Dmitri Abramov

Overview
Full biography found here.

Appearance
Hair: Chestnut Brown

Skin: Olive tone

Eyes: Emerald Green

Height: 6’ 11”

Weight: 245 lbs

Markings: A few minor scars from childhood fights with family members and school mates and sports

Personality
Dmitri is a reserved and stoic individual to the outside world which is exactly what he wants the public to think. Seen as a recluse of Yu society not being the type to socialize at gala’s only when there is a political or financial reason to attend. Aloof and secretive are words that most who “know of” the man called Dmitri Abramov IV.

However, visionary and trailblazer have also been attached to him for his advancements in medical technology and treatment for those in the magical community suffering from magical overuse or addiction. His philanthropic acts often go unnoticed due to his lack of bravado required to tell the world about his acts of good for those less fortunate than himself. Which would be against the caste he was born into; so he remains aloof with his acts of kindness.

The true Dmitri is a fun looking person who wants nothing more than to help those who are less fortunate and spend his days fishing and drinking a cold ale. He is a carefree pragmatic charisma oozing individual around those who have not only earned his trust but have proven to be worthy of his time. An introvert to the outside world but an extrovert in all reality the perfect defense against those seeking to gain information about him.

Magic
MASTER LEVEL:

Master Pyrokinesis:	Users can create, shape, and manipulate fire, the rapid oxidation of a material in the exothermic chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction products, flame being the visible portion of the fire. Depending on the substances alight, and any impurities outside, the colour of the flame and the fire's intensity will be different. Control, discipline, forethought, and restraint are extremely important. Unconscious, emotion-influenced, impulsive, or reckless use of this power can be catastrophic.

His abilities were able to selectively burn even certain flammable chemicals he could target individual threads in a shirt. He curated this ability at the behest of his grandfather under the belief that fire was one of the most dangerous of all elements to control with magic. Meaning that it required the greatest deal of respect; Dmitri’s flames ranged from a traditional red, orange and occasionally gold. His flames would change from gold, silver, black and even translucent when it got to the point of radiation heat. His flames at those stages were directly related to his emotional state and what he was burning. In daily life he often uses pyrokinesis to light cigars or lights in his home as he walks by deeming electricity too mundane for his lighting.

Master Telekinesis:	Users can influence, manipulate, and move objects or matter with their mind. Telekinesis is one of the basis of many magics that are based on controlling or manipulating and may evolve to the point that a Telekinetic can control just about anything within the first stages of magic’s negative effects.

Mid Level:

Goetia:

Goetia is essentially hindsight using magic. By meditating on the failures of his past, the user hopes to gain power over forces within that led to breakdowns, incidents, just anything that didn’t go as planned. It’s not easy nor pleasant to use as it takes a toll on the user’s mind. This form of magical mediation can be used to help point precisely what went wrong so they can avoid further mistakes in the future and strategize. Users of this magic are more often than not rigorously self-controlled and prone themselves to long psychological evaluations of their own minds in order to minimize dangers.

When a user fails to conquer their past mistakes during meditation or cannot handle the magic, it releases a burst of magical energy. The magical energy pushes and throws anything in a ten foot radius of the user and can sometimes even leave a small crater. Different stages of the negative effects of magic will cause a larger burst. This burst leaves the user almost incapacitated for a period of time depending what stage of negative effects they’re at, in some cases, it can lead to death.

Dmitri learned of Goetia in his youth from an older gentleman who worked for his family's estate. Using it in his studies and to beat his grandfather in games like chess. In his later life he began to use it to help with his research in university to gain insight on different scientific failures in order to approve the outcome.

Basic:

Ictiokinesis: The user can create a field of absolute light that can blind temporarily, in some extreme cases, possibly even blind permanently. Some users can even enchant an object either permanently or temporarily to shed light. The user is generally also able to control the colour, intensity, and radius the light sheds, though the larger the area and the brighter the light, the bigger of a toll it will take.

Dmitri only used this magic in times of distress during his youth when his father would come and try to beat him. A small flash to temporarily blind his father and run to his mother for protection. In his adult life; Dmitri uses it rarely and its blinding effect only lasts for around a minute.

