[hider=My Hider] [hider=Who Are You?] [center][i][sub][h1]Central Intelligence Agency[/h1][/sub] [sub][h3]Special Activities Division, "Majestic-12" [/h3][/sub][/i][/center] [table][row][/row][row][cell][center][img]IMAGE[/img][/center][/cell][cell] [sub][b]NAME:[/b] FULL NAME[/sub] [sup]______________[/sup] [sub][b]AGE:[/b] 47[/sub] [sup]______________[/sup] [sub][b]DATE OF BIRTH:[/b] January 10, 1925[/sub] [sup]______________[/sup] [sub][b]FAITH:[/b] Eastern Orthodox[/sub] [sup]______________[/sup] [sub][b]NATIONALITY:[/b] Naturalized American, From the Georgian SSR[/sub] [sup]______________[/sup] [/cell][/row][/table][i] [b]PERSONALITY[/b][/i] [sup]______________[/sup] [indent]Ekaterine is a veteran of war, holy and otherwise. She was a member of the Assault Engineering Brigade during the Patriotic War, seeing service in Stalingrad, Konisberg, and Berlin before falling into the Orthodox Church and its war against sin. Her days in the Red Army instilled a total lack of fear that bordered on irrational recklessness, later tempered by her time fighting demons across the Soviet Union and the United States. In her mind there is neither room for hesitation nor impatience, she takes in the situation and makes the call before sticking through it until the end. The Lord's work is a calling of the utmost importance and any time wasted on overreactions or inactions is an affront to His name. Her devotion to Heaven is what keeps Ekaterine going after a life of loss and betrayal. Made bitter by the early loss of her parents and the harsh treatment she received from her aunt and uncle, the senseless violence she witnessed in the war nearly broke her, leaving a rambling wreck who quite literally stumbled into monastery life. Even after being forced to flee to the U.S. during the anti-religious purges of the 60s Mother Ekaterine's faith is what keeps her from spiraling into a dark place. She sees her work hunting the Serpent's minions as her way of giving back to the Lord for saving her life. Just as she takes pride (in a sense anyway) in her duties mentoring the younger sisters or feeding the poor so too does she feel good during the hunt. While a lust for the blood of man would certainly be cause for troubled self-reflection she once saw no fault in enjoying herself when driving the devils out of the kingdoms of man. But it's obvious that her endurance has limits, even if she pretends otherwise. Ekaterine is caught in a vicious cycle of sin and attempting to atone for it. -The earth is tainted with monsters and the [s]evil men[/s] [color=DC143C][b]SPINELESS, GREEDY COWARDS[/b][/color] who kneel to them, just as it was during the war. -It is her duty to [s]remove the rot[/s] [color=DC143C][b]CRUSH AND BURN THEM[/b][/color] before it endangers God's children, and to [s]do it quickly and efficiently without waste[/s] [color=DC143C][b]LAUGH AS SHE SENDS THEM WHERE THEY BELONG[/b][/color] -Ekaterine does the job and feels, for at least a moment, pride even as she slips further into [s]trauma and stress[/s] [color=FFFF00][i]weakness, sloth[/i][/color] that [s]makes her wish she could stop[/s] [color=FFFF00][i]tempts her from her holy path.[/i][/color] -She allowed the prince of darkness to tempt her into the sins of wrath, pride, and sloth, thus she needs to atone. -The earth is tainted with monsters and… Repeat until dead.[/indent] [i][b]EQUIPMENT[/b][/i] [sup]______________[/sup] [indent]The great thing about being a government asset is the ability to get your hands on things that God wants you to use but the Man decrees illegal without good reason. The men in sharp suits and shades make sure Ekaterine can equip herself as she needs. [hider=Carried Or Brought With Her] [url=https://imgur.com/a/Q1JqQqe]Ithaca 37-[/url]Five shells of twelve gauge absolution, a venerable weapon that serves a blessed purpose. Mother Ekaterine's trench gun and attached bayonet were custom-made and consecrated for the purpose of monster hunting. [url=https://imgur.com/a/Q1JqQqe]Stechkin APS:[/url] A personal weapon smuggled over during her flight from the USSR. Most people would be unable to handle the recoil from this blessed machine pistol without its optional stock but Ekaterine's strength of belief (as well as well strength of body) gives her the discipline required to wield it. Holy Oils: A bit of the Oil of Catechumens used in baptisms, some soap, and good old gasoline mixed together in glass bottles to be lit and thrown. The result is a blessed blaze that sticks to demons and melts them where they stand. When asked about the propriety of such a weapon the Stavrophore holds that if the Father above took issue then he would surely show her a better way. The Armor of God: The Assault Engineers made use of a "steel bib" in the war, an eight-pound cuirass designed to protect the wearer from pistol bullets and shell fragments. Ekaterine took hers home and over the years expanded upon it, adding thinner plates to her arms and legs as well as a pair of studded gloves to protect her knuckles. All of this was personally anointed and blessed by Ekaterine of course, with protective verses carved in by a steady hand. Duty Bag: A veshmeshok filled with everything a demon hunter on the go might need. A copy of the Scripture, icons of Christ and the Virgin Mary, a change of clothes, money, and snacks as well as spare ammo, oils, salts, consecrated iron filings, and a [url=https://imgur.com/a/r9cY5sA]Makarov pistol[/url] that once belonged to her abbess back in the Soviet Union. Ear Plugs: The Lord protects those who trust him, not those who test him. While not always feasible to wear Ekaterine likes to keep a pair on hand to spare her hearing. [/hider] [hider=Left In The Car] [url=https://imgur.com/a/r9cY5sA]M9 Flamethrower:[/url] Forty-five pounds and capable of firing for six seconds straight, it's an upgrade to the old Soviet weapons systems Ekaterine used in the Red Army, but she dreads using it. For one, any situation that calls for it has gotten far too out of hand, and it brings back very bad memories from the sewers and bunkers she cleared out. [/hider] [/indent] [i][b]CAPACITY[/b][/i] [sup]______________[/sup] [indent]Ekaterine is trained in exorcism, but she's not an expert in it like some of her colleagues. She's studied demons, spirits, and undead but not to the same extent as the loremasters in the Vatican or the eggheads at Area 51. She's entirely (and proudly) incapable of magic, and while her faith has tangible effects on her safety she can't actively harness it to hinder the enemy. Some hunters are scalpels, Ekaterine is a sledgehammer. She applies herself to weak points with great speed, her training as an assault engineer and her unshakable belief driving out all who would oppose her and her God. Already a trained soldier before entering the Church's demon hunters Eketerine is a skilled gunslinger, fitting considering that she works in the land of the gangster and cowboy. She excels at meeting the enemy in close quarters and blasting them back to Hell with her shotgun and pistol or simply spilling their infernal guts with a twist of her bayonet. Her work as a farmhand set the ground for building a great physical strength that, while hidden by a nun's outfit, enables her to sprint with her gear and crush the skulls of the damned beneath her boots. Her spiritual strength on the other hand is what keeps her going. No matter how bad things get, no matter how much misery and sin she has to wallow through, she just keeps going. After going through the killing fields of the Eurasian steppes without God's light, how can she allow herself to break against the mere denizens of Hell with Him guiding her aim? When there's a nest of strigoi menacing a town or an uprising of cultists looking to bring forth one of the infinite demons from Hell, Ekaterine will happily cut them down en masse. [/indent][/hider] [/hider]