Anya
Anya Ozera
Just a girl...
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| Full name | Anya Ozera |
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| Date of Birth | April 10, 2508 |
| Birthplace | Paquin |
| Parents | Yurei & Alexa Ozera |
| Assignment | Captain, Praemia |
| Status | Active |
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1/2532-Present: Praemia | |
History
Anya was born and raised on Paquin. She is Romani, though her biological mother was an outsider. Some people still haven't forgotten that. Anya was orphaned as a baby and raised by her Aunt and Uncle, whom she considers to be her mother and father even now. She was brought up in a fairly traditional Romani household, in the shadow of the Great Carnivale. She has several brothers and sisters (who are actually cousins, but she doesn't think of them that way).
Anya's mother was always a little harder on her than her sisters, perhaps in an effort to squelch any inborn gadje traits that might have tried to emerge. She was brought up to be a proper Romani girl and wife, well-schooled in the domestic arts, but received no offers for her hand, despite turning out to be rather pleasing to the eye. She learned about Romani medicine and herbal remedies from her mother, and how to make a living off of tourists from her father. For a few years, she worked as 'Madame Ozera,' a fortune teller and dancer at the Carnivale, but secretly she always wanted to travel and see the 'Verse...
Recent Events
Anya managed to convince her family to allow her to leave home and fly with the Jia in October of 2531, upon receiving a generous offer from Captain McGuire to join the crew and learn a trade. Her parents were still not super keen on the idea, but because Captain McGuire was a Prince of the Deadwood Clan and his wife, Danee, was a blood relation they were willing to entrust their daughter to them for a time. Much eye-opening adventure ensued, and Anya began to pull away more and more from the controlling influence of her family. In January of 2532, she left the Jia to join the crew of the Praemia as a pilot (in training). She tried to keep in touch with her old crew; family is family. For a while, life was good.
Anya's happy days on Praemia would be short-lived. In late February of 2532, Praemia's Captain (Mike Sayles, also Anya's squeeze) left for a trip that was supposed to be a couple of days but stretched into weeks and then months. For a while it seemed like the crew was falling apart, with some leaving to pursue other employment and others just kind of wandering off. Despite persistent heartache, Anya kept the ship flying and began negotiating cargo contracts, even hired a few more crew to help her out. She discouraged them from calling her Captain (not that it did much good), but somewhat reluctantly begun introducing herself as Acting Captain of Praemia when the occasion called for it. Some time later, it was also learned that Drew Tillman, Praemia's owner, had been missing for several months. Anya had thought he was with his fiancée, while his fiancée had thought he was with the ship.
June of 2532 was a month of big changes for Anya. She was approached by Damian Carmichael, who had financed the purchase of Praemia originally, about the status of the loan. He had yet to receive any sort of repayment. Faced with the prospect of losing Praemia if the loan was not repaid, she made arrangements to pay it on the spot. The ship had been successful enough under her command that she was able to pay off the bond entirely and was told this made her the Praemia's owner since Drew had defaulted on the loan. This was exciting but intimidating, and would prove to be problematic a few days later when Drew suddenly turned up again...
Personality
Anya is...
- Observant - She picks up on things that others may not, and is very good at reading people.
- Intuitive - Sometimes, in the absence of a good read, a good guess will do.
- Charismatic - She knows how to play to her audience.
- Adventurous - She loves seeing new places and trying new things.
- Obedient - To authority figures, particularly within her family/crew.
- Independent - She enjoys the freedom and independence of being her own woman, now that she's claimed them.
RP Hooks
- Allergic to wool. Also, probably, sheep.
- Romani, Paquin Clan.
- Reluctant Former Pacifist.
- Loves a good adventure.
- Loves music & dancing.
- Looks younger than she is.
- Healer & herbalist.
- Good cook.
- Captain of the Praemia.
- Dating Ellis.
- Secretly wants Dan in Dan's dreams. (And Jacy's paranoid reality.)
- Friendly toward Feds. (Hey, it beats the alternative.)
- Loathes the Pirate Commonwealth.
Playlist
Some of these songs reflect aspects of Anya's personality/background or events in her life, others are just songs that remind me of people in her life and her relationships with them.
Theme Song:
Misc Songs:
- Beam Me Up, P!nk (Mike)
- Can't Stop Falling, Great Big Sea (Ellis)
- Control, Poe
- Just A Girl, No Doubt
- Mother Mother, Tracy Bonham
- Papa Was A Rolling Stone, The Temptations (Dan)
- Sharp Dressed Man, ZZ Top (Dan)
- She Gathers Rain, Collective Soul
- The Good Soldier, Nine Inch Nails (Mike)
