Katya Uminska

Katya is an Aasimar Barbarian and a member of Cher Amies. She loves cats.

Description
Katya is an intimidating woman with a kind heart. She has stark white hair, often let down or braided.

Her eyes are golden, showing her aasimar heritage. She was given her powers as well as her inhuman looks by Viella, Goddess of battle, marriage, and cats. Her eyes sometimes have cat pupils, or glow; it depends on how strong her feelings are at the time.

She has a very large build, super buff and hot. She is often surprised that people find her intimidating, as she thinks of herself as very soft.

She has tiger stripes across her body, seemingly as tattoos. They are a sign that she is a totem warrior of the tiger. These stripes glow when she's raging. I draw them differently almost every time whoops.

Her outfit changes a lot.

The general scheme is gold, white and brown.

She is proud of her body and wants to show it off so she usually just wears a sash or bra over her chest. She always wears a pendant of a black cat around her neck, a symbol of Viella. She enjoys wearing furs if she's up north, usually a large coat with big pockets for cake. She always wears wraps around her arms as a call back to her gladiator days. She'll usually wear a loincloth, loose skirt or light pant to not restrict her movement. In a perfect world she'd fight naked. She likes not wearing shoes but she'll wear large boots in colder climates, in her homeland she usually wears wraps around her legs and feet.

Katya is very enthusiastic, impulsive, and loving. Because of her past she tries to protect those she cares about often disregarding her own safety. She isn't very intelligent, but makes for it with her abundance of empathy for creatures and her friends. Although her protective nature does get her in trouble when she runs into those she deems as a threat such as Viggo and Rose.

Dima
Former lover and battle buddy. Katya had been watching Dima's matches before they fought together and was her biggest fan, often sending flowers to her dressing room, Katya's flowers were the only ones she ever got as Dima was labelled evil due to her demonic heritage. They became colleagues in the fighting pit and eventually romantically involved. They were cast as rivals but they got along very well and discussed their feelings and dreams after matches. Katya had planned to propose to Dima when the dragon attack happened. She hid the ring in a flower bouquet like the ones she used to send to Dima's dressing room, it was waiting for her but may have been destroyed in the fire and chaos. Katya's deva told her to follow a cat which she did, leading her to safety before the dragon attack. Dima as well as the gladiator pit were burned and Katya's heart has not recovered.

Deimos/Petya Uminska
Katya's papa. He loves her a lot, and desperately wants to regain his memories of her.

During Katya's childhood, Deimos was Katya's biggest fan. He was a stay at home father, his main interests were sewing and cooking. He made gorgeous meals for his family, always with a lot of meat for the growing Katya. When Katya took in interest in Gladiator fights Deimos was her most supportive ally. He made her first costume when she was a teenager, and put little angel wings on the back saying she was his little angel. When she got into the ring herself Deimos always cheered the loudest. He was at home during the dragon fight, when Katya searched she found no sign of him, thinking him dead.

Vanna Uminska
Vanna and Katya had a complicated relationship. Vanna was a high ranking cleric of the temple of Auna in Wistari. Vanna held Auna's teachings very dear to her, the even playing field of death especially. Vanna's main responsibilities where helping hopeful mothers give birth and burying the dead. When Vanna had her first and only child Katya she was overjoyed, a new life full of wonder and hope. Katya being an aasimar and being born in the church of Auna just made sense to many of the clerics. Vanna was very frustrated by Katya always sneaking out during sermons and not taking the teachings of Auna seriously enough. She eventually realized her daughter was blessed by Viella, this created underlying conflict between the two but they did love each other even if they didn't see eye to eye. When the dust had settled after the dragon attack, Katya went to her mothers church first and found her charred corpse. Katya burried her mother in the graveyard just as she would have wanted, and recited all the funeral rites she could remember.



Miffy McDonald
Miffy is currently Katya's best friend and confidant. Katya has opened up to her about her dead girlfriend and looking for love again one day. Katya and Miffy have a love of nature, and respect for animals. Katya and Miffy seem protective of each other. Miffy being the only one to agree with Katya about not having Rose with them in fear that Katya may get hurt again. Katya tries her best to protect Miffy now knowing she's a champion and interpreting her dreams from Viella to mean Miffy must be protected.

Neva Umbrazi
Katya felt closest to Neva in the beginning of their adventure. Having another Pyrian in the party made her feel more comfortable. Although from their time together sh realized despite their heritage they couldn't be more different. They both find confidence in completely different fields, but both their families tried to push them to be something they weren't. Neva is currently teaching Katya how to read, with limited success. Katya wants to teach Neva how to brawl, to perhaps make her parents lay off. They both have a lot to learn from one another.

Raevynn Eldrogin
Raevynn and Katya are the two fightiest girls in the party. They both have high tempers and get set off easily. Katya spiked Raevynn's mamosa with a love potion, where she kissed Matthew and then was furious about it. The girls fist fought in the street and have settled things since then.

They have more in common then they realize, both losing a romantic partner, and wanting them back. But they're both stuborn and haven't talked through their feelings of loss and grief yet.

Matthew Dunn
Matthew took the longest to warm to Katya. Katya often would say the phrase "are we best friends now?" to him, usually getting a grimace or an eye roll in response. Matthew has a lot of trauma and doesn't seem used to people being so openly affectionate like Katya and Neva. Through their adventures they bonded over their love of cats and aiding others, as well as their guilt for those left behind. During one fateful fight with a vampire Katya died, and Matthew came to her rescue immediately resurrecting her, first with his demon's power but suddenly Viella aided the revivify to bring Katya back. Matthew and Katya held each other weeping, and Katya again asked "are we best friends now?" and he nodded.