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Character Information
Name: Ruslana Kuznetzova Lazarevna <<Руслана Кузнецова Лазаревна>>
Heritage / Culture: Ailor - Slovenin
Age: 33
Gender / Pronouns: Female - she/her
Religion: Unionism
Character Occupation: Wandering Folk Hero?
Appearance Information
Eye Color: Silver / Prosthetic (Left)
Skin Color: Light Tanned
Hair: Black with a slight reddish sheen
Height: 7'1" (216 cm)
Body Type: Broad-shouldered hourglass
Additional Features: Distinct scar over left eye, which is a prosthetic.
Skill Information
Hobbies and Talents:
Mechanics:
Backstory/Plothooks:
Born in a rough-hewn cabin in the dark cliffside recesses of Novgorod, Zemlya Obitovana, Ruslana Kuznetzova was a tough child. She frequently startled neighbors' cattle, roughhoused with the local boys, and climbed up the cliffs overlooking the farmlands to find suitable rocky outcroppings for mocking those local boys once she'd beat them, fair and square. All of this delinquency, though, failed to tarnish a rather noble facet to her personality, instead tempering it further.
Before long, she took up riding the neighbors' horses and began to trade blows not with fists but large sticks and poles. Despite her common ancestry, she became a household name between the populace of Novgorod, eventually being gifted a blade by the local blacksmith, for the sake of winning the town joust competition; and win she did, sustaining not even a scratch.
Ruslana began to work further as a wandering hero–-though technically illegal as a vigilante, her exploits were well-regarded by local populations in towns and outposts too small to be afforded proper Regalian guards. Despots were deposed, bandit kings brought to heel, and great beasts slain. Her story began to echo as epic poems and songs passed along by bards, livening taverns in the dark winters.
Hopping onto Arash, that legendary steed upon which Ruslana always adventured, she rode West.
Ruslana would live.
Plot-hooks:
Combat Proficiencies and Abilities
Attack Stat: 7
Defense Stat: 5
[14/14 points spent]
Proficiency Points:
Strength: 7
Steady Body (Free)
Break Down
Weapon Throw (Free)
Diving Tackle
Technique Parry
Veteran Stance (Free)
Veteran AntiMagi
Veteran Impurity
Veteran Tri-Slash
Veteran Parry
Constitution: 5
Status Endure
Breather
Iron Will
Cavalry Summon (Free)
Mounted Lancer
Mounted Trooper
Intelligence: 0
Wisdom: 0
Dexterity: 0
Faith: 1
Desperate Prayer (Free)
Kneeling Prayer
Magic: 0
Persuasion: 1
Undisclosed Presence
Miscellaneous:
Theme Music:
Gallery:
Standard Appearance:
Name: Ruslana Kuznetzova Lazarevna <<Руслана Кузнецова Лазаревна>>
True Name: Knyaginya Tugarina Rurika Zmyevna <<Княгиня Тугарина Рурика Змеевна>>
Tugarina, the Dragon-Bogatyr <<Тугарина, Змея-богатырь>>
Tugarina, the Dragon-Bogatyr <<Тугарина, Змея-богатырь>>
Heritage / Culture: Ailor - Slovenin
Heritage / Culture: Dragonkin - Velkarin
is what she claims, but she's actually 80
Religion: Unionism
Character Occupation: Wandering Folk Hero?
(Knyaginya of Novgorod)
Appearance Information
Eye Color: Silver / Prosthetic (Left)
Skin Color: Light Tanned
Hair: Black with a slight reddish sheen
Height: 7'1" (216 cm)
Body Type: Broad-shouldered hourglass
Additional Features: Distinct scar over left eye, which is a prosthetic.
In almost all cases, keeps dragonkin features and status entirely hidden. White scales and claws in Dragonkin appearance. White horns with 'Тугарин' inscribed on the right horn.
Skill Information
Hobbies and Talents:
Mechanics:
- Swears like an Ailor (Ailor)
- Regal Regalian (Ailor)
- Smite the Heretic [+1 against Syncretized] (Ailor)
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[*]Elemental, My Dear Watson [Velkarin - Shadow/Wind] (Dragonkin)
[*]For Whom The Bell Tolls [-1 dmg from Mystech, +1 dmg from Ordial] (Dragonkin)
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Backstory/Plothooks:
Born in a rough-hewn cabin in the dark cliffside recesses of Novgorod, Zemlya Obitovana, Ruslana Kuznetzova was a tough child. She frequently startled neighbors' cattle, roughhoused with the local boys, and climbed up the cliffs overlooking the farmlands to find suitable rocky outcroppings for mocking those local boys once she'd beat them, fair and square. All of this delinquency, though, failed to tarnish a rather noble facet to her personality, instead tempering it further.
