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Basic Information

Name:
Aleksander Volkov

Nickname/Alias/Etc:
The Crazy Russian, The Scarlet Bear, Blood Diamond

Gender:
Male

Age:
42

Height:
6'5

Weight:
300 pounds

Home District:

Appearance

Hair Color:
Variable, default red

Eye Color:
Variable, default red

Ethnicity:
Russian

Physical Appearance:
Standing at 6'5, Alek always stood out in a crowd, even more so with his huge muscular frame, piercing light blue eyes, and platinum blonde hair. Even the few people who are taller than him can admit that he has a presence about him that makes people tend to feel a little bit smaller. His skin was white as one could be and covered with a few scars here and there, testament to his experiences on the field and in his rather active youth.

After he awakened his abilities as a Meta-human, however, he became even more intimidating to some people . . . and just a bit ridiculous to others. His skin has taken on a bit of a crimson coloration, his hair and eyes turned scarlet, then began to change color according to his mood. He also is covered with a variety of ugly scarring across his body from nearly Ashing, and suffers from a chronic case of having no right arm. Oh, and his left eye and heart had to be replaced with mechanical substitutes as well, though he chose to replace by him forming a crystalline prosthetic instead of a metal one because it seemed more practical for him and as a good way to help him develop his powers.

Attire:
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Personality

Innate & Outward Personality:
Alek is not a man of subtlety, he's about the most blunt and brutally honest guy you could ever meet. He's never afraid to speak his mind, no matter who he's talking to, though he does now that theirnare times to speak out and times when things can be saved for later. He never lies about anything, but that doesn't mean he can't keep a secret, quite the opposite in fact, he's one of the best people to tell a secret to. Once he makes a promise on something, their are very few forces on this green earth that can get him to break it.

Also, due to events in his past, he can be a tad bit over-protective, especially whennit comes to his Daughter Yvonne, whose powers would make her a very, very tempting target for organizations such as the Hands of Science. Those same issues of his past have also made it so he doubts his ability to protect those closest too him. While around others, he's a boisterous, confident, blunt as a hammer man that seems to exude nothing but good will towards everyone, in reality he's a man plagued by self-doubt, often falling into depression when he's by himself.

Hobbies/Interests:
Has taken up an interest in jewelry since acquiring his powers and runs a small shop in Bazaar Riveria in his off-time. He's also enjoys hunting, fishing, and coaching the wrestling team at his daughter's school. He's also a bit of a critic when it comes to alcohol, wine specifically, but that doesn't mean he can't have fun getting roaring drunk with some of his work buddies whenever the time comes. He's not an alcoholic, but he always tries to get really drunk whenever they do go out, and any damages he makes can kinda be paid for by the damages since he grows diamonds and what not.

Skills/Talents:
He's a highly skilled soldier, able to expertly wield any standard firearms and is a quick enough learner to pick up on other one. His hand to hand skills are good, just not as good, but he more than makes up for it with his raw strength and determination. Add his powers into the mix, and in hardly even matters if he's a skilled fighter or not in most cases. He's more skilled in wrestling, though, so if he gets his hands on you, you're likely as good as gone.

For non combat related things, he's good at making Jewelry and actually finds it calming. In fact, the majority of gifts he gives to people, regardless of gender, tends to be hand-made jewelry or sculptures with jewels in them, as he does a fair bit of metal work as well. More stuff may come later; usually come up with these kinds of things in the IC

Prized Possession:
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Quote(s):
"IF you want to fight, spar, or need something smashed to pieces, I'm your guy. If you want to discuss the literary value of Shakespear or Twilight, find someone else."

History/Bio:
Aleksander's life before NEST wasn't really that eventful. His parents were Native-born Russian's who moved to America for a better life, his father's skill with computers making the Silicon Valley the perfect place for him to find work. As time passed, life went on as normal could be. Well, except for when he got into fights.

Aleksander could never keep himself out of trouble, always getting into fights since he was little, with a will of iron and a heart of gold, if he saw someone getting picked pom, he'd be the first one to put the bully in their place, or at least he'd try to. In his younger years, he was a rather small guy, with barely any muscle or strength to call his own. He was given the title 'Chihuahua' because he was all bark and no bit. Despite this, and all the bully he received because of his actions, he never once broke down, never once let the bullies see him sweat. He began to work out once he hit his teens, training as hard as he could so that he could protect those who couldn't protect themselves.

