Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2022 0:04:39 GMT -7
Ekatarina Sasha Nightshade
WAND 8'9 inches vine wood, dragon heartstring core; surprisingly supple
APPEARANCE Willowy is the best word to describe Katya. She is tall, lithe and nimble. As if gifted with swan-like grace, she appears soft and quiet to anyone looking. Katya's pale complexion is often hidden under layers of clothing. She lets her long blonde hair fall to her back, like an extra layer of cloth. | pronunciation Eh-Kah-Tuh-Ree-Na Sa-Shah nickname Katya Street name: Kathryn Knight age & birthday 20 April 8, 2006 gender & pronouns female ; she/her blood status Pureblood sexuality Not explored/unknown face claim Nastya Kusakina | |||||||||||||||||
PERSONALITY Ekatarina has a soft and gentle demeanour. She is friendly and knew when to act prim and proper. Growing up, she was always cautious about her surroundings. Her parents taught her to be relentless and unforgiving. The saying "An apple doesn't fall far from the tree" held true, just like her family, she was capable of guilt-free killings and weaving a masterful web of lies. Death has always been a part of Ekatarina's life, and she has grown numb to it at some point. Funerals were just as special as family dinners. Often, sombre and pointless. Mourning was overrated and those kisses on the cheeks were like appetizers for what is to come. Katya had surrendered her life to surviving and if the odds were better elsewhere, she has to pursue that path. She enjoyed the simplicity of not having to dodge knives, spells or poisoned teacups from the people she shared her blood with, and she knew that sharing the same house as the rest of her bloodthirsty family was not the way to go. She just wanted to be 'normal', even if she had to leave a trail of dead bodies to achieve it. ORIGIN & RELATIONS Origin: Russia Aleksei Selwyn - Grandfather Khristina Sergeyevna - Grandmother Azure Selwyn - Father ( ? - 2006) deceased Myshelova Nightshade - Mother Valentin Nightshade - brother (1994-2000) deceased Dmitriy Nightshade – brother (1997-2022) deceased Stella Nightshade – sister (2000- 2026) deceased Twin Brother – alive but estranged after Dmitriy's death HISTORY Blessings came in the form of children born into the house of Nightshade; however, those lives were condemned into a vicious fate, struggling for survival. Ekatarina was no exception. A few months after she was born, the news of her father Azure's death was announced. She was but a babe who was untainted. She didn’t remember any of it. The death of Azure steeled Myshelova’s resolve to at least make sure her line survives. They were taught to never let their emotions overrun their actions. Katya listened well and it wasn’t hard to instil these violent and malicious “virtues” in her. After witnessing her family turning against each other. Surely, if everyone around her practised acts of violence against each other, then it's acceptable for her to do it. She learned to deflect attempts at her life by becoming cautious. Being quick and nimble helped when she had to run away. But running away wasn't always a choice she was presented with. Other times, she had to stand her ground and earn her keep. Be it driving a fork (the closest thing to her at that time) multiple times into her cousin's neck when the other tried to choke her--she was eight then. Or lie through her teeth when a confrontation occurred. Change the topic, change the narrative altogether. Let them believe that they were after the wrong person. Remorse was a luxury she neither had not wanted. One of the things she learned was to calculate the odds of winning in a fight. If the chances are low, don't risk it and run. There will be another time when the odds would be in her favour. But if push comes to shove, shove them back harder. Perhaps that's where she excelled. running away. When she was ten years old, she told her mother that she would, under any circumstance, attend Durmstrang She opposed homeschooling with vehemence. She did not particularly enjoy being cooped in the same place for so long. Besides, she wanted to see different faces. Different people. However, it wasn't until she was thirteen that Myshelova had conceded to her ideas and let her continue her education in Durmstrang in 2019. As a transferee, she expected the spotlight to be on her, but it wasn't only because of that. She was a Nightshade, after all. Attention would be the least of her worries. Katya tried to blend in, making sure she was amicable enough to approach and just the right amount of kindness to let the students trust her. Not a lot did, though. She joined organisations she knew she would excel in and ones she thought she would enjoy--that's how she stumbled into the academy's dance troupe. She became busy with studying for lessons and club activities like the duelling club. While in the troupe, Katya became more conscious of her body and made sure she was always in top shape. She became a person of routine where she followed a strict sleeping schedule and an even more strict diet. Ensuring top health also meant she had to deflect all types of attempts at her life. Bearing the name Nightshade was a blessing since it was a name with history, pride, wealth, and people feared it. However, it was just as much a curse, because the fight for the succession was to the death and they often weeded out the weak. Katya made sure she never fell under that category. She studied the dark arts well and hard and thought that if her thin frame couldn't overpower her physically gifted relatives, she could do so with magic. She researched spells and practised them on her cousins (milder spells on her siblings since they never gave her reason to do more damage) without their knowledge, of course. At school, she would hex some of the students as practice and do her worst during duels. She had to try and balance learning the dark arts and dancing. She also tried to do both at the same time. Since dancing was an art form, why not make it dark? Thus, the girl decided to combine dancing and spell casting. She researched obscure and uncommon spells, as well as, venturing to the restricted section of the library in the estate and the school to further her research. These, she kept to herself. The only time Katya was exposed to the family drama was during the holidays, where she spent her time practising routines, honing her magic and enjoying the company of her siblings. Katya was closest to her brother, Dimitriy. Although they had 9 years of an age gap, they enjoyed music just the same and he would play songs for her to dance to. Among her remaining siblings, she considered Dimitriy the nicest and most compassionate--in the Nightshade standard, at least. It must also be the reason for his death. His death made an impact on Katya and this made her more cautious—enough to retreat away from the family. She barely went home during the holidays after Dimitriy's death and finally, on her graduation, she never showed. Days before the commencement rites, she was contacted by a group of witches and wizards devoted to performing globally, asking her to join them. She decided that this was the ticket to her escape. However, it wasn't much of an escape. She would hex some of the students at school since her twin brother told her to keep in touch. She did, of course. At least to appease the patriarch of the family. She would send them a letter on the day they start travelling, so the letters are always a step behind. Fate, after all, was a cruel master. Two years into her career, while she was performing in London, she received an owl. Stella's dead was all it said. She didn't mourn her sister, though. There was only one thing in her mind: they caught up to her. It was probably easy, considering the reach of her family. Strangely enough, it gave her a sense of thrill. They caught up but they haven't caught her just yet. After briefly attending her sister's funeral, she fled the company and employed the name, Kathryn Knight. OOC
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