Yasha Olexeievich Volkov Koldovstoretz

Nicknames: Yash	Birthday: 31st of October	Age: 14
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Gender: Male	Race: Pureblood Human Wizard	Romantic Interests: Demisexual/romantic
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School: Koldovstoretz	Group: 7 - Nature	School Year: Fourth Year
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Personal Scent: Pine trees, old books, and broom polish.	Amortentia: Cold, forest air, straw, and broom polish.	Boggart: His parents
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Likes: Animals, hiking, reading, singing, nature in general, teasing people. Beef Stew.

Dislikes: Rudeness, people who are vain, people who are exceptionally mean for no reason.

Appearance

Yasha is very, VERY tall for his age, 5'11 (and he will grow a couple inches every year until he is 7'2 at 20), very thin, and pale. He has black hair that is cut short and neatly kept with a lock of his hair constantly covering his right eye. This eye has congenital cataracts and he is blind in this eye. It is an all over pale blue color. People find it unnerving, so he hides it. His left eye is a brilliant green. He is the very picture of a pureblood heir with neat clothes and appearance at all times.

Personality

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Yasha is quiet and reserved to everyone on the outside who hasn't actually interacted with him. He is the kind of quite where sometimes he sneaks up on people without meaning to, almost invisible despite his height. He knows a lot of other people's secrets because of this tendency to accidentally overhear people before they notice him coming. Mostly he keeps these quite, but leverage is always useful in his family's world.

He is polite and well-spoken with adults and people whom he thinks he ought to befriend for political purposes. He is very surface level with most people and downright antagonistic towards his peers. Preferring to cut to the chase and move on with what he actually wants to do, as he feels like people only talk to him when they want something from him. He doesn't really think he is better than anyone, he just thinks most people aren't worth his time and isn't afraid to let them know that. He is definitely the kind of person to talk in riddles in order to not have a real or deep conversation with anyone and does enjoy getting a rise out of someone who is annoying him. The louder people stomp when they walk away, the better.

If you can get past the biting comments and the perfect son façade, Yasha is quite soft and can be gentle and romantic. If he considers you family or a close friend, he would burn cities for you to be happy and healthy, or, y'know, wear a tiara to your fake tea party because his cousin asked him to.

History

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Yasha was born on October 31, 2010 near St. Petersburg to Olexei and Alyona Volkov. His parents have a happy marriage, but due to his father's job and his mother's health, Yasha and Alyona live in their country home. This country home, the Volkov Dacha, is very secluded out in the middle of nowhere and three generations of Volkovs live there currently.

His first instance of magic was after his one year birthday party at their country home. He was so tired from the festivities that he ended up throwing an exhaustive temper tantrum in the middle of serving cake. He hit his fist on the table of his highchair, the ground shook, and a hole opened up under the cake table. The table and half of the cake fell into the hole.

When Stalin rose to power and abolished magic in 1928, the Volkovs decided to live double lives. They had been well off members of high society during the time before Stalin and they were able to more or less keep their position in high society by swearing allegiance to Stalin. In their "official" homes and lives, they striped themselves of magic and lived like маглы. Generally, the adults who could control their magic and participate in politics lived within the city.

They sent their children, their widows, and the older women to the Volkov Dacha near Murmansk. It was a vast compound far outside of the city, so the children could learn magic and, more importantly, how to control it. In this way, Yasha and his cousins grew up all together in a more or less group house. Their grandmother and some of the older women of the family who's husband's had either retired, passed on, or they had not found a husband were in charge of raising and teaching the children the ways of magic, Russian politics, and the Volkov family values. Most of the children were sent to Koldovstoretz once they had learned to control their magic and once they had been taught who a Volkov was and what a Volkov believes.

After the Soviet Union fell, the Volkovs turned again and claimed to have only agreed with Stalin in order to protect themselves. Even though practicing magic was safe once again, the Volkovs continued to send their children to the Dacha because it had become a sort of family compound. Everyone in the family who didn't have a job in the city lived in the Dacha or in smaller houses around the property. This kind of family situation also meant that the Volkovs had more control over how their children behaved, what they believed, and what outside influences they had.

Yasha, however, is the oldest son of the oldest son and will therefore become the patriarch of the family. He has had a special education and quite a bit more protection. He has been disciplined and schooled as such to lead the family one day with a lot more lessons on how to control his magic, how to wield it, and the various affairs of the family.