Before long, she took up riding the neighbors' horses and began to trade blows not with fists but large sticks and poles. Despite her common ancestry, she became a household name between the populace of Novgorod, eventually being gifted a blade by the local blacksmith, for the sake of winning the town joust competition; and win she did, sustaining not even a scratch.
Ruslana began to work further as a wandering hero–-though technically illegal as a vigilante, her exploits were well-regarded by local populations in towns and outposts too small to be afforded proper Regalian guards. Despots were deposed, bandit kings brought to heel, and great beasts slain. Her story began to echo as epic poems and songs passed along by bards, livening taverns in the dark winters.
Every now and again, she would return to Novgorod, where she would be sweet upon the local Knyazhna, Ludmila Godunova Vladimirovna, the eldest daughter of Knyaginya Tugarina Rurika Zmyevna and the late Knyaz Vladimir Rurik Sviatoslavich, on Tugarina's side, a lineage of mundane Velkaryns who retained their minor nobility when making the leap to the Zemlya Obitovana.
Ruslana, at age thirty-two, won the heart of Ludmila, finally proving herself worthy of her hand in marriage by once again trouncing the local joust. Though the wicked Tugarina greatly despised the lion-hearted and bold Ruslana, she relented to her daughter's wishes. On the night of their marriage, though, Ludmila was kidnapped by the cruel wizard Chernomor.
Taking the opportunity to annul the marriage as she desired, Tugarina instead promised her daughter's hand to the one who could rescue Ludmila from his clutches. Though Ruslana had competition in the form of Rogday, Farlaf, and Ratkin, three of Ludmila's potential suitors, Ruslana successfully brought Ludmila back to Novgorod.
Ludmila, though, was trapped within a magical trance, and though Ruslana claimed to be able to clear this spell through a relic he obtained with the wizard, she was unsuccessful…
Approximately fifty years prior, Tugarina Zmyevna was born to minor nobility in a town a few miles from Novgorod. Bearing her family's signature white scales and midnight-black hair, she grew up prim, proper, and incredibly cruel.
Either failing to understand or deliberately disregarding sympathy for the suffering of others, she would regularly antagonize her retainers, the locals, and the servants. As she grew older, this aspect of herself remained, and driving away most who dared to love her, she find herself even colder and more despicable. She flippantly discarded her noble disposition, taking pleasure in gluttony, cruelty, and sloth.
Her marriage to Vladimir Sviatoslavich was purely political. Neither could stand each other, but in combining their wealth and influence, they would only serve to benefit. Before Vladimir's untimely death in a hunting accident, the two produced only one child, young Ludmila. Tugarina's countenance refused to change even past these two incidents, the former occuring when Ludmila was only a child.
Ruling Novgorod with an iron fist, Tugarina found herself despising the cheery and self-righteous Ruslana who so captivated her daughter. With her return trips, Tugarina grew more and more capricious, taking her displeasure out on the people of Novgorod frequently. When it came that Ruslana won the joust, her hand was forced.
Now, all of that had fallen away. Her dear Ludmila had been sacrificed to the heroics of this petulant wanderer, and she had grown beyond tired of her presence. Tugarina threw the first attack, though the duel between the two seemed to last for hours, in which time Ruslana hit thrice Tugarina's eye and Ludmila had awoken from the trance through Ruslana's magic.
Incensed by wrath, Tugarina ignored this development, and though Ludmila had attempted to intervene, she was powerless as Tugarina finally dealt the killing blow to Ruslana, plunging her blade deep into the hero's chest.
So incurably rageous was Tugarina that, drunk from the victory over Ruslana, she struck the inconsolable Ludmila dead with a single errant slash. And still then she felt satisfaction swell within her chest, until she let out a roar of laughter that even those in Novgorod, many meters below the overlooking manor, could hear.
Then followed incorrigible grief, as the cold-hearted, wicked Tugarina stood over the fruits of her evil. Her daughter and the hero dead by her hands, she weeped for the woman she had always been. For the first time in all her life, Tugarina truly understood just how wretched a woman she was, devoid of any good within her heart.
And so, when she had cried beyond reason and those tears had dried upon her cheek, Tugarina donned the great Ruslana's armor and coat, cut her hair, hid her scales, took up the heirloom blade of her family, and burned the manor that overlooked Novgorod to the ground.
Ruslana, at age thirty-two, won the heart of Ludmila, finally proving herself worthy of her hand in marriage by once again trouncing the local joust. Though the wicked Tugarina greatly despised the lion-hearted and bold Ruslana, she relented to her daughter's wishes. On the night of their marriage, though, Ludmila was kidnapped by the cruel wizard Chernomor.
Taking the opportunity to annul the marriage as she desired, Tugarina instead promised her daughter's hand to the one who could rescue Ludmila from his clutches. Though Ruslana had competition in the form of Rogday, Farlaf, and Ratkin, three of Ludmila's potential suitors, Ruslana successfully brought Ludmila back to Novgorod.
