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Character  Sasha Kraznjeva

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Sasha is one of the main characters of my graphic novel ‘Theory of Mind’ - www.deviantart.com/felisglacia…
Drawings featuring her:

RoS Theory of Mind - p101 chapter4 by FelisGlacialis

Text updated: 2-3-2019


Names:. Sasha Kraznjeva
Species
: siderian (a northern, horse-sized tiger-oriental cat-lynx like feline)
Gender: female


Birth place: the biggest Eurasian metacluster named Notochord. It’s located in a mountain rage that siderians call ‘the Spine’ (to humans known as the Ural mountains).
Birth year
/date (relative to Stian’s birth year) : -47
Death year
(relative to Stian’s birth year): -9 (age 38, which is comparable with around 30 in human years)

Family
Mother: ?
Father: Nigras Kraznjev
Full brother: Tsjaiko Krazjnev
Half-brother: Rustem Kraznjev
Half-brother: Thaldo Kraznjev
Half-brother: Ferrus Kraznjev
Mate: Yves Siyotès
Son: Noiro Siyotès
Daughter: Vivanna Siyotès
Non-binary kid: Nuca Siyotès

APPEARANCE

Appearance & reputation: she is quite tall and strong build and with her quite full mane for a sideress, she comes across as quite impressive. Siderians in Notochord respect her, also because she is the daughter of the cluster coordinator.

Shoulder height: 1,54 m

Physical description

Body: tall with a quite a strong, sturdy skeleton and moderately muscular. Straight back line and typical tiger-like pelvis. Average length tail and average paw-size. Quite square, nearly masculine body build.

Head: quite a wide head but with rather narrow cheekbones. Square, rather heavy muzzle an straight profile. Average sized, wide placed ears that point quite lateral; giving her head a triangular shape. Rounded ear tips and a subtle upwards kink in particularly her right ear. Quite a heavy and uniquely shaped chin (especially in profile). Triangular eye-shape – the colour is deep emerald green.

Fur: black, thick layered fur with a ridge of long hair on her back. Quite full mane that continues over her forehead, giving her a kind of Mohawk.  Full bushy tail. Shorter hair on her belly and flank.

Jewelry & accessories: nothing special. 

PERSONALITY & CHARACTER

Personality and mannerisms:

Gentle, friendly and understanding especially to the ones she loves. She has a strong feeling of responsibility. She has a bit of an impulsive nature but overthinks her choices afterwards. Sasha is quite assertive and quick in decision making. She is very direct and nearly confronting concerning certain issues. She doesn’t do things subtly under the skin but brings tensions to the surface immediately. If she feels threatened, she is brave and quite fiercely aggressive. She can be skeptical and doesn’t easily trust someone if she is suspicious of something. That is when she can come across as hard and sometimes a little ‘flammable’. However,  as a mother, she is very caring and patient and puts the needs of her cubs first. 

Type of humor: quite playful, quite confronting humor.

Voice, manner of speaking
Voice reference: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qETq1O…
Generally, she has a calm way of speaking. When things get serious, her voice can be quite penetrating.

Sexuality: heterosexual

Spirituality and philosophy:
I don’t know her spirituality, but just like Yves, she seems to have the philosophy that positivity can bring one far…
Fears:
hyenas attacking her family
Dreams:
establishing her own family land and live a normal siderian life without her mate being put under pressure by her rather and the hyenas who had raised him.            

Interest, hobbies, occupation:As a cub, she got quite interested in what her father was doing as a cluster coordinator and wanted to learn more about what that means. She learned to work well with ecals and liked to explore that interest bit more as young adolescent. If her life had gone well, she would have liked to work at her father’s side as one of the cluster coordinators
Special skills: sensing tension and bring it to the surface immediately.

STORY

The coordinator’s daughter
Sasha is the daughter of Nigras, the powerful metacluster coordinator of Notochord (see her birthplace). In this area, there is the culture of polygamy, so cubs are often raised by their mother (and sometimes her relatives).  Sasha had one full brother; Tsjaiko. However when they were young, their mother died of an unknown reason. Their aunt had a cub of Nigras as well (Rustem) and adopted Sasha and Tsjaiko. They got a close bond with Rustem and as they grew up, they got to know several of their half-siblings.
When Sasha was around six years old, she learned that there was tension around the cluster and that her father was involved in it. It was mostly conflicts with the local hyena clan, that repeatedly tried to establish themselves on the siderian lands. Nigras constantly had to chase them away. Fortunately, for young Sasha, she was living in the cluster center, close to her dad and safe from invading hyenas.

A hidden relation
When Sasha was an adolescent – she spotted a strange bright white male who didn’t look like a local siderian. He was smaller and more slender but had something very attractive. She approached him and initially, he tried to avoid any contact with her. But she seemed to have success when he once came back, showing mutual interest. She learned that his name was Yves but he was rather secretive about where he came from. He was quite mysterious about certain things, and she had been fishing to learn more.