Academia
Degrees in Pharmacy, Mechanical Engineering, Inorganic Chemistry, and Botany

Proficencies

 * Master Chess Player
 * Advanced Swordsmanship Ability
 * Ambidextrous
 * Advance Business Acumen and Negotiation skills
 * Long Distance Running
 * Advanced Pistol and Long gun
 * Trilingual - Flent In the native language to Steamhaven, his great grandfather's language from Kal'Kire that his been passed down through the generations and the language spoken in Duchold which is where his mother hails.
 * Advanced engineering prowess

History
Dmitri tu’Abramov IV is the eldest son of Dmitri Abramov III and Victoria Abramov. He has five other siblings; he alone is not a twin/triplet. Which in his family was extremely rare according to his family logs he was their first non twin born in six generations. This created a sense of anxiety and slight anger in his father; thinking that it was an omen that his son was magically weak. At one point during his youth; Dmitri III attempted to smother his son in order to “cull” the weakness out of his bloodline with his air based ability. Thankfully Dmitri was saved by his mother who with her power of divination was able to see in advance that Dmitri III would try to kill his own son. So she sent her son away to her family in Duchold under the cover of night.

This all occurred the night of Dmitri’s seventh birthday. He lived with his maternal family for the majority of his childhood. His grandparents were extremely devoted to ensuring their grandson would receive the best in life. They sent him to preparatory schools that allowed him to reach his full academic potential. Dmitri was the only of his six siblings to ever see his maternal grandparents because his father didn’t trust his mother’s family as they belonged to a rival city. This special one on one relationship with his grandparents was strange for Dmitri at first being from a large family. Not having to worry about being compared to his siblings due to his lack of competition for love, affection, and status.

Dmitri excelled in primary and secondary school; earning top marks in all classes. After school he was trained by his grandfather in the way of the sword and gun. The philosophy being “guns can jam while swords can not” his innovative approach to training helped Dmitri gain valuable insight into the mind of a true war genius. He often played Alquerque with his grandfather as a tool to help Dmitri gain strategic intelligence and to predict his opponents' moves before they even realized they would make them. This required Dmitri to lose to his grandfather for years until he realized that his grandfather was using magic to beat him. Dmitri discovered his grandfather’s trick by the way that his grandfather would only want to play outside on the veranda when the wind would blow. His deduction that his grandfather was a practitioner of Aeromancy due to his studies of magic under his grandmother who was professor at a local university who taught about magic.

Dmitri confronted his grandfather one gloomy afternoon indirectly about his magic use to win the games by challenging him to a game of Alquerque. Informing his grandfather that he wanted to play in the conservatory. Making sure to turn the fans off in preparation for their game. Knowing that his grandfather was a proud man who always proclaimed “I will never turn down a challenge” something that Dmitri learned was boorish from his grandmother would always comment. Which he found extremely amusing;  and used this to challenge his grandfather to one last game of Alquerque for all the respect and familiar pride. As he expected; his grandfather took the bait and accepted his challenge. Dmitri, knowing his grandfather to be an intuitive man, had a plan to ensure that the power in the conservatory would go out for just long enough for the game to finish; in case his grandfather wanted to turn the fan on to utilize his magic. For the possibility that his grandfather would complain of being hot in the room without fans. He arranged for a pitcher of his grandfather’s tea and a double whiskey sour for his grandfather with a singular large cube of ice.

As they walked to the conservatory, strategies of attack and defense ran through Dmiti’s mind. Opening the door to the conservatory, Dmitri’s grandfather immediately noticed the lack of air blowing in the room and made a gesture to a servant to turn on the fan because he was hot. Dmitri figured he would ask the servant to turn on the fan so he had the servant have a cool towel, something that he knew his grandfather would often use on sultry days when access to a fan was inaccessible when they would play outside. The servant informed his grandfather that the power had been lost in the conservatory. He offered Dmitri’s grandfather a cool towel and a small bowl of ice water to keep the towel freshly cool. Taking the towel and wiping his brow he sat down at the table where the Alquerque board was set; moving his hair from over his left eye Dmitri’s grandfather dismissed all the servants even those responsible for tending to the garden. He knew that this would be something that only family should witness and it could get dicey.

