Post by Lina Kalkuskov on Nov 6, 2015 20:39:11 GMT -8
LINA ROSLIN KALKUSKOV
twenty-one. pureblood. syndicate thief/hitter. former slytherin.
twenty-one. pureblood. syndicate thief/hitter. former slytherin.
D.O.B.: November 6th, 1991
ORIENTATION: Heterosexual
WAND: 9 inch, Ashwood, Dragon Heart string
PATRONUS: Siberian Tiger. Lina first created a patronus in school. The feeling of freedom from her mother's clutches while she was at Hogwarts filled her with enough joy to create said patronus.
DESCRIPTION: Lina's a tall, slightly curvy bit of female. She stands at 5'9" barefoot, and weighs 140 lbs. She has odd eyes that look blue or green from a distance, but are actually green with blue ringing the green with flecks of gold. She's got a bit of a pout of a bottom lip, and a funny way of wrinkling her nose when she laughs or really smiles. She has pale skin, with freckles that stand out along her face and shoulders. Her hair is a nice shade of red, and is currently just past her shoulders. She typically wears her hair in various ponytails/braids/buns to keep it out of the way on the job, and will leave it down when she's off the clock. She typically wears comfortable, tight clothing at all times as it's gotten her out of a tight spot before. Tank tops, leather jackets, jeans, comfortable combat boots, that sort of thing. Not that she can't dress up, she's quite good at that when she feels like it, but she hasn't had a reason to in a few years.
PLAY-BY: Barbara Meier
MIRROR OF ERISED: Secretly, Lina craves acceptance, love, and family above all things. She just doesn't think those sorts of things are in the cards for her, and she laughs it all off. But standing before the mirror she'd be surrounded by friends, as a wife and a mother.
BOGGART: Her mother getting her hands on Lina again. Six foot tall, red haired, icy blue eyed, woman of doom.
HABITS: Lina has a bad habit of biting into her bottom lip when she's thinking under pressure. Her hands shake a touch when it comes to emotional discomfort, and under general uncomfortableness her lips thin down to a line and she just glares at whomever is causing her stress. She won't go for her wand in certain cases, make her angry enough and she has a bad habit of just slugging you one in the nose.
PET PEEVE: Leaving the fridge open, not having more than two ways of escape in a room, getting caught red handed, slipping up in a lie, walking like an elephant, and of course, forgetting important information.
STRENGTHS:
• Lina's good at what she does. She doesn't rely on magic to do her stealing, instead she does it (typically) the old fashioned muggle way. Not a lot of magical sorts are prepared against muggle type things, and it gets her by very well. She can pick a lock with ease using a few bobbypins or similar objects, as well as using her wand.
• She's good in a good ole fashioned bar brawl. Physical fisticuffs and all that jazz. She's pretty good on the fly with hexes and jinxes, but she really likes putting her fist into someone's face. Something satisfying about it.
• Lina's blunt, to the point, and straight forward. She doesn't see any reason to beat around the bush with people. She'll honestly tell you what she thinks, but that doesn't mean she'll explain why she thinks that way.
• Physically fit and ready for work! She's a thief, and a good one. She can climb up tall buildings with the proper gear or spells, as well as fit through vents, windows, you name it! She has no fear of tight spaces, bugs, cobwebs, spiders, bad guys, you name it. She can handle it.
WEAKNESSES:
• Lying. Lina's not good at lying about most things, as her face is kind of an open book. She doesn't care to lie, but that doesn't mean she can't keep a secret. Instead she'll just tell you that she can't say, or won't say.
• Causing trouble. Lina has a bad habit of starting things with other people. She typically rubs people the wrong way, and doesn't care about what she says or how she says it.
• Drinking. Lina loves to drink, loves to spend other people's money on drink, and you could say she's a bit of a borderline (or over the line) alcoholic. It's just easier to sleep when you can't think straight. She knows this is stupid because she's on the run, but she can't seem to keep herself away from it.
TRAITS: Lina is a stubborn, willful, short tempered, drinking, cursing, flirty, trouble causing barrel of laughs. Or at least that's what she likes to tell herself. This girl is nothing short of crazy, and she'll just laugh if you ever call her that. She'll flirt with anything male that looks decent, and probably sleep with it to as long as there isn't anything romantic involved. She'll drink you under the table, cuss you out in Russian, and start a bar brawl for fun if she's bored.
She has morality issues because there's a lot going on in her head. She's against segregation, slavery, and everything of that nature. Frankly put, she doesn't like being told what to do, and she hates the simple idea of slavery with absolute loathing. If there was one thing deep down that she burned to be a hero about, it would be freeing slaves. Most of the time Lina's all about me, myself, and I, but put her in a situation to save a slave's life, and she just might be stupid enough to try and help out.
Normally, Lina good for a laugh, a good lay, and a good fight. She doesn't want anyone to get any closer than that though. Lina acts tough, and tries to play herself off as a couple years older than she really is so no one questions her on her life choices. Deep down though, she's an emotionally scarred kid who just wants what everyone wants. Love, family, and friends. She's had no such luck with any of those things though, and so she just acts like none of it really matters. Keeps her together, and keeps her sane. At least in her own head.
FAMILY:
• Mother: Natasha Kalkuskov, aged 39. Pure blooded status. Death Eater/Brute Force sort of dealio.
• Father: David 'Demon' Kalkuskov, deceased. Pure blooded status. Dead Death Eater.
• Sibling:
Alan Kalkuskov, aged 19. Pure blooded status. Healer-in-training.
Layla Kalkuskov, aged 17. Pure blooded status. Death Eater-in-training.
HISTORY:
A lot of things are easily enough explained in Lina's life. She was the eldest child of two death eaters more than eager to help with all the darker things going on. From the start she was a willful, stubborn thing that hated to be told what to do and just wanted to be free. Lina's mother was a strict woman, which only got worse after the death of her father when Lina was eight years old. Being the only child that ever caused problems in their little family, Lina's mother promptly began to beat her, verbally demean her, and generally lock her away from the world as much as she could.
At fourteen, the family moved from Russia to London as her mother got some sort of promotion or other. She was transferred to Hogwarts, and promptly sorted into Slytherin. Maybe it was the distrust, maybe it was her regard towards other people, whatever the case, that was where Lina ended up. She was on the Quidditch team, and that was one of the only joys in her life. Things started to look up for the red head in her seventh year. She met a boy, was scouted to a team, and things looked good.
Of course, Lina's story isn't a happy one. She was on the team for a meager six months when things turned south. Her boyfriend started to verbally stand up to the Death Eaters and everything going on. He was a brave, loyal boy, but he wasn't very smart. Her mother confronted her on these things, and Lina defended him. Instantly being painted with the same brush, because her mother reported the both of them the next day. Lina hadn't even seen her 18th birthday when she was on the run for her life. She couldn't be imprisoned, not after having to live through that most of her life. The boy that she thought she loved was killed, by her own mother as it turned out, and Lina found that she couldn't even properly grieve for him.
Instead, Lina survived and thrived. She blended in with the muggles for awhile, learning some tricks of the trade that she soon found herself in. Thievery and enforcer work came naturally to her, more than flying on a broom ever did. She kept herself clothed and fed using muggle money and skills. She's worked the trade enough over the past three years to make a decent sort of name for herself, and she's heard whispers of this Syndicate. Having landed herself a bit of a sponsor recently, Lina's looking to join up and maybe learn some more skills in this shindig. Something to better herself, and possibly make a better profit than what she's been doing thus far on her own. She's not looking forward to being told what to do, but as long as no one is absolutely forcing her to do something she figures she'll make it work.