Viktor Kozlov

Family
Viktor Kozlov, known as Vik or Viktor to those closest to him, was born into a family of modest means in Greater Plagos. However, his early life was marked by financial issues, as the family's once thriving business of selling armour and weapons faced huge competition, ultimately leading to its decline. In a desperate bid to keep hold of their money and maintain a source of income, Viktor's father resorted to gambling, forcing the family into deep debt and instability. This financial struggle cast a shadow over Viktor's youth years, leaving him undernourished and plagued by illness.

At the age of ten, Viktor's own health took a severe blow, placing him into care of a local hospital. During his time there, he received the care and nourishment that had long been scarce to him, allowing him to gradually recover from illness and malnourishment. Although, upon his release, he was returned home by a nurse to an even more devastating situation. His father's battle with alcoholism had intensified, leading to the abandonment of his mother and the subsequent burden of caring for his alcoholic father falling completely onto Viktor's shoulders.

As their financial situation got worse and worse over years, the Kozlov family lost their home, ultimately being forced to endure the harsh realities of life on the streets. Viktor's father, in the struggle of his addiction, had fallen to kidney failure, leaving Viktor alone and completely poor. Determined to carve out a better future for himself, he sought various means of survival, including failed attempts at fishing and selling fish for money but also to provide food.

However, it was during the evening where he was wandering the streets trying to think of better ways to earn money, that Viktor overheard a conversation among a group of mercenaries discussing the vast profits they had made. Left with no other option and an opportunity to finally make a living, Viktor found himself drawn to the idea of pursuing a career in mercenary work, a decision that would shape the course of his life forever, it was not a decision that was easy to make but he realised it is a risk he had to take if he wanted to survive.

By the age of 18, Viktor had been an independent mercenary for two years, during that time he had managed to make enough money to buy him food, places to stop and stay temporarily and start to make his way to a comfortable life, but one day when roaming the rural areas of town, he was stopped by a bandit who was aware of his job and attempted to rob him off his money, with this near death experience which he managed to survive and kill the bandit, he realised that this job was too dangerous so he tried to find alternatives, within his luck though he managed to come across the leader of Plagos who saw from a distance him getting attacked, after talking with Viktor, the leader of Plagos offered him an apprenticeship in his ranks as foreign affairs minister immediately giving him a safer way of earning money.

Past Career
Viktor had served as and Apprentice Foreign Affairs Minister for Greater Plagos where he had found a safe way of earning money and finally being given a home for a permanent place of living. After gaining the trust of the King of Plagos, he was made a full Foreign Affairs Minister which allowed him to gain reputation and explore other nations, bringing him further from his past struggles.

Viktor whilst serving as minister for foreign affairs, after 18 years, Viktor had been offered to own a town which was liberated from rebels in which he took the offer. After attempting to rebuild the city from the ground up he took a small vacation to get a bit of rest. After being gone for a few weeks he had returned to carry on with his duties but little to his notice, his nation swiftly fell, his town once again ruins and his home was raided, Viktor tried to find out what happened but he found out he was no longer welcome in the town, and his job was no more as he found his citizenship was removed as he was seen as a "Loyal" supporter of the Plagos Monarch, yet he only worked for him to earn a living. This was all the work of Lunaris, an empire that retook the Plagos land and forced many citizens out of their homes.

Journey to Etscharian Empire
Viktor Kozlov at the age of 36 needed a new home after his old home was no longer his. He had nowhere to live and so he needed to find somewhere and hope he would not have to sleep on the streets once again. His journey had began and after hours of boating he landed at some docks of a massive city, the city was beautiful with nice houses, a massive palace and there seemed to a lot of opportunities for Viktor to work and earn. As he set foot on the docks and looked around, he was found by a local tour guide who coincidentally offered him a tour. He took the offer and after a full tour of the city, he decided that he would call that place home, that place being the city of Lileanen. Although, when becoming a citizen it was clear that he must convert to the religion but after explaining that he does not have any faith in any god as if there was one, then they had allowed for his home to be raided, his town to be destroyed and allowed innocent people to die, therefore he was not prepared to put faith into religion. Luckily for Viktor, he was given Royal Assent to not be apart of the religion and therefore his citizenship was granted and he was provided a home.

Current Life
Whilst living in Lileanen, Viktor has been exploring ways to earn money and he is considering setting up shop and attempt to make a trading company where people pay him for services and goods. Although with a lack of funds and no-one he knows, it is going to be a rough start and therefore he is looking for ways to set up shop, he would name the company the "Kozlov Trading Company".