Basics
↳ Age: 25 ↳ Species: Witch ↳ Face Claim: Matthew Daddario ↳ Currently U N A V A I L A B L E
Description
Growing up in his coven, you are given a choice. You make a vow, take the mark and become one with your people. Or you can separate yourself, live your life free from the control of a coven. Ivan didn’t discover just how he would belong to his coven until he was chosen by one of the leaders as their progeny. Since then, he’s sacrificed and fought in the name of the Luna Lyudi, a warrior witch coven based in Russia. It’s not his first time in New Orleans, he was sent here over four years ago to free the wolves and got caught in Klaus Mikaelson’s struggle against his brother. Now he’s sent here to get rid of Finn Mikaelson for good and take care of those who took care of the Originals. The friends he left behind in the French Quarter will be welcoming back something more akin to the ghost of a man they knew.
Biography
Ivan always suffered from the curse of being a middle child, the middle child out of seven siblings. His parents were never proud of him and he never got along much with his older brother and sister. It led to him acting, getting in fights and becoming more and more reckless. He was pulled from this self destructive pattern when his older brother introduced him to Grigori Volkof, a member of the currently leading family. Grigori helped him channel his anger and bitterness, helped him become something even his parents would begin to be proud of. After years of training, he became one of the most promising warrior in their coven and was chosen by Grigori to become his successor when the time was right, much like how Sasha was chosen by Grigori’s sister to take over leadership of the coven. One day the torch would pass from the Volkovas to the Belikovs. He was proud of himself now, becoming full of dignity and honor.
That’s not to say he didn’t still indulge in old behaviors. He took their coven’s mission of protecting the weak and applied that to his everyday life. It was never a matter of thinking himself more capable, it was a matter of him hating assholes. And during his off time, he found himself enjoying the company of all kinds of people. His desires and affections never discriminated. Nothing serious every came out of it, not when he knew he’d have to always put his people first and had already failed that balancing act before. And then he met Davina Claire in New Orleans. In trying to help her control her fire, the two grew closer and what happened between them became more than casual, not that either of them would admit it. When their affair ended, which wasn’t until a while after Ivan returned home, Ivan rededicated himself to the mission. That was why, when Grigori needed to make an alliance with a Nordic coven, he volunteered to marry their leader’s daughter for the sake of said alliance.
Not soon after this unpopular choice of his, Ivan found out that things in the Quarter had become bad. Really bad. The Originals were gone, not much a care of his but it was a matter of concern as their people had formed a shaky alliance with the old king of the Quarter. That alliance is what led to them sending Ivan along with his fiance and two others back to America to mend the divide in the cursed city. Their mission is to kill the usurper, Marcel Gerard, and send his accomplice, Finn Mikaelson, back to the other side where he belongs. The last part of his mission, as much as he isn’t fond of it, he has to help find the Originals and make sure Klaus gets back to where he belongs. What no one seems to notice, however, is that Ivan isn’t the same as he use to be. In his training with his affinity, he’s starting to lose touch with his emotions more and more and it could leader to him being much more dangerous than what everyone remembers.
Connections
Catalina De Leon and Alina Vasiliev - His best friend and ex girlfriend, not exactly a recipe for disaster when it comes to completely a mission. But his duties to them run deeper than making sure they all get to the end of this alive. He knows Catalina is struggling since her sudden break up and that this is Alina’s first and probably only chance to prove her worth to their people. Their relationship didn’t end on good terms, with Ivan holding her while their leaders took her magic. Over the years, they’ve become civil and now he holds a personal responsibility towards her to help her find her place. With Catalina, well, he has to make sure she can keep her head straight with a broken heart as this city is not meant for the weak.
Runa Engman - To be honest, this arrangement isn’t what either of them would really want. But it needed to be done, for peace between their covens. And the more he discoveries their old fashioned tradition of marrying out their daughter, the more he wants to help Runa and her people reclaim their magic.
Gabriel Labonair - Gabriel was probably one of Ivan’s best friends in New Orleans, a little more than that for while there. He know Gabriel will probably end up one of his most trusted allies in this new game of cat and mouse. Or as it might turn out wolf with these two in it together, wolf and sheep.
Finn Mikaelson - He thought they got rid of Finn four years ago, him with his brother and Alex Volkova. They should’ve known, should’ve anticipated that he’d have another body just waiting for him to take it. Now that Ivan is back, he’s going to do everything in his power to make sure that when he gets rid of Finn this time, it’s for good.
Davina Claire - Ivan isn’t an idiot, he knew that returning to America meant running into his old flame. Davina was the first person since Alina that got serious for him. But they’re playing different sides now as she will do anything to protect Marcel and Ivan is tasked with killing him. Their reunion isn’t going to be nice or kind, she might just end up standing in his way.