Nikolai Von Ioannovich

*Oh, it is a fantastic day to be evil!*

*-Nikolai Von Ionnovich*

**Nikolai Von Ioannovich** is the leading medical mind in the nation of ***Salena***, often considered a professional miracle worker.

Depending on who you ask in Salena, the name of Oligarch Nikolai Von Ioannovich is either regarded with a warm smile or a hushed whisper. An Eccentric pale blooded man, there are plenty of blood curdling rumors about him and his practices that line the streets, though, on the contrary there are many that speak highly of his clinic and his medical expertise. His reputation is all over the place, and truthfully, that's exactly how he likes it.

## Appearance

Nikolai is a short and slender young looking man with broad sholders. He sports a Prussian Blue long coat with a puffed up collar and a bright red interior, with a simple vest, a white turtleneck and black pants with long boots that match his gloves. He also wears earrings of calcified **Zhizn Beetles** along with a necklace and boot decorations.

He is crippled from the waist down, even if he has some joint movement and can at least stand by himself, he still needs a wheelchair to get around long distances. This wheelchair has a dark base and a light silver back with crimson cushions.

Nikolais unruly reddish-colored hair was originally longer in the past (Braided), though as fellow Oligarch ***Yakov Ev Ilyin*** decided to grow out his hair to match, Nikolai cut it to be shorter out of pure disdain to share any fashion style with him.

Despite currently being a controversial figure and the physically weakest of all the Oligarchs, Nikolai is considered handsome by most of Salena. During the reigns of ***Czarina Anya*** and ***Czar Micholash***, he had won *"Most attractive celebrity"* twice in a row.

## Personality

Nikolai is considered eccentric or weird by most peoples standards, including his fellow Oligarchs- who actively try their best to avoid him unless they desperately require his assistance. Known as the troublemaker of the five, Nikolai speaks in threats and half lies. He has also been notorious for smiling incredibly often (Something seen as uncanny and uncouth by Salein society), all while being vague about his intentions in conversation. Before loosing the mobility in his legs, his mischievous nature once had him enter an official meeting through the air duct, on occasion put thumbtacks on others chairs, and "accidentally" keep tripping Oligarch Yakov along with many other light hearted gags.

Although peculiar and a little childish, Nikolai is anything but unkind and usually has the best intentions (despite what he wants people to believe.) Within a country filled with the desire for strength as an Aristocracy, he is a rare empath who actively uses his wealth and influence to help those weaker than him. Unlike the other Oligarchs, Nikolai isn't one to set strict standards for others to follow around him and is known for being lax and down to earth despite his oddities. He's never been one to flaunt his status, so he dresses rather plain compared to the rest of noble society.

Along with his passion for healthcare and nursing, Nikolai loves caring for plants and gardening. Specifically ones that have intensely negative connotations in Salena as he feels like he can relate to them. His favorite being the yellow rose, that he cultivates and only sends out in fours specifically to people he has friendly relationships with. This is akin to sending your best friend a "Hope you die soon!" card. His hobbies also include reading, writing, perfume making, and being able to play the organ menacingly.

## Lore

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***General Lore***

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Nikolai is the current Salein oligarch of medicine and medical practice. Often considered a genius in his field, his work is utilized all across Parthas, though even with such grand titles, it is rare anyone actually gets to see Nikolai in person if he is not actively sought out. Most of his time now is no longer spent on medical technology, but is occupied within a small clinic he runs from his own basement in ***Iron Gate***.

Despite the fear that plagues people from the region, Nikolai often still receives a good amount of ill patents from the streets. His willingness to work with the rather ordinary folk of Salena has left him as a widely seen black sheep of the group of oligarchs. This, in turn, has often led to people thinking Nikolai has an ulterior motive when looking to aid the sick, as paired with his oddly eccentric personality and reclusive nature, many people believe that he uses his patients as puppets for medical experiments.

He does not do this, but he finds it very funny and will often play into the rumors at his own expense for the sake of a good joke.

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***Past Character Lore***

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*The Senior Doctor Von Ioannovich is a great man, his research is the reason Saelin people fear so little about freezing to death. However, I solved death in general, so, you know, he's not going to hear the end of that anytime soon.*

*-Nikolai Von Ioannovich*

Nikolais life as a human was far different than it is today. Originally named Collin Rode, 800 years before the modern day, Nikolais life was that of the son of a farmahand in a small poor farming village named Vi'empyre. Working on his fathers farm with his much smaller sister, Nikolai is suggested to be one of ***Shan-Uzals*** first victims due to his age. This is often most pointed to as to why his blood is so pure.

Nikolais ***Ceremony of Rebirth*** occurred during the tail end of ***Czarina Anya's*** reign, only about a year or so before her untimely death. After being brought back to life as a ***Paleblood***, a ritual hand cutting had also commenced to check the quality, and it was found that Nikolai had bled a pure glossy white; something that is so rare, it had only occurred once before that point. This had caught the attention of Czarina Anya, and despite his un-glorious past as a farmhand, Nikolai was placed as an apprentice to the Oligarch of medicine at the time, an older Palebooded gentleman by the name of ***Maksim Von Ioannovich*** for the sake of his pure blood*.*

Maksim and Nikolai had gotten along very well despite being shoved together, and Nikolai having no previous experience in anything vaguely pertaining to the subject matter. Where Maksim had lost most of his sense of humor from dedicating both his human and Paleblooded lives to medicine, there was Nikolai, who had such a zest for life it was hard to not become attached. Nikolai had worked himself up from assistant, to nurse, to what the original Oligarch deemed a good enough doctor for his age. Though, Maksim's understanding of his pupils abilities were shortsighted. Nikolai had begun his research on what he deemed as "*The cure to death"* now known as Vitae.

