Peter Reinhold "Caravan" Vankori

Peter Reinhold Vankori (c. 1946 – March 1998) was a Sovietese Kikikan commando soldier during the Gamian War (1971-1974), later becoming a military researcher. He was also the twin brother of Reina Natalya Vankori. Peter served in UKM-KFAF special operations Hydro alongside his sister, Chernova Kamarova, Adam Lindbroh, Reinder Klaus IV, and briefly Joseph Rodenski. He was branded a traitor and imprisoned in 1974 after attempting to defect to the Gamians and stage a coup against the Kikikan government.

He negotiated for his release in 1978, promising classified secret Intel to government officials he recovered from the war. Furthermore, he was able to persuade the UKM that he would be a valuable asset to their biological recovery and enhancement research (BRER) project. In a private fully-paid program, Peter was educated to become a medical specialist, and eventually became one of the top researchers for the Kikikan government. While he contributed substantially to their progress, his actual existence was almost unknown outside of select personnel. Part of this was to protect the confidentiality of his work, but also since he had been officially declared deceased on official records, having been executed for treason and cowardice.

Some time in the summer of 1988, he was sent to Kalubio to oversee a university extra credit initiative. While in Kalubio, he was kidnapped by the BBA and used to head a super soldier project, "Ultrasoldat." Many students from the trip being taken hostage. To save his colleagues and his own life, Peter agreed to contribute to the BBA Ultrasoldat project. At the BBA compound in north Bathole where he was kept, he encountered and began an unofficial relationship with Alezhja Malkin. Ultimately, the Ultrasoldat failed, and Peter committed suicide by hanging in 1998 to avoid being maimed and killed by his unwilling creations. These events would cause the Apocalypse outbreak of 1999.

## Life

### Early Life (1946-1971)

Peter Reinhold Vankori was born alongside a twin sister, Reina Natalya Vankori, Zelyenigrod, Kikikoa. They were the first children of their family. Peter was a gifted student and talented koñyishki athlete, but his family was poor. Being Sovietese in Frãco-dominant Kikikoa placed them on the butt end of racial and cultural persecution. They had trouble finding work, were forced to live far outside the main city and were often shunned or discouraged by Frãci Kikikans from practicing their customs or using their language.

Peter helped his sister Reina work as a prostitute to provide extra money for the family, in addition to working at a weapons factory under Jorgi Laponte, a Kikikan tycoon and arms manufacturer. After Reina's operation was uncovered by their parents, and Peter was fired and nearly sued by Laponte for assaulting his tormenting children (twice), Peter enlisted against his parents' wishes, especially his father's. He hoped to keep his record cleared and to offer another source of income to the family. Reina insisted on following suite, which was also protested. His decision would put an untimely end to his budding koñyishki career, which was already in jeopardy due to his attack on one of the Laponte boys.

Shortly after Peter declared his dropout from his Koñyishki club, a Frãco convoy arrived at the Vankori house intent on extracting revenge for the violence Peter had brought against the Laponte sons. In a violent clash, Peter's father was gunned down instead of his son by an unwitting Benji Laponte. When Peter in turn killed one of the gang members, they fled and abandoned Benji. Seeing Benji's regret for his action (that he had been forced into doing in the first place), Peter ralented and spared the young Laponte. Benji revealed the gang's hideout and their connection to the Laponte clan. Peter, along with some former teammates who also intended to join the military, raided them and killed their leader. Benji would become adopted by the Vankoris, and would go on to use his status and inherited wealth to keep them safe during the Gamian War.

### Gamian War (1971-1974)

*Main article: Gamian War*

As a UKM infantry, Peter was physically fit and flexible due to his athlete background. He became an elite special operations commando in the KFAF-UKM joint regiment, specifically on Special Operations Team Hydro. Here, he trained alongside Reina, Adam Lindbroh and Chernova Kamarova. Following the Gamian assault on the CICC in 1971, the team would fight in the Gamian War.

