Yegor Makarovich has endured the harsh realities of pre and post Union collapse, including the changes within the wizarding community since. Whilst some people choose to believe that such times will not return, Yegor has taken it upon himself to safeguard his community. During the transition, he helped magical communities across Russia reorganise and emerge from the chaos; new found freedoms caused consternation amongst a populace that had become accustomed to living with daily fear of persecution. Though some of his ministry colleagues faded into obscurity, failing to adapt to the times or to live under and other model than the machine of fear, Yegor remained an active force; though disillusioned by bureaucracy, he understands the need for strong leadership.

In the time since the fall of the Union he has worked on his reputation and track record, serving in the ministry for a time before leaving to become a seasoned and experienced professor at Koldovstoretz School, where he served as the Defense Against Dark Magic professor. His tenure and his ability to push his students to excel in their subjects led to him becoming a Year Lead and that has caught the attention of the Koldovstoretz board of governors.

With threats to magical society increasing, and the recent attack at Hogsmeade Village during a time of their visit, it is believed that Yegor’s experience in both diplomacy and magical security would be invaluable in protecting the school’s students moving forward. Unlike his predecessors, Yegor was not a career educator but a seasoned veteran with first hand knowledge of real-world threats. His appointment as Director was both a break from tradition and a strategic manoeuvre to ensure the school’s safety following public outcry about how the attack unfolded, and could have been prevented; loss of life forming a huge part of that decision.

STATISTICS

Stamina ᛄ 10 | Evasion ᛄ 10 | Strength ᛄ 0 | Wisdom ᛄ 20 | Arcane power ᛄ 10 | Accuracy ᛄ 15

ABILITIES
I ᛄ Poison Resistance | II ᛄ Non-Human Enthusiast | III ᛄ Terrible Presence | IV ᛄ Wandmaker | V ᛄ Wandless Magic | VI ᛄ Apparition | VII ᛄ Legillimens | AI ᛄ Imperio

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Year 1 - Poison Resistance

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During the early years of Yegor's employment within the Russian equivalent of the Ministry of Magic, at the very beginning of the Cold War, he had to undertake extensive training to keep up with the methods of subterfuge used by their muggle counterparts, in order to fit in within the scope of his role. Intelligence officers were the top of their class at potioneering, but things took a step further when Yegor was tasked with infiltrating the Soviet Union to redirect their attentions from their domestic magical communities and keep it so.

As a precautionary step, the young lad was put through extensive training on what would be expected of him 'on the other side', and this involved many things that do not come naturally to most people, let alone wizard-kind. Soviet life was a hard, gruelling, existence; as cold and as unforgiving as the land; and he was to be ready for it. Waking whilst it was still dark, running in the snows, taking cold plunges, rigorous physical routines and little in the way of decent food. Yegor had to learn to endure it all; to fit in and be a Soviet.

One of the most outlandish areas he was trained in was his intentional and entirely purposeful development of a resistence to poisons. Each day, alongside his rations, he was to expose his body to microdoses of poisons in order to build up tolerances to them. The Soviet information machine often exposed their own agents to these poisons, through fear of enemy action. Of course, they also employed them on their enemies; and so their best were trained in their use, application and even in the detection and stomaching of them. One's constitution was chief among the Soviet way of living; where state atheism and hostile anti-religious policy systematically pushed and eliminated the virtues of religion from the minds of the masses.

At first, the effects were devastating; even in a controlled environment during his preparatory period within the ministry. He became more than a friend with the sight of his own blood that he coughed up all over himself or spat to the snow, gymnasium floor or whatever floor whereever he was. It took time, but slowly he began to notice a significant drop in the effectiveness of the microdoses. What had floored him prior, now only presented as a manageable weight on his constitution as opposed to an anchor. How useful this ability actually was, well that was classified...
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Year 2 - Non-Human Enthusiast

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Yegor Makarovich Korotkin was raised in the 50s in rural Russia, where he was tutored in the ways of Russian folklore and the ways of the Vedma and Vedmak; the ways of magical society within what is today known as the Russian Federation. It was not always known by this name, for it was once the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, a communist state that vilified religious practices, intellectualism and many aspects of Russia's deep and rich culture and deep rooted magical folklore. That was why his parents forced him to learn the traditions, the stories that one passes from one generation to the next, but the pride that he had in knowing these stories was not of them, but of him; a testament to the sacrifices and woes of those that came before him.

This continued into his late teens, when he began to get a small amount of academic freedom; or at least some spare time to be able to research and study the things that he wanted to. He undertook it to be his mission that he would know all that he needed to know of the magical world that he was beginning to want to protect and conserve. It couldn't be some slim cutting that survived should the communist regime come back with a vengeance; it should be all of it. As such, he began to chronicle most aspects of wizarding and non-wizarding peoples.

When it came to non-humans, he explicitly took an interest in half-breeds and the differences between them; which ones could be found here in the motherland, how they interfaced with the Ministry that he one day aspired to join. In his head, he would represent all of Russia, true Russia; perhaps even as Minister (or the equivalent) himself! - If he was ever to get there, future him would value the time he was putting into his studies now.

His enjoyment of this subject continued into his adult life, and it ended up lending to his general air and knowledgeability, and impression; which made him more amenable in certain circles. As an intelligence officer it was entirely suitable that he was knowledgeable of all the different social dynamics and physical attributes that could be used for the purposes of his work; or the goals of his superiors.

Year 3 - Terrible Presence

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Year 4 - Wandmaker

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Year 5 - Wandless Magic

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Year 6 - Apparition

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Year 7 - Legillimens

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Adult 1 - Imperio

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SPELLS AQUIRED

As an adult, Yegor knows all spells within the cirriculum.

POTIONS KNOWN

As an adult, Yegor knows all potions within the cirriculum.

ADULT LOG

2024: Ability (Imperio) - End Cap Reduced To 105