Nikolai had discovered the regenerative powers of the native hibernating insects (Zhizn Beetles) within Salenas soil and managed to turn it into a harmless serum that could speed up the healing process of the body almost tenfold.

After Czarina Anyas death, the country was spun into chaos with the rise of Czar Micholash. Fearful that his research could be used to further a terrible future for the empire, Maksim asked his trusted assistant to help him fake his death, and take his place as Oligarch. As far as most of the general public is aware, Nikolai had murdered his mentor while practicing forbidden science, and burned his findings in a craze. While in reality, Nikolai had helped his superior flee the nation to ***Galdr***, and simply hid his research so well that he forgot how to get to it for a few years.

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***Past Main Story Line Lore***

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Nikolai was shoved into the advising role to The Old Czar, meaning that most of Micholashs decisions would also translate onto his reputation as well. During that time of Micholashes Tyranny, Nikolai often played the role of his left hand for political protection, while secretly pulling people endangered by Micholash out of the country, and sending them into places like- specifically to Maksims address.

This went on for practically the entire reign of the second Czar, and there was no doubt in Nikolais mind that Micholash was fully aware that he was the torn in his side. Though, oddly enough, despite executions being a popular activity for Micholash to conduct, nothing happened to Nikolai. This baffling decision on Micholashs part would be the very thing that would end his reign.

When most people think of the fall of Czar Micholash, they think of ***Czar Fairam*** valiantly slaying him on the rooftop of Iron Gate. And while that is true, the one who did most of the heavy lifting in that exchange was Nikolai.

Truthfully, The Doctor found nothing particularly special about the recently detained captive, Fairam of ***Atasi***. However, he was a free man who did not deserve a punishment as severe as death, and Nikolai knew that very well. He was used to turning a blind eye to the trinity of his Czar, simply because despite disagreeing with him, Nikolai, as well as every other Oligarch benefited from his reign far more than he did Czarina Anyas. Though, seeing yet another innocent person have their rights stripped away from them seemed to be the last straw for Von Ioannovich. No matter how much money, political power, or safety Micholash offered his Oligarchs, it wasn't worth everyone else's suffering.

Nikolai had entered the dungeon Fairam was being held in, and offered him a proposition. Saying: *"I am the only reason you are still alive, my friend"* (lie) *"If you want your freedom, there's only one way to get it"* (lie) "*You and I are going to create a new, better Salena"* (truth) *"So, who wants to kill the Czar?"* (badshit insane question). Fairam was not allowed to say no, even if he wanted to, as Nikolai had already hatched a plan.

Through a lot of deceit and manipulation on Nikolais part, the two managed to get their hands on an ***Ancient Weapon***, and slay The Old Czar with it through combined efforts and great difficulty.

Fairam had been gravely injured during the battle, so much so that he would nearly bleed out. If Nikolai had let Fairam die, that would allow him to gain the status as Czar as per tradition. Naturally, Fairam was promptly saved.

He was missing a limb and most others barely worked now, but Nikolai had learned something particularly interesting about the man he originally saw nothing special in. He held a goodness and kindness in him that was even more rare than Nikolais pure blood. If there was anyone he had trusted to hold Salena to the highest standard, it would be Fairam of Atasi, now Czar Fairam of Salena.

Nikolai had done the best he could with returning his new friends body back to the was it was, though some adjustments and surgical implants needed to be made. In the end, while Fairam runs Salena, Nikolai is never far behind. They are so close, the two practically run it together behind the scenes, holding the other accountable and respectfully bickering like an old married couple.

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***The Modern Day***

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Nikolai in the modern day has become a bit of a folk tale to scare Salein children in particular. The story of a spindly doctor who whisks away people to his dark castle, especially naughty kids, to either eat them or turn them into a serum that keeps him young forever has been quite the popular spooky story ever since the death of Czar Micholash. In fact, after the general populous fed into his love of being a larger than life evil villain— he decided to publish not only a children's book but a full novel of fan-fiction of himself being an evil vampire monster under the pen name *"Old Hungry"* to fan the flames of rumors, simply for the sake of shits and giggles. Both books are titled *"Krovosos,"* a title that roughly translates to bloodsucker in Salein. All profits made from *"Krovosos"* have been going to charity for years now.

In the meantime, outside of running his clinic, collaborating with Czar Fairam, and keeping a relatively low political profile, Nikolai has noticed that his serum has been leaked within the underbelly of ***Zeke***. At the moment he's unsure what has been occurring with his creation, and what it's being used for. However, he is determined to stick his nose into the issue as best as possible.

## Powers and Magic

-⇛Nikolai can shapeshift into a bat, the bat is still just as crunchy as the human version of himself though.

-⇛despite most of his body being either nearly unusable or boney, Nikolai has access to Vitae that can give him a short yet potential boost in physical capability.

## Trivia

-⇛ In his original concept, Nikolai was supposed to be far more like Yakov

-⇛ Ioannovich is not an actual last name, its actually a part of a name of a satire play drama known as *Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich,* a play about murdering the Tsar (Czar) of Russia through hilarious means, much like Nikolais role in the Salena main story.

-⇛ Nikolai likes duckies :)

-⇛ Nikolai is one of the only characters to receive consistent updates and content both in lore and artwork after they were created, mainly due to him being so popular.

-⇛ He is a ESFP-A personality type, because he is a goon.

-⇛***This is a legacy page!*** Nikolai was the first ever wiki entry made here.

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