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Burian Volkov

Overview

 
Overview
 
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 A seemingly young man who holds the titles Burian the Wolf and the Russian Wolf from his achievements in war and underground activity. Burian holds much tenacity although few would realise it behind his jovial attitude and youthful appearance even by the standards of Kindred.

Basics

 
Basics
 
Name
 Burian Volkov
Player
 KitsuneFire
Chronicle
Baltimore After Dark
Nature
 Soldier
Demeanor
 Director
Concept
 Young Russian Mafia Boss
Clan
 Ventrue
Generation
 10th
Sire
 Stepan Arakcheyev

Attributes

 
Attributes
 
Physical 
p
Strength
Vicious
11110
Dexterity
 
11100
Stamina
 
11100
Social 
s
Charisma
Smooth-talker
11110
Manipulation
 Well-reasoned
11110
Appearance
 
11100
Mental 
t
Perception

11000
Intelligence
 
11100
Wits
 
11100

Abilities

 
Abilities
 
Talents 
p
Alertness

11100
Athletics
 
11100
Awareness
 
00000
Brawl
 
11000
Empathy
 
11000
Expression
 
00000
Intimidation
 Pulling Rank
11110
Leadership
 Military
11110
Streetwise
 
11100
Subterfuge
 
11100

 
00000
Skills 
s
Animal Ken

00000
Crafts
 
00000
Drive
 
11000
Etiquette
 
11000
Firearms
 Revolvers
11110
Larceny
 
11100
Melee
 Knives
11111
Performance
 
00000
Stealth
 
11100
Survival
 
00000

 
00000
Knowledge 
t
Academics

10000
Computers
 
10000
Finance
 
11000
Investigation
 
10000
Law
 
00000
Medicine
 
00000
Occult
 
10000
Politics
 
10000
Science
 
00000
Technology
 
00000

 
00000

Advantages

 
Advantages
 
Disciplines
Dominate* 
 
11100
Fortitude*
 
11000
Presence* 
 
11000
Potence* 
 
11100
Celerity 
 
11100
 
 
00000
Backgrounds
 Generation
 
11100
 Resources
 
11100
 Domain
 
11110
 Armory
 
11000
 Allies
 
10000
Herd 
 
10000
Virtues
Conscience/Conviction
 
11100
Self-Control/Instinct
 
11000
Courage
 
11111
 
Humanity/Path
11111 00000
Path
 Power and Inner Voice
Bearing
 Command
Willpower
11111 11000
00000 00000
Blood Pool
11111 11111 11100 00000
Blood/Turn
 1

Merits & Flaws

 
Merits & Flaws
 
Merit
Type
Cost
Natural Leader
 Social
 1
Additional Discipline (Potence) 
 Supernatural
 Languages (Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, German, Mandarin, Morse Code)
 Mental
0
 Eat Food
 Physical
 1
 Blush of Health
 Physical
 
 
 
Flaw
Type
Bonus
 Vulnerability to Silver
 Physical
 Special Responsibility (Maintains shipyard)
 Social
 1
 Youthful Appearance
 Physical
 1
Dark Secret (has killed Kindred in the Cold War)
 Social
 1
 Enemy
 Social
 
 
 

Rituals & Paths

 
Rituals & Paths
 
Ritual
Level
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Path
 
 
00000
 
00000
 
00000
 
00000
 
00000
 
00000
 
00000
 
00000

Experience & Derangements

 
Experience
 
Total
 160
Spent
 158
Notes
Freebie Points (12)
Domain 2,3,4 - 4
Armory 1,2 - 2
Willpower 6,7 - 2
Leadership 4 - 2
Allies 1 - 1

Experience
Dominate 2, 3- 15
Potence 2, 3- 15
Presence 2- 5
Fortitude 2 - 5
Learning Celerity - 10
Celerity 2 - 7
Intimidation 3,4 - 10
Subterfuge 2,3 - 6
Etiquette 2 - 2
Firearms 4 - 6
Melee 3,4,5- 20
Drive 2 - 2
Larceny 2, 3 - 6
Streetwise 2 - 2
Herd 1- 3
Finance 2- 2
Streetwise 3 - 4
Stamina 3- 8
Alertness 3- 4
Celerity 3- 14
Stealth 3 - 4
Empathy 1, 2- 5
Intelligence 3 - 8
 
Derangements
 
 Clan Weakness- Drinks smoked blood (smokers, people who have been near fires or smoke)
 
 
 
 

Expanded Backgrounds

 
Expanded Backgrounds
 
Allies
 Burian's ally are the higher ups that manage the shipyard during the day.
Contacts
 
Fame
 
Herd
 The workers in the shipyard make up his herd.
Influence
 
Mentor
 
Resources
Burian has gained resources from the work he has done over the years from military to criminal. He has smuggled weapons, drugs and goods in addition to lurking and maintaining a shipyard.
Retainers
 
Status
 
Other
 Generation- He's been around for a bit and has gotten lucky.
Armory- Burian has a stash of guns and armour from his days involved in the KBG, wars and gang activity.
Domain- Burian's Domain consists of the shipyards located around Baltimore's Southeast District.

