Kasha Apalko, the artistic maiden

Name: Kasha Apalko

Age: 90 years old

Gender: Female

Race: Vampire

Powers: Enhanced speed, enhanced strength, enhanced durability, hypnotic voice and gaze, bat form (can shape-shift into a bat form that is black in color whenever needed, the bat form like her normal human form cannot touch sunlight), art illusion (can make whatever she draws/paints come to life as an illusion that can act as a distraction in order for her to escape or as a shield to ward off oncoming attacks), blood chain (can create chains made of her own blood or the blood of dead bodies to ensnare an opponent, cannot be too long or she or her source will run out of blood to use), and poison claws (her fingertips extend and glow a sort of greenish and if an opponent gets cut by them they are poisoned - the poison causes dizziness, slight numbness, and eventually loss of consciousness - the poison wears off after a few minutes of the initial contact long enough for Kasha to perhaps get a meal from her opponent)

Skills: Can paint/draw realistic looking creatures/humans, great self-control, can fight with anything with a blade, great at cutting her enemies down verbally (if she had any enemies), not so easily tricked into making dangerous deals, speaks fluent Russian, Chinese, and English

Occupation: Painter/artist

Likes: Drinking human blood, working alone, receiving compliments, hanging out with friends (if she had any), etc.

Dislikes: Getting wounded, feeling blood-lust, getting insulted, being lied to, being underestimated, etc.



Background: Kasha grew up the daughter of a middle-class family in Khabarovsk, Russia along the Chinese border and was the youngest of 3 kids. She had a sister who was married at the time and a brother who was in the Russian army. While still being a child, Kasha found her love for drawing and painting wen her parents saved enough money to buy her painting supplies. After many years, Kasha was discovered by an art studio set up near her home-town and they were interested in selling her artwork for high prices. It was the chance of a lifetime for her. After turning 26, Kasha had become a millionaire and her family moved from a small house to a sturdy mansion. Kasha was then out walking the extravagant garden out in the backyard of her mansion when she encountered a man she had never seen before sitting on one of the many benches. She tried to approach, but without being able to see the attack coming, he suddenly had her by the throat and began choking her. Fearful, she looked into his eyes and was hypnotized into falling asleep. When she woke up, she realized she didn't have a pulse and the man seemed to have vanished into thin air. Returning inside, she discovered she had been turned into a vampire despite never truly believing they had existed. Recoiling in horror at her face, she decided to move to a different country in fear the Russian government would discover what she was and burn her at a stake.

After leaving her country, she felt comfort in joining China and hiding there for 90 years, constantly changing her name and identity in order from hiding the fact she never aged from the mortal world. She always kept painting and painting until she heard news of more vampires in a city in the United States and decided to pay the city a visit in hopes of finding out why she was initially turned. She has now just arrived there and searching for more of her race while living in a small apartment and selling her paintings in the calmness of the day to Amazon.com for decent prices.