1. Julian

Julian Volkov

Summary

A divorced father of two, he's also known for his tinkering. Hails from Wolf's Rest.

He has quite poor social skills, being awkward with his words and too direct without giving much think on approachability. That fact is reminded to him quite sometimes by his ex.

It is shown that despite his age, or rather because of his experience, however you want to see it, Julian is a pretty decent fighter when in werewolf form.

And he does have a good heart, he's just very bad at socializing, especially to keep appearances.


Past

Julian was born in Wolf's Rest from one of the few lineages of werewolves. Now, how did the werewolf generations came to be stay a mystery, to everyone and even Julian isn't sure how. But that's the least of his worries, as he grew up in a circle where there was no particular status and young werewolves were learning from older werewolves how to hunt, how to live together, how to share. And they were sharing their residence with some non-werewolves who were amicable with them enough to live side by side. Young Julian had made a promise that he'll protect the village when he'd be of age, however that vow never really came to fruition. Seeing that his vow was not seeing the light of the day, he eventually gave up on this and went back to his usual routine. It worked, nobody was in danger, they were getting food they hunted and everyone protected the settlement together. What more could he ask?

In the meantime, he met Yaryna, a werewolf from a nearby circle, and he flirted with her, getting to know her better, which was reciprocated. Eventually, he married her out of love and they had two adorable children together, making a picture-perfect family. The romance didn't last forever sadly, as time made it clear that romantic love wasn't an infinite element, and few personalities clashes got them to reconsider. Even so, both Julian and Yaryna considered their children the most important in their family, and thus an arrangement was made. While the parents won't live together, they made sure to live nearby so the children could visit either whenever they wanted, even though the mother was the one, technically, taking charge of raising the children. Julian made sure to take upon his responsibilities as a father while doing his side to raise them.

Present

Now divorced from his ex-wife, he technically doesn't have the main task of looking after his children most of the time. But Julian does put the effort in looking after his kids and interact with them when Yaryna couldn't take care of them sometimes. While still struggling with showing proper social skills to anyone else that isn't his family, Julian cares a good deal about people. Would go to great lengths to keep his loved ones safe at all costs.

Not a believer in the higher entities, but will roll along with Aphina's supposed godly skills for harmless amusement. Unless he truly see it, he genuinely doesn't buy the goddess bit. In the meantime, he is starting to come to care her more than before.

Likes

Tinkering, his children, his own independence, sleeping if possible

Dislikes

Dramatic people, confrontations, wasting his time, having to eat plants

Stat breakdown

Edge [1]

Extremely poor at archery due to never seeing any usefulness with it (why having arrows when you can bite), quite slow in general. Can sometimes dodge when he can, but he wouldn't count on it every time.

Heart [2]

Not the most tender, and he has rough edges, but Julian genuinely has good heart. He just sucks at showing emotions properly, his speech pattern isn't the most refined, and he even is taken aback by big shows of affections that aren't from his own family. That being said, once he lets people see himself for who he really is, he will let them in his life.

Iron [3]

In part because of his constitution, in part because of enhanced attributes given to him by his wolf characteristics, Julian's strength is noted to be great even with his age. His teeth and claws are sharp and strong enough to leave a big wound on anything. He will also use his attributes as a threat to intimidate people if necessary.

Shadow [1]

Not the stealthiest, nor having the will to be deceptive, Julian ironically finds it more fit to be in the background just watching instead of wasting attempts to be cunning. He could try, I'll come back to this after a few rolls, more at 11.

Wits [2]

He has a steady hand in creating tools and improvising with whatever comes under his hand, considering his occupation as a tinkerer. That being said, he probably won't be able to understand complex texts, but can read at a common level and will be most familiar with technical stuff rather than magic.

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Does he have a family !? (Yes)

It's now revealed who his family are:

His ex-wife Yaryna

His son Orel

His daughter Mischka

While he doesn't live with the kids often, he makes sure to stay in touch with them.