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Snezhana Maruska FULL NAME
Demon SPECIES
32 AGE
- BIRTHDAY
She/her PRONOUNS
Woman GENDER
Demi ORIENTATION
Director OCCUPATION
Reuya HOME
Toyhouse | Artfight (ID: 773567) LINKS

Inventory


Quilt
Handmade by her.

Book
Fairytales to read to the kids.

Journal
To write of her plant studies.

Flowers
She grows them with the childrens' help.

Earrings
It's fun to wear until a toddler wants to touch it.

Ribbons


Protector
This character plays a protective role to their loved ones.
Horned Creature
This character has horns.
Demonic
This character is a demon.
Where I Belong
This character has one or more found family members.
Russian
This character is Russian.
Greenthumb
This character enjoys gardening

Character Overview

About
An exceptionally well mannered young lady, Snezhana is known for being in charge of Reuya’s orphanage, and she is lesser known to be a demon. Apart from the abundance of children under her care, Snezhana has no family, her biological family having passed away due to war. Nonetheless, she is an optimistic individual who feels she should serve as a positive influence for children who’s lives lacked such.



Personality
Snezhana is a good sisterly or motherly figure despite growing up without her family for most of her life now, at least inheriting their good will and care towards others. She's adamant that a better future begins by raising good hearted childen. Her maturity from a young age has kept her from growing up enjoying her youth, sacrificing hers so others can live peacefully. She hasn't gotten a break since before the wars escalated, and she definitely needs one. Kids will always come to her though. The kids are uplifting and nice to her at least, and there's less danger around, probably. She's a gullible and superstitious person, who believes in things like folk illnesses or actions that'll cause bad luck. Maybe because she worried so much as a kid, she thinks you have to live carefully to keep bad things from happening, but submitting to it isn't very good.


Likes: Teaching, Wolves, Viburnum, Crafts, Presents
Dislikes: Stuttering, Funerals, Short sleeves, Hairstyling, Fish

Character Lore

CW: War mentions

Backstory
As a child, Snezhana was raised by her grandparents in place of her typically absent parents. Both her mother(when around) and grandmother served as wonderful maternal figures, to an extent even her grandfather, leading her to adopt her current optimistic and motherly personality. Her father worked outside of the mother’s family’s orphanage, and eventually he joined the war only to pass away, his mother following suit. Snezhana had been so accustomed to her optimistic role, her positive attitude uplifting even her mourning grandparents, thus giving her no chance to cry herself. Being demons, with better physical abilities than a human even at their ages, Snezhana’s grandparents eventually joined the war for the sake of the orphanage’s children. Despite being so young, Snezhana continued to put up a tough facade even when her grandparents disappeared, simply because the ever growing amount of admitted children needed her positivity.

While she ignored her sadness, it was subdued a considerable amount when she cared for others. Seeing that she was capable of raising children of all ages, multiple infants even, Snezhana was proud of herself. She assured herself that her family would think the same, finding her work to be a passion in place of an inherited burden. Of course, she would have liked more constant aid, but Reuya’s townspeople had always been beneficiaries to Maruska’s orphanage. Reuya treated the children as their own, even if they didn’t outright adopt anyone; the children were insistent on what they considered their home. Townspeople occasionally performed for the children, sent gifts and funding, even paying a demon doctor to tend to the children.

In the end Snezhana got so many helping hands, and the townspeople were very appreciate of what she had been doing on her own since she was a child. When she smiles, it’s for the children, for the family she wants to impress, and because she’s genuinely happy now. There are existing issues like the remnants of the wars, angels searching for demons in her town, and recently rumors of Baba Yaga. Snezhana smiles despite such things as well, but if anything where to threaten the safety of Reuya’s children, she’s promised herself to do something about it at the cost of her own safety.

Character Relationships

Remi
"Are you feeling any better? I see, well, take it easy. Oh, you finished the book already? That's amazing! Wait, you're not losing sleep reading, are you? Tell me the truth..."
Two demons with a number of years between each other, but Remi met Snezhana during such a stressful time, so they're both grateful their encounters now are mundane and filled of banter. Snezhana is more like a big sister to him, and is wary of not being too motherly or the nostalgia makes him seem off and down. Being casual with him also gives her a breather since she can be very formal with the younger kids with manners that still need to be refined.

Audette
"Stay close with the other kids, please. Yes, they're following you but I meant stay close to me. You'll get lost. What? You've gotten lost before?!"
Audette is one of Snezhana's pupils, one of the children she's known since they were a baby. Audette is an especially worrisome child since she doesn't live in the orphanage anymore, just attending for schooling, so she figures she gets distracted often on the way home. It's good that the angels are around, but Audette usually doesn't hesitate to converse with a stranger when they appear...

Coquelicotta
"Give me your hand again? It really is much softer than mine...Oh, mine isn't that special! Wha-- holding it to your face...you're really sly."
Two longtime friends since childhood, although Coquelicotta's visits tend to be short as she's always traveling. They get along even if one is a "city girl" and the other acts more like a country girl. Snezhana becomes so curious and excited to hear Cotta's stories, and Cotta often suggests taking her to travel while they're both young. If there's more help with the orphanage one day, perhaps. They seem to float between something platonic and romantic at times, but their livelihoods simply don't agree on a committment both would like to fully value. It can depend if Cotta chooses to actually "settle" one day too, but travel is most likely her first love.

Character Design

Design Notes

- 5'9, wears 1-3in heeled boots. Wears maxi skirts, blouses, and hats.

- She wears matte lipstick and eye makeup, and her hair is curled towards the bottom, but is actually straight naturally.

- Looks elegant and ladylike, motherly and on task. She has a friendly and polite demeanor.


Color Palette
From left to right: skin, eyes, boots, hair, hair, clothes

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