House Abramov

Overview
Founded in the early days of Steamhaven by Dmitri Abramov, a former blood magic assassin from Kal'Kire who wanted to start a life that did not revolve around the death of others. He had amassed a great fortune after years of taking jobs killing, stealing, poisoning and other criminal behavior. After leaving his life of crime behind he moved to Steamhaven and met his wife Darya who was working at the time as a doctor in the poorest part of the city. An extremely tall woman with hair as dark as the new moon; Dmitri was smitten at first sight. Darya was an extremely powerful magic user unbeknownst to Dmitri at the time. She was a master restoration practitioner who helped those in the poorer areas with her magic.

After a three year courtship; Dmitri finally asked for Darya’s hand in marriage. She made the condition of her acceptance of his marriage proposal that he would have to dedicate his life to saving others for all those that he had taken though his life. Reluctant, but madly in love with her; Dmitri accepted her condition on the condition that she would continue to use her powers to help those who needed it on a grander scale. Darya wanted to know more before blindly accepting his offer. After thirty or so minutes of discussing his plans to form a pharmaceutical empire with his blood magic and her restoration skills to not only help as many people as possible, but to create generational wealth that would never dry up.

Two years after they wed; Darya had six children by Dmitri. Three sons and three daughters. Dmitri II, Viktor, Roman, Anastasia, Vera, and Rozalina the strange part about this family is that all the children were twins. The oldest set of twins being Dmitri II and Viktor who were seen as the brain and brawn of the bunch and were also the oldest of the identical siblings. Then came the middle children Roman and Anastasia; these two were fraternal twins but their movements, mannerisms and even dressing habits made many believe they were identical due to Roman never cutting his hair and Anastasia not having a large bust. Finally, there were Vera and Rozalina who were complete opposites one a very quiet, respectful, cordial personality and the other who most would dub a wild child.

After the births of all their children the Abramov’s soon discovered that all their children had been blessed with magical abilities. Once this realization struck Dmitri he immediately began to make relationships with other magic practitioners in order to arrange marriages for his children to other high class magic users children in order to create a strong bloodline. This was not easy while creating an empire; his first small shop was burned down several times but jealous individuals from every caste. Things would not get better from here for the Abramov’s their resources had lowered due to the burden of children and having to continually rebuild their shop.

Being a man that would do whatever it took to provide for his family. Dmitri had to swallow his pride and go to those he knew had burned down his shop repeatedly and pay them a tax in order for them not to continually burn his store down. After paying them the same amount for around ten years and providing free medical care; the group wanted more money and wanted a piece of the shop's direct profits and threatened her and her children directly one day while Dmitri was away getting supplies. This was the last straw for Darya; she told Dmitri what had happened and gave Dmitri a pass for one night to cause as much destruction as his heart's content. However she placed one glaring restraint on him: to not let his children witness the carnage or even the faintest whiff of blood on his clothes, hair, shoes, anywhere. Dmitri understood that for his wife; a lover of the human spirit to allow him to extinguish that spirit was of grave consequence. So Dmitri began to do surveillance on all those associated with the group of thugs that continued to harass the shop and his family.

After around three months of adequate surveillance, Dmitri was ready to act. The night of reckoning for the Abramov families enemies had arrived. Before he left; Dmitri kissed his children goodnight, his wife and his blade’s sheath and then vanished. Dmitri hunted the thugs who had threatened his family he ended them quickly but did not stop there; due to his experience in assassination he had to eliminate the entire bloodline. So that night the alleys and slums where the thugs and their families congregated ran red with their blood. No one was spared men, women nor children. Revenge was something that Dmitri knew would result if there were any witnesses to his actions. After everyone was dead Dmitri escaped before the authorities arrived, burnt his blood soaked in a squatter's barrel while the squatter was asleep, but to ensure no one saw him he used his blood magic to kill the squatter. Unnecessary bloodshed but to him it was all in the name of protecting his family.

The next morning the Abramov family resumed their lives uninterrupted for the rest of the time they dealt in the city. Their business began to grow; with the use of magic, clandestine acquisitions of property, and arranged marriages. The Abramov family grew in size and influence until it became one of the most wealthy families in Steamhaven owning Abramov Pharmaceuticals and establishing pharmacies all over the city. Rozalina, Dmitri’s youngest daughter by three seconds developed her own makeup brand and began selling it under the Abramov brand. Deciding that money meant more than getting married she had her tubes tied during her twenties so she could focus on building her own empire. This was a prosperous time for the family which seemed to never end. The remaining children married in the way their father wanted and had many children with prominent families which resulted in even stronger magical abilities and wealth generating opportunities.

Four generations later Dmitri Abramov IV was born. Being the oldest child of a Great House leads to certain expectations from all parties involved. He leads his family and company with a strong fist but is known to look out for the Rew, Fo, Av. The family fortune is always growing due to people always getting sick and those who are willing to pay for medicine to keep them alive.

Businesses

 * Abramov Pharmaceuticals
 * Abramov Cosmetics

Patriarch/Matriarch:

 * Dmitri Abramov