Character Sheet

Name: Alexei Viktor Utkin

Nationality: Russian

Appearance: Alexei is 6ft even, with a lean, predatory build that lends itself well to being a looming figure of intimidation, at least from a distance or when he is not speaking. Alexei is slightly on the pale side of complexion, with a scraggly mess of sandy blonde hair, usually looking like he just awoke from sleeping, and permanent five o' clock shadow. He has startingly blue eyes, almost crystal like in nature, which usually sit shielded behind a pair of western aviator shades, even indoors typically as it was part of his look. His face rests at a constant neutral expression, not angry or happy, just neutral unless he tries for one or the other.

When it comes to attire, Alexei sports no sort of hat indoors, out of a habit formed by his German mother. Outdoors, he wears a wide brim leather hat that both deflects rain and sun, with a inner lining that can be removed for cold weather. His attire consists of a white dress shirt, long sleeved, over which he wears a black dinner vest with a pocket watch hooked into the left pocket. He has a pair of dress slacks he wears with a pair of nice, polished black leather dress shoes as well. In inclement weather he favors an oil slicked great coat, inherited from his father as an heirloom of the family's involvement during the second World War. It also now has a inner lining that can be removed or replaced for cold weather situations, or for when he just wants to wear it.

Personality: Alexei is a very serious young man, both parents raising him and treating him as an adult rather then a child. This colored his outlook with a highly mature view point on many things, often times taking a step back to think and look over problems, preferring to plan and reason before jumping into a problem with the hopes of making up the solution on the fly. Incredibly slow to anger, and slower still to let go of a grudge once it begins, the young Russian lacks a sense of competitive nature, concerned more with getting a given task or activity finished instead of being 'the best' or 'number one'. A clear intelligence shines behind his blue eyes, something that is all to clear if one were to speak with him. A man of few words, Alexei prefers to speak softly, and infrequently, but carry the weight and impact of a hurtling bullet train. As such, when the young Russian opens his mouth to speak, it is often well said, if nothing else, and often carries some insight.

Likes:
- Reading
- Peace and Quiet
- Playing the Violin

Dislikes:
- Playing in front of a crowd
- Lack of fore planning
- Lone Wolves

Bio: Alexei's mother was a German national who was an ambassador's aid, his father a Russian politician looking to gain favor by working up the ranks of the Russian government, via foreign dealings. The two ended up falling in love, according to his father. As far as his mother was concerned, it was a one night stand that went wrong. Either way, once Alexei was born, his mother left to go back to her job, refusing any contact with the Utkin family. Which did not bother Alexei's father, as he merely went about raising the son in the tradition of the family, as a single father working himself ragged to make enough money to pay for both good schooling and whatever the boy would need growing up.

Attending private military academies, Alexei would have any sort of youthful rebellion whipped out of him by the constant drilling and instruction from Russian military instructors, both retired and active duty on transfer duty, and it gave him a clarity of purpose that even many adults fail to have on a given basis in many places. So when the young Russian lad would move on to public schools, the intense focus on work and responsibility was a culture shock to his fellow students, the ones who were not from military academies at any rate, which would ostracize him from his peers. But he was not necessarily a bad kid, and his teachers adored him for his work ethic and intelligence, so he went through schooling with flying colors, and was well on his way to succeeding his father as a political figure in the Russian government, starting as an intern no doubt once he finished with schooling overall.

Chosen Abilities:

Photokinesis - Alexei can manipulate light into various uses, most commonly into making himself invisible (By bending the light around him, he literally prevents the light from reflecting off him, thus preventing him being seen by any optical system). He can also blind foes, create literal weapons out of pure light, and other various effects as the situation, and imagination, demands it. Uniquely separate of Umbrakinesis is a blinding armor that he can wrap himself in, making attacks on him highly inaccurate while he can maintain the illusion. The extent of his ability in photokinesis is solely visual, he has to be able to clearly see what he wants to affect, and if a foe cannot directly see the light, he cannot be affected by it. The largest downside to this ability is that he cannot create his own light, without light, this ability is useless.

Umbrakinesis - The opposite of the Photokinesis, the only other notable 'Chosen Ability' is his control over shadows, able to either banish them, bring them in and blind foes, and create disorientating illusion work, especially in combination with photokinesis. Effectively a shadow orientation of his Photokinesis, but innately different due to its opposing nature. Uniquely separate, for Alexei, from photokinesis is shadow warping, being able to step into one shadow and come out another. When moving from shadow to shadow, or using any shadow ability, he has to be in direct contact with a shadow to call upon its power, and when moving from point to point, he must have a direct line of shadow from point to point, and must still be able to directly see that point he wants to interact with.

With all his abilities, they cannot be used for long due to the taxing nature of manipulating such constants in life, overextending himself in either direction can be dangerous to his very life. Overextending his photokinesis could blind him temporarily as he becomes unable to protect himself from the effects, or even burns himself in the process. With shadows, blinding can also occur for the opposite reason, he might not come out where he intends during shadow walks, and the side effects continue for both. When it comes to affecting others, he can only affect a few people, four or five at most, at a time with most abilities that are not self targeted.

Trivia: Alexei is proud of, but would never admit, his ability with the violin. He often carries the case around no matter what, which contains his violin.