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[color=f7941d][b]Name:[/b][/color] [i]Yelena Kasyanenko[/i]
[color=f7941d][b]Age:[/b][/color] [i]15[/i]
[color=f7941d][b]Element:[/b][/color] [i]Water[/i]

[h2][color=f7941d]Personality:[/color][/h2]
[indent][i]The first words that come to mind to express her would be something akin to being reserved at times, sometimes expressionless or bearing a light smile, while at times seeming like she isn't quite "there" at all. Her mind wanders a lot, but she usually keeps it in check by occasionally meditating on her own in peace. She isn't inherently introverted nor extroverted, but more something in-between. She won't strike up a conversation always but tends to speak her mind if asked. While she isn't brash, she is stubborn when it comes to beating an obstacle or resolving a problem.

Failures tend to lead her back into her own shell while accomplishments leave a childish smile on her face. A multifaceted personality to say the least. Especially when it comes to relations between people. She can be a bit of a pain to get to know or discern.[/i][/indent]
[h2][color=f7941d]History:[/color][/h2]
[indent][i]Born on the western border of Russia, in St.Petersburg on a northern city district as the sole child early on. She was doted on early by her mother who stayed in the house while her father worked as an engineer. A bright and cheerful little lass in her early years, and even more so when her little brother was born several years later. She spent a lot of her time with her brother, saving her mother some time and energy from having to always watch two of her children. Often going outside to play near a large lake right next to their household whenever she had some lone time.

Years passed by as she grew and studied in school as everyone her age did. Slowly but surely though she ended up learning that she had an odd talent, something she had heard of before only slightly at first. Elementalists, people that were generally shunned by a majority and not viewed with that much positivity. The waterbed she always frequented now felt different, as if she could 'feel' more of it. This never manifested itself into much more than that until a bit after she turned fifteen and her mother saw her actually splash and slightly lift a small amount of water around the edge of the lake. Naturally however, her mother did not say nor mention anything of it at the time. It took a month or two before her parents confronted her and sent her off with hope that she'd learn more about it. The goodbye itself was not as sweet and short as it could have been, instead leaving a small void in her mind and heart as to why they did so. She knew her kind was shunned, but she also knew that her parents wouldn't do something like that without good reason. Especially with all the animosity from the general public.

Somewhat confused and sent off her way, she didn't really know what to think of her ordeal. All she had now was this "once-in-a-lifetime" chance to learn what that power is. Glad on one side, but also homesick on the other. It wasn't easy for her to just suddenly leave her family behind. 
 Not that she was given much choice on the matter either however.[/i][/indent]
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