Oksana Zakov

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Oksana Anastasia Richard Zakov

IC Information
Full Name:	Oksana Anastasia Richard Zakov
Job:	Journeyman Alchemist
Gender:	Female
Age:	20
Height/Weight:	5'3" / 108 lbs
Eyes/Hair:	Green-gold / Bronzed brown
Date of Birth:	January 13, 489
Place of Birth:	Barony of Miller's Isle, Draught

Oksana Zakov arrived upon Gateway very early in the year 505. The reasons for her arrival are only somewhat known to the public. Her mother, Anastasia Zakov, was a very well-known and respected alchemist upon Draught who died during the revelation of an illegal experiment. Upon her mother's death, and the shutting down of the experiment, Oksana was sent by the Duchess Draught to be a ward of Baron Athar Soranus of Ethos. Her father, a noted medical experimentalist upon Draught, has not been heard from since before her mother's experiment was discovered.

She is a very independent young woman, living within the apartment that was once rented for her by her guardian. The year 508 saw her graduate from the University upon Gateway Isle with her focus upon alchemy. She found employment under Nigel Ortberg in the apothecary as his apprentice, until the man retired to Draught. Since, she continued to train under Coleridge Eisenhart, another noted and well respected Master Alchemist as she reached her Journeyman years. However, during the Great Schism of 508, Master Eisenhart was killed in his lab during the chaos on Gateway Isle. Though Oksana has come into the ownership of Ortberg's Apothecary through the death of her most recent Master, her immediate future now consists of finding a new master to train under for the next few years of her life.

Studious to the core, Oksana is often seen in the presence of books. She has a very dry demeanor, coming off as superior sometimes with her lack of empathy of those around her, though as she grows and makes friends, that demeanor has begun to change a bit, defrosting her somewhat to experience more in the way of dealing with people, but only a bit.

She often looks at the world as if under a microscope, watching it go by as an observer rather than a participant, as if she were not a part of it.