Natalya 'Belarus' Arlovskaya [Complete]

Natalya Belarus Arlovskaya

~{Rise up and take the power back, it's time that the fat cats had a heart attack, you know that their time's coming to an end}~

I Feel Like We're Summoning The Devil

[/color]:[/b]Natalya Arlovskaya
Nickname/Alias: Molotov, Natasha, psycho, Fekhto. Call her these at your own risk.
Gender: Female
Character Type: Country
Country or Country of Origin: Belarus
Canon or Original:Canon
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When I look into all of your stupid faces

I think how fun it will be to pound them into dust

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Hair: Platinum blonde
Height and Weight: 171cm, 73kg
Other Distinguishing Features: Belarus can possess a dark aura surpassed only by her brother. It appears when she's stalking Russia, being intimidating, or is startled.

Overall Appearance: Belarus is unmistakably Eastern European with her defined lips, prominent cheekbones, petite figure and large eyes. She stands tall at 171cm and is considered a typical Eastern European beauty by many. However, most interested men are driven away by the knives which she conceals somewhere on her body. Oh, and sticking next to Russia helps, too. Belarus has always been svelte and as a result can run and hide well, two abilities which has helped her greatly over the years.

Her eyes are usually what captures the attention of others. Even if she's staring straight ahead, others get the feeling that she is still watching their every move. Even though Belarus has rather pale skin, she tans easily under the sun and if one is suicidal enough to gets close enough, the light dusting of freckles on her nose and cheeks becomes visible. And by close, I mean kissing distance. As for scars and birthmarks, most of them are hidden under her clothes. There are many scars left over from scratching and the needles forcefully jabbed into her from the Chernobyl disaster, an ugly reminder of the horrors of Chernobyl. Just below her left shoulder is a barely noticeable lump, a tumor which will never grow or shrink. This tumor is representative of all the damage from the radiation.

Both to cover up her scars and for warmth, Belarus usually wears long-sleeved dresses and black stockings. She favours darker colours not because she's trying to the convey to the world that she hates them or anything; Belarus just sincerely likes dark colours. When not in her dark blue dress (she literally has five identical dresses) Belarus is dressed in simple long-sleeved shirts and jeans, or a dark purple dress. When the weather gets colder than normal, Belarus swaps out her old Soviet-era military coat for a white faux fur coat. During winter, she is swathed completely in white. Belarus doesn't like wearing her hair in a ponytail, instead opting to leave her hair down. Sometimes, for practicality's sake, she will put her hair in a braid, but that's about it. Other than her white bow, Belarus sometimes keeps hair out of her face with a royal blue hairband. She also wears the old Pahonia crest fashioned out of copper around her neck under her clothing, something she wears more out of habit than anything else. It is also the only thing of hers that even hints at the fact that she supports the rebellion.

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Man up or I'll beat you with my peace prize!

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-Draniki (pancakes made from potatoes)
-Swordfights (fencing's just a replacement for the old thrill)
-Gymnastics (and consequently, dancing)
-Russia (in her own twisted way)
-Good food
-Vodka
-Potatoes
-Mornings
-Salty food
-Architecture
-Technology
-Silence (helps her think)
-America (WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!)

