes. She cares deeply for her family especially, believing in duty above all else, that she had to do what she did because it was an obligation of family. history IDENTIFIABLE PARENTS • Kievan Rus and Aesti (ancient Baltic culture). GUARDIAN(S) OR MENTOR(S) • raised by Kievan Rus briefly (Belarus barely remembers it.) SIBLING(S) • Ukraine and Russia by blood. OTHER IMPORTANT RELATIONSHIPS • with Poland and Lithuania (siblings by circumstance, somewhat estranged). OVERALL HISTORY • Founded by the mixing of Baltic and Slavic peoples, Belarus was only briefly on her own before becoming part of Lithuania and then the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Although not powerful and speaking Polish as a default language, Belarus was fairly happy and established a familial relationship with Poland and Lithuania. When Poland was partitioned, she became part of the Russian Empire, which was a large shock, as she didn't speak Russian and the culture was quite different. Eventually, she settled in and began to accept it, however. Belarus was hit hard by the Russian Revolution and WW2. During the Russian Revolution, she was shot at least once as a monarchist and was treated poorly. In World War II, her lands were a battlefield, seeing mass destruction. She had a psychotic break because of it that lasted into the mid 50s, which partially manifested as her obsession with Ivan, the only stable figure in her life. The Soviet Union from the 60s onwards wasn't a good or kind place, but it did bring stability and a slow return to sanity for Belarus. She still occasionally feels nostalgia for having so many people and countries in one place, as a psuedo-family. However, by the end of it it was clear that the relationship between all of them was growing toxic and Belarus was glad to be out on her own. However, she feels herself slowly returning to her old habits and wonders if history will repeat itself once again. roleplayer OOC NAME • Bus TIME ZONE • EST EXPERIENCE • Around 4 years. OTHER CHARACTERS • Lithuania (offsite) |
