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[h1][b][color=9e0b0f]Luka Mostovoi[/color][/b][/h1]
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[b]Name:[/b] Luka Artyom Mostovoi
[b]Gender:[/b] Male
[b]Age:[/b] 28
[b]Alignment:[/b] Dark Shadow
[b]Rank within Organisation:[/b] Member

[b]Birthmark Shape:[/b]
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[b]Location of Birthmark:[/b] Nowhere. Luka lost his birthmark to his mother's magic when he was born. The one he sometimes places on his chest before fighting is his mother's
[b]Magical Abilities:[/b] Blood Magic - A rare magic, Luka's very blood is used as his power. He con control his blood in the form of whip-like tendrils or harden small amounts into crystalline projectiles but perhaps it's best use is by getting enough of his blood within another person so that he may attempt control of their body. 

Though he can use any blood his own holds special properties, by mixing it into large pools he may open a gateway between them to teleport either himself or others between them, however there is limitation on what exactly may pass through these gateways: only organic material may be brought through one of these portals. If he ingests other blood it can mix with his own to sustain him in place of normal food. This has created a great thirst in him, and he always desires more to drink, though he thankfully actually needs to "feed" rarely.

Luka's dominion over blood has extended to flesh in his practice, and through physical contact he can shape it as if it were clay. He can reshape appearances, heal scars, even reattach limbs. There is no wound but death that he cannot mend with this power but it is in his body, and his body only, that he has such intimate control as to enhance strength or harden skin like armor. While he can easily create beauty with his power he can just as easily mar it, creating hideous disfigurations and severe wounds. A horrid example of what he could do is [i]Bloodlash[/i], A particular trick where he uses his power over flesh and blood to flay a person with invisible lashes, rending and tearing their flesh from their body while keeping them both alive and conscious. This is all limited by the willingness, or subjugation, of the target.

[b]Place of Birth:[/b] Moscow, Russia
[b]Currently Residing:[/b] NYC, New York
[b]Personality:[/b] Soft-spoken and sultry, Luka has an almost ethereal presence about him. A gentle and graceful nature laced with sadism. His demeanor rarely cracks, and even then he'll only get faintly more sinister or perhaps display the pleasure he derives from the pain he can cause just a little too openly, and because of the nature of his work he's developed a bit of a disregard for personal space and can at times be a bit touchy-feely.

However, despite his cruelty he is truly a caring person. His motivation to stand behind Dark Shadow's cause comes from a desire to find the best for himself and his friends, and the belief that it can't be found with nonmagi.

[b]History/Bio:[/b] Luka was the younger of two brothers, born to a magic mother and a mundane father. His mother taught him as early as she could on how to use his power, most of her teaching was initially on how to hide it, so that it may be kept a secret from his mother and brother. She had even erased his birthmark when he was born to keep the secret, the one he carries now is his mother's. They kept on like that, her tutoring him in secret, hiding their powers from the rest of their family. Their family was a poor one, and eventually fell on even harder times. His father would begin to get involved with gangs and criminal activity just to support them.

Like with most it would prove to be the undoing of their little world. Their father would just disappear one day, dead presumably, but his ties to the Mafia would still come to haunt them. The Mafia would come, seeking to "recruit" the boys to pay of their family's debts and their would have no choice but to give them up despite her power, Luka himself was barely a teenager at the time. It was at this time that his powers would finally become known. He at first revealed it to his brother, healing him when he was hurt, but they were caught one day. At first it they had no idea what to do with him, but as he desperately explained what he was capable of he was viewed more and more as an asset.

Things actually turned around for awhile, his abilities were valuable so the gangs kept him a secret and made sure he lived in relative comfort, but then came the test. His brother had messed up, an important job was botched bad and the Mafia wanted blood for it. They decided to have Luka deliver punishment as a test of loyalty "to make sure one of the two was worth anything" this was the first time he used his power to intentionally cause pain. He tore at his brother with his magic, he though he would be able to reverse the damage once the punishment was over but they just made him keep going, keeping lashing and tearing until his brother was just a pile of flesh and gore on the ground.

His reaction when it was over was not to cry, not to collapse and grieve, but to just start blankly and quiver. Perhaps most disturbing to him at the time was that causing that pain had giving him a rush, he'd enjoyed it. This awoken part of him would drive him through the rest of the time he spent in the Mafia's fold acting as a face-changer, healer, and torturer. He would discover the taste of blood during this time, between that new addiction and the growing grace of his body over a few years soon being sent to "The Vampire" would be as dreaded as it would be welcome.

But of course making a name for oneself does make it harder remain a secret. Dark Shadow found him eventually, and he was more than happy to join them.
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