The stronger their relation grew, the more he slipped off about himself. He said that he was raised by hyenas and that they wanted him to tell certain things about siderians, but he didn’t specify what. He explained that if the hyenas got suspicious about him making ‘dangerous’ contacts, that they would punish him. “Why don’t you just run away then?” she asked him once – “because they will always find me, no matter what” he answered rather hopelessly. She realized that the relation with Yves was difficult to maintain, but she loved him and was motivated to find a way.

When she was in her early twenties, her father confronted her about this hidden affaire. He had heard about Yves’ bond with hyenas and his spying activities – and now her relation with him. This was dangerous business, he said and he commanded her to come along with him – to catch her boyfriend. Nigras and a few others,  had surrounded Yves and forced him to answer their questions. If they were to maintain their love-relation, Yves had to report all hyena activities to Nigras. If not, he would get rid of this threat immediately… 

Escaping their fate
Desperate, Yves and Sasha saw no other way than to take the risk and run away. Sasha knew one hidden path that the hyenas may have overlooked. They had a head start but the hyenas were on to them. Eventually, they escaped and they realized that they got themselves even more in trouble – now there was no way back home to Notochord. Yves suggested to go back to his birth place: Zilval Summits. He had always wanted to go back there one day, and it was at least somewhat familiar ground. Without thinking much more about whether this was the best option or not, they went on.

Just before they reached Zilval Summits (located in the Alps, what siderians call the Roaring Mountains), a strange hyena(Sabi) appeared. Sasha felt threatened and immediately wanted to kill the hyena. Yves stopped her and explained that Sabi was his surrogate mother and that she may be a good mediator to keep any other potentially following hyenas in check. He said that he had always trusted her and he allowed her to follow at a distance. Sasha gave in but felt uncomfortable about Sabi’s presence.

A family in Zilval Summits
When they reached Zilval Summits, they met another strange hyena. Sasha was not used to so much contact with hyenas and was always skeptical. However this hyena (Lanna) said to have known Yves and his deceased parents and she promised to keep them save. Sasha didn’t believe it all, but she trusted Yves enough to let go of the worst worries. But the worries never fully left. Through intellithos (a siderian form of internet via ecals) , she was contacted by her father, who told her that Yves was not doing his work very well, and that he might come with more serious measures if it continued this way. She talked about it with Yves, but he only reacted frustrated. Meanwhile Sasha had been keeping an eye on Sabi and suspected that Sabi was manipulating Yves into treason.

Fortunately, her suspicions were not so bad as she thought and the pressure she felt, released a bit. Finally, they could focus on family life. A little while after they had arrived in Zilval Summits, their first son Noiro was born. The birth of a cub drew their attention away from the underlying tension and they were happy for the moment.  The birth of their second cub, Vivanna made it even better. It was so good to see the two siblings play.

Growing tension
Just after their third cub (Nuca) was born, she got more worrisome news from her father; there were constant attacks from the hyenas and he demanded clearer information from Yves. Nigras was losing his patience but Yves said that he didn’t know anything either. Sasha felt torn between two sides; Yves couldn’t do what was expected and he seemed to be ignoring the pressure.  Not long after this, she overheard a conversation between Sabi and Yves in which her suspicions got confirmed. Sabi was manipulating Yves into treason and Sabi had to be killed. Sasha charged at Sabi but Yves jumped in between and took the hit that was meant for Sabi. He stopped Sasha and tried to convince her again that Sabi was only trying to keep the other hyenas away.

Sabi ran off and Sasha settled the conflict with Yves; they had to find a solution together. However, only a few days later, Lanna warned them that the rebels of her clan had disappeared and that strange hyenas had been nearby. Yves suddenly got up and urged Sasha and the cubs to leave with him. It was dead-serious now. They had been walking from sunrise to sunset and the cubs were exhausted. They had nearly reached a safe resting place when suddenly, they were surrounded by what seemed an entire hyena clan.

A matter of time
Before she could even realize what happened, they had launched the attack. Sabi had suddenly appeared again and jumped between them and the attacking hyenas. Only then, Sasha understood what was really going on. She tried to escape with the cubs but powerful jaws grabbed her by the flank and pulled her down. In panic, she tried to see where Yves and the cubs were. Teeth tore her skin from all sides. She slashed around with her claws, but there were too many. They overruled her and she lost herself in a swirl of blood, splattering snow and crushing jaws...

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Akhnaton-II's avatar
Do you know that in Russia name 'Sasha' is short for 'Alexandra'? And what for the surname, there is a verb 'брезжить' (briez-zhit'), which means 'to shine slightly somewhere far away'. I hope you will find this information useful!