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Name
Alessa Zhitomirskiy
Birthdate
...
Position
Mafia informant;
Freelance designer

Background Information


NAME : Alessa Zhitomirskiy
GENDER : Female
AGE : 25
OCCUPATION : Freelance Designer, Mafia informant
RACE : Human (half Italian, half Russian)
LIKES : guns, fine jewelry, her mom’s home cooking, Project Runway (huge fan of Christian Siriano), fashion magazines
DISLIKES : fast food, politicians, nosy people, cleaning
LOOKS : It’s easy to tell that Alessa gets her looks from her Russian side. Her hair is naturally a kind of honey brown, and her eyes are hazel. She has a fair complexion (and tans very easily), and long willowy limbs. Alessa’s got amazing legs and she knows it. She tends to dress with the latest trends, though she sometimes looks like she’s always ready to hit the club and party. Her hair comes down to mid-back, and she stands at about 5’9” weighing a questionably unhealthy 130 pounds.

PERSONALITY : Alessa does not take crap from anyone. It’s not that she has a problem with authority or anything, in fact, she’s very good at following orders. Provided they’re given by the right person. It doesn’t really help that she’s so full of self-confidence that it comes off as arrogance. She also seems a bit spoiled at times, and sometimes comes off as having a short temper. As a designer, she has a very good reputation for being easy to work with and a relatively high rate of customer satisfaction (though how much of this is skewed by her covering up not happy customers is unknown).

Other than that, she’s extremely laid-back and doesn’t really like having to do work (though she enjoys sewing), but if it’s something that bugs her, you bet she is going to do something to fix it! Ideal day consists of sleeping in, working on a few designs, relaxing in Durem and catching up on gossip, and going to bed. Every now and then, Alessa rents out a small summer house in Gambino and spends her summer at the beach.

SPECIAL SKILLS : gathering information, guns (she's a decent shot), sprinting in high heels, doesn't forget a face/name, has an odd habit of associating people with food

HISTORY : Alessa’s father is Russian, her mother Italian. Interestingly enough, she was born in Sweden and grew up constantly moving back and forth between Italy and Russia. Raised an only child, she found out on her 16th birthday that her mother was the niece of a Mafioso boss and a once-legendary informant. She was somewhat disappointed to find her dad was just a normal guy with no crazy epic secret backstory. Speaking of her parents, her mom was a stay-at-home mom and her dad was a businessman. Alessa really enjoyed living in Italy in the beautiful countryside during spring and summer, but also loved Russia during the fall and winter. At some point before she graduated from grad school (no one but her immediate family knows what she majored in) she became a mafia informant, and spent a few years as a neutral source. During this time, she came to be known as “Principessa”*, in lieu of her parentage. Alessa eventually moved to Durem, and is currently under the protection of the Parrino** family thanks to her great-Uncle.

* "principessa" is Italian for princess
** "Parrino" means "godfather".......if you're thinking the movie you're right on track!

Other Notes In regards to her belief in the superstitious, she only believes in a few Western based mythical creatures, especially the idea of the elements and whatnot. But that's about it! She hasn't had much exposure to other culture's superstitious beliefs, but odds her she'd probably have trouble believing them when she does.

Basic Questing Information

Long story short, what I'd hopefully like to summon eventually is a Sylph, an Air elemental of sorts. A good example of a Sylph would be Ariel from Shakespeare's The Tempest.

About Slyphs

In modern times, Slyphs have come to be associated with fairies, and are usually seen as fairy type beings. However, Paraclesus referred to them as air elementals. Unfortunately, apart from Paraclesus, they do not possess any solid mythos behind them, like the rest of the elemental spirits (Undine/Nymph, Gnome, and Salamander). Regardless of their origin, they are usually seen as somewhat playful and sometimes artistic.

[this can link to any out-of-thread RPs~ whoo i got this!]