Ludmila, though, was trapped within a magical trance, and though Ruslana claimed to be able to clear this spell through a relic he obtained with the wizard, she was unsuccessful…
Approximately fifty years prior, Tugarina Zmyevna was born to minor nobility in a town a few miles from Novgorod. Bearing her family's signature white scales and midnight-black hair, she grew up prim, proper, and incredibly cruel.
Either failing to understand or deliberately disregarding sympathy for the suffering of others, she would regularly antagonize her retainers, the locals, and the servants. As she grew older, this aspect of herself remained, and driving away most who dared to love her, she find herself even colder and more despicable. She flippantly discarded her noble disposition, taking pleasure in gluttony, cruelty, and sloth.
Her marriage to Vladimir Sviatoslavich was purely political. Neither could stand each other, but in combining their wealth and influence, they would only serve to benefit. Before Vladimir's untimely death in a hunting accident, the two produced only one child, young Ludmila. Tugarina's countenance refused to change even past these two incidents, the former occuring when Ludmila was only a child.
Ruling Novgorod with an iron fist, Tugarina found herself despising the cheery and self-righteous Ruslana who so captivated her daughter. With her return trips, Tugarina grew more and more capricious, taking her displeasure out on the people of Novgorod frequently. When it came that Ruslana won the joust, her hand was forced.
Now, all of that had fallen away. Her dear Ludmila had been sacrificed to the heroics of this petulant wanderer, and she had grown beyond tired of her presence. Tugarina threw the first attack, though the duel between the two seemed to last for hours, in which time Ruslana hit thrice Tugarina's eye and Ludmila had awoken from the trance through Ruslana's magic.
Incensed by wrath, Tugarina ignored this development, and though Ludmila had attempted to intervene, she was powerless as Tugarina finally dealt the killing blow to Ruslana, plunging her blade deep into the hero's chest.
So incurably rageous was Tugarina that, drunk from the victory over Ruslana, she struck the inconsolable Ludmila dead with a single errant slash. And still then she felt satisfaction swell within her chest, until she let out a roar of laughter that even those in Novgorod, many meters below the overlooking manor, could hear.
Then followed incorrigible grief, as the cold-hearted, wicked Tugarina stood over the fruits of her evil. Her daughter and the hero dead by her hands, she weeped for the woman she had always been. For the first time in all her life, Tugarina truly understood just how wretched a woman she was, devoid of any good within her heart.
And so, when she had cried beyond reason and those tears had dried upon her cheek, Tugarina donned the great Ruslana's armor and coat, cut her hair, hid her scales, took up the heirloom blade of her family, and burned the manor that overlooked Novgorod to the ground.
Ruslana would live.
TL;DR: Ruslana was a commoner folk hero who rose to prominence and courted Ludmila, the daughter of Tugarina, wicked ruler of Novgorod. Ludmila was kidnapped on their wedding day, and though Ruslana rescued her, Tugarina callously killed Ruslana and Ludmila out of rage. Realizing the evil she embodied, Tugarina abandoned Novgorod, taking the late Ruslana's identity and vowing to become the noble hero that the true Ruslana was.
Plot-hooks:
- Ruslana is a hero fighting for justice and the common peoples. Her heart is unwavering and her dedication to justice and good unfailing, and so she may be easily swayed by the plights of the unfortunate!
- Ruslana is rather proud, and though she would not flinch from mere insults, she would also not turn down a duel.
- Ruslana can be a bit overzealous and sometimes oblivious to the culture outside of her native Zemlya Obitovana. Perhaps someone could show her the ropes of Regalia?
- Ruslana is host to a great volume of history, having many tales of daring heroism! If you've an evening you wish to fill, perhaps chance asking her about these.
- While Ruslana is far from a legend, those who've spent time in Zemlya Obitovana may have heard a story or two in passing.
Combat Proficiencies and Abilities
Attack Stat: 7
Defense Stat: 5
[14/14 points spent]
Proficiency Points:
Strength: 7
Steady Body (Free)
Break Down
Weapon Throw (Free)
Diving Tackle
Technique Parry
Veteran Stance (Free)
Veteran AntiMagi
Veteran Impurity
Veteran Tri-Slash
Veteran Parry
Constitution: 5
Status Endure
Breather
Iron Will
Cavalry Summon (Free)
Mounted Lancer
Mounted Trooper
Intelligence: 0
Wisdom: 0
Dexterity: 0
Faith: 1
Desperate Prayer (Free)
Kneeling Prayer
Magic: 0
Persuasion: 1
Undisclosed Presence
Miscellaneous:
Theme Music:
Standard Appearance:
Scale Pattern in Dragonkin Form (Dark Grey = No Scales):
