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Family History
The Соколов otherwise known as Sokolov Family were once a proud and rich family that stretches back through dozens of generations in the Myra town province residing there since it’s conception acting as merchants for the land, first arriving there as a survivors of a plague that had killed a majority of the small town they had originated from.
They eventually went into darker roots mix business affairs with those of magic nature as well as doing under the table deals with raider leaders to have them attack other merchants caravans while leaving theirs alone. The family’s influence was one of the reasons that the town expanded into what it is today with multiple sectors for the different classes to reside and was highly praised by the leaders during the peak of their power being able to sway the decisions of the leaders for the better.
The family finally began its decline during the revolt unintentionally caused by the class segregation, and later the supreme leader coming to power taking away most of their riches held in their warehouses and trading duties under the umbrella of the town controlled services, with it turning from a well known and feared name to a name only mentioned in the dark corners of inns by those against the man.
Since the death of Boris Sokolov and Robert Sokolov becoming the head of the family it's ties have grown further entrenched with those in dark guild, as Robert similar to his brothers joined a magical affiliation after he acquired his own form of magic just as the rest of the brothers had.
Estate
Sokolov Manor
Recently Konstantin has gained the deed to a manor in the humble town of Orchidia. Not much is known about the previous owner only that they were in some way associated with Grimoire Heart. The Sokolov Manor is not that much different from most manors in the area. There is a ballroom, dining rooms, lots of guest rooms and square with a fountain outside. He hopes to make the manor not just a house but overall a home for himself and his partner Alice.
PERSONAL HISTORY
- Corrupted History:
Konstantin vaguely recalls being born into a large family whose names and faces he has since forgotten only remembering that he was the middle child with having four other brothers of a wealthy family. Remembering scraps of his past such as tragic events such as the death of his mother, the neglect from his absent father or the abuse inflicted by his brother, plague his memories constantly. All these events were compounded in their intensity and their outcome with those memories being vivid more violent than in comparison to the original version.
The death of his mother previously associated with the pregnancy of his youngest brother had shifted to a brutal and bizarre memory of a Dark Elf tearing her to pieces bringing him to tears and inconsolable with her violent death. Taking place during the same period with him being forced to watch by an illusion of his blood-lusting elder brother. This was one of his earliest memories that he still held onto allowing him to understand what lengths the deranged would go to fulfilling their desires.
The memory of neglect from his father while initially emotionally stunting Konstantin was worsened by changing his simple absence to additional falsified parental abuse from his father along with taking the role of the abuse performed by his eldest brother in his life before he and his brothers were shipping off to Fiore for their protection. This must have lasted a significant time, with his scattered memories only recollecting that he had been receiving this treatment for years.
So they were shipped across Fiore with his siblings to a Dormitory in the freezing mountains near the border to the countries in the east, it was here where he spent little over a decade following precise orders, studying, debating, calculating and developing his intellect to become a battle strategist. Once again these activities were replaced with more heavy-handed ones being abused alongside his peers commonly be held out in the bitter cold with him severely injured at one point while lacking any physical marks indicative of such an injury.
He, formerly, would often bore and annoy both his classmates and friends by trying to discuss minor details which amused him. Rather than simply boring and annoying his classmates and now absent friends his attempts to discuss topics with his peers would result in further harsh treatment causing him to become more socially isolated both from his peers and even his family who responded in the same vein. This formerly entertaining, now cruel and psychologically damaging, education was brought to an end shortly before his birthday when he and his brothers had been requested to return to his home as his father had died in his sleep, with his death serving to provide little justice for the pain he had inflicted.
Shortly after the funeral of his father, he found out that their return to their home was not to pay his respect to the man whom formerly he felt no attachment to, now instead held an unbridled rage towards, but was also to have one of them to partake in a family magic tradition. The Blood Sacrifice ceremony which involves the sacrifice of a virgin girl by a member of the family. A memory of his past was otherwise largely unaltered with it being already being disturbing. Instead, however, He took the role as the person doing the barbaric act, rather than once again his eldest brother.
After performing the ceremony, he and his brothers tried to flee from his family by going into the forbidden, sacred forests that surrounded his hometown. However, they were fleeing from the Manor, his eldest brother wielding the same weapon to slay the girl murdered him for betraying the family. Unable to go to him, they watched from a distance as Robert continued to bring the knife down upon his brother's body causing blood to spray across him and the grass that was laying it. Robert only stopped when he was finally pulled away from her by other members of the family whilst others looked in disgust and spoke to one and another in hushed tones.
Unknown to the others the blood sacrifice had major outcomes, with each of them all gaining magical powers, ironically in Konstantin’s case he had begun to develop abilities to restore life to dead which he first discovered when he came across a dead bird which upon him touching it after it’s death resurrecting before flying off into a tree. The fact that he had acquired this particular magic sickened him as he felt only those above him should hold such a power.
Wishing to avoid the typical problems associated with having this particular magic he decided it would be appropriate for him to join the rune knights instead of having to fight them if he were discovered by a member of the rune knights who wouldn’t take a blind eye to him. During his time within the Rune Knights, Kon swiftly gained power while isolating himself from others until he learnt of Illumin, the Holy Knights and their abilities to manipulate magic to their will.
- True History:
Konstantin has a rather large sized family which is the norm for the Sokolov household, he is the middle child of Boris and Sonja Sokolov, with their children consisting of His eldest brother, Robert, Dmitry, Himself, Aleksandr and his youngest brother, Victor.
He was born into the life of luxury as one of the children of the head of the family who held a majority of families dwindling riches. After the birth of the youngest son, Sonja grew gravely ill, with their father, Boris couldn't find a way to save Sonja despite all the money the family had, so he removed himself from the outside world choosing to spend his days studying the arts of necromancy in the hopes to bring the love of his life to him.
