XANTHOPOULOS, irinka aksinya

[IRINKA AKSINYA XANTHOPOULOS]

Look here, what Do you see? Are You Looking Forward to Get Tangle Up in Me? FULL NAME Irinka Aksinya Xanthopoulos AGE & BIRTHDAY Nineteen born 18-April-2006 OCCUPATION Drumstrang alumna, Teaching Intern Defense Against the Dark Arts, Hunter (Xanthopoulos Clan) BLOOD STATUS Pure-blood. FACE CLAIM Ksenia Solo. WAND TYPE Fourteen inches, Salamander Skin and Ashwinder Ash, Black Laurel, Inflexible. PATRONUS Wyvern. PETS Her life is too busy to have a pet. ABILITIES Average skill in wandless and non-verbal, had had little [no] success in learning legilimency and occlumency and has given up on the mastering these skills [although if asked she tells her family she is still working at it, it just isn't a skill for all wizards]. Tell me who you are, I'm sure you're some kind of superstar. Free Style She is born under the sign of the ram - a sign of fire. She is a fireball of emotion. A volcano threatening to spew its burning lava at anyone who dares awaken it from its slumber. Xanthopoulos. Many wizards know the name but few know all the stories. She has heard them since her infancy, its their duty to know their history, their pride, their shame, their sin, and most importantly, their redemption. She comes from a special branch of the Xanthopoulos family, or maybe questionable is a better way to put it. Most consider the first born male to be a family heir, of course circumstances made some Xanthopoulos change their way of thinking. There had always been hunters among the Xanthopoulos clan, the family was vast and powerful after all, it made sense that they had their fingers dipped in everything. Of course, with power comes consequence. Many have their own tales about why the Xanthopoulos clan started to lack male children, or worse why they seemed to only be squibs, but the reason didn't seem to matter so much to this branch. Tucked away in Russia these Xanthopoulos hunted the worst of the worst when it came to dark wizards - that was if you dared to still call them wizards at that point. This was the branch that dealt with the removal of the dark wizards with tainted blood, the ones who prayed upon the innocent and weak. The wizards that other Xanthopoulos might have feared going after not caring to risk the consequences of if they messed up. After all...when dealing this those sort the risk of a fate worse than death lingered. They are a small clan, possibly the smallest amongst those who called themselves hunters. Most of the Xanthopoulos only sought out the dark wizards just like the family was known for, but a good number had paired up with some of the rogue families who needed leadership. Many of them trained to take on the beasts and yet would never face one in their life, they hunted out of necessity after all - their targets were never innocents, their deaths would always be for the greater good. Still the family held onto their Xanthopoulos ways, hunting down the dark wizards of the world, now just with a wider skill set of witch hunting. It was customary the boys take up the life of a hunter, that they follow their fathers who followed their fathers into the night. It was their job to keep others safe, it was a necessary evil. But soon there just were not Xanthopoulos boys who could carry on after their fathers. It seemed as if the Xanthopoulos Clan would vanish. It was than the family started to change. Suddenly their daughters where taking lead, they prove they can fight just like sons, maybe even better than sons. There is a fire in their daughters that no one can ignore anymore. Soon it is their wives' names sons are taking, what once was a patriarchy was quickly becoming a matriarchy. Each generation gained the Xanthopoulos women more and more respect, at least that was what they demanded from others. They were ruthless but just, hunting only the worst of the beasts that masqueraded as men. Xanthopoulos, its the name from her mother, and her mother's mother, and her mother before her - and it is her name. She is the second daughter, a high praise to her mother. Two heirs. Of course, only one is necessary but in a blood line such as theirs it never hurt to have a second. Her sister, Lesya, is eleven when she is born, already the standard that Irinka will be expected to meet - but not surpass. They are not meant to be rivals, she is born to assist Lesya to help her in honoring the family and upholding its values. Training starts young, long before school. After first you don't realize, its in the toys they give you for play, the stories they tell you before bed, it seems innocent but its all the start of your training. The younger you are the more fun they make it seem, they work to make it be like a game - its only when you get older you see past the vial