Age: 34
Current residence: Moscow
Occupation: Surgeon--trained at the Guardian. Atharim—her parents were Atharim.
Psychological description: Though highly active and engaging in the medical field, she reserves her private thoughts and keeps her intentions quiet, although there have been hints. Although Nina is not mean she is not very nice sometimes, but the odd thing is it usually works out for the other person’s own good. She’s developed a complex about protecting her little sister.
Physical description: Nina’s hands are quick and steady, her fingertips callous’d from surgeries and paperwork. She has a lithe, toned, athletic build. The young surgeon also has colorful tattoos all over her body, her arms, legs, even a tattoo in the small of her back. None on her heart-shaped face, so far.
Hair: black
Eyes: bright green
Height: 5′7″ (weight: 128 lbs)
Voice: musical; Nina sings well.
Born in Italy to a family of roaming Romani merchants, Nina was raised all over Europe, back when it had been a vibrant economic center. Her parents were not only Romani, but also secretly atharim and taught Nina and, later on, her little sister Rena much of their beliefs. Nina kept her parents’ stories quiet as people did not trust Romani outsiders, and any atharim knowledge was sacred. While she liked her parents' mythical stories and warnings about channelers, she never truly believed in either, having no encounters with anything atharim beyond her parents' teachings.
Having to travel constantly while going to school was tough, as Nina was forced to make a new set of friends everywhere her parents traded. Nina felt truly happy when she turned 18. That was when her parents finally opened up shop in the Zamoskvorechye district, despite it being the slums as for the first time they've settled down. Befriending one of her sister Rena's classmate by the name of Bas Volodin, they quickly became close friends. Bas opened her eyes to appreciate tattoos when he inked her first tattoo. She also joined the gang the gopniks Bas was a member of, and for a number of years, Nina and Bas were inseparable. As she ran with the gopniks, she began to level up her medical know-how and patched up those who got injured as they did not want to go to the hospitals and attract the wrong attention. Nina was good at that sort of task and so, when the time came, she signed up for higher learning at the Guardian.
Constantly tested by the doctors that trained her as well as dealing with the punishing schedule of the Guardian wore on her, but Nina persevered strongly so she could make her family proud. So proud were her parents in fact they decided to go to the nearby area for trade and visit her while she was there. Her parents were killed in a car accident a mile from the hospital in her 2nd year.
When Nina received the news, she sent for her little sister immediately and made all the arrangements for the funeral. It was a difficult time as she recovered, with only her friendship with Bas there to keep her strong not only through her grief, but also from the burden of raising Rena on her own. By the time Bas and Nina broke up due to different priorities and ambitions, she was much more disciplined when it came to controlling herself and acting like an adult.
Her parents’ passing created wounds of the mind that would always stay with her… this was to be further compounded by her little sister Rena channeling. Upon returning home from a medical conference, Nina was informed her only family, her precious sister, Rena had been one of the ‘gods’. A pivotal moment in Nina’s life, which only only caused her to seriously question her parents' atharim’s traditions but also led to many friendships including that of Jacinda Cross in future.
In her 4th year as a medical student, Nina embarked on her great project, a thesis on the Guardian that began as a way to try and determine her field but instead became a critique upon the hospital complex as a whole from its traditions to its practices and culture and all the things that needed to change. Earning her some attention, it wasn’t long after that Nina was allowed to take her final test and doctor’s oaths.
Throughout her residency, Nina had not revealed her intentions to anyone but it wasn't a surprise for many when she chose the surgery for her own career, even as she declared her interests and friendships in other fields. Not long after that, she left the hospital, volunteering for doctors without borders; since that time to the current day she had been embroiled in a number of atharim events even as she attempted to lead by example. To show her little sister Rena she loved her despite her nature and that she would do her best not only for her sister, but for all the people in this world who need her help.
After having completed her training, Nina was rumored to have gone many places. Hearsay placed her in America at the oil mines of Texas. Other doctors spoke of a surgeon traveling in secret with a band of natives in India, posing as a singer to earn her keep. But, as with many things in Nina’s present life, they were never confirmed. The possibilities, however, remain.
