Alexei Marco Ptolovich

Vital Information
Euthanatos
Vitals
Gender	Male
Race	Russian
Location	New Orleans, LA
Status	Alive
Character stuff
Nature	Traditionalist
Demeanor	Judge
Essence	Pattern
Chantry	House of the Rising Sun
OOC
Player	Siin

Alexei Marco Ptolovich (ah-LEK-see MAR-co TOLE-o-vich, born: December 14, 1956) is a stoic Russian serving as a member of the Euthanatos in the House of the Rising Sun chantry. Mentored by Theora Hetirck and Damien Allen, he aspires to be the pinnacle of efficiency, and as such is often thought to have little to no emotional depth.

Description

Ptolovich stands at 6'4" with wide shoulders and a heavy frame of working muscle. His skin is weathered and tanned while his hair is cut short in a military style flattop and is ash gray, having gone so early on in life. What sometimes disturbs people is that his eyes are the color of the cold, gray, unforgiving skies of Siberia.

Background

Early Years

Alexei Ptolovich was born Pitr Mikhail Ivannovich (PETE-er me-KYLE i-VAHN-o-vich) in Volkovo, Moskovskaya oblast, USSR to Nikolai Rasputin (NEE-ko-li ras-PYU-tin) and Elena Viktoriya (eh-LAY-na veek-TORE-ee-ya) Ivannovich. He has a younger brother, Dimitri Averiy (dee-MEE-tree ah-VEHR-ee) and a younger sister, Illianya Zoya (ee-LEE-ahn-yah ZOY-ya). The family lived together in a farm where each contributed to their daily lifestyle. Ptolovich learned to repair the family tractor from his father, and grew both large and strong from the physical labor required of him. He was full of life and like many good soviets, he had a strong loyalty to his country. Often times he could be found playing with his younger siblings, though he was always cautious enough to keep from hurting them. Above all, Ptolovich loved his family.

In addition to being a strong and loving brother, Ptolovich was found to be a bright student. Graduating a semester early from School 2 in Volkovo, he followed by applying for acceptance into the Frunz Military Academy. He wasn't convinced he'd get it, but on January 31, 1974, he received a letter of acceptance confirming his appointment to the academy. His family was extraordinarily proud of him, and Ptolovich swore to his father that he would not disappoint him.

Military Career

Ptolovich excelled in his studies and duties at the academy, as many knew he would. His skills expanded and he became well known for his marksmanship and quick thinking. He graduated in the top 5% of his class and had secured his own regiment to command due to his quick, logical thinking. Once in the field, he showed his leadership to be exemplary, his judgments always precise and unwavering, and his wits served him well. He proved to be an excellent field commander as well, often leading platoons under his command directly in the field. On May 18, 1980, he saved countless lives with his quick thinking to avoid a live explosive that had been laid in the camp that his platoon had been resting at. He was given command of a second platoon as their commander had chosen to go missing prior to the discovery of the explosive.

The following day, Ptolovich was recognized for exemplary performance not only for the previous day's results, but also for the previous 2 years of military service to the party. On May 30, 1980, just 11 days after his performance recognition, he received a transfer letter. This was not unusual, as often he was overseeing transfers into or out of his command. This one, however, effected his own transfer from his command to the Special Operations Division should he accept the position. Without delay, he put things in motion to insure that everything would be handled when he left his command position and informed his family of the new position he'd be taking.

He made the move to Moscow and was put through an intense and rigorous battery of tests to identify his strongest competencies. They concluded with him being well suited to a number of positions: reconnaissance, sniper, analyst, tactical coordinator and a local director. Ptolovich settled on sniper, which seemed to please the officer responsible for completing the assignment.

Preparation for induction

The training required to prepare him for his new position as a Russian military sniper was considerably more intense and rigorous than all of his previous training. Though Ptolovich was already extremely proficient in his existing skills, the trainers at the Special Operations Division accepted nothing less than perfect performance from their trainees. Ptolovich himself was instructed by four different people, each with their own specialty.

