Vyacheslav Lysenkov
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| Vyacheslav Lysenkov | |
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| Biographical Information | |
| Born | 20 November 1939, 72 |
| City of Birth | Yekaterinburg, Russia |
| Current City | London, England |
| Blood status | Half-blood |
| Also known as | Chaz, Lysander |
| Physical Information | |
| Gender | Male |
| Height | 5'11" |
| Hair Colour | Grey |
| Eye Colour | Unknown |
| Skin Colour | White |
| Magical Characteristics | |
| Patronus | Musk ox |
| Education | |
| School | Durmstrang Institute |
| Class of | 1958 |
| Occupation | |
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| Neon | |
Little is known about Vyacheslav. After graduating from Durmstrang he promptly disappeared off the grid for several decades. In that time, rumours of a highly intelligent specialist and strategist going by that name arose in the Russian criminal underworld, skilled in espionage and sabotage. He was highly sought after by shady individuals, but who he really worked for during that time remains unknown.
While Britain was going through the Second Wizarding War, he resurfaced in France during one of Morgana Hollingbury's solo heists and aided her without asking for payment before vanishing, with the intention of helping her only because of the trouble it'd cause within certain criminal mobs. Curious, Morgana tracked him down and had a conversation with him, during which she learned he was looking to escape to England but was having trouble with war-related issues as well as migration. With her help in exchange for valuable information, he achieved this in 1998.
Ever since then he's worked with Morgana as her primary informant. He keeps eyes and ears out in the criminal world, but prefers to watch from the sidelines as entertainment. Vyacheslav seems a simple man who takes pleasure in simple things, but there are no absolutes with him. His stories of his past change with every retelling, he's got anecdotes for everything, and he laughs and/or snarks at everyone. He makes you feel that he's exaggerating things. The only truly confirmed fact about him is that he no longer has any interest in being part of whatever world he was in when young. He just prides himself on giving accurate information with evidence, about the only thing anyone can trust him with.
Vyacheslav speaks with a Russian accent and wears red-tinted black glasses with side shields. He's always seen with a toothpick in his mouth. Morgana addresses him as Lysenkov; other British friends call him Chaz. He has implied that 'Vyacheslav Lysenkov' may not even be his real name, though it's possible that's part of his smoke-and-mirrors impression. Despite his job and looks, he has good taste with wine, food and opera, though he indulges in crass humour even more often. His morality is ambiguous at best, but he is only seen working alongside Morgana for altruistic reasons and shows disdain for crimes done for selfish reasons.
As for why he works with Morgana, it remains a mystery since he doesn't often get paid. Sometimes he says he's doing it out of loyalty. Other times he's doing it because Morgana uses his info to stir up criminals and he enjoys it. Morgana only makes it clear that Vyacheslav works with her, not for her, and makes sure that he's living okay in England.
Possible Background
Morgana has her suspicions, but what she knows based on Lysenkov's smattering of information is very little and uncertain. He mentions having worked for the Russian Ministry of Magic and how they deny him passage to leave the country because of what he knows. He mentions having dirt on important people (no individuals specified) and 'knowing too much' that the British Ministry of Magic may want him for their own ends.
He has mentioned being a patriot and getting disillusioned with the motherland, saying that the state of the government is not something he wants to support as it is beyond his ideals of what he did for his country. He has not specified those ideals.
He also likes to fiddle with magical spying devices.
Morgana's hunch is that he may have been a spy or secret agent for the Ministry living in deep cover or infiltrating the criminal underworld, but that remains unfounded and a guess at best.
He also occasionally refers to himself with two names (Lysenkov, Lysander). To anyone who is not Morgana he refers to himself as Chaz Lysander. The ease at which he says this seems too natural to him.
He is missing his patronymic name, indicating he does not want to let people know what his father's name is.
