Name: Katerina Petrova (born) Katherine Pierce (English)
Family: Petrova
Innate Ability: Precognitive dreaming, the power to perceive future events while dreaming.
Katerina has the ability to foresee possible futures and observe what may happen. As knowledge of the future invariably causes that future to change, visions of the future are subject to frequent shifting. While not being able to select futures her dreams may assist in possible courses of action.
This ability only works when she falls asleep naturally. The dreams are always symbolic but can be from multiple perspectives, including her own or somebody else's. She finds it hard to differentiate between different perspectives which often confuses her. The symbolism in her dreams however is something she's very skilled at deciphering. It's a skill she had to learn in order to make some sense of her visions. Strange enough she rarely dreams about herself which annoys her to no end. For someone who puts survival above all else you'd understand why.
Age: 21
Appearance: 
Katerina is an extraordinarily beautiful and seductive young woman. She has an oval face with fine bone structure, a wealth of brown curly hair, and almond-shaped, deep brown eyes with thick dark lashes. She has a slim body with a hourglass figure. She often pairs a sensually cut outfit with heels and is not above using her beauty to her advantage. With heels she sports an inch above her usual 5'5".
Her typical wardrobe consists of darker more sensual colors and almost every piece of clothing she owns hugs her body snuggly. She is vain and spends a considerable amount of time on her looks. She knows how to dress well. Everything she wears is chosen with purpose and care. In her community a woman's value is partly based on what she looks like. So her vanity can be somewhat justified.
Personality:Katerina hasn't had an easy life and it left its mark. She is tough, independent, selfish, feisty, smart, vain and has an incredible sense of self-preservation. There is nothing she wouldn't do to ensure her own survival. She has been known to have a knack for creating elaborate plans and deceptions. If a task needs doing, she'll find a way to accomplish it, usually through a combination of uncompromising will and skilled manipulation of people and circumstances. If you cross her prepare for vengeance, she has incredible patience as long as she knows you'll get what's coming to you. Her eyes always seem to be hiding something Her mannerisms are more deliberate, her true feelings hidden, almost as though she is performing for an audience. She is such a skilled liar and actress that her "friends" are often left wondering. Did she really care about me or did she just use me?
Katerina displays the same sense of survival towards her family in the sense that she would do anything to protect them. They are the only people who matter to her and she is aware they are her weakness. She is never selfish or insensitive when she's with them. It is a difference of night and day and some might think her "default" personality is all an act. But that begs the question. What is she really like?
Bio:Katerina was born in the "Hotel Heaven", an apartment complex in a slum in Yambol, Bulgaria. She was the seventh and youngest child of Anna and Dimitri Petrov, a Romani couple. The Petrov family lived a life of extreme poverty having left the roads generations ago. As poor as they get, the Petrov household turned over every penny three times before spending it. The Romani as in many other parts of the world were heavily discriminated against. They were not welcome in the city and driven out to live in the slums.
As a result neither Katerina or her six brothers received proper education. Their life was tough from the get go. Her brothers tried to find a job but were shunned almost every where. Their community didn't have the best reputation, but they were well known for one thing. The Shuvihano and Shuvihani were men and women who were rumored to be able to work magic in your favor. Katerina's grandmother especially was famed for her love spells. She was not allowed to take a "regular" job, instead she was raised a housewife. Cleaning, cooking and taking care of at least five children, that was going to be her future. The only advantage to her stay at home life was her grandmother teaching her magic, a very useful skill which would change her life.
The Petrov family had long since abandoned their nomadic life style but their traditions remained, maybe even stronger than before. Katerina would marry someone of their choice as soon as she hit puberty. When she turned sixteen her parents arranged for her to marry one of the wealthier young men in the community, wealthy meaning having a paid job. He was going to look after their precious daughter and in extension her family. She was being used like a bargaining chip. Now if Katerina had been a meek young girl with no voice of her own she might have agreed to this, but she was a Gyspy witch. Katerina took matters into her own hands when a client came to visit her grandmother conveniently accompanied by his teenage son.
They were rich outsiders and outside was exactly where she wanted to go. She knew eloping was frowned upon, there would be consequences. But Katerina was convinced this life was going to end her, or she would end it. She wanted out, there was so much more out there in the world. She made the decision to leave the "Hotel Heaven", cutting all ties with her family before they could. She seduced the wealthy client's son and cast a powerful love spell to make him obsessed with her. The father was forced to take her with them to America at his sons request. Katerina very quickly adapted to the American way of life. She was smart and witty, her broken English improved tremendously and after two years she spoke it fluently. Changing her name to a more English sounding name, she started to enjoy life and explore what it had to offer her.
A year after she left her brothers realized the kind of life their sister was living in America. Katerina didn't have to worry about there being no food on the table, she was living off the riches of the American outsiders. She had the guts to make a better life for herself. Only her youngest brother hadn't settled down yet. He could still do the same, elope like she had. Deyan was a legal adult and allowed to leave the country so he contacted his sister and together they arranged for him to come to America. Katerina used the same love spell, to get her brother settled in comfortably. Obviously the siblings were the source of much gossip in the uper class neighbourhood. It seemed the family's reputation preceded them.
Others: She is aware of the magic blood in her family.
Witch Family SheetFamily Name: Petrov (men) Petrova (women)
Leader/Notable Members: Katerina's grandmother is the Shuvihani of their community which is the highest position you can have. She knows everything about Gypsy witchcraft and it is her people turn to for good fortune, love spells, wedding rituals and baptisms.
Economic Standing: extremely poor.
Magical Standing: The women of the Petrov family have been arrant fortune-tellers for generations. They plied their trade while traveling and they have never relinquished the practice. Often innate magical talents were the key to their skill. Precognition and retrocognition in all its varations seem to run in the Petrov family line. They don't possess any raw destructive magical power. Their approach is more subtle, binding ones who have that kind of power to them by means of love spells.
Values: The Petrov family puts family ties above all else, they pride themselves upon their unity. Betraying a member of the family is punishable by death. This means the needs of the indivuals are second to those of the community. It is a remnant of life on the road. Leaving the community is frowned upon but not unforgiveable. They are capable of doing anything to ensure the survival of the family. They trust only their own despite how convincing they might be, don't be fooled.
Magical Style: The Petrov family practices Gypsy Witchcraft which is a type of magic created by the traveling Romani people. Also called Traveler magic, it is a rich tradition of spells and rituals to bring about healing, protection and love. Urban gypsies have adapted their rituals in order to suit the city . Though all Romani agree, true magic can only be practiced on the roads. It is said they draw power from ordinary objects turning them into amulets and charms. They draw down the moon for love spells. Their magic is very practical and requires no sacrifice or preperation of weeks on end. You just need to be in the right place at the right time, with the right items.
Family History: The Petrov family descends from the first Romani to arrive in Bulgaria. However In this current day and age they are scattered across the world. The younger generation especially often marry outside of the community. Though they may be separated the family (in laws included) always keeps tabs on each other. A cousin twice removed is as much family as a full brother or sister. While many think scattering of the community to be a weakness, the Petrov's are never truly separated. They tend to live close to each other whichever part of the world they are in. There aren't many true Petrov's left due to marriage outside of the community becoming less of a taboo though the fact they have power in numbers can't be denied.
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