Carmen Volkov

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== Appearance ==
While Carmen seems small and unassuming at first glance, she has something of a "Resting Villain face". She has very sharp eyes and an unnaturally cold neutral expression. When she does emote, it often comes off oddly stern, manic or sinister in nature. She has heterochromatic eyes, one violet and one red.
Her hair is a dusty brown shade that naturally spikes in a dynamic fashion when left to it's own devices. She puts a lot of care into styling it into pigtails.
She tends to wear very practical and sporty clothes, giving her free range of motion. It's always very cutesy, however. With a lot of soft pinks, purples, and reds. She is generally seen in an over-sized letter Jacket with a wolf-eared hood. When it is time for heroics the hood comes up, along with a mask, a pair of goggles, and fingerless gloves.
== Powers ==
On her own, Carmen isn't very "super". She has a strong connection to spirits, allowing her to see them, but thats her only true supernatural ability. She has trained and studied a lot to get where she is, however. Because of this, her athletic abilities far outclass most kids her age. She also has a great deal of knowledge of geometry and physics, as well as a knack for practical applications of both.
What really makes her a force to be reckoned with is her B-blade, a custom model, known as Hunter Wulfang v2. It is imbued with the spirit of the Big Bad Wolf. It is capable of spinning far longer and faster than a top realistically should. It is also capable of moving according to Carmen's (or it's own) will. The speed and force behind it are considerably super human, and bursts of wind flare up around it in intense situations.
The problem, however is that Carmen is consciously or subconsciously holding back, ever since she left the sport. As she is now, she simply will not reach the same hieghts she did in the league. Compounding the problem is the spirit inside.
== Background ==
=== Pre-Big Team ===
Carmen was born into a well known Russian crime family, the Volkovs. While they don't have as much of a presence in Halcyon, they are infamous all the same. They do everything from small time schemes, to arms dealing, and even spawned a few outright super villains.
While Carmen was never pressured too hard to join the "family business", she was always pressured to do... something. Anything. To just show ambition. “Ambition is one’s promise” being the family motto and all. However, she didn’t show any as a child. She had no talents, no interests, no drive. Her vacant expression made it hard to even tell whether she was happy or sad.
 So, when she took to B-blade, the response was overwhelming. She was given the best parts, taught lessons on geometry and physics, and given a strict training regimen. All before age 10. This caught the eye of the World B-blade Entertainment League (WBEL). She had the skills, the determination, a scary face, and the support of a major crime family. She was exactly what they wanted out of a villain.
No one knows who Carmen is, but everyone that knows B-Blade has heard the name Big Bad Bigby Volkov. They took great strides in dramatizing her rise to the top. Of crushing opponents, destroying their B-blades, an obtaining a spirit to imbue her own with. She took down anyone that stood between her and the championship and held on it for three years. People would refer to her as the final boss of B-blade. They marketed the Hell out of her too. Coordinating her wardrobe, managing her social media accounts, writing lines and scenarios for her.
At a certain point, however, just having a villain wasn’t enough. They wanted a hero. And they had tried a couple times before, but no one was strong enough, not competitively nor charismatically. That’s where Jacque Prince came in. The perfect hair, the perfect smile, the Shonen protagonist air about him... he was exactly what they wanted. ...and he got under Carmen’s skin.
On the day of the championship finals, when they had been hyped up for a final battle to decide it all... Carmen had other thoughts on her mind and just wanted to ignore him. Jacque, however, refused to be ignored. He pulled every trick in the book all to get Carmen to acknowledge him. So in the match, they both went all out, tearing apart the arena, and the stadium. Carmen won the round, but chose to leave.
She had come to the realization that she was trans. And with both the controlled image WBEL had for her as well as the near lack of prominent female bladers at all, Carmen didn’t know what place she had in the league anymore, or how she felt about B-blade. So she got on the first bus she saw and ended up at her uncle’s place in Halcyon.
For the past year or so, she has been living as Carmen and trying to keep a low profile. Most people don’t think too much about her because she doesn’t stand out that much at school. Those that do take notice only see the Volkov name and assume she is up to no good. However, she has slowly made a habit of helping others when she sees trouble. She will cover up with her hood and wear a mask when she does it, so all that people she helps usually make out is her jacket. She tries to resolve things without her B-blade, and when she does use it, it’s normally over quick, so few even know what her power is or even if she has one.
=== Post-Big Team ===
Carmen has yet to have much of an interaction with the team itself. The first major event that has happened was a fight with the villain Jupiter. This spawned the Galaxy Group, as well as put Grigori Rasputin's B-Blade Phylactery in the hands of a teenage Morgan le Fay. She has since been to a dark and twisted version of the future via unknown wrench based means, helped uncover a mystical arms dealer, and fought wizards under the sewers of the community center.
She was given a flyer to join the Big Team after that encounter. Currently she is looking into the Big Team before she decides.
=== Family ===
Carmen comes from a well known Russian crime family. They deal in everything from small time schemes and thuggery to outright super villainy. The family itself is quite large but mainly focused in Russia and tries to avoid Halcyon. 
Ivan Volkov
Camen's father. No other information. (For Now.)
Marisa Volkov
Carmen's mother. No other information. (For Now.)
Vincent Volkov
Carmen's older bother. No other information. (For Now)
Maximillion Volkov
A large, burly Russian man with a scary face and intimidating presence. He is Carmen's uncle and has been taking care of her sine she left B-Blade spotlight. He owns the Max Millions Pawn shop as well as an apartment just above it. While he is unofficially "retired" from the family business, he is known for advising or consulting those that visit his shop.
=== Friends ===
Aston Magnus
One of her teammates ...before she left. He is a very flashy B-blader, always all over the camera and "all about the ladies". Tried to be charming, came off as sleezy, though. Thats why he was cast in a heel team. He always tried to outshine Carmen, but never could. He gave her flowers not too long before she realized she was trans. He might have been trying to hit on her or was just being nice. She still doesn’t know.
Billy the Hill
A member of Carmen’s team that is either an unusually buff 11 year old boy, or the worst example of Dawson casting anyone has ever seen. Either way he is an 8 ft tall mountain of muscles that plays B-Blade and enjoys a good chocolate milk. He was cast as a heel because of his monstrous appearance and is supposedly connected to villainous super science experiments.
Sam
The final member of Carmen’s team. He’s not villainous or sinister at all. He’s kind of a nice kid and he tries his best. But he’s not actually as good at the game as everyone else on his team. He is clearly there due to nepotism.
Atlanta
Carmen knows her from the bakery and that’s really all. She frequents the place because she and her uncle are terrible cooks. She is friendly though, and Carmen has opened up to her a little about how she felt before.
=== That Guy ===
Jacque Prince
The current world B-blade champion. He is friendly, charming, determined and has a completely perfect smile. ...Carmen hates his guts. He was originally someone built up to eventually beat her and take the championship as the league’s “hero”.  But he never really seemed all that worth it to her. He seemed too weak, too fake, too gimmicky. Even so, he kept pushing, kept escalating, kept trying to prove himself. At a number of points he even crossed the line, and he kept going. Being trans himself, he played a key role in Carmen realizing that she was, herself. But she still could not stand him, and when they had their last battle, she went all out and crushed him. He has technically never taken the world championship title from her.
== Trivia ==
* Carmen's favorite food is soft pretzels, followed closely by toaster strudels
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