Katarina Karkov
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NAME: Katarina Karkov, Crown Princess of Symkaria
Height: 5'4"
Weight: 120 lbs (Base)
Age: 18
Home: Aniana, Symkaria
Powerset: Katarina can turn her body to solid gold, giving her increased durability and strength. In this form, she does not have biological requirements (i.e., no need to breathe), but she is also notably slower than normal. When in her golden form, her strength is at "tossing cars" level, and her durability is roughly "bulletproof" (though she can be damaged and dented, which will translate to injuries when shifting to normal form).
Backstory: Katarina is Symkarian royalty -- a real life princess, who, with the most recent shifts in Symkarian politics, stands to inherit the throne upon her father's death. Symkaria is not a stable region of the world, and Katarina has been trained to be cautious and to defend herself from any attempts at assassination or kidnapping; she is the last in this particular bloodline at the moment. The last time Symkaria ran out of a bloodline, it plunged them into a very bloody civil war, so they'd prefer that to not happen this time. Katarina bristles some at the elevated treatment, wanting to live like common folk and be treated equally. She may not, however, have a fully grasp of what that means, and nearly two decades of being waited on hand and foot will have to leave a mark.
At the moment, Katarina's father is being advised by a regency council, composed of members of the aristocracy -- including several families which would logically be next in line to the throne should something happen to the King and Katarina. As to which family would take over, well, there's some debate as to that, as accusations of illegitimacy and disqualifying events are thrown left and right. Quite a few believe that the Karkovs, themselves, are no longer qualified to rule, but I'm sure everything will be nice and simple to sort out.
Symkaria: The Kingdom of Symkaria is a small eastern European country in the Balkans, with close ties to it's neighbor, Latveria. While it managed to avoid being conquered in during World War II and the subsequent Soviet occupation of most of eastern Europe (thanks in no small part to Latveria not wanting foreign influences it couldn't control in their backyard), fighting amongst the royal families broke out into civil war in the 21st century with the death of King Phillip. An unsteady peace between the families reigns at the moment, with the Karkovs in power and members of the various factions appointed to important royal positions. The result is a corrupt, destabilized and economically borderline country in a very delicate part of the world.
Height: 5'4"
Weight: 120 lbs (Base)
Age: 18
Home: Aniana, Symkaria
Powerset: Katarina can turn her body to solid gold, giving her increased durability and strength. In this form, she does not have biological requirements (i.e., no need to breathe), but she is also notably slower than normal. When in her golden form, her strength is at "tossing cars" level, and her durability is roughly "bulletproof" (though she can be damaged and dented, which will translate to injuries when shifting to normal form).
Backstory: Katarina is Symkarian royalty -- a real life princess, who, with the most recent shifts in Symkarian politics, stands to inherit the throne upon her father's death. Symkaria is not a stable region of the world, and Katarina has been trained to be cautious and to defend herself from any attempts at assassination or kidnapping; she is the last in this particular bloodline at the moment. The last time Symkaria ran out of a bloodline, it plunged them into a very bloody civil war, so they'd prefer that to not happen this time. Katarina bristles some at the elevated treatment, wanting to live like common folk and be treated equally. She may not, however, have a fully grasp of what that means, and nearly two decades of being waited on hand and foot will have to leave a mark.
At the moment, Katarina's father is being advised by a regency council, composed of members of the aristocracy -- including several families which would logically be next in line to the throne should something happen to the King and Katarina. As to which family would take over, well, there's some debate as to that, as accusations of illegitimacy and disqualifying events are thrown left and right. Quite a few believe that the Karkovs, themselves, are no longer qualified to rule, but I'm sure everything will be nice and simple to sort out.
Symkaria: The Kingdom of Symkaria is a small eastern European country in the Balkans, with close ties to it's neighbor, Latveria. While it managed to avoid being conquered in during World War II and the subsequent Soviet occupation of most of eastern Europe (thanks in no small part to Latveria not wanting foreign influences it couldn't control in their backyard), fighting amongst the royal families broke out into civil war in the 21st century with the death of King Phillip. An unsteady peace between the families reigns at the moment, with the Karkovs in power and members of the various factions appointed to important royal positions. The result is a corrupt, destabilized and economically borderline country in a very delicate part of the world.