Picture: http://imgur.com/27JQT (http://imgur.com/27JQT)<br/>Name: Aleksandra Mierkovich (goes by Sasha)<br/>Age: 28<br/>Gender: F<br/>Role: Soldier<br/>First experience with the supernatural?: Had her body pupetted by a warlock<br/>Personality: Fairly outgoing, slap-on-the-back kind of girl. Intimidating by looks but tends to avoid seriously hurting anyone if at all possible.<br/>Likes: Hot baths, snowy days, wrestling, working out, friendly competition, strawberry daiquiri, wagers<br/>Dislikes: Humid days, dishonest people, vodka<br/>Kinks: Competing for dominance, sexual exhaustion, size differences (1-3 feet, Sasha as the smaller), risk of pregnancy<br/>Limits: Bodily wastes, heavy bondage, mind control<br/><br/>Bio: Sasha grew up on the streets of Moscow, and attended the school of hard knocks until she was old enough to fend for herself. Her parents were alcoholics, working just enough to barely feed her and her siblings. Sasha did not want to end up drinking her life away and working in some soup factory for her entire life. But after the soviet collapse, the only real profitable industry in Russia was the organized crime syndicates. Unable to make success for herself, she decided to learn how to fight the system. She joined the Russian army at 18 and never looked back.<br/><br/>The Russian army was hardly better than Moscow. It, too, was infested with corruption. More than once did commanding officers attempt to force themselves on her. She was originally signed up for weapon and artillery maintenance, but after infuriating one too many officers, she was sent to the Georgian separatist region and stationed at a particularly dangerous base. The poorly-manned station was besieged several times while she was there, and an AK-47 was shoved into her hands with the expectation that she would fight or die. She chose to fight.<br/><br/>She was still irritating her superiors with her standoffish attitude and occasional unwillingness to obey suicidal orders. When told to patrol with four of the officer's brutal, thuggish lackeys, she deserted, running off into the night headed for eastern Europe. Her only real skills were making soup and combat, and she preferred the latter. She found work as a mercenary, which eventually brought her to the US.<br/><br/>She wasn't thrilled that she'd ended up being one of the criminals she always hated in Moscow, she had come to enjoy the steam that acting around the law let her blow off. On one job, though, her group was set up-they delivered as promised, but to tie up loose ends, they were to be killed. To make it look natural, their employer used magic to control Sasha, and had her do the deed for him. She awoke some time later with the murder weapon in her hands, and a mysterious agent telling her what she'd done. And how to fight back.<br/><br/>She may not be American, but she has a proven record for keeping cool under pressure and plenty of combat experience. And while she has disobeyed orders in the past, it was only due to corruption in the chain of command. So for now, she's a probationary member of the Orpheus initiative.<br/><br/>Virtue: Fortitude<br/>Vice: Pride<br/><br/>Intelligence: 1<br/>Wits: 3<br/>Resolve: 3<br/><br/>Strength: 2<br/>Dexterity: 3<br/>Stamina: 3<br/><br/>Presence: 2<br/>Manipulation: 1<br/>Composure: 3<br/><br/>Skills<br/>Academics:<br/>Computers:<br/>Crafts: 1<br/>Investigation: 1<br/>Medicine: 1<br/>Occult: 1<br/>Politics:<br/>Science:<br/><br/>Athletics: 2 (Long distance running)<br/>Brawl: 1<br/>Drive:<br/>Firearms: 4 (Autofire)<br/>Larceny: 1<br/>Stealth: 2 (Camouflage)<br/>Survival: 1<br/>Weaponry:<br/><br/>Animal Ken:<br/>Empathy:<br/>Expression:<br/>Intimidation: 1<br/>Persuasion: 1<br/>Socialize:<br/>Streetwise: 3<br/>Subterfuge: 2<br/><br/>Merits:<br/>Iron Stamina: 2<br/>Combat Marksmanship: 3 (from the WoD Armory, if allowed)<br/>Language: 1 (English)<br/>Strong back: 1