Boris’s obsession led to him completely forgetting his children including Konstantin who were instead looked after by maids and tutors, each of them handled their mother's death and their father's absence differently, for example, this was the cause for Robert's distaste towards the rest of the family as they often would protect Victor from Robert, who blamed him for the entire affair.
Eventually after Victor reached 6 years old one of the maids demanded the absent-minded almost mad Victor that the younger children should begin school, so they were shipped across Fiore with his siblings to a Dormitory in the freezing mountains near the border to the countries in the east, it was here where he spent a little over decade following precise orders, studying, debating, calculating and developing his intellect to become a battle strategist.
He would often bore and annoy both his classmates and friends by trying to discuss minor details which amused him. This entertaining education was brought to an end shortly before his 19th birthday when he and his brothers had been requested to return to his home as his father had died from a heart attack whilst he was commencing a series of experiments.
Shortly after the funeral of his father, he found out that their return to their home was not to pay his respect to the man whom he felt no attachment to but was also to have one of them to partake in a family magic tradition also known as the Blood Sacrifice ceremony which involves the sacrifice of a virgin teenage girl by a member of the head family of the Sokolov branch with the entire head family being present.
The ceremony occurs each time the head of the family dies, the previous one to have occurred was a few months prior to Konstantin's 3rd birthday, which was performed after the death of his grandfather. After witnessing the barbaric act which Robert performed, he and his brothers tried to flee from his family by going into the forbidden, sacred forests that surrounded his hometown.
However as Dmitry was fleeing from the Manor, Robert wielding the same weapon to slay the girl murdered him for betraying the family. Unable to go to her, they watched from a distance as Robert continued to bring the knife down upon his brother's body causing blood to spray across him and the grass that was laying it. Robert only stopped when he was finally pulled away from her by other members of the family whilst others looked in disgust and spoke to one and another in hushed tones.
Unknown to the others the blood sacrifice had major outcomes, with each of them all gaining magical powers, ironically in Konstantin’s case he had begun to develop abilities to restore life to dead which he first discovered when he came across a dead bird which upon him touching it after it’s death resurrecting before flying off into a tree. The fact that he had acquired this particular magic amused him has his father had spent over a decade to gain it, he had it just after his death.
Wishing to avoid the typical problems associated with having this particular magic he decided it would be appropriate for him to join the rune knights instead of having to fight them if he were discovered by a member of the rune knights who wouldn’t take a blind eye to him. During his time within the Rune Knights, Kon swiftly gained power while isolating himself from others until he learnt of Illumin, the Holy Knights and their abilities to manipulate magic to their will.
- Unadulterated History:
Early to Mid-X785:
After the marriage between Kon and Adelaide, their newly formed family took an extended vacation towards the border of Bosco and Fiore learning his family's cultural heritage in a safer environment.
With the toppling of the Royalty and subsequent replacement in Monarchy favouring a more inclusive and tolerant regime issue between the different classes became a noticeable part in day to day living with nobility looking to gain more power while the lower class sought their own. The church meanwhile consolidated their own strength which included the golden couple of Adelaide and Konstantin with them now operating as inquisitors against the spread of zealots who sought the downfall of the church and Illumin itself.
During this period, Konstantin began to distance himself from his friends, in particular, his best friend and best man for his wedding knowing that their relationship would be damaged as a result. Instead, Konstantin focussed on more outlying areas of Fiore hoping to slow the spread of paganism. Initially, their efforts were quite successful with entire regions being purged from those that did not believe in the will of Illumin, however as time progressed uprising grew in number and perhaps most importantly in strength.
Eventually, a hotspot for cultist activity was identified which was then targeted by the Holy Knights with Konstantin and Adelaide also taking part in the cleanse. Unfortunately, the information on the hotspot was used as bait to lure numerous members leading to their deaths or their capture as was the case with Adelaide and Konstantin.
Being captured was a light way to put what occurred to them however with the duo facing significant torment, torture and manipulation. In Konstantin’s case his memories were twisted and altered until he was almost putty at the hands of the Midnight Cult while his magic was purged and his gear was acquired by the Holy Knights from him prior to his capture. They were held by the cultists seemingly for months with the order assuming that everyone had been killed.
Their rescue was only made possible with the second attempt at purging the cultist hotspot using both stronger and more knights. It was said that he was found chained to a wall beaten to the inch of his life while a magic circle of unknown sources lingered below him. Former comrades whom he had spent numerous days fighting side by side had since been forgotten even his wife after reconnecting with her since the months of torture and separation had been an uneventful reunion. Few memories did, in fact, stay central to his mind primarily that of his loyalty towards the Holy Knight Order, at least to those within the organization itself.
Early to Late-X786:
After recovering Konstantin, he underwent significant treatment partially from the Holy Knights themselves and a handful of other individuals such as family whom the Knights had selected. His treatment allowed him to regain his sense of reality as well as ensure that he remained loyal to the Holy Knights in spite of the months of torture that might have swayed him otherwise. During this time Kon also invested significant resources in relearning how to cast magic having learnt he was formerly a summoner of great constructs.
With a new mindset preferring the idea of direct conflict he invested his magical studies in the branches of Offensive and Supplementary spells while acquiring equipment to bolster his close-combat capabilities. After months of treatment, recovery and self-discovery he was signed off by his superiors to continue helping in the Crusades having been given new missions.
During this period an old friend whom Konstantin had since forgotten returned in the worst possible light. Resulting in a devastation incident destroying the manor and killing his friend albeit temporarily.
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