A young 20 year old archaeological buff and explorer extraordinaire.
While not possessing any special magical powers, Nikolai is extremely skilled in the art of knife throwing, able to strike targets with force and accuracy from reasonably great distances. A brown leather pouch strapped around his waist holds a set of ten expertly created blades, specially crafted for ease of handling and grip, sharp curved edges, and a sleek aerodynamic design.
Nikolai Petrov is a devout student of archaeology, his interest and knowledge of old, dusty tomes, forgotten burial grounds, trap-laden forbidden temples, and obscure, rare artifacts at a level that most would call slightly eccentric. Nikolai was examining an ancient stone tablet in his cluttered study when a sudden Darkness fell in the middle of a bright, misty morning, Demons and their devilish ilk ferociously bursting from patches of abnormal shade that materialized in the corners of the room.
Barely escaping, covered in deep cuts and bruises, Nikolai hurriedly descended the wooden stairs leading into his downstairs kitchen, forcefully grasped the arm of his young friend Kaisu, and hurtled out the back door into the dense copse of trees behind his home, the mystical woods into which the mysterious, glowing child descended from the sky.