Katyusha, the Frost-wrought Sniper

"Yes, comrade!"

Katrina *"Katyusha"* Demenok is a hunter-sniper hailing from the frigid lands of Forstfel. She can only speak, read, and write clearly in Sylvan and still stammers a lot when speaking Common. Despite that, she is still determined to follow the breadcrumbs her tiefling father left for her leading to Edyn, with her trusty musket in hand.

## History

Strange people being stuck in strange lands is nothing new. Enter Kael, a Tiefling wayward mercenary who hailed from the Singed Wastes and claims to have roamed the rest of the world as a mercenary. Aside from the strange weapons he wields and his rather debonair personality, the distinct trait he exhibited is his natural resistance to magic (see Spellscar Drifter Spell Severed class feature) which is why he was taken in by the chieftain of a marauding tribe. He simply claims it is an effect he acquired for being exposed for so long to the land where everything is just broken.

One mistake over another, he had a child with one of the chieftain's daughters. This effectively made him an indentured servant to the family of his child's mother using her and his child as leverage. Katrina, dearly referred to as Katyusha was born, but her mother died giving birth to her. Kael then implored he and his child be set free. The chieftain then gave him a set of impossible tasks that he must take in exchange for his and his child's freedom. Kael, being a man of determination he is, succeeded, which in turn, made the tribe's power over their peers go above and beyond. The chieftain was more than pleased to let him go as he's also worried about what Kael could do should his request goes unheard. The chieftain is confident that Kael's daughter will come back to him at some point. Kael stayed at Forstfel although he disassociated with the chieftain, cutting off all ties to them. He took care of Katyusha on his own working as a hunter.

Katyusha had a pretty adventurous childhood. Her father would always bring her hunting for game and would eventually be taught how to shoot when she grew big enough to wield a musket. Her father would also have her help making ammunition and making parts of a firearm and would have her mark those she made with her own carvings. She also showed signs of the ability to use magic, surely an inheritance from her mother. On her 15th, her father left home leaving only his old musket, a magically locked longchest, and a note that says it'll open on her 17th birthday. There were no signs that her father was attacked. Katyusha wasn't kept in the dark about her father's past so she thought Kael was only out for long due to work. She was already capable of living on her own.

Two years had passed, and no signs of her father ever appeared. She lived off the land using her father's musket to hunt game to be sold and have the rest for her own sustenance. The longchest finally unlocked on her birthday. Inside it was various things. A musket already assembled and bearing the marks she made when she was younger, was in there. It's her very own musket that she did made herself. Also in it are more materials for gunsmithing for making parts and ammunition and a note putting light to more of their past and the reason why he left. The note also points more clues to a place very far away, Edyn. And so, she dug up every coin she buried and packed up to leave. She then left her father's musket at its designated rack and took up her own musket, before fully locking up the house.

She subtly traveled out of Forstfel with her trusty musket and sailed out among the caravaneers.

Her destination is Edyn, the Free City. She wonders what is this place has to offer.

## Personality

Katyusha is very professional on the field but is quite fickle and petty everywhere else. Easy to please but very frank. Likes to have fun while working but has no patience with stiff kind of people. She couldn't be cared less to be orderly but has a set of personal principles she strongly adheres to. It's hard to tell if she's complimenting you or insulting you from the way she speaks.

She's brave, hearty, adventurous, adaptive, has easy to please sense of humor, professional, is quite a survivalist, and principled. But she still can't read or write in common, petty, an impulsive drinker with weak liver, frank, superstitious, and she's not the sharpest tool in the shed.

## Abilities

Katyusha is still a wandering hunter and sniper who just arrived in Edyn. She adapts very well in cold and her hair and complexion lets her hide well in snow. She can snipe beasts, monsters, and men alike, targets unaware, with her trusty musket far enough that the bullet have already blown their head off even before the sound of the shot arrive their ears.