Nico Grimm
Hunter
Tatiana Ivanovna Venediktov
"I keep the world in order. No one ever said that was done without bloodshed.
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Tatiana Ivanovna Venediktov is the name and espionage and coordination are my games! Which means I belong to lead the Hidden Watchers
As you can see I am a woman who happens to like mostly men (about a 2 on the Kinsey scale)
Don't worry though, I'm thirty-four so I know what I'm doing!
People say I have a bad habit of: "You could say I tend to talk down to people. Is ridiculous. I'm acting in accordance with my position. Is not like 'Oh, you are also head of Hidden Watchers? What a coincidence!' I do the dirty jobs, I know what it takes to keep the world in one piece. But...perhaps they are right. Perhaps I do talk down to people. Perhaps I am, as they say, 'dangerously paranoid'. Who would not be in my position? Is not paranoia if your death would create opportunity for very bad people. Paranoia is warranted. Paranoia is necessary. I have been accused of being many different things: cold, abrasive, secretive, terse, and vindictive. But dangerously paranoid? That is-! That is...perhaps that is also correct. I leave nothing to chance if I can help it. I trust no one, save Micheal. I absorb every scrape of information, no matter how trivial it may seem. I was never Girl Scout, but my motto could just as well be 'Be prepared'. I am ruthless when it comes to doing what needs to be done. I will not flinch, and I will not hesitate."but I don't really see it.
I discovered I happen to like "A perfectly executed op. There is nothing better. When everything falls into place, every variable accounted for, and, best of all, no clue as to who was behind it. I live for those ops. I prefer solitude to the company of others, and I love classical musical. Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Lyadov, Rachmaninoff. The classics. Great Russian composers. It doesn't happen as often now, but I still love field work. I am also partial to snow. Cold weather, yes, but snow in particular. Is like Earth is wiped clean, purified for a short time before reality is revealed."
But really don't like "When an op falls apart. Particularly due to agent error. There is nothing that makes me angrier than when one of my own fails. I hate surprises, things not going according to plan, interruptions, and traitors. I also loathe those who use brute force to solve problems. No subtly, no music to what they do, just blunt, unrefined, boorish aggression. Loud people. Not loud noises, though I am not fan of those either, but loud people for much the same reasons."
My life isn't just rainbow's and sunshines! "I was born in Novgorod to a retired soldier, my father, and nurse, my mother. They were both good people, good parents, despite my fathers disciplinarian streak. I grew up well-loved and well-cared for, never having suffered any great hardships in my youth. To the contrary, you might say I was spoiled. I rarely wanted for anything, never needed for anything. I attended the best schools, where I did my best to inspire pride in my parents. I often felt, like many children perhaps, that it was the least I could do. Make them proud.
When I graduated, I followed in father's footsteps and enlisted in Vooruzhonnije Síly Rossíyskoj Federátsii, Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. I knew that would be enough to make father proud of me, but I still wanted more. It was around then that father revealed his time was instead spend with KGB. My father was no foot-slogger, he was intelligence. To be honest, I was more comfortable working to behind-the-scenes position than as basic grunt. Da, maybe they have more chance at glory, but intelligence is where wars are won or lost. That is where I wanted to be. A place where you do not need brute force to succeed. As the KGB had long since been dissolved, I joined GRU, the Glavnoye Razvedyvatel'noye Upravleniye. Eh, military intelligence. I served there for five years.
Of course, my father being KGB was not only secret kept from me, but it was easily the more believable. My mother, dear, sweet, mother, revealed our supernatural lineage. Please, put yourself in my shoes. I was a military woman, and here was my mother explaining our relation to Baba Yaga or witches, or some such nonsense. Forgive me, as I do love mother, but it was ridiculous. Again forgive me, but I afraid she was going senile. When my father verified her claim, I feared I was one going mad.
Still, it planted seed in my head, so I began doing research. It seemed insane, the very idea of witches and wizards. I was GRU, so I was satisfied my research would be done without arousing suspicion, without anyone noticing. But, I should have known that someone is always watching. Perhaps it was my caution that I was noticed by Hidden Watchers. And so, I was recruited. I was mistaken before. This was an organization where I could make difference. I took to it like duck to water. While my time with GRU may not have affected world change , it did teach me skills that would let my flourish in Watchers. Within years, I clawed my way to the top, where still I sit." but you live and learn.
I have a "As I have said, my field days are, for most part, over. I do not carry with me an arsenal. Still, I also do not like being unarmed, even if Micheal is with me. I carry with me always a thin stiletto. Just in case. If, for whatever reason, I am going on an op, I put faith in my silenced P-96 pistol Good Russian gun. Compact, easily concealable, but still packing punch." and I know how to use it!
My ever faithful companion just so happens to be "The upir, eh, vampire Micheal"
They give me "Micheal is vampir, so his abilities are mine. At least, some are. I'm stronger, faster, more agile than I was before him. Not excessively so. Perhaps not even a third of what Micheal can do, but well above human average. No thirst for blood, no regeneration, no weakness to silver. But, I do have the ability to, how would you put it, charm people? Yes, charm. Glamour. It doesn't allow anything drastic, no, but subtle influences. More 'You should tell me about any weak spots in your defenses', less 'You should shoot your leader next you see him, followed by yourself'. To be honest, I am not sure how far it could extend. It effects different people in different ways. It is never sure bet it will work at all. Micheal's success rate is better, obviously, but it has come in handy in past."
Oh I love this song! Rimsky Korsakov : "Scheherazade " Symphonic Suite Op.35
I forgot to tell you something. "I am, of course, fluent in both Russian and English, with a small understanding of German and French. I tend to slip into Russian in stressful situations or when I'm distracted or unfocused, but I will often notice soon enough to correct."
I wish I could escape the eyes! Nico Grimm
