Alexandra Nashkho

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> ### Name
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> Alexandra Joliet Nashkho
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> ### Alias
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> * Alex (nickname)
> * Abe (dead name; still used by Elena)
> * Countess Britomaris (Epithet)
> * Smokey Topaz (codename)
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> ### Birth
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> December 1st, 2001 in Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, California
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> * 15 (as of 2016)
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> ### Gender
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> Female
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> Blonde
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> Blue
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> A-
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> ### Height
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> 5'11" ft
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> ### Relative(s)
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> * Albert Nashkho (father)
> * Elena Nashkho (mother - estranged)
> * Adrian Nashkho (younger brother)
> * Khasan Nashkho (paternal second cousin)
> * Shamset Nashkho (paternal great-aunt) †
> * Temare Nashkho (paternal great-aunt) †
> * Ribal Nashkho (paternal grandfather) †
> * Helena Boerefijn (paternal grandmother) †
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> “There's a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out but I'm too tough for him, I say, stay in there, I'm not going to let anybody see you.”
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> ― Charles Bukowski
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**Alexandra Joliet Nashkho** is the oldest child of Elena and Albert Nashkho, and the older sister to Adrian. His parents are divorced, and they live their father and brother.

## Appearance

### Tattoos

* Wrapping under her right knee she has three strawberries, two old-school flowers and two ants.
* On her right upper arm, she has a blue and lavender colored Parasaurolophus head and claws with leaves next to the claws, wrapped in red string with golden nuggets and a bell.
* Alexandra on the back of her left calf, she has a frog wearing a straw hat riding a slug surrounding by trees.
* On her left upper arm, Alexandra has a green pig in a witch's hat in the desert.
* Alexandra has a hickory horned devil caterpillar on her left forearm surrounded by red leaves. It is done in a hyper realistic tattoo that almost looks like a sticker.
* On her outer right forearm, Alexandra has a female archer wearing space buns walking alongside a cow with golden horns. The constellation is behind the figures and the alchemical symbol of Jupiter behind them.

## Abilities and Skills

* **Mystiokinesis** - Alex is a cuckoo witch and her natural mana pool is quite large and eerily mirror her natural mana flow which when she revealed her mana in moments of losing control its take's the appearance of water causing her surrounding's to become wet and the air in people lungs to feel heavy.
	+ **Water Magic** - Alexandra can create, shape, and manipulate water including changing them from one state to others. Alexandra is able to completely control the temperature of the water at will.
		- **Purification** - Through water Alexandra can remove the darkness or evil from a person or objects, often including demons possessing it or mind manipulation spells.
	+ **Crow Magic** - Alexandra learned this secondary magic while attending Nicnevin Academy, in which she is capable of manifesting crows from her body, which they can control and use for various means. She can see through the eyes of crows, which they could bypass their lack of eyes. They can also use crows to attack their opponents, especially since these manifested crows are far stronger than standard crows.

### Possessions

* **Aslan** - Her wand is Aslan, which is 141/2 inches crafted from Turkish hazel wood and Bukavac horn as its core.
* **Pets** - Alexnadra's pet rabbit, a Havana named Rupert that Alex loves and dots on whom she considers the best part of her day despite him mostly pooping or eating. She often take's Rupert on walks.

## Etymology

* Alexandra is the feminine form of Alexander which is the latinized form of the Greek name *Ἀλέξανδρος (Alexandros)*, which meant "defending men" from Greek *ἀλέξω (alexo)* meaning "to defend, help" and *ἀνήρ (aner)* meaning "man" (genitive *ἀνδρός*). In Greek mythology this was a Mycenaean epithet of the goddess Hera, and an alternate name of Cassandra. It was borne by several early Christian saints, and also by the wife of Nicholas II, the last czar of Russia. She was from Germany and had the birth name Alix but was renamed Александра (Aleksandra) upon joining the Russian Church.
* Joliet which is from French *Jolie* "pretty one" and the popular suffix *-et* "little" meaning "pretty little one."
* Nashkho literally means “blue-eyed” from Adyghe нэ *(nă)* meaning “eye” combined with шхъуантӏэ *(šχ°ānṭă)* meaning “blue”.

## Trivia

* She is associated with the number "20" which is in reference to the tarot card Judgement.
	+ Alex is also associated with the Queen of Cups.
* Alex is of Circassian, Dutch, Russian, French, Austrian and German descent.
* She speaks French and Adyghe, but also understands Russian but cannot speak it.
* She is a sapphic transgender woman.
* Alexandra's favorite meal is braised pork belly with stir-fry vegetables and sliced noodles.
	+ Her second favorite meal is green papaya salad with a banh mi.
* She is a big fan of anime; her favorites are Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Sailor Moon, Fairy Tail, Soul Eater, anything by Ai Yazawa and Hayao Miyazaki.
* She is also a fan of the Dark Fantasy.
* She is a fan of Harry Potter and was destroyed with the JK Rowling comments.
* She loves dinosaurs, caterpillars and bunnies.