Dislikes:
-Lithuania
-Poland
-Having to socialise
-America
-Any and all roadblocks in her way
-People without a backbone
-Physical contact
-Sweet food
-Crowds
-Being looked down upon for being a woman
Strengths:
-Good strategist
-Not easily tricked
-Good with aircraft and firearms
-Her sheer willpower and determination
-Excellent stamina
-Debate
-Analytical skills
Weaknesses:
-Russia
-Rebelliousness and inability to fully obey commands
-Weak economy
-Falls ill easily
-Short temper
-Brash
-Can be overly paranoid
Fears:
-Being taken over again, even if it is by her brother. She is quite the expert in the suffering that follows denied freedom.
-Her boss. He is a cruel man, very backwards and has harmed her greatly.
-Even though Belarus is nearly immortal, she is terrified of death, especially death by war.
-Radiation and cancer. One word: Chernobyl.
-Being left alone by the rest of the world, as it is akin to being left for dead.
Secrets:
-Belarus secretly still admires and perhaps likes America as much as she did immediately after the Cold War. However, her second boss has been feeding her lies, and this has bred intense distrust in her. However, some part of Belarus--the part of her that represents her people--is still aware that America is not a bad person.
-Belarus volunteers at orphanages and organisations dedicated to helping Chernobylites, Belorussian and Ukrainian alike, and their children. She thinks of them as her children, and has secretly been petitioning to Ukraine's government for more aid.
-Broadway is her passion. One American thing that Belarus likes. She loves the passion and dedication of the actors and on days when no government officials are present, one can hear Belarus's rendition of some song or other.
-Fashion is another one of her interests, especially the zany designs Estonia is prone to creating. She would love to be able to vary her wardrobe, but Belarus isn't exactly a fashion hub and besides, her boss disallows it. She is taking a large enough risk by wearing the Pahonia crest.
-There is an unsaid, unofficial ban of foreign books in her household, but Belarus still sneaks them over the border anyway. She has actually built a second compartment in her bookshelf stocked with Russian encyclopedias, books on folktales, and the like. The covers are wrapped in newspaper and mothballs and coal used to keep the compartment dry and moth-free.
Any Quirks/Habits:
-Belarus is always armed, no matter what. Be it a knife within her double-layered sleeves, a sharp hairpin (for desperate times), or a handgun in a hidden pocket in her coat, Belarus is never unarmed, and she always makes sure that her weapon of choice is one that she is skilled at fighting with.
-She is incredibly superstitious though she would never admit to it. She makes a ridiculous effort to not ever spill salt (throwing a pinch over one's left shoulder is not present in Belorussian superstitions) and to chase away birds landing on her windowsills. However, Belarus does this more out of habit than actual belief, although she does reason with herself that she needs as much luck as possible anyway.
-When Belarus reads, she always uses her thumb to underline the words, in order to help her read better. She also dog-ears her books, never using a bookmark, except for forbidden books, which she takes very good care of.
-Belarus always adds salt when she cooks. Lots and lots of salt. She also cannot stand overly sweet or fatty foods, having been born with a natural aversion to both types of foods. Thus, most American food is out.

Overall Personality:
Belarus is notoriously crazy and stalks her brother whenever she can. This strange, irrational obsession just reveals one quality of Belarus's: her ability to love. Even if she can't express it well, if she can really get to know and love a nation, she'll give her heart to them. This love, of course, comes with certain disadvantages. She's very... clingy. But the thing about her "love" for Russia is that it's not really love at all. As a child, Belarus was content with her life with Lithuania (but not as much after the Commonwealth was formed). However, following a series of revolutions and defeats, Belarus was brought under her brother's control. After WW2, coming under Soviet rule, and Stalin's purge of her people, she came to hate Russia. In her incredibly messed up mind, she felt that Russia owed her a huge favour for all that he's done to her. And the favour she settled upon was his love. She doesn't see why he has the right to refuse her heart if he's already done so much harm to her. Since he'd committed so many crimes, it must be because he wanted her by his side, right?

As a result of being under a communist (@#%$&!) party, Belarus can be very rebellious and unwilling to let people into her life. She's so used to being fed lies and having the truth thrown in her face later that she expects most of the world to be the same. Only her people and her siblings are an exception. Getting her to trust others is hard, and she takes little interest in things which don't concern her. To be honest, she does derive some perverse satisfaction from watching others suffer, or run screaming from her dangerous aura. It assures her that she's not, by any definition of the word, weak. Even though she's well aware of her government's shortcomings, she still maintains a certain loyalty to them. Communist or no, they've kept her alive and well all these years, and as a country, it was her duty to stay loyal to her boss, after all. Once, America seemed almost like her elder brother, but after a series of heated accusations and finger-pointing, Belarus's boss began feeding lies about America into Belarus's mind, making sure that all previous affections were wiped clean. Since then she hasn't been the slightest bit friendly to anybody else. Maybe, just maybe, heartbreak played a part in her withdrawal from the world.

Since hospitality is a large part of her culture, Belarus drops her cold, knife-bearing personality among her people. She is, as Natalya Arlovskaya, a pleasant, well-meaning girl who never smiles. She can't keep the melancholic air away, but she merely seems like a stoic, silent girl. However, she never gets close enough to humans to deem them more than an almost-friend. She doesn't want them to get hurt or find out that she isn't what she seems to be.

Belarus is a little OCD, especially about safety precautions. Chernobyl and being annexed certainly don't help. She's living in constant fear that something could go wrong, that it will all vanish. She felt that once before, and she doesn't want to feel that again. Everything must fit to a tee, and is that a secret operation going on? Then you'd better tell her if you don't want to not-so-mysteriously collapse after lunch. Belarus is also very persistent, and nothing, absolutely nothing, will stand in her way. Her heart is made of stone, and she is extremely intelligent and manipulative. The fact that she's always careful to stick to the shadows effectively hides these traits of hers.

