Burian Volkov
Overview
Overview
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
5
Languages (Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, German, Mandarin, Morse Code)
Mental
0
Eat Food
Physical
1
Blush of Health
Physical
2
Flaw
Type
Bonus
Vulnerability to Silver
Physical
2
Special Responsibility (Maintains shipyard)
Social
1
Youthful Appearance
Physical
1
Dark Secret (has killed Kindred in the Cold War)
Social
1
Enemy
Social
1
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
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.
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
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
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.
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