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15:37, 4th May 2024 (GMT+0)

Elizaveta Lebedeva

Name: Elizaveta Lebedeva
Age (appears): 22 years
Age (actual): Waiting for GM approval
Height: 5'6" tall
Weight: 115 lbs
Hair Color: Blonde
Eye Color: Hazel
Type: Vampire
Clan: Mekhet
Covenant: Invictus

Appearance:
Elizaveta is a slender and tall woman, standing around 5'6" tall and 115 lbs. Her slender figure is a combination of athleticism and a careful attention paid to her acrobatics training, which is represented by her tight figure, with very little left to random chance.

Her long blonde hair can often be found loosely hanging around her shoulders and down her back, or during work it is occasionally pinned up. Her bright hazel eyes glint with intelligence and intensity that is rare to find in a Kindred anymore. Unlike many of her brethren, Elizaveta is not yet burned out, and still feels the passionate fires of intensity that many elders have lost for everyday tasks.

Personality and Quirks:
Elizaveta is a very driven woman, rising early to train her physique and keep herself in optimal shape to perform her work, and then often laboring the majority of her day away to advance her position in Kindred society. She is driven with a fire that may hint at the terror on her heels, which is something she never speaks about, not even to those closest to her. Elizaveta knows better than trusting even those closest to her with too much information, as she has already been burned in that way and will never make that mistake again.

Still, fun but distant connections are something she enjoys much. When she seduces a target, one of the things that makes her so effective is her authenticity. She really gets to know a victim before breaking them apart, and drawing close, because she is open and honest about who and what she is, to a degree. She puts a little bit of her real self into all of her work, and that makes it more fluid and smooth for her to connect, and crush her opposition.

Beyond that, her obsession for classical art is something that stands out as well to any who have met her, even briefly.

(Brief) History:
Elizaveta was the eldest daughter of her mother and father, in the year 1905 AD. Growing up in a small Russian farm with her family, Elizaveta's parents never had dreams for her other than potentially marrying into a healthy family, and bringing her a good life with honest, hard work. As Elizaveta aged, however, her beauty began to take over, and she blossomed much sooner than many might have expected. As such, her beauty began to catch the notice of several nobles in the neighboring towns, and her father was approached with offers to marry her, and provide for her family in return. Elizaveta's father was a smart man, but he also loved his daughter. He asked her about the personalities of each potential suitor, as he wanted to find her one that she would truly be happy with, despite the unlikeliness of that happening. One of the nobles took offense to this, and hired a group of assassins to remove her father from the situation, but unfortunately, the night that they arrived, they took her younger sisters, her mother AND her father, leaving Elizaveta stranded and alone, tied to her bed and gagged, crying. Elizaveta wasn't discovered for two days afterwards, until her Sire came along, and sensed the blood within, inspecting immediately. Finding her weakened, on the brink of death, and still bound, her Sire took pity on her and turned her, when she asked him to kill her, he refused, instead offering her eternal life for her vengeance. Angry at his choice, and weak, she initially refused his assistance, but after a week alone, she returned, begging for him to instruct her... teach her how to thrive in her new unlife, and he took her under his wing, still feeling pity for the poor girl.
Initially, Elizaveta ran from her Sire, and did terribly on her own, barely scraping by in the alleys of her hometown, and eventually being forced back to his side by sheer need. When he received her back, he took her under his wing, and used her to further his own gains, training her in the deadly use of knives, and subtlety, and he taught her the basics of infiltration and assassination. Over time, Elizaveta's natural talents took over, and she eventually turned down one of her Sire's requests, angering him greatly. As such, his blood was so thick from age, that he captured her, taking advantage of the fact that she wouldn't fight her own Sire, and imprisoned her in his cellar, each night draining her of her vitae, placing her into nightly torpor, and refilling her with mortal blood the next day to drain her once more.

Her Sire maintained this hell for Elizaveta until 1995, when he made a mistake, and she managed to escape. Using her knowledge and talents to escape Russia, she made her way through Europe, cutting a bloody swath towards the Atlantic ocean, but once she discovered what new age technologies allowed her Sire to do to track her, she knew she needed to cross the ocean. Doing so, she heard of the problems in Detroit, and ran to Michigan immediately, to involve herself somewhere that might offer her protection.

Now in detroit, Elizaveta enjoys showing her competitive side by grabbing jobs often and succeeding at them particularly well. She shows others that she is a spy by nature, and willing to trade information and secrets, always ensuring that she holds on to some small tidbit for herself, to ensure that she is irreplaceable. Knowing the information network is key to keeping herself alive, so she ensures she stays on top at all times. Those who interact with her may REALIZE that she is probably siphoning them for information, but Elizaveta often makes her interactions pleasing enough that it is well worth it to work with her, instead of against her, for her other methods of gleaning information are much more bloody and less enjoyable.

Publicly Known Connections/Relationships:
Elizaveta was originally brought to Detroit by Luccia, whom she met during Luccia's travels to the European continent. She had offered services to Luccia, who recognized immediately that she was underselling herself, which meant she must be hiding, or running from something, and invited her to Detroit. Taking Luccia up on her offer, Elizaveta ran to the States immediately and joined the New Renaissance coterie of the Invictus covenant there with Douglas.
Douglas has always been a sort of "Kingmaker" in Elizaveta's eyes, and as such, she knew to align herself with him. Both could offer one another services, and they shared their viewpoints about the Baron and Prince, recognizing that the Baron was the true power, the Prince merely a facade. As such, Elizaveta chose to follow Douglas' lead.

Privately Known Family Connections/Sire/Etc:
Elizaveta never speaks about her Sire, and refuses to acknowledge questions about him. She is very clearly disturbed, quite deeply, by any discussions that involve him (or her!), and she grows quite irritable with people who push the issue.

Strengths:
Elizaveta is a very driven, and passionate, woman, and she can rarely be matched in intensity when she chases something she wants. Elizaveta's perseverance and natural talents make her a force to be reckoned with in the information game and one on one combat.

Weaknesses/Fears:
Elizaveta is very clearly afraid of her Sire, whomever he/she may be.
Elizaveta is also intelligent, and knows when to surrender to preserve her life, so a sufficient bluff may convince her to drop her guard prematurely.