Unless she gains something from a relationship, it is extremely unlikely that she will even speak more than five words to said nation. Her intense distrust towards the world does not help this in the least. In her experience, the whole world was out to get her, her and that strategic little piece of land which she represented. Belarus is cynical, sarcastic, cold, cruel, and very hard to get along with. As a result, she has few friends and this puts her at a disadvantage.

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I'm the hero!

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(nabbed from my app on Hetalia Imperium)

While archeological evidence points to settlement in today's Belarus at least 10,000 years ago, recorded history begins with settlement by Baltic and Slavic tribes in the early centuries A.D. With distinctive features by the ninth century, the emerging Belarusian state was then absorbed by Kievan Rus' in the 9th century. Belarus was later an integral part of what was called Litva, which included today's Belarus as well as today's Lithuania. Belarus was the birthplace of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Belarusian was the state language of the Grand Duchy until 1697, in part owing to the strong flowering of Belarusian culture during the Renaissance through the works of leading Belarusian humanists such as Frantzisk Skaryna. Belarus was the site of the Union of Brest in 1597, which created the Greek Catholic Church, for long the majority church in Belarus until suppressed by the Russian empire, and the birthplace of Thaddeus Kosciuszko, who played a key role in the American Revolution.

In early times, Belarus was inhabited and ruled over by various people including the Slavs, the Mongols and Lithuania. During the 19th century, various people tried to claim Belarus and it was alternately ruled by Poland and Russia. They were occupied by the Russian empire from the end of the 18th century until 1918. Belarus declared its short-lived National Republic on March 25, 1918, only to be forcibly absorbed by the Bolsheviks into what became the Soviet Union (U.S.S.R.). Russia managed to retain control until WWI when Germany claimed Belarus and in 1921, the country was divided between Poland and Bolshevik Russia (which became the USSR the next year). They suffered devastating losses due to Stalin and the German Nazi occupation, including mass executions of the Jewish population. Belarusians in Poland were subjected to mass killing, and Stalin even carried out purges against her people. One such example is the Kurapaty mass killing.

During the next two decades, Belarus was passed back and forth between USSR and Germany, which left the country ravaged by the end of WWII. A quarter of the country's population died during the war, many of them in Nazi concentration camps.
At the end of the 18th century, a devastated by wars and quarrels Rech Pospolitaya was divided between Russia, Austria and Prussia. Belarusian land ceded to the Russian Empire. Three attempts of national liberation movement uprising, which was brutally oppressed by Russian authorities, resulted in the almost total loss of national aristocracy and intellectuals. ¡°The restrictive laws¡± and assimilation policy for a century led the Belarus to become a docile appendage of Russia. After the revolution in 1917, for the first time, Belarus has gained formal sovereignty in borders close to the ethnic-in the USSR was formed Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (BSSR). During the first half of the twentieth century, Belarus survived three revolutions, a civil war and two world wars, as well as the totalitarian regime of Stalin having suffered an enormous amount of destruction and loss of millions of inhabitants. No nation in the world at that time saw anything of that sort.

Under Soviet rule, Belarus recovered economically and Minsk became one of the industrial hubs of the USSR. But disaster struck in 1986 when the Chernobyl nuclear power station in Ukraine melted down and Belarus was harder hit than the Ukraine itself. Around one-fifth of the country was seriously contaminated, 20% of its arable land damaged by radiation, and approximately 15% of their population was wiped out. The effects last till today especially since the radiation has damaged Belarus's forested lands and farms. As agriculture makes up a significant part of Belarus's economy, it has affected her greatly.

Nationalist sentiment grew in the following years and the Communist Party issued a declaration of full national independence in 1991 during the collapse of the Soviet Union. It has retained closer political and economic ties to Russia than any of the other former Soviet republics.

Since independence, Belarus has had two presidents: Stanislau Shushkevich, a physicist who followed a centrist path between communism and the Popular Front, and Alexander Lukashenko, who runs the country with an iron hand. Internationally, Lukashenko is considered tyrannical and backward and held responsible for the economic decline of what was once a very promising nation.

This is a timeline of events beginning from the end of WW1.

