Artyom Jakiv Volodomyr Dmytro Grygoriy Rostyslav Vasyl Kryzhanovskaia Koldovstoretz

Name: Artyom Jakiv Volodomyr Dmytro Grygoriy Rostyslav Vasyl Kryzhanovskaia
School: Koldovstoretz
Year: Fourth
Status: Pureblood
Appearance: Artyom is definitely androgynous in their appearance. They can often be found wearing makeup and dressing in a mixture of traditionally masculine and traditionally feminine clothes. Their pale features are often relaxed in a carefree grin. Thin lips and deep dark eyes giving inklings to their mischievous personality.


Personality: Artyom is an adrenaline junkie to the max. They actively seek danger at risk to themselves in order to achieve the highest thrills. They enjoy mischief and taking risks at every opportunity, and seem to regard their own safety with callous dismissal.

That said, they are not uncaring, and do take time for the slower, more relaxing moments in life. They enjoy knitting as a hobby, and enjoy knitting warm clothes and blankets for themselves to keep warm in the harsh Russian winters.

Artyom doesn’t particularly identify with the gender binary, and will use any pronouns to describe themselves. In their own words “does it really matter?”

History: The Kryzhanovskaia family are best described as minor Wizarding nobility. Located in Eastern Ukraine. The noble household traditionally were alumni from Durmstrang institute. Despitethis they supported the early notions of Koldovstoretz with financial donations. Although they were never openly outspoken in their support of the academy. They were social chameleons amongst other nobility, and though they didn’t care much for Durmstrang or its practices they still wanted to maintain good relationships with the families associated with it, if just to maintain their position within the wizarding world. When the reign of Stalin came and the Soviet Union encompassed their home they did their best to avoid attention whilst funneling more funds to Koldovstoretz to ensure the wizarding kind survived within Russia and beyond.

That was then however, and nowadays the Kryzhanovskaia family maintain a decent amount of wealth and social standing within the Ukraine at large, however their “nobility” isn’t really recognised in these modern times, at least within the muggle world. Children of the family nowadays are given the choice of attending either Durmstrang or Koldovstoretz. Within the family hierarchy, there are the staunch traditionalists who believe their noble wizarding veins still deserve recognition amongst the communities they frequent. And there are the youngbloods, the more modern wizards who are happy to enjoy the family’s wealth without caring too much about maintaining noble status. Artyom’s generation.

Though assigned male at birth Artyom never really cared if they were doing “boyish” things or “girlish” things. Nor did they care what clothes they wore. They’d act on instinct at all times, doing whatever made them the most excited in the moment. In their early youth they were considered a bit of a directionless “problem child” often accidentally (or intentionally) breaking things in the family manor. Their mother particularly worried about what the future would hold for them. Artyom never really gave the future much thought, they were in the middle amongst nine children. So they never had to worry about inheriting the family legacy. That was someone else’s problem.

Though to call them directionless is not the same as calling them untalented. Artyom showed their knack for magic very early in their life. At age four they shattered a glass chandelier whilst throwing a temper tantrum because their father wouldn’t let them go outside and play in the middle of a blizzard. The chandelier in question was suspended high up on the ballroom ceiling at the time.

Artyom’s family gave them the choice of whether or not to go to Koldovstoretz early on or wait until they were of age. School and learning never appealed much to the young child, so they opted to put it off for as long as possible.

Because of this lack of care to learn and harness their skill with magic, they missed out on being placed at level four when they eventually attended their first year at the Academy. Instead they were placed a level lower in group three. The talent for them to excel was their, but there was no will. So their potential was squandered.

In their early years at the Academy Artyom would receive poor grades in the subjects that did not interest them. Potions, Astronomy, Divination and the like all fell by the wayside, and Artyom would often play truant during these classes and skip them altogether.

Anything involving dangerous spells or high speeds was of tremendous interest to them. And Artyom would excel in these classes particularly. Though during flying lessons they would often be scolded for flying far too close to the Academy’s walls, and more than once smashing straight through a window as well.