Around the time he hit high school is when he hit his first growth spurt, going from 5'2 to 5'9 with in the first year, and then reaching his current height in his second. This combined with the body he had been pushing to the limit with intense training made it so that he now had plenty of bark to back up his bite. Soon bullies stop being a problem, and while he should've felt overjoyed by this achievement, he only felt a bittersweet emptiness now. His role as a protect was over, and he felt rather purposeless. HE then began to think on his future, what he wanted to do with his life and what kind of legacy he wanted to leave behind. The answer came to him in a rather interesting way, as he found his school held hostage one day by a drugged up Meta. 

They had had corrosive powers and had threatened to melt the whole school unless some insane demands were met. However, riding in to the recuse came a team of NEST agents, both Meta-Human and normal people, who world together to bring the man down. That singular moment is what sent him on his path forever more. As soon as he was eligible, he signed up to be an NEST academy, eager to prove himself worthy and help people. HE soon proved himself to be an excellent agent, with his only struggle being in his mental facilities. He wasn't dumb, not in the slightest, but his straightforward way of thinking made some situations rather difficult for him to think through in the way NEST wanted.

In the end, he passed at the age of ?? with some reservations and a note for him to be kept away from more diplomatic and subtle operations until he could get a handle on that. He was apart of the force for 5 years, working with a team consisting of mostly meta, when the event happened. It was supposed to be a simple mission, to go in and take out a known Meta-crimnal in his hideout, but somehow the man had gotten wind of the attack and had called in backup in the form of two powerful meta-humans. The fight had been intense, ending with half of Alek's squad dying and the enemy only losing on of their own and suffering moderate wounds themselves. They had been pinned down in an area when Alek, convinced he was about to die, turned to his comrades and told them to make a run for it. He then ran out into the open and open fired on the enemy.

He was able to take them by surprise, killing the weaker one with a battery of shots to the chest, but the other was made of sterner stuff, able to take the damage with ease and charged at Alek. Knowing this was probably going to be the way he died, Alek decided to go out fighting, tossing the gins aside and charging the man with a bestial roar. It was in the heat of the moment, with his heart racing, adrenaline pumping, and synapses firing, that he felt a surge of power flow through his system, followed by a strange cracking sound. He bull rushed the guy and felt his blows hammer down onto his back, but they felt weakened somehow. Not questioning it, he lifted the meta up and threw them against a wall, before charging at them again. And so the fight would continue on, a viscous fist fight that would seem to go on forever. Whatever was keeping Alek alive, and letting him hurt the meta, it wasn't enough. He could feel himself being beaten back, feel his grip on his mind fading. 

With one last thought, he called upon every last shred of power he could reach and unleashed it with a deafening yell. And then he woke up in a hospital bed, covered in strange scars, missing an arm, a leg, and feeling a strange sensation in his chest. What had happened was that he'd generated a massive amount of crystals around him, shooting out of the warehouse and ripping his opponent to shreds, a very impressive feet, but it should've Ash'd him right then and there. The only reason he survived, however, is because his entire body had been crystalized, keeping it perfectly preserved in that moment. Over the course of a year, NExt had slowly excavated around him, then brought him over to the head quarters. A month after that, he slowly came out of it and was immediately rushed over to the nearest medical facility. 

They were able to just barely save him from asking, making him one of the lucky 4 percent, but he bares scars all over his chest, back, legs, and remaining arm from the encounter. Most people probably would've retired after such an event, especially when they'd lost so much of themselves and narrowly avoided death, but the very first thing that Alek said after being told this was,"Well then, when's the earliest I can get back to work. I'm not dead yet, and I certainly don't plan on letting a little think like this stop me from protecting the good people of the world. Besides, at least I didn't get any scars on my face, it's ugly enough as is."