Rights & Possessions

 
Rights & Possessions
 
Gear (Carried)
Silver Knife
Revolver, Hvy
Cigarettes
Deck of cards
Wallet with cash and fake ID
Reinforced Clothing (hidden under his coat and vest)
Wooden Stake
Matches
Silver Lighter
Blackberry
Feeding Grounds
 Southeast Baltimore shipyards.
Havens
 A collection of shipping containers stacked together and luxuriously outfitted with everything he needs.
Equipment (Owned)
An assortment of weapons, armour, drugs and alcohol from Russia.
Vehicles
 Motorcycle
Other
 

Blood Bonds/Vinculi

 
Blood Bonds/Vinculi
 
Bound To
Rating
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bound To
Rating
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Description

 
Description
 
Age
 217
Apparent Age
 19
D.O.B.
24 August 1807
R.I.P.
 15 January 1826
Hair
 Dark brown almost black
Eyes
 Royal Blue
Race
 Ukrainian
Nationality
 Russian
Height
 173cm
Build
 Muscular
Gender
 Male
Face Claim
 AI
A seemingly young man that dresses to impress with his dress pants, overcoats, vests and polished shoes. A grey fedora is normally worn just for the sake of fashion. Much of his personal carried gear is kept in the inner pockets of his coat which is reinforced to provide minor protection. Weaponry is hidden on his body for just in case scenarios but you get more allies with carrots than sticks.

For someone who pokes his head around a lot of militaristic and gang related areas, you would think him young, too young at times but a charming face and the use of Disciplines tends to make people think otherwise.
 
 

History

 
History
 
Born into a lower ranking noble family in Kiev, Burian was fortunate in his upbringing. He received an education, had reasonable access to food and shelter and generally was happy. In his mid-teens he joined the Russian army and was specifically put in regiments that protected nobility. His first big battle was the Decembrist Revolt where he took charge and was among the first of the soldiers to follow orders to fire grape shot rounds without question into the crowd of revolutionists. History of his duty, willingness to take action and patience when observing the best course of action caught the attention of Stepan Arakcheyev, a Ventrue also within the Russian Army. After the day's executions for the Decembrist Revolt occurred on the 15th of January 1826, Burian was Embraced and taken under Stepan's wing. From learning about his new condition to the supernatural aspects of warfare and subjected to Ventrue agoge. Burian was let free of Stepan towards the end of the Crimean War and fully accepted into Ventrue society when he successfully lead a squadron of soldiers in the Baltic states.
Loyal to war and upholding regiment, Burian continued to participate in following conflicts even when a lot of Ventrue were ousted from Russian territory. He went to Poland for the January Uprising then was stationed in Manchuria to observe the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway. For both WW1 and a decent amount of WW2, he remained stationed around the railway and Siberia until a call from help came from Moscow. Along with others stationed in Siberia, Burian raced to Moscow to assist with the battle there before moving south to participate in Stalingrad. After WW2 ended, he joined the NKVD which then became the MVD then the KGB. For most of his time he worked in East Germany and Poland where he manned the boarder whilst occasionally smuggling in media, weapons, drugs and food for information. Also during this time he teamed up with the Hunters who weaselled their way into the KGB, pretending to be one of them. Together they fought the supernatural where Burian actively killed Garou and Kindred idiotic enough to be spotted.
His time in the USSR ended when it dissolved. Overtime personal thoughts had been building about Russia and how it acted over history. From being underprepared to being walked over in the later half of the Cold War, loyalties were slipping. So, he moved to good ol' USA and found himself in Baltimore. He carved out a section of territory for himself in the southeast shipyards and went relatively unbothered due to the work he was doing running it for both mortals and Kindred. Due to a combination of Dignitas earnt during the wars he participated in and work in the shipyard, he was granted the Ventrue title of Aediles along with the pressure to keep maintaining it.

In 2012 when the Camarilla charged on in to take control of Baltimore, Burian swiftly sided with the Camarilla. As a Fledgling and as a Neonate, the Camarilla had been his faction. With time, it fluctuated but he always valued the order and structure it aimed for over the other factions. Once the war was fought, he kept maintaining the shipyard like always.

Currently, he continues participating in his duties. With William gone and the Anarch Julien in charge, Burian observes and waits to see if the former Herald is truly fit to run the city whilst keeping ties with what little Camarilla remain.

Fun Facts:
- He loves dogs despite dogs not loving him.
- He used to have a ghouled a black Kabarda horse named Kirill. Said horse was his companion up until WW1 where she got caught in barbed wire and machine gunned down. he hasn't had a horse since due to realising modern technology would outpace cavalry. 
- He has fought bears and Nazi aligned Get of Fenris
- His lineage is the following: Ventru -> Erik Eigermann -> Hardestadt the Elder -> Rosenkrantz the Elder -> Veronika Kovaleva -> Gervasii Ivanova ->Tatyana Kuzmina -> Stepan Arakcheyev