A chronology of key events:
1918 - Towards the end of World War I, Belarus proclaims its independence as the Belarussian National Republic. But, with the end of the war, these aspirations are short-lived. The Red Army invades.
1919 - The Belarussian Soviet Socialist Republic is proclaimed.
1921 - The Treaty of Riga divides Belarus between Poland and Soviet Russia.
1922 - The Belarussian SSR becomes founding member of the USSR.
Stalin's purges
1930s - Belarus suffers from the purges against intellectuals and political opponents ordered by Stalin. More than one-hundred thousand people are executed in Belarus, thousands more sent to labour camps in Siberia.
1941 - Nazi Germany invades during the course of World War II. More than one million people are killed during the occupation, including many Jews. The capital, Minsk, is severely damaged.
1944 - The Soviet Red Army drives the Germans out of Belarus.
1945 - At the end of the war, much of western Belarus - previously belonging to Poland - is amalgamated into the Soviet Republic.
1960s - A policy of 'Russification' is pushed through.
1986 - Belarus is heavily affected by the fall-out from the nuclear explosion at Chernobyl in neighbouring Ukraine. Hundreds of thousands of people receive high radiation doses. Around 20% of agricultural land is contaminated and rendered unusable.

1988 - Belarussian Popular Front formed as part of nationalist revival prompted by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's policy of 'openness'. Details emerge of the full extent of the executions during the Stalin period.
1990 - Belarussian becomes the official state language.
1991 - Belarus declares its independence as the Soviet Union breaks up. Minsk becomes the headquarters of the successor to the Soviet Union, the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Lukashenko era
1994 - Alexander Lukashenko becomes president. He introduces policies designed to strengthen ties with Russia.
1995 - Friendship and cooperation pact signed with Russia. National referenda result in a new flag almost identical to that of the former Soviet republic, and the restoration of Russian as an official language. The president's powers are also widened. There are protests on the streets, but these are broken up.
1996 - An agreement on economic union is signed with Russia. Lukashenko increases his powers again, extending his term in office.
1997 - Protesters against Lukashenko sign a pro-democracy manifesto 'Charter '97'. Belarus' observer status in the Council of Europe is suspended. Belarus and Russia ratify their union treaty.
1998 - The Belarus rouble sees its value halved. Food rationing is imposed. Belarus signs an accord with Russia, which would see their currencies and tax systems merge.

December 8, 1999: Originally, the Commonwealth of Russia and Belarus was formed on April 2, 1996. The basis of the union was strengthened on April 2, 1997, with the signing of the "Treaty on the Union between Belarus and Russia" at which time its name was changed to the Union of Belarus and Russia. Several further agreements were signed on December 25, 1998, with the intention of providing greater political, economic, and social integration. In December 8, 1999, Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine form the Commonwealth of Independent States which originally was the Union of Belarus and Russia. Thus the Soviet Union comes to a virtual end.

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You've got it backwards! Backwards!

Hurry up and throw it! If you don't hurry up and throw it, you'll go "boom"!

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(Taken from a thread with an America on Hetalia Imperium again)

Scowling, Belarus turned away from the pastries in the display cases. Why were they so expensive? Couldn't she take a break without putting a strain on her already limited budget? It was ridiculous, utterly ridiculous. If this were for anybody other than her Vanya, she wouldn't even consider going through such stupidity. Just as Belarus took another step forward, she heard his voice. The obnoxious accent made her hair stand on end as she bristled with hatred. Whirling around, Belarus yanked a knife from her double-layered sleeves. As expected, the owner of the voice was standing before her, leaning against a display case.

Well.

What a way to bring down her already bad mood. Belarus felt the metaphorical black storm cloud hovering above her expand and crackle with an impending thunderstorm. She flicked the tip of her knife upwards, completely ignoring the stares of the other customers. Thank goodness her boss had chosen to liberate her from the guards. If she was caught talking to America, it would be straight back to Minsk and an hour's lecture and interrogation before she could say "troublesome moron". The boy brought nothing but trouble. That's what he was to her--a boy. He wouldn't be getting any respect from her until he'd experienced another millenia or two of hardship.

"What do you want?" Belarus snapped. Sneaking up on her like that--was he tired of living already? The heavens must really hate her if they made them bump into each other, and on her rest day, no less. Then again, the possibility of him following her wasn't entirely unbelievable. She wouldn't put it past him. Belarus wouldn't put anything past him.

"So? Do you or do you not have a purpose for speaking to me?" she persisted. Belarus blinked as she took an actual look at him. Was it a trick of the light, or had America grown thinner? She snorted internally. The messed up politics had finally gotten to his thick middle. She had never thought that she'd live to see the day. But fat or no, he was a problem. A large problem. Couldn't he just get his nose out of other nations' businesses? Was it too much to ask?

...Apparently it was.

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I Summon thee from far away lands, come forth!

You called?

[/color]:[/b] Hannie
Timezone: GMT +8

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