Hydro would participate in several major conflicts throughout the war. They were initially deployed to assist efforts in Famaselle, before they were driven out and their sweeper was killed. In late 1971, a young Reinder Klaus would join Hydro alongside Kalubian commando Kolin "Phoenix" Katzjung (the younger brother of Kalubian politician Aiza'ak Katzjung). Later in the war, Joseph Rodenski would also join following the death of his team. Peter became a mentor to the boys, and while he wanted them to survive the war, was losing faith in the Colanexian effort. When he was kidnapped after a failed assassination attempt on the Gamian prince Rya-lu Nyci, he negotiated with his Gamian captors to allow both his and his sister's release in exchange for revealing and continuing to leak classified information. The Vankori twins were eventually rescued by fellow KFAF-UKM operatives, including Connor Felidow.

Following the death of his sister Reina during a landing in northern Schremn, Peter began to lose his sanity entirely. As the tide of the war began to shift in Colanexian favour due to dwindling Gamian resources, he resolved to prolong the conflict by any means necessary, in the hopes the Gamians and Kikikan government would damage each other as much as possible. Ultimately, he attempted to betray the Colanexians in Operation Territory, but was stopped by Kalubian soldiers and subsequently detained. While in custody, Peter would be stripped of his military rank and benefits, along with most of his rights, and confined in a Kikikan penitentiary to await his inevitable execution. Upon hearing of his betrayal, he was disowned by his surviving family.

### Negotiation and Work with UKM

Though he was initially supposed to be executed for his betrayal, Peter negotiated his survival. Despite the Vankori clan disowning him, a personal connection allowed him to pull strings to keep him alive: Jorgi's son, Benji, had been adopted by the Vankoris and had become a lawyer in the Kikikan military tribunal. Owing a life debt to the disgraced Vankori for sparing him and allowing him to leave his former abusive clan, Benji helped secure Peter a plea deal; his file would be erased, and he would be declared dead to the public. However, he would study under private military tutorage to become a researcher for their BRER project, which he would work on for the rest of his life as repayment. Peter accepted, and began his new path in 1978 GHC. He would spend the next two decades studying medicine and physiology.

### Kidnapping and Death (1988-1998)

Aware of the brewing tensions in Kalubio, Peter formulated a plan to escape to the region and eventually reach the lawless Yanugo, where he would be free from UKM custody. He convinced his handlers to allow UKM backing of a post-secondary extra credit trip to the squalid region to help mentor students. Despite being fitted with a tracker and accompanied by an armed guard at all times, he was allowed to go with a provided disguise and fake identity. When Unifijž was attacked by the BBA in August 1988, Kikikoa attempted to recover its students and personnel. A terrorist attack killed several, including Peter's guard. While Peter was maimed, he managed to remove his tracking chip and escape. Days later, he was found by BBA mercenaries and abducted.

BBA commander Ballaiy Luvvar met with Peter personally to explain his Ultrasoldat project. He threatened other students he had captured to make Peter co-operate. While initlaly reluctant, Peter eventually conceded and became a research lead for Luvvar.

The Ultrasoldat project was ultimately a failure, as BBA operation was exposed in Bathole and much of the research destroyed in a coverup. While Peter escaped the Kalubian raid on his facility, the BBA safehouse he had reached was overrun by renegade subjects. Peter was hunted by them for days before eventually committing suicide by jumping from the roof of the Bathole facility and hanging himself.

## Appearance

Peter is a pale Sovietese Kajin with cyan eyes and black hair. He has broad shoulders, but a thin body and shins.

## Equipment

Peter wields an AKM assault rifle with a custom-carved wooden foregrip handle. He uses a similarly-modified M1928A2B submachine as a secondary, or a scoped crossbow. He wields a standard Makarov pistol as a sidearm, and a combat knife for melee combat.

## Personality

Peter’s personality contrasts from his sister’s in many ways. He is easier to anger, and more outspoken when he is so. He is strongly opinionated, but has learned to control his anger when necessary. He cares deeply for his family and race, holding strong resent to most Frãci Kajin (Chernova is a rare exception, though he even seems to turn on her after his imprisonment). He can be manipulative, but is highly cunning and resourceful, able to play opponents against each other to save his own life.

In his later life, Peter learned to be more tolerant and forgiving to the Frãci Kajin, although he still did not care for them much. While he insisted he saw Benji as merely a tool for his survival, he does show appreciation and respect in private. He was also highly protective of Alezhja Malkin, whom he viewed in a similar light to his sister.