Relationships

Family:
Yvonne Volkov-Daughter(Crystal Manipulation/Generation and a form of Power replication)

Ivana Volkov-Mother

Roman Volkov-Father

Dynamics:
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Abilities

Power Class:
Elemental: Super System

Power:
Crystal Manipulation:Alek can generate and manipulate constructs made of a specialized Diamond-like crystal. His main use for this ability is to form an extremely durable and resilient layer of it around his body, making a flexible layer of armor on him that can protect him from some of the worst attacks out there. The armor can be thickened to provide greater defense, but that takes away from the mobility. At it's highest point, it's nigh invulnerable, but it turns him into a statue. Aside from thickness, he can also use it to more quickly create even more crystals to use in a offense measure, such as a whip made form crystal vipers, covering it in spikes, the options are near endless if one just applies their mind to it.

Aside from the armor, he can generate constructs from the world around him, making spikes and whatnot burst from the ground to attack his foes, though it's easier for him to crystalize something than manipulate that then to make it out of nothing like. He can crystalize living beings as well, though it's a bit harder, especially when trying to use it on Metas. To crystalize a living being completely takes on average about 5 minutes or so, making it not very useful in combat. If you need to get information out of a guy, however, threatening to literally shatter his balls tends to get you results. He can use it combat to crystalize their skin, then manipulate that to send tiny threads into their blood stream to restrict movements or even cause a host of internal damages. Anything that he crystalizes can be reversed by him or others with a similar power, though it'd take more effort for another person.

Crystaline Physiology: Not only can Alek create crystals, but he's also partially made out of them. The reason why he looks the way he does is because he's taken on the characteristics of the crystal's he grows. His cells are much more densely packed together, making his skin harder to pierce, and making him much stronger and more durable than the average guy. A bullet will get through, but he can easily block a knife with his bare hand and suffer only a small scratch. He can also crystalize his body in order to heal himself from any wounds he does happen to receive, though it's a slow process and best saved for serious injuries, Crystalizing also serves the purpose of making parts of his body more durable and increasing his strength in those parts, however, if they get fractured, or even shattered, then the damage will translate back when it returns to normal. This usually makes for a right bloody mess of a limb, so he doesn't often use this method.

Limits:
His armor can take on a large amount of damage, but it's incapable of self-repair on the move. So if it develops cracks, Alek needs to find a place to bunker down before they break down and leave him exposed. Also, the armor doesn't negate damage, just weakens it. If he gets hit by a strong enough attack(let's say Michelle's Full Powered Punch, which seems like it would probably break the armor, or leave it severely damaged afterwards), it will hurt him, just not as much as if he were to take it without the armor. The armor is his main combat application of the power, and at it's most basic iteration, doesn't require much power. He can easily keep it up for long periods of time, the longest he's kept it continually active is about a week. However, repairing the armor can leave him feeling slightly fatigued, and while that doesn't seem like much, it adds up over time if a battle drags on. 

When manipulating his crystals and generating them, they have to be somewhere with in about a 15 meter radius. If it's out of that radius, he can't manipulate it, and the farther away something is, the more energy it takes to manipulate and the less reactive the crystal becomes. Crystalizing anything takes a good amount of energy, requires Alek to touch the subject, and it doesn't happen instantly. It actually takes about 30 secs before the crystallization of contact before the crystallization even starts.

Weaknesses/Drawbacks:
Alek is not very agile, nor is he particularly fast. Add on to that the density of his frame and you'll find that he'll sink with great ease into any body of liquid anything. His armor is also vulnerable to piercing attacks and anything the utilizes a rapid shift in temperatures, so if he faces a pyro- or cryo-kinetic, he's in for a bad time. Stealth is near impossible for him do to the fact that his crystals tend to take on bright colors, the only exception being Black for when he's murderously angry/Berserking. His looks also make it impossible for him to pass as a non-meta, especially with his arm made entirely of crystal, which he usually covers in bandages to make it less distracting to others.

Other:
Alek has a tendency when not on duty to keep any valuables on hand inside of his crystal arm. Makes it a lot harder for sneaky pickpockets to get him. He also has a pet dog, a Husky named Fluffy by his daughter when she was 5 years old. It was a present from him and a way to teach her how to responsibly take care of another living being, something he was having trouble with at the moment as well.

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