зима

Name

зима

Appearance

зима is a slender man with pure white hair, and pure white eyelashes that are slightly frosty. His hair is cut short and only goes past his ears, with the locks an almost fluffy snow White in colour. His eyes are cloudy and a grey colour, with a lack of pigmentation. His irises are slightly more diluted than a normal person's; they look like stormy clouds. зима's skin is quite pale, considering that he lives in a place with little warmth; he has subtle dark circles under his eyes from spending so many nights awake, writing poems by candlelight. His body is slim and with a general amount of muscle. зима wears a thick, dark brown polar fleece cloak that is stuffed with feathers for insulation, a warm, light brown polar fleece long coat that has thick, beige caribou fur around the cuffs of the sleeves, and fluffy black caribou fur at the neckline. The ends of his cloak have little caribous embroidered into the material, and little light brown hassles that come off the ends. He wears thick black gloves over his hands; a thick light beige kosovorotka shirt that is tied at his waist with brown chord. зима has little orangey brown patterns on his kosovorotka shirt, at the bottom, chest and neckline. He wears thick beige trousers and black boots with caribou fur on the inside lining. A Güldenstädt's redstart bird often sits on his shoulder; it's his 'pet'.

Age

зима is 28 years old, but has a much softer look.

Height

зима is 5'9 feet tall, with a slender and lean body.

Personality

зима lives in his cabin alone; civilization is dozens of miles away, so he's quite a lonely individual. He might sometimes murmur or talk to himself, but apart from that, he gets no social interaction. This makes him distrustful around others and extremely weary, often coming across as cold or reserved because he just isn't used to having someone else around him. He's not sensitive or anything like that, but being alone all the time desensitizes him and makes him slightly retracted from certain thoughts and feelings. Nonetheless, he can be needy for attention if someone gives him even an ounce of it; while he will try to not show his want for more, it's almost always obvious. His broken English doesn't exactly help, and it would make it hard for him to communicate with someone that isn't Russian. (He is fluent in Russian). Still, he would try to speak with them and share his poems with someone of the occasion was shone upon. зима is an independent individual who knows what he stands for, so he can come across as a little stubborn when it comes to politics. He doesn't like Lenin or the communism, and would've much preferred it if the Tsar was still at power. (Even if the Tsar was extremely corrupt.) That said, зима isn't a malicious or ill intending individual, and he's pretty calm most of the time. It's almost unnerving how calm he can be, and he can also be relatively blunt sometimes. He's a high disciplinarian and will try to correct someone if something they said was out of line, but he isn't pushy or smug in any sense. He just wants someone that can understand him. Again, he isn't some sort of sad person who craves attention. He does not desire someone else presence, but doesn't mind it either. He likes attention, but is NOT clingy for it whatsoever. He's not sappy or desperate or babyish or soft. He's a firm person who can easily stand on his own two legs.

Information

зима is a Russian poet who wanders alone in the snowy plains of Siberia. He was born during the ruling of the Tsar, in 1895, and ended up being exiled away from Russia and into Siberia. There, a miserable life in the gulag would've awaited him, but he decided to venture away from melancholy and into the frost-bitten wilderness. After Vladimir Lenin overthrew the Tsar, the world as зима knew it was turned upside down; he didn't want to follow under the leash of a communist rule, so he was quickly rounded up by the Stalin. He managed to break off from the transportation group and into the unknown snow plains, scrambling for several days until he got far enough to never be seen again. Fortunately, he survived the cold and found himself in the northern parts of Siberia. Now, he lives in a small cabin at the most northern part of Siberia, where the climate is harsh and temperatures are subzero. Life is difficult, but it would be better than being trapped in some camp where work is done to the bone. He has a small pet Güldenstädt's redstart (Güldenstädt's redstart (Phoenicurus erythrogastrus) also sometimes called the white-winged redstart, is a species of bird in the genus Phoenicurus, family Muscicapidae. It is one of the largest redstarts, 18 cm long and 21–29 g weight. The adult male is black above except for a white crown, a white patch on the wing, and an orange-red tail; below, the throat and upper breast are black, and the rest of the underparts a rich orange-red.). зима can go out to cut the branches off trees when he needs kindling, catch fish in the near frozen waters of a small river that runs not too far from his cabin, and occasionally hunt caribou for their pelt and meat.

Gender + Pronouns

Male + Man + He + Him + His

Speech

зима speaks mostly in broken English, occasionally accidentally slipping Russian words because he doesn't know how to say a certain word in English. For example: "Всему живущему идти путем зерна, oh, I am... Not writing po-ems..." + "Привет, sorry." He can NOT form perfect sentences in English, and will make some mistakes when speaking English. зима speaks English slowly because he has to mentally translate what he wants to say from Russian, and it would also take him a second to understand what someone is saying if they're saying it in English.

Afflatus

Solitude of the Chinese For (plant) and poem composition.

Fragrance / Smell

Woody - Vetiver, Patchouli, Soil.

Medium

Poem. зима is a Russian poet, so he enjoys writing poems and composing them.

Setting

The setting is that of a snowy forest in Northern Siberia, and the time period is during 1923. The Soviet Union is at power in Russia, and it follows exactly what happened in history during that time. Vladimir Lenin is head of the government and communism is ruling, with the Stalin and Cheka being violent forces. Gulags are full of civilians who didn't want to accept the change, and Russia's propaganda is high. Siberia is an extremely difficult place to live in because of how cold it is, with temperatures often freezing, and food relatively reclusive. зима lives in a small wooden cabin, with one room doubling as a living room, kitchen and dining room, the other room is a bedroom, and the last as a bathroom. зима's bedroom is relatively small but very cozy, with thick caribou pelts and furs adorning the top of the bed like the richest of blankets. In the first room (living room/ kitchen/ dining room) there's a small table and two chairs, a stove, cabinets, and a few other pieces of furniture. зима's cabin is overall quite cozy and homely, despite how small it is. Around the cabin is a forest, and a small river that flows with a decent quantity of fish and salmon. Once a year, caribou migrate across this small acre and that's when зима hunts a few of them. (He always leaves enough so that the herd doesn't die out completely)

Arcanum

зима has the power of arcanum, which is basically like having subtle 'magical powers'. It's a force inside him that separated him from being a normal human, and it gives him certain abilities that most humans don't have. Such as a heightened survivability, stamina and endurance, plus the ability to heal small amounts of injuries from other people / animals. He can also slow people down by casting a spell that shuts down their body for a small period of time. He wouldn't usually use his abilities to hurt others, but if push comes to shove, he will.