Viktor Baranov

<Viktor Baranov is an Initiate hailing from Ven, Abkhatz. While friendly and helpful towards others, he keeps his history and thoughts close to his heart, even going so far as to cross his own morals and desires in order to keep up appearances. He's easily misconstrued as a pretty-faced hedonist with a silver tongue, but Viktor's ultimate strength lies in his ability to construct intricate - and often risky - plots.

Appearance
Tall and broad-shouldered, Viktor's build seems more suited to hard labour than the frivolous delights that he indulges in - drugs, drinks, and pleasure. He's half-Abkhatzin, although one might not guess it from his angular, hawkish features and towering stature. It's the ink-black hair and flawless Zhangwen that give him away. He insists the latter he picked up on his own, but it's difficult to trust aught that slips through his wolfish, crooked grin.

Beneath the uniform, Viktor's skin is heavily scarred. Circular burns like stains of a cigarette cover his arms along with shallow and deep cuts alike, making it abundantly clear that whatever past he came from, he was forged without mercy. The most prominent among his myriad of scars are those resulting from the removal of his eye, a large, deep gouge along the breadth of his abdomen, and dozens of lashing marks upon his back.

Strangely enough, he's never seen without an antique timepiece at his throat, its nigh inaudible ticking a constant presence.

Background
Viktor keeps much of his past close to his chest. Of course something had to cause those scars, but he's revealed only a few minute details to those he trusts.

He grew up in poverty, and, judging by his apparent closeness to his mother, his upbringing was kind enough. He began work at an early age- he had to, really, given the state of things. Apparently, he had enough time to get a mild education and later take a position as an accountant. He's a self-professed jack-of-all-trades, mentioning a few odd jobs here and there to fill out his work history. This includes a vague (and probably unsafe) knowledge of how to deliver children, selling his body for coin, and... juggling?

Viktor has also admitted to naming the local rats as a child. They were his friends, after all!

Personality
A slave to lust and envy, Viktor wants. He'll take what he can, and he'll test the boundaries of those around him, committing to memory the results of each and every infraction upon their will. He's a fraud. Falsely kind, Viktor's purpose is to use those around him; to bleed them dry without mercy. It's difficult to say if there's a man beneath the mask, but there is... something. Something drawn by mania and rage, fervent and unwavering in its beliefs. Viktor is, without a doubt, a zealot.

Skills
SKILL I. [REDACTED].

SKILL II. [REDACTED].

SKILL III. [REDACTED].

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