Mikhail Wojciechowski

Mikhail Alexei Wojciechowski (Russian: ) is a Eurasian wolf who is a skilled engine mechanic at a garage in Petrozavodsk, Russia. He was orphaned in November 1990, at the age of three when his mother was murdered and his father fled the country. Mikhail is ambidextrous.

Mikhail is a close associate of Wilhelm Jäger. He is the biological son of Viktor Wojciechowski and the adopted son of Alexander O'Sullivan.

Physical description
Mikhail is a Eurasian wolf standing at 1.85 metres (6'01") tall. He is a slim build, weighing merely 63.5 kilograms (140 pounds). His fur is coarse and stiff. His main fur colour is a medium brown ( #592C01 ) with randomised, darker spots along his back and sides extending from his lumbar region to his armpits. His hair is dark ( #291400 ) and slicked back, high at the top with the back coming under his ears. It is often described as a mullet to save time. His tail comes to his armpits, and its fur is stiffer and longer than the rest of his body. He has five fingers on each hand, with darker claws ( #291400 ) extending about an inch from the fingertips, forming a semi-straight V. He walks plantigrade. His face is scarred on the right side with three claw marks on the right side of his muzzle about midway up. His right eye has a scar on it, and there is a large cut in his right ear.

Mikhail wears blue rectangular glasses. On his right arm and typically obscured by his overshirt, he'll wear a Casio DW-5600-E with the watch set to 24-hour notation, and with the text printed in Russian.

General Attire
Mikhail's general attire consists of a dark unbuttoned denim overshirt with two breast pockets, a V-neck t-shirt, DPM-camouflage cargo pants and low-top work boots, occasionally donning a white Karin Motor Company baseball cap kept on the dashboard of his truck. He will wear an under-shoulder holster with his Makarov under his right armpit and two magazines for it under his left in all situations. He may also attach a leg holster to his left ankle carrying his ZP-98 if he expects trouble.

Cold-weather
Mikhail's cold-weather attire consists of a large black polar-fleece coat with a long-sleeved sweater under it, with winter motorcycling gloves, a brown scarf, and a brown, logoless ushanka hat with the ear flaps down. He will wear a pair of sweatpants under his camouflage cargo pants, and he will stuff discarded newspaper in his boots to act as an insulating material.

Wet-weather
For cold weather, Mikhail's cold-weather attire will be used as rain gear.

For warm weather, Mikhail will don a faded red, hooded rain slicker, wearing over it his general attire, the main differences being his denim overshirt will be buttoned and he won't wear a hat with the slicker.

Tactical
Mikhail wears his tactical attire only when the situation calls for it.

Mikhail's tactical attire is the same as his general warm-, cold- or wet-weather attire (as appropriate) except with a light tactical vest under his overshirt, coat or rain slicker, respectively. His camouflage cargo pants will have its stainless-steel and kevlar inserts inserted.

Early life
Mikhail was born in Petrozavodsk, Karelia, Russia on June 20, 1987 to Katarzyna and Viktor Wojciechowski. Mikhail's sister died merely six months after he was born to natural causes. Mikhail's mother died three years later, a mere day before Mikhail's father went missing. Mikhail was a sickly child until his father disappeared, which he later found out was caused by his father slipping him non-fatal doses of cyanide. He wasn't ever clued in on his father's intention for him to build a tolerance to it, as his father was laying low from an organized crime syndicate that wanted him dead.

Mikhail was homeless for the next five years, before joining a small street gang and running with them until their collapse in 2001, living in the gang's hideout on the northern end of town.

Teenage years
Much of Mikhail's early teenage years involved a lot of petty theft, stealing what was necessary to survive. It was one of these thefts which caused him to be not at the hideout when a police raid occurred on the premises. Most of the gang's leadership was arrested, tried and convicted for many crimes ranging from petty theft to first-degree murder, and the leader of the gang was executed in 2001. The gang officially disbanded in December of that year. Mikhail was adopted by Alexander "Alexei" O'Sullivan the night the gang disbanded, who gave him his middle name.

In 2003, Alexander noticed Mikhail tearing down the engine to a malfunctioning push-mower and examing each component in detail. He was surprised when Mikhail was able to diagnose what was wrong with it and fix it a couple of hours later, all without a word to anyone. This prowess with engines eventually caused him to land a job at a local garage in 2005, where he quickly became the chief engine mechanic, working there to this day.

Wilhelm, Nineball and scars
Mikhail met Wilhelm Jäger on October 11, 2006 at the Happy Hour Bar in uptown Petrozavodsk after a nineball game between Mikhail and a member of a rival gang turned into a barfight. The barfight was caused when the rival gang member accused Mikhail of cheating following Mikhail sinking the nine on break (thus winning the game) twice in a row. The resulting fight lasted three minutes, after which Mikhail had claw marks up the right side of his cheek, and a massive cut in his right ear. Wilhelm Jäger stopped the fight before more damage could have been done, explained how Mikhail couldn't have cheated without the rival gang member noticing, and the two have been close friends since.

Adult life
In 2007, Mikhail was working on an engine in a classic car when the belt snapped and hit him in his right eye, leaving a scar and impairing Mikhail's vision, causing him to require glasses.

In July 2008, Mikhail moved out of Alexander's house and into his present house, across the street from Wilhelm.

