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Description

Name: “Kiparis”

Age, Ideology, Driving Motivation: 19, Personae of Truth, Big Questions and Small Pleasures

Physical description:
He has a very youthful-looking appearance with a reasonably pretty face, but his expression is permanently bored, unimpressed, and sleepy looking except for when he is angry or “excited”. Kiparis himself has often joked that a psychiatrist would have a field day with those last two details.
Slightly on the shorter side
Trim build
Although he doesn’t have anything close to a bodybuilder’s bulk his muscles are very well-defined
Slouches fairly often, making him seem even shorter than he is
Caucasian; grey-silver eyes and black hair
Skin is pasty, almost sickly looking, and always cold to the touch. Kiparis rarely wears light clothing, since he almost always feels frigid wherever he goes.

Personality:
Scary when angry; this often surprises those who have not seen this side of him
Often feels overwhelmed, but in truly trying circumstances he holds himself together
Gets extremely irritable if he doesn’t get a lot of time to daydream or ponder alone
Generally kind, and is a good friend towards those he trusts
Good sense of self-deprecating humor
Rather tolerant of new things or ideas in general, which is due more to naivety than genuine open-mindedness
Loves women and erotic pursuits, probably more than would ever be healthy. When combined with his reputation as a quiet loner, many assume he is a harmless variety of pervert, which is mostly true. Kiparis finds it easy to talk to women without feeling awkward, however, and he values people from both genders as friends. He actually finds it difficult to treat women any different from men in social environments, which can be good or disastrous, depending on the scenario.

Casual Outfit 1: Adidas tracksuit, Puma sneakers

Casual Outfit 2: “Floofy” sweater, sweatpants, Puma sneakers

Casual Outfit 3: Personae of Truth uniform (Kiparis finds it shameful for a soldier to not wear their parade uniform regularly)

Representative Items:
M19A11 in .357 SIG with 50 rounds FMJ flat point steel core ammunition in three sixteen round magazines and two loose rounds
hunting/utility knife
hatchet
compact butcher’s field kit and small supply of hunter’s tools
Cooking pot with frying-pan lid
utensils
rechargeable batteries
heavy gloves and winter hat
canteen
scarf
crowbar
tarot cards
CMR-30 with 4x optic/3 30-round magazines, 100 rounds hollow-point ammunition
three small game traps
snare wire
compass
survival manuals
maps
multi-tool
ferrocerium rod
large sized Kevlar backpack with integrated solar charger
WPR MRE
load bearing vest
insect repellent
grooming kit and toiletries
heavy towel
flashlight
Duct tape
2 26.5mm combat flares
1 26.5mm flare pistol
Cell phone
Battery-powered rocket stove
Personae of Truth shelter-half plus ground sheet/sleeping pad/stakes/guidelines/etc.
tarp
sleeping bag
heavy lighter with one fuel reload
class 2 bulletproof vest
S-2 helmet+goggles+ski mask combo (typical of Personae of Truth)
VSS Vintorez w/Personae of Truth copy PKOS-07 scope on swivel mount
makhorka cigarette
80 9x39mm SP5 rounds and 40 9x39mm SP-6 bullets in 8 10-round and 2 20-round magazines
gillnetting equipment and fishing kit
food and drink (rice, bouillon cubes, potted meat, half loaf of bread, cashews, bottled water, freeze-dried eggs, flaked turkey, three tins salmon, vodka, sardines, instant coffee, tea, sugar, biscuits, 6 tins salted butter)
ADIDAS tracksuit
sweater and sweatpants
Personae of Truth uniform
good-quality hiking boots
good-quality outdoorsman’s jacket and hiking pants
billycan
one full flask of “gil” (Personae of Truth’s signature 40%/10%/50% mixture of alcohol/sugar/water, in a flask with a stopper that can be used as a shot glass measurement)

Habits/Mannerisms:
Alternates between a formal and very informal manner of speaking
Makes a conscious effort to consider things from both an emotional and a practical manner in order to arrive at a conclusion
Loves reading technical manuals and the old Soviet novels that Vladmir lends him (and any dirty books he can find, although he doesn’t talk about that one as much)
Prefers his vodka mixed, oddly
Drinks, smokes cigarettes on a semi-daily basis, smokes cannabis occasionally, drinks poppy tea very rarely
Wears his uniform often, even when off-duty
He is excellent at calculating trajectories and dispersal patterns on the fly, and is routinely capable of hitting a human-sized target at the upper end of a 9x39mm rifle’s max range
Stammers, gets embarrassed, and blushes often when he commits a social faux pas

Background: Kiparis’s background is shrouded in enigma, not helped by what seems to be effective amnesia, to the extent that he had to take on an alias when his real name escaped him. Even Kiparis himself seems unable to come up with an explanation of who he is that answers all the questions.

Virtues:
Generous
Loyal
Trusting
Quick learner
Unique way of looking at problems
Honest, excessively so even

Vices:
Even though he is peaceable when calm, if he does lose his temper he can easily become violent and verbally abusive
Addiction to sex and masturbation, pornography
Extensive book smarts, but poor common sense

Miscellaneous Details/Notes:
He knows a great deal about Soviet military doctrine; his training is midway between that of the a motor rifle infantryman and a military-variety Spetsnaz, but in regards to his infamous book smarts he knows the inner workings of nearly any Soviet piece of military technology or battle plan. It is not rote memorization either, as he seems to be able to recognize areas in need of improvement or deliberately downgraded export equipment.
More than anything else, Kiparis desires human contact in any meaningful form. He is well aware of this, seeing it as a life goal to be loved.
Just like many Ukrainians, Kiparis does not suffer fools quietly and views gross stupidity as an offense worthy of punishment

Quotes:

“People say men are only into unrealistic, idealized, chaste weaklings. That isn’t true in the slightest. I’d rather have a messy, slutty, irresponsible, big-boobed drinker as either a friend or lover.”
“What am I daydreaming about? This and that, such and so. It wouldn’t be daydreaming if it was productive.”
“Of course I can’t be a serial killer. Serial killers are able to pass for ordinary people.”
“The greatest evidence that God doesn’t exist is that certain people do exist. I’m only afraid of one thing, human evil. The devil might exist, but he must be bored then, because we hardly need his help to turn into monsters anyway.”
“I spend far often wondering how long it takes a corpse’s brain to stop dreaming before it’s genuinely dead.”