and realize these games were only teaching you how to be a better warrior. Lesya is there from the start. There is a trust between them that seems unbreakable. Even when she feel as if she is little more than a figure in her elder sister's shadow there is still a respect she cannot help but hold for her. They are confidants, she strives to be there for Lesya in all the ways she is there for her. Around age eight she started to train under Lesya and one of the clan boys, Dmitry. Dmitry has been a part of her life for almost as long as Lesya. Its not hard to idolize Dmitry, he seemed to have a soft spot for her as well. They had their own jokes and often made trouble for Lesya, but at the same time Dmitry made sure she never fell behind - he pushed her when she needed it, even when she would protest. He seems like an older brother, that was had she ever had one. Although knowing their families even at her young age Irinka could guess that older brother was what he was intended to be. Arranged marriage was not common among the families, now encouragement of relationships was another story. Since both Dmitry and Lesya had graduated it was rather clear that their families were very much trying to encourage a unity. Later they were joined by Zoya, someone who seemed exceptionally close to Lesya. Irinka never questioned though - after all what did it matter? Sometimes it seemed to cause tension between the three older clan members but it wasn't really Irinka's concern was it? Soon it was Irinka's turn to enter school. Up until age eleven her schooling had been at home under the tutelage of her family and clan members, she learned to read, write, speak in the most common languages used around the world, she was trained on the theory of magic and the creatures she would later hunt, and of course she was trained in physical combat. Now though, she would learn the particular use of magic, the history, and of course she would finally be able to learn the most valuable skills every hunter needed. It was strange being at school, she had grown accustom to being around her three older mentors. She constantly wrote to her sister and Dmitry, they kept her updated on their various adventures. Both her mentors had moved into their jobs and roles in the clan, doing what they could to honor the family. It was now her turn to study magic, to follow in their foot steps as she always had. Each summer when she returned to Russia she found herself falling into the old familiar routine, her time was mostly spent with Lesya and Dmitry, although each passing year it seemed Lesya spent more time with Zoya than herself and Dmity. Things where shifting between them, all of them. The more time she spent with him the less and less she could see him as someone who would likely be considered her brother. It was frustrating to the young teen, as it was becoming clear that she was starting to have a rather inappropriate affection towards the older clan member. After all - she was never intended to be competition for her sister - and Dmitry was, technically, her sister's. So why did she feel jealous? It wasn't like they could ever be anything, and obviously it was some unrequited crush - she was after all basically his kid sister. It didn't stop her from becoming short with him at times, acting out in petty fits and causing him unnecessary trouble. Yet even in her rebellion she couldn't help but find herself still needing him, and often just apologizing for the trouble blaming it on what ever reason she could create that never reviled just what truly bothered her enough to cause such petty fits. At sixteen she is called into her mother's study, it is time they have an important talk. Her future in the family. There has been a plan in the works in Britain, she is told that many details will not matter - her mission will be simple. A mentor will be needed for a girl when she 'comes of age', it was her who was meant to be that mentor. A simple task, a girl named Rain - she would be a fifth year when Irinka would be of age. It seemed strange but she was in no position to turn down the task. It was tradition to teach the younger family members after all - except how often had the family training actually crossed borders? Of course they family could never send their youngest alone, Lesya, Zoya, and Dmitry would also be headed to Britain when the time was right - till than she trains hard in defensive and offensive magic. She take parts in duels when ever possible knowing that it was the best way to learn. She has to become deadly with a wand - but she also had to learn how to spot the enemy. Its strange at sixteen being told your future. Now more than ever she finds herself confiding more in Dmitry than she does with Lesya. That year she asked only he accompany