Full Name: Ekaterina Alla
Azov Nevsky
Age: 19
Parents: Osip and
Yulia Azov
Nobility:
House Azov
Ekaterina Alla Azov was
born 19 years ago to Osip and Yulia Azov. She was the first female heir to
the Azov family for quite some time, thus making her the most important to the
family, especially to aid Averski Azov in his attempt to gain control of the
throne. But Osip would have none of that, he wanted nothing to do with his
families evil plots to gain control of the Nevereskaya throne. This devious
planning was led by no other then his very own brother, Averski. Mush to
Averki's distress Osip did not wish to betray the throne despite their
families past.
Averski didn't have that
many years on Ekaterina, so at even a young age, Averski had a hunger for
power. From the day of Ekaterina's birth, Averski had saw the advantage of
this beautiful young girl. For the heir to the throne was none other them
Maxim Nevsky, a child himself that was but a few years older then Ekaterina.
But as long as Osip and Yulia were living, and until he reached a suitable age
himself, he would have no claim to Ekaterina, therefore he could not use her
to his advantage. Despite the families disagreement, Osip and Yulia both
agreed that it would only be true to Ekaterina's heritage that she be raised
in the providence of Churminsk, where the rest of the Azov family resided.
Up until the age of 17
she was happily raised by her parents who taught her that the greed that
drives their family is nothing but a sin and should not be followed. Soon
after Ekaterina's seventeenth birthday tragedy stuck. While traveling to a
friends house that was a good distance from their home Osip and Yulia were
attacked. The attack was so sudden that the guards had little time to react
and both Osip and Yulia died right there. Was it planned? Was it the works
of Averski? Who knows, but the thoughts have crossed many peoples mind.
The death Ekaterina's
parents devastated her. As any family would do in a time of morning, the
Azov family pulled together. Even going as far as to let Averski take in the
newly orphaned Ekaterina. After the proper mourning period Averski's true
reasons for taking Ekaterina in began to surface. He did everything to insure
that she was to marry Maxim, the heir to the Nevereskaya throne.
It was a long road
because Ekaterina was anything but proper. Her parents had always
let Ekaterina do as she wished so with her first verbal attack on Averski for
his devious ways landed her a severe beating teaching her that she had little
say in this if she wanted to survive. With a great deal of force, she learned
all that her uncle taught her. Averski knew that Ekaterina's beauty would
attract the young Maxim just as much as her families name would attract his
families attention. If Averski guessed correctly, they would see this as a
way to insure there would be no offset of the throne since Ekaterina was the
last possible heir to the Azov family that could accomplish Averski's greedful
desires.
No one knew exactly what
Averski had in mind, not even Ekaterina. It worried her constantly. She knew
that she could be accused of being a conspirator if Averski was caught.
Punishable by death. To Ekaterina, her fate was sealed. Death was certain,
the question was, at who's hands? Ekaterina and Maxim were forced to wed with
neither side really wanting to deep down. She imagined that Maxim's family
pointed out the advantages to it to him in order to persuade him and in his
eyes, he thought she truly cared for him in a love sick puppy kind of way.
Her uncle was very
direct on his orders of Ekaterina. She was to get Maxim to trust her by any
means possible, but he said the one thing she must be certain not to do is to
become pregnant with the next heir. He had told her that would ruin his plans
and he would for sure kill her.
So now Ekaterina sets
beside Maxim on the throne, ruling over Nevereskaya with him, seeming to be a
very responsible and very capable Czarina when in reality she is fighting for
her life. Every so often, she is required to meet with Averski to update him
on her progress of gaining trust and learning about the Nevsky family, but
that time has long passed and she never met him out of fear that he won't
accept what little she has learned. How could she do this when her heart
wasn't in it? She had grown to admire Maxim's strength and capability to run
the Empire smoothly and Ekaterina knows that she hasn't messed Averski's plans
up, merely slowed them down and sooner or later he will seek her out in order
to force her to do his bidding as he usually did. So she was very weary about
what was lurking in the shadows. For now this is the way it was, something
would have to give, the question is what? Only time will tell....
--More to come as
storyline develops--