Current residence: Moscow
Occupation: Surgeon--trained at the Guardian. Atharim—her parents were Atharim.
Psychological description: Though highly active and engaging in the medical field, she reserves her private thoughts and keeps her intentions quiet, although there have been hints. Although Nina is not mean she is not very nice sometimes, but the odd thing is it usually works out for the other person’s own good. She’s developed a complex about protecting her little sister.
Physical description: Nina’s hands are quick and steady, her fingertips callous’d from surgeries and paperwork. She has a lithe, toned, athletic build. The young surgeon also has colorful tattoos all over her body, her arms, legs, even a tattoo in the small of her back. None on her heart-shaped face, so far.
Hair: black
Eyes: bright green
Height: 5′7″ (weight: 128 lbs)
Voice: musical; Nina sings well.
Born in Italy to a family of roaming Romani merchants, Nina was raised all over Europe, back when it had been a vibrant economic center. Her parents were not only Romani, but also secretly atharim and taught Nina and, later on, her little sister Rena much of their beliefs. Nina kept her parents’ stories quiet as people did not trust Romani outsiders, and any atharim knowledge was sacred. While she liked her parents' mythical stories and warnings about channelers, she never truly believed in either, having no encounters with anything atharim beyond her parents' teachings.
Having to travel constantly while going to school was tough, as Nina was forced to make a new set of friends everywhere her parents traded. Nina felt truly happy when she turned 18. That was when her parents finally opened up shop in the Zamoskvorechye district, despite it being the slums as for the first time they've settled down. Befriending one of her sister Rena's classmate by the name of Bas Volodin, they quickly became close friends. Bas opened her eyes to appreciate tattoos when he inked her first tattoo. She also joined the gang the gopniks Bas was a member of, and for a number of years, Nina and Bas were inseparable. As she ran with the gopniks, she began to level up her medical know-how and patched up those who got injured as they did not want to go to the hospitals and attract the wrong attention. Nina was good at that sort of task and so, when the time came, she signed up for higher learning at the Guardian.
Constantly tested by the doctors that trained her as well as dealing with the punishing schedule of the Guardian wore on her, but Nina persevered strongly so she could make her family proud. So proud were her parents in fact they decided to go to the nearby area for trade and visit her while she was there. Her parents were killed in a car accident a mile from the hospital in her 2nd year.
When Nina received the news, she sent for her little sister immediately and made all the arrangements for the funeral. It was a difficult time as she recovered, with only her friendship with Bas there to keep her strong not only through her grief, but also from the burden of raising Rena on her own. By the time Bas and Nina broke up due to different priorities and ambitions, she was much more disciplined when it came to controlling herself and acting like an adult.
Her parents’ passing created wounds of the mind that would always stay with her… this was to be further compounded by her little sister Rena channeling. Upon returning home from a medical conference, Nina was informed her only family, her precious sister, Rena had been one of the ‘gods’. A pivotal moment in Nina’s life, which only only caused her to seriously question her parents' atharim’s traditions but also led to many friendships including that of Jacinda Cross in future.
In her 4th year as a medical student, Nina embarked on her great project, a thesis on the Guardian that began as a way to try and determine her field but instead became a critique upon the hospital complex as a whole from its traditions to its practices and culture and all the things that needed to change. Earning her some attention, it wasn’t long after that Nina was allowed to take her final test and doctor’s oaths.
Throughout her residency, Nina had not revealed her intentions to anyone but it wasn't a surprise for many when she chose the surgery for her own career, even as she declared her interests and friendships in other fields. Not long after that, she left the hospital, volunteering for doctors without borders; since that time to the current day she had been embroiled in a number of atharim events even as she attempted to lead by example. To show her little sister Rena she loved her despite her nature and that she would do her best not only for her sister, but for all the people in this world who need her help.
After having completed her training, Nina was rumored to have gone many places. Hearsay placed her in America at the oil mines of Texas. Other doctors spoke of a surgeon traveling in secret with a band of natives in India, posing as a singer to earn her keep. But, as with many things in Nina’s present life, they were never confirmed. The possibilities, however, remain.
Nina