In order to prepare his alertness, Igor Vladilvoski pushed him through varied exercises including meditation, sensory deprivation, blindfighting, massive fatigue, and nights of sleep that were repeatedly interrupted. Vladilvoski also hones Ptolovich's ability to gather and interpret intelligence data, and insured that he learned a few new languages. To prepare his body, Alexander Gorva pushed him to his physical limits and beyond with daily exercise regimes. To improve on his skill and marksmanship, Zhenya Strovich insured that Ptolovich was intimately familiar with all of the weapons he may find himself using, and helped him develop his marksmanship to near superhuman levels. The last was Bagai Mechnik, the survival expert in charge of preparing Ptolovich's wits and instincts.

The training persisted for the entire day, six and a half days a week for fifteen months before the four instructors were finally satisfied with Ptolovich's performance. It took another three months before he received orders for his first mission. Due to the nature of his position, he would be acting on behalf of the Party itself, and would be asked to insure its safety and security, regardless of the threat. Unknown to Ptolovich himself, the backers of the organizations he had been progressing through are the Technocracy itself, and his training is grooming him towards induction into their ranks.

Ptolovich's first mission, while a success, was not as flawless as he would have liked. He had been sent to remove a troublesome and ineffective commander that had betrayed the Party, and thus declared himself an enemy of the state. After waiting in the frozen north amidst a snowstorm for five hours, he finally saw his target. As soon as he was able, he took a shot with his SVD Draganov rifle, his preferred weapon. Unfortunately, a bystander inadvertently intercepted the bullet, killing him instantly. Ptolovich fired twice more to insure the proper target's demise then moved to extract himself from the location. He was followed by guards but disabled two of them before escaping into the unforgiving snow.

While unhappy with the overall outcome, Vladilvoski declared the mission a success and congratulated Ptolovich on his completion of training. Along with his congratulations, he was granted a home and a modified vehicle to use, the latter of which was designed to allow him to easily transport weapons or bodies without notice. Lastly, he was provided with an alias, Ivan Sven, with which he could use to blend in to normal society again and yet keep himself distanced from his military career.

Ptolovich completed assignments as they came and within the first six months of assuming his new identity, he had completed three assignments, all assassinations. His fourth came in right at the six month mark, and was the closest to failure he encountered up to that point. He was set loose upon a man known as Adnan Gadi, a warlord located in Arák, Iran. Getting to and removing the warlord, while difficult, had really been the easist part of the mission. Upon killing the unsuspecting arab, all hell broke loose. Ptolovich had to maneuver through innumerable guards, but eventually luck ran out and he was spotted and wounded by a gunshot to his shoulder. While being marched by two guards presumably back to their headquarters, Ptolovich was able to effect an escape and remove both men. Afterwards he slowly but surely made his way back to his vehicle and out of Arák and back to Moscow.

Ptolovich healed up and was soon back to taking missions. Just over a year and a half into his deployment into the field, he was given an assignment to take out a high ranking member of the Chinese Tongs gang. Tracking the man proved difficult, as he would often enter one location but never reemerge. He finally was able to carry out the assassination of the man in an alleyway where the target was known to murder insubordinate or traitor members of his organization. As Ptolovich drew bead on the man, he was caught off guard. The chinese man executed the person in front of him with a bolt of lightning projected from an outstretched finger. Though worried a bullet might not kill someone with this sort of power, Ptolovich fired anyway and was relieved to watch the man expire. While Ptolovich did not realize it, this display was the first he had seen of vulgar magick being worked.

Once home, Ptolovich reported the incident to his supervisors. It would be another five months before he received new orders.

Paradigm

Alexei believes in magick in almost a hermetic fashion. He trusts to Fate, and his Avatar and knows that they are the source of his abilities. He does everything he can with efficiency in mind, striving not to waste energy or time on any activity.

External Links

Alexei's backstory novella - As written on the message boards
Euthanatos page on the White wolf Wiki
White Wolf Wiki