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Username: Shadows After Dawn
Name: Gleb Karp
Nickname: Prefers to be called by last name, 'Karp'
Age: 17
Date of Birth: August 23, 2362
Gender: Male
Hair Color: (Chocolate) brown
Eye Color: Brown; red contacts
Height: tall >p
Weight: heavy XO
Rank: Gevurah
Wing Abilities: An over-all increase in strength, increased regeneration rate with wounds, the ability to manipulate existing fire
Natural Abilities: Natural muscle, capability to 'take a hit' (to some extent)
Use-able Weapons: New-age swords, old guns
Primary Weapon: A new-age sword (it's lighter than old swords, sharpening on it doesn't need to be done as frequently, and it provides the stricken target with a small shock. However, the repairs made on the sword after the SuperNova were poor, and it has lost the electric tazer)
Nationality: Russia
Citizenship: Russian
Family: Mother (deceased), Uncle (deceased), Father (whereabouts unknown) Older brother (whereabouts unknown)
Known Diseases: N/A
Biography: When Gleb was born in Moscow, Russia, his father was fighting hard in the war. The child was birthed in his mother's apartment, as she insisted on trying to help the war effort as much as possible from home (the woman didn't want to take up room in the hospital where wounded soldiers could be cared for). His Uncle, a retired war veteran (the man was plenty young, but he'd lost a hand and a leg and started to go blind in his right eye due to a chemical gun shooting in it and was forced to retire), helped his younger sister with her birth. At the time, Gleb’s older brother (who was fourteen years older than newborn Gleb) only had his sights on joining his father in the war.
The two boys were taught mostly by their Uncle; once again, Gleb’s mother was convinced that she could send their saved-up money to help out the Russian soldiers. Fueled by their Uncle’s stories of wartime, Gleb and his brother only had one thing in mind-- growing up to be able to join their father among the ranks (and for Gleb, to finally be able to meet his dad). Their mother, however, was another story entirely… she was slowly growing insane, due to the heavy amounts of stress about money, food, the war, and the severe amounts of worry about her family (her husband’s welfare included).
Gleb’s mother’s mental health grew worse and worse as time passed, and seven years after having Gleb, Gleb’s Uncle was sure she was doomed. The woman’s husband was informed through air-mail about his wife, and returned home the year later for a year to care for his growing family (Gleb’s brother had just turned nineteen, and would be sent out to war when their father went away again). Gleb’s eighth year was one of his favorite; for the first time, it appeared as if his mother’s health was getting better with the presence with her husband. Gleb’s Father was able to find a day job in a war-machine making factory, while Gleb’s brother was able to fill in for him at night when their Father came back to spend time with their mother. During this time Gleb grew closer to his Uncle, as it was the older man who had to watch over him to make sure he didn’t leave the apartment and educate him as well. It was Gleb’s Uncle who had taught him how to speak Russian, along with hints of English he’d picked up during his time in the war. Math, reading, and writing were taught to him, but only to some extent because his uncle hadn’t had much teaching during his own childhood. War stories and strategies were what mainly occupied the Uncle and his nephew through the day when the adults were busy. The family may have had little money or space, but they managed to make it progressively and happily through that year by having each other for comforts.
The next year, when Gleb’s Father and Gleb’s older brother left back for war, everything got worse. His mother’s health, which was almost back to before she had any family away, had taken a sudden nose-dive. If the woman had stress before, she now had ten times as much; not only her husband, but now her first son had surrendered himself for the too-long battle. As the days went on, the only thing keeping her heart pulsing was her hope that the war would come to a sudden end, and she’d get her family back like last year… Coincidentally, this was the year the SuperNova went off. The woman refused to follow her brother (who was taking her son) down into the underground, and was killed by the gases.
And so, Gleb was brought into the underground world of Moscow, Russia at nine years of age. His Uncle didn't spend anymore time telling stories of the war. That was over, and the strongly-willed man was weary about another one beginning (and of the small fights that may have occurred in the cramped sewers). Before they'd evacuated their apartment in the above world, Gleb's Uncle had went and grabbed his new-age sword (but had little time to get anything else). Gleb's Uncle wasn't able to fend for himself anymore, so whenever the man and his nephew had found a place alone in the crowded underground world, he'd get to work training the boy to wield the sword and do physical activities (push-ups, jumping jacks, and lifting spare scraps of metal to name a few examples) to work his already-growing muscles. Whatever supplies Gleb's uncle could get, he tried to use to help his nephew out. Those include old, thrown-out hand guns found about in the sewer tunnels (though they had no ammo). Eventually, a few bullets were found, and Gleb's Uncle continued to teach the boy as much as he could. By this point, Gleb's Uncle was completely blind in one eye, resulting in bad aim. However, his false-leg (a metal, skeletal replacement so that the man could walk) was still intact.
Eventually, the day came when it was safe to see the real sunlight again, when Gleb was thirteen. Gleb's Uncle was killed in the mad rush of Moscow residents who were all eager to see the remains of their city; he was trampled on the way to above ground. A few tough years passed of Gleb barely being able to make it out on his own- until he was fifteen, when for some reason he found out he had been elected as the Gevurah of the Sephirah. Since then, the teenager decided to go by his last name, 'Karp' (though he hasn't dropped his first name in any sort). This way, in case for some miracle his brother and father had survived the SuperNova, then they'd be able to recognize Gleb's last name to their own.