Personality
Mikhail tends to be a tad of a loner, adamantly preferring to work out situations himself rather than ask for assistance, and going out of his way to avoid crowds of people. He is too prideful to ask for assistance, or show any form of pain - mental or physical. His default facial expression resembles an annoyed glare. He disdains physical contact in any form, and will only allow intentional contact from someone he trusts.

Mikhail does not make friends easily, as his blunt phrasing tends to be perceived as abrasive to those he talks to. Those that are able to get past the bluntness of his sentences quickly learn that he doesn't use it to offend, rather, to state what's on his mind in the most efficient manner possible in order to end the conversation as quickly as possible. Once Mikhail warms up to someone, he'll tend to be a bit more relaxed when they're around. He'll tend to become a tad more talkative, using courtesies more often. Few close, trusted friends may even get him to talk about what his deepest thoughts are. He has a tendency to become protective of those near him, some to the point of matching the Papa Wolf trope. He can easily remain calm under pressure or in danger, but will go flying off the handle if someone he cares about is in danger that he can readily prevent.

Mikhail may forgive past indiscretions, but won't forget them. If Mikhail encounters someone he does not like, his phrasing will become blunter, to the point of using mere grunts to answer or acknowledge something. Mikhail forgiving someone he does not know well or does not like for an indiscretion is rare.

Combat style
Mikhail's combat style typically revolves around his ambidexterity. If given a choice between a firearm and a two-handed weapon such as a spear or staff, he will usually pick the two-handed weapon. He will use his lithe body, his above-average climbing skills and his speed as much as possible to assist him with combat.

Hand-to-hand
Mikhail's hand-to-hand combat style is not intended to injure or kill his target, rather, to incapacitate or restrain them. His preferred fighting move to restrain or incapacitate is a hammer lock. Mikhail will typically fight with his fists and aim for the stomach, ribs or shoulders when fighting, in order to cause the target pain without serious injury.

If incapacitating or restraining the target is not possible, he will bring his legs into the fight and aim for the face and neck in order to inflict as much damage as possible in an attempt to make his target reconsider fighting him.

If his target yields, Mikhail will generally accept the initial yield, but if the target resumes combat after the yield is accepted, Mikhail will fight until the target goes down, is restrained or incapacitated. If his target goes down, Mikhail will initially treat it as a yield and allow the target a chance to flee, only re-initialising combat when the target shows intent to resume combat.

If a weapon is pulled by the target, Mikhail will target that side of the attacker's body, specifically targeting the elbow, hand and shoulders. He may also attempt to disarm his opponent.

Melee combat
Mikhail's melee combat style, unlike his hand-to-hand combat, is generally more aimed to incapacitate rather than restrain. His preferred fighting move for blunt one-handed weapons is to tuck it close to his body and spin around for the weapon to gain momentum, lashing at his target after the rotation with the weapon in order to inflict the maximum force possible. His preferred fighting move for straight, blunt two-handed weapons is to use the weapon to catch the ground and use his inertia to deliver a jump kick.

Mikhail prefers blunt weapons (especially long, straight ones such as staves and bō) over bladed weapons, and holds knives hilt-forward.

Firearms
Mikhail will almost always opt to hold firearms left-handed, unless a situation calls for him to hold it otherwise (such as if holding the weapon in an idle position will have the barrel point towards someone). He will typically prefer not to shoot, but will aim differently depending on the situation. If the target poses no immediate threat of killing or seriously injuring him or his companions, Mikhail will shoot to incapacitate (with noticeable hesitation) if the need arises. However, if Mikhail, his companions or his close friends are endangered, he will not hesitate to shoot to kill, unless shooting would endanger them further (i.e. a companion or close friend is being held hostage at gunpoint) or they are in the line of fire.

Allergy to haloperidol sedative
Mikhail is severely allergic to haloperidol sedative, a tranquilliser sedative and fairly commonly-prescribed antipsychotic medication. Symptoms he experience include:
 * Severe swelling and itching at the site of injection
 * Severe anaphylaxis, including swelling of throat
 * Abnormally high blood pressure
 * Loss of consciousness within one minute, depending on dose. Larger doses exponentially reduce the time of consciousness.

In the event of such a reaction, Mikhail keeps a prescription epinephrine syringe in his right thigh pocket of his cargo pants at all times.

Personal weapons
Mikhail owns very few personal firearms.  NOTE: Some table features, such as helptext, are not available on mobile.

In addition to the above, Mikhail carries his father's balisong in his front-right pocket.

RPG stats
The S.P.E.C.I.A.L. information below is provided to give a baseline of Mikhail's strengths and weaknesses in terms of attributes. The S.P.E.C.I.A.L. use a scale of 1 through 10.

Trivia

 * Despite being Russian, Mikhail's surname is Polish. It is pronounced (and often spelled in-universe) "Voytsekhovskiy".
 * This could be alluded to his father moving to Russia before his birth, as his name does not fit the Russian naming convention of forename-father's name-surname.
 * Mikhail's design was inspired by a mechanic in Terraria.
 * Mikhail smokes Manitoba cigarettes almost exclusively, a reference to King of the Hill ' s Dale Gribble. (External link)
 * Mikhail has a framed photo of himself at age 2 with his father, but only keeps it around so he can hunt down his father at a later date.
 * Mikhail is wanted abroad in the Netherlands for homicide of an abroad Dutch citizen (2 counts). The two Dutch citizens he's wanted for killing were the two Dutch guns-for-hire that killed his mother. The statute of limitations on the murders in Russian ran out in 2014. Their bodies are at the bottom of Lake Onega, twelve miles out from shore and tied to cinderblocks.