The game did not start as usual; Dmitri was on the defensive. Treating his grandfather as a cornered Indian Red Scorpion ready to strike. This approach surprised his grandfather; however this only motivated his grandfather more. His offensive barrage was intense; Dmitri’s defense held the line and did not buckle under this barrage. However, defense alone would not win this contest and Dmitri knew that his offense must be precise and without error less his plans fell to oblivion. He was not going to allow this to occur; with sixteen precise movements he felled his grandfather who without his magic was useless against the tactics of Dmitri who had planned all his grandfather's greatest moves all in one with all of Dmitri’s innovations. This symphony of moves cascaded over the board and was met with a look of amusement and pride from Dmitri’s grandfather as he accepted his defeat. After his defeat he wanted to tell his grandson more about himself and where he had come from and what he was about.

Dmitri’s grandfather was a doctor by trade, but was recruited during his youth to fight in the warring cities era. A proud man who hated those who used magic; he instilled this in his grandson. This was contrary to the fact that he was a practitioner of magic and so was his entire family. Dmitri always wondered why this zealous hatred of magic using individuals ran through his otherwise loving grandfather. It was not until he turned sixteen and his grandfather passed away did Dmitri discover the truth. His grandmother gave Dmitri a small notebook that belonged to his grandfather that revealed the source behind the hate towards magic users. She informed him that she had been asked to give him the notebook in the event of her husband's passing. Dmitri inquired to his grandmother about the contents of the notebook and she simply replied “it's for you to know he never let me read it”. With a small smile she left Dmitri with the room to digest what she had said.

The notebook has leather with a green stripe running on the spine. Dmitri slowly opened the notebook to the first page to find a blood stain that seemed to be over fifty years old. Dmitri began to cry as he began reading; hearing his grandfather’s voice with every word. The pain in those pages painted a picture so clear in Dmitri’s mind. “Five soother troops raped her and she had no way to feel anything they will pay for this even if it cost me my life” the first line in the notebook. His mind began to race as to who his grandfather was referring to; could it be his grandmother, his sister, his mother, who was it. This drove Dmitri to have a mental break which removed the self imposed limiter on his magical ability that occured the night his father tried to kill him.

He stood up full of rage but knew that the only way to keep his grandfather's memory alive he would have to return to Stormhaven and take over his family's business and turn it into the tool to exact his grandfather's wishes. This would not be easy; it would take Dmitri around ten years to return to his family, which wasn’t the ideal situation. After attending uni and having his father pass in his final year of study; He was trusted into the spotlight as the newest head of the house. A dynamic leader who didn’t take ineffectiveness or rebellion lightly. In the early days as head of the house, Dmitri, like all young leaders, faced adversity from both the outside and internally.

His own mother tried to take over the family business due to Dmitri firing family members who were stealing money from the corporation and funneling it for illicit activities. This angered Dmitri when he discovered the familiar treachery; it hurt him to his core. He always wanted to believe that his family wanted the business to succeed. This was not the case, estranged family members ranging from uncles to third cousins; who yearned for the spot as head of the family; resorted to all forms of treacherous behavior. Feeling no moral or familial obligations to treat Dmitri and would do anything to achieve their goals. Attempting to blow up his car, sending assassins to kill him at his home, poisoning his water/wine, this occurred for two years. During the span of these two horrendous years for Dmitri; he devised a plan to cull all those who sought to end his life and ruin his family company.

This continual assault by his family got to the point of near paranoia for Dmitri having to always send his servants to eat, drink, start his vehicle, and even to guard his windows and door while he slept. One evening the threats against his life were taken a step too far; his friend and long time confidant was killed in a car bomb intended for Dmitri. Faced with the loss of one of his closest friends and mounting attacks by his family. He decided it was time for a culling. This was not tasteful nor beautiful attributes often associated with all acts Dmitri until that fateful evening. He notified his loyal servants and those family members who remained loyal to his claim as head of the family that it was there time to end this familiar civil war in one decisive strike.

That evening the crescendo to a bloody, cruel, inhuman movie that was Dmitri’s last two years had finally come to an end. This was not without sacrifice on both sides. Dmitri lost many good family members during his cull of the rotten apples in his family. The toll mentally remained with Dmitri for life; however he knew that the culling of his family would be the only way for his family to not only survive but thrive. The next six years were extremely successful for the Abramov family; gaining more wealth through business dealings ,strategic marriages and land acquisition. Prosperity did not soften Dmitri’s mission to keep his family safe from threats from outside and from within. He implemented a multitude of rules for the company and the family to ensure that the events of eight years prior would never occur again.