her to her school year send off, after all it was a busy year for the clan and no one else need to trouble themselves. She had doubts, about if she was ready to take on such a mission. After all it was such a strange request, wasn't it? Perhaps she had overshared on his trip, and maybe her actions had also been out of line. It took time to talk about how she had attempted to kiss him before departing that day, she blamed it on the stress. Maybe it had been over compensation, it was as if she made a point to have a boyfriend that year, of course by the summer she found herself breaking it off by letter - after all she would be moving the following year, what was the point of giving the young man the false sense that he and her would ever be something more than just a short romance. Her final year of school passed quickly, she knew what was coming after graduation. Dmitry was often a saving grace in her times of doubts, although as with every school year their interactions were limited to letters. She had to secure a job in the school - Hogwarts school that was. It was going to be the best way to teach Rain in the limited time she was given. It made sense to apply to be a teaching intern, it was exactly what she was being sent to do anyways. It wasn't difficult to figure out where her subject strengths were either - she was acceptation in her dark arts class and her constant partaking of dueling had only helped improve her offensive and defensive magic, defense against the dark arts - it really was the subject she was best suited for. Two weeks after graduation she is packed up and moved from Russia to Britain. It was that summer she met Rain, a beautiful Korean witch who was exceptionally talented for her age and Raphael, an equally beautiful blonde wizard - one of the adopted family members. Irinka didn't take long to develop a fondness for both teens, though it felt strange calling herself their mentor (and eventually their Professor of sorts) when she was only a few years older than them both. A part of her had to wonder, just why did the family decide this young girl needed to learn the skills of hunting beasts? It wasn't her job to question the family's motives though, everything had a reason after all. Hogwarts was a change for Irinka having been schooled up north at Drumstrang. Seeing muggleborns and tainted bloods mingling with half-bloods and pure-bloods alike. This was definitely going to be an interesting school year for Irinka. She still felt under qualified to some how actually be aiding of teaching young minds but at the same time she was also there learning how to mold younger minds, learning skills that would only help aid her in the years to come as and she could pass on her knowledge to the generations to come. Her main mission was training Rain in their free time, but she was also to learn from the Professor she worked with, she was to do justice to her job and title. Irinka was not one to fail, and both these missions were not exceptions. Let's us all just be friend, And together we can start a new trend. ALIAS: Bonzi AGE: 27 DISCOVERY: Paige ♥ and I basically live here CHARACTERS: ALEKSI NIKITA IVANKOV, ALTAIR MAE POYNTER, AMERY CATHAL CAMBELL, AMITY CATHLEEN PARRIS, ANTOINE MARQUEZ LETOURNEAU, APOLLO JAMES BORDEN, AUBREY CAMILLA SCIARRA, AUGUSTINE VENIA IFINOH, AXEL TOBIAS MEAGHER, BAILEY IVO MCCONNELL, BEATRICE ADELAIDE DURSLEY, BRYONY CATE BUCHANAN, CASPIAN DMITRI CROSSHEART, DANTE APOSTOLOS CARPETHOS, ELEANOR CORDELIA WORRALL, EMILLA PÄIVÄ AALTO, EVIN MIKHAIL GREKOV, GERONE CARLOTTA CARPETHOS, GIDGET ANABEL HALE, ICARUS ALAWN LLEWELLYN, IMOGEN NIAMH MERRITT, IRINKA AKSINYA XANTHOPOULOS, ISAAC RYDER MCAVOY-GREYBACK, JACOB SAMUEL BLENKINSOP, JACQUELINE AURORA TALBOTT, LACHLAN WALLACE MONTGOMERY, LENNOX ELASIS BRYNJAR WILKOŁAK, NATHANAEL ANTOINE CLEMENCE, NYX DIONE MOON, OROCHI TACHIBANA, PASCAL ARISTIDE BORGIA, PAXTON POLARIS PRESCOTT, PHINEAS AJAX PAKARINEN, ROBERT SHAY WAGTAIL-HOLDEN, TAWNEE RAE ADDAMS, TIBERIUS DEAN THREASHER, YŪKI SATŌ NOTES: Is currently unaware that Rain is not the girl she thinks she is - Rain Olivia Xanthopoulos is actually ChaeHyun Goo. She is also unaware that the skills she has been trusted to teach 'Rain' are also intend for her to use on innocents that could interfere with the mission (such as her werewolf brother ChaeKyu who is not a dark wizard *at least to her knowledge*) - also a plan that Irinka has not been informed of. Is clearly a pawn in the Xanthopoulos plan to take down the Reinhardt heir and family with the use of Rain Reinhardt and ChaeHyun Goo. made by paige

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Even though Dmitry hasn't been created yet, I cannot wait to thread these two! Oh I'm so very excited! So excited! Ahhh!!! Don't forget them claims!