{ "My name is Nina, but you can call me your majesty." }
Nina Nikolayevna Romanov
Age & Grade
17 || Rising Senior
Number of Years at Laurel
5 || She first enrolled in Laurel at the age of 12.
Sexual Orientation
Complicated, but she is known in Laurel to be a rather promiscuous bisexual
Group
Influential
Family Industry
Weapons and artificial intelligence || Following the dissolution of the Russian monarchy, the Romanov family evolved to become world leaders in the global arms industry. They manufacture weapons and military technology and equipment. The Romanov Corporation has since merged with the American aerospace and technology group, Lockheed Martin, through a marriage union. Together, they control nearly 80% of global arms sales. They are connected to artificial intelligence company, AI Corps.
Able to operate most weapons and has a particularly good aim for firearms || Skilled in hand-to-hand combat || Magnetic || Smooth liar || Witty || Quick thinker || Superb strategist || Manipulating others || Able gymnast || Public speaking || Negotiations || Can solve basic IT issues || Above average alcohol tolerance || Eloquent writer and speaker || Multilingual - she speaks fluent Russian, English, German, French, Spanish, as well as conversational Portuguese and Turkish || Dry humour
Weaknesses
Bad eyesight, Nina wears contacts most of the time || Can't cycle || Bad at mathematics || Apathetic || Vindictive, Nina does not forgive, nor does she forget || Takes things too seriously || Hasn't cooked a day in her life || Fails to remember the lyrics to songs || Chronic liar || Materialistic || Doesn't believe in sharing
Fears
Afterlife || Her greatest fear is not that there is no life after death but that there is. She hopes that death ensures non-existence, rather than an eternity of wandering as a ghost or suffering in Hell, for she knows that is where she will go.
Losing control || She is terrified of losing control in any aspect, be it the control she has over others or what little she has over her own life.
Fire || Partially why she's never cooked. Nina has avoided stoves, bonfires, candles and any other source of fire since the incident when she was a young child in Russia.
Secrets
Nina suffers from major depression.
{ Ruthless || Charismatic || Flirtatious || Machiavellian || Melancholy }
There is very little the 'Romanov Princess' will not do to obtain what she wants, and she wants a lot. A sizeable majority of the student body are eager to do her bidding because to incur the wrath of Nina Romanov is to sentence oneself to civil death. She will not hesitate to decimate any who dare oppose her and abandon those who have deemed themselves devoid of use. There are few lines Nina will not cross to get what she wants, even if it means obliterating everything and everyone in her path. She is ruthless as she is unforgiving, but she rewards greatly those loyal to her. Most are eager to be in her good graces because Nina's favour is ensures fame, fortune and acceptance within and beyond Laurel.
Despite her ferocity, which at times veers into cruel apathy, Nina is a remarkably charismatic individual. Her personality is magnetic, her laughs infectious. She has captured the attention and feverous devotion of both students and staff alike since her arrival 6 years ago. However, where she was once as kind as she was outgoing, the sequence of events that occurred when she was 14 have since morphed her sweetness, bitter. Yet the change only served to make her even more influential, where the Nina in the past was largely disinterested in exploiting her power as the Romanov Princess. Her apathy ensured she had little to no qualms about stepping on and knocking down anyone who was at the time, above her. Perhaps no student had ever advanced as quickly as she within the span of 3 years. It seemed overnight, everybody knew who she was.
Whilst Nina is far from being a prude, she is certainly not the succubus Laurel seems to believe she is. She is a temptress who flirts with most but few can lay truthful claims to having ever been in her bed, though many try. So much so that Nina is known throughout Laurel to be promiscuous, a title she has so far, not contested. The event that made her known throughout Laurel when she was 14 ensured she would be ever known as one who was decidedly not a virgin. Despite being coldly calculating, she will not sleep with anyone even if it serves a purpose. She will, however, exploit her charm and appearance to her advantage. Nina uses her body as the Influential might use their wealth, the Gifted their talents and the Powerful their magic.
Under the filthy rich and unreasonably pretty facade, Nina hides a festering darkness. She has battled with depression for much of her life, symptoms that've only exacerbated in time.
Power || Pina Coladas || Parties || Drugs and alcohol || Wit || Running || Surfing || Flirting || Money || Luxury || Big houses, big cars || Messing with people || Gullible people || Loud music || Heights || Outdoor recreation || Animals || Babies and children || Dark chocolate || Baths || Fiona Apple || The Beatles || Horror movies || Naive souls || Zealous people who think it's God's will that they shove their religion down her throat || Breakdancing || Parkour || Tattoos || Marshmallows dipped in coconut cream || Bacon and maple syrup || Twizzlers with chocolate ice-cream
Being touched without her written consent || Mushy food e.g. mashed potatoes, overcooked pasta, soggy pizza, baby food || Being opposed || People who talk too much || Overly cheerful and excitable individuals || Homophobes || Crying || Romantic comedies || Indian food || Nipple and genital piercings || Stupidity || Olives || Raisins || Every Taylor Swift song || Raw broccoli || Meat pies
Nina Nikolayevna Romanov was born in Moscow, Russia, to Nikolai Romanov and his American wife, Julia Lockheed. Prior her conception, Nina had been engaged to wed the eldest son of AI Corps' top CEO. She was Romanov's firstborn daughter and youngest, with three brothers before her. They called her the 'Romanov Princess,' as the Romanov family remains Russian royalty, although they no longer rule following the dissolution of the monarchy.
Her father, eldest and second brother left on a trip to Japan when Nina was 11, and she was left in their mansion in Moscow with her mother and youngest brother. In that time, a fire ignited that destroyed much of their property and killed both her mother and brother, the latter who perished running back into the inferno to retrieve his sister.
Nikolai was devastated by the loss of his wife and son. Seeing Nina became an unbearable reminder and he sent her to live in Laurel less than a year later. There she met Sterling Walker, who enrolled in Laurel a year earlier. Despite his aloof nature, they'd bonded after she'd thrown a fist to his jaw. Lost in her thoughts and racing through the corridors, she'd barrelled into Sterling, who'd caught her reflexively but whose hands grasped her chest to halt her fall. She'd been mortified and he'd followed to say that she shouldn't be, because 'there isn't much to grab onto anyway.'
Since literally running into each other, they'd developed a love-hate relationship. They seemed more brother and sister but by the time she was 14, she realised she'd developed an undeniably un-sisterly attraction to him. She realised this when sour jealousy gnawed at her when he began spending time with another student in Laurel. She snuck out one night and waited in the gardens they always visited, hoping to apologise and confess to him, but he did not come. A group of intoxicated Laurel boys found her instead, and afterwards the whole of Laurel thought her a whore. That night, she succumbed to a dilapidating depression she did not escape for months and struggles with even now.
She did not see Sterling again, despite needing him more than ever. She discovered soon after that he'd transferred. Nina was handicapped by a fear of everything but especially the boys who'd harmed her that night. She was too ashamed to speak the truth but knewt she could not live in fear forever. She reconciled with her eldest brother, who'd taken over the family business as Nikolai had fallen ill. Nina rose through the ranks and kept rising. The first people she crushed were the boys from that night. They were expelled and their families made bankrupt.
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Darla Baker
