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[b]Mila Mokosch[/b]

[i]"Still waters run deep....."[/i]

[b]Gender:[/b] Female

[b]Creature Type:[/b] Fresh water spirit

[b]Appearance:[/b] Mila was and still is a young woman of traditional beauty. Rosy skin with a scattering of freckles across the center of her face. High cheekbones and a finely shaped nose and lips along with long flowing hair. Deep and striking eyes which seem to shift between green and blue never truly settling for either. She has a womanly figure standing at about 5'5''. This is what she looks like under "normal" circumstances. 

When you get on her bad side she can get quite scary, changing from a spring maiden to a creature of malice. Her skin turning disturbingly pale almost translucent and she has no visible pupils to speak of. Her hair clinging to her soaked body in a disarray of copper strands. 

[b]Age:[/b] 122 actual age, apparent age 18

[b]Powers/Traits:[/b] Mila is a Rusalka which is the Slavic equivalent of the Greek Naiads or fresh water nymhps. But where as the nymphs of Greece were largely altruistic creatures, Rusalki are just as likely to drown you as help you. They are spirits of girls who died before their time and returned to live as spirit beings in our world, near where they had once lived and died. They are not invariably malevolent, and will be allowed to die in peace when their death is avenged. The rusalka is rumored not to live long on dry land, but with her comb she was always safe, for it gave her the power to conjure water when she needed it. According to some legends, should the rusalka's hair dry out, she would die. They live their lives without men but like to entice them to join their dancing. The men are lured in by their beauty and sweet laughter. Once you join their dancing you are doomed, for their victims are overcome by a persistent ticklish sensation which can only be relieved by dance. They usually die from exhaustion, de-hydration or starvation. Wearing fern on your body will protect you from the Rusalki, they can't pull you under or force you to dance their deadly dance. 

While these legends hold some truth they should be taken with a grain of salt. They vary from region to region and are at best vague in their depiction as not many lived to tell the truth. Mila brings to Bain & Hoyle company her wit, sharp tongue and talent of quiet observation. She has studied Slavic folklore for a great deal of her life and is fluent in all South Slavic Languages including her native tongue of Bulgarian. 

[b]Background:[/b] To make a tragic story short, Mila was a young girl born in the 19th century to a simple and hardworking farmer couple. A pretty girl for a farmers daughter she had no shortage of suitors. Her parents had recognized this and sought to marry her to off to the wealthy son of a merchant. Naturally Mila was against this arranged marriage wanting to marry for "love" and being young and stupid she all too quickly fell in love. He was no merchants son, having less money on him than a stray dog of the streets. Mila didn't care. She had a child out of wedlock which disgraced the already questionable reputation of her family. Enraged Mila's father took his daughter to a lake where he made sure no one would ever find her again. He drowned her, believing her death would save their status in the community. It took her days to get over the shock of dying before she realized she hadn't. The desperate act of her father was one of the cursed ways to create a.....Rusalka. Not long after she found a group of Rusalki which taught her much . They told her there was still a way to die peacefully but Mila wanted to make the best of her life. At least that was what she told herself. For her to die peacefully her murder had to be avenged. But even after more than a century with her father being long dead, she still lived. She joined the Bain & Hoyle company after being recruited by the Siren Henry. Skeptical at first it took a few sweet words and the promise of unlimited access to the Bain & Hoyle library to convince the red headed Rusalka. By the way don't ask her how they met because Henry won't let her hear the end of it. As a fairly new agent of only two months she's still finding her way in the prestigious enterprise. [/center]