Mia Andrishka, Seneschal, Lasombra Antitribu

Mia Andrishka's History
Mia was born Marta Sofia Andrishka to a poor family living in a small russian village. When she was three years old her father was killed in a bar brawl leaving Marta to be raised by her mother. The relationship was strained at best, and her mother was far from a warm and loving person. She was strict and harsh with her daughter in an attempt to teach her about the harshness of the world she had been born into. The lesson never seemed to affect Marta however and she would always find ways to entertain herself around the village. Her mother once found her protecting a stray puppy dog and sheltering it, and so she did what any strict and caring mother would do. She killed the mutt to stop it from growing into a burden upon the family resources. This left an impression on Marta and she resolved to escape her mothers clutches as soon as she could.
The opportunity arose when Marta was eighteen and she met a handsome stranger Pietro in the local pub where she worked as a barmaid. He flirted with her and after a few nights of this, he offered to take her with him when he left the small village for Yaroslavl. She accepted his offer and left with him before her mother found out what she was doing. Only later did she realise her mistake, when the man held her a literal prisoner alongside at least a dozen other girls. They were his trade and Marta became one of his prostitutes unwillingly. She became popular with his clients for her great beauty and she learnt very quickly not to struggle, as this only resulted in her beauty being marred by a black eye or worse. She made friends with an older russian prostitute called Svetlana who was in her fifties and had received a knife to the face for struggling and now had a long scar down over her left eye which was now completely missing.
Over the years Marta hardened and her innocence and warmth flash froze into a cold hard resolve. She swore to herself that she would change her place in the world and she enacted a plan with Svetlana and a few other girls, and late one night when their boss came to collect from the girls they fell upon him. When he called for his bodyguards he was surprised to learn that they just stood to the side and watched. Marta had bribed them with the very same money that the girls had earned and had promised them a bigger slice if they helped her get rid of Pietro. Pietro hurled abuse at Marta as the girls tied him up, and told her she wouldn't amount to anything, but Marta ignored him as she watched him struggle. She revelled in the power and the thrill that it gave her and she decided she would never lose it. She would rise from her lowly position and make a name for herself. She killed Pietro with his own dagger, and took over his operation renaming herself Mia.
She turned Pietro's business into a successful brothel, treating her girls with love and care and even taking one of the girls, Annika as her lover. She rose in wealth and success and her ambitions grew with her. She appointed Svetlana to look after her brothel and with some acting and forgery and the various resources she had available to her she caught the eye of a young Russian Diplomat. He courted her for a month before she was introduced to the world of lords and ladies as if she was one of them. The thrill and wonder it gave her was beyond anything she'd ever known before and she resolved to keep this feeling and become a lady by marrying her young suitor.
Unfortunately she had caught the eye of another guest of the russian court in her time among the elite. He had seen straight through her ruse and was astonished by her bravado and her duplicity that she could pass herself off as a person of nobility when he could clearly see that she came from the common stock. He watched her for weeks before he resolved to have her.
Unknown to Mia the man began playing her. He started eating away at her organisation. A man disappeared here, a girl was found dead in the gutter their. He was toying with her and her facade started to break as the pressure began getting to her, especially after her lover Annika was killed. The breaking point came when he silently killed her suitor in the night and framed her for his murder. Mia attempted to cover up the incident, but she was hopelessly outmatched by her opponent and she was forced to flee, leaving everything she had built behind.
She conserved what little resources she had left at her disposal and vowed revenge on whoever had destroyed everything she had once had. She initially believed it to be a rival or a gang leader and she quickly decimated a small portion of these rivals before realising that men of this low calibre would never have had the brains or the skill to pull off such an operation.
She had been watched by her opponent as she took over a few of the gangs and united them into a working organization and he was impressed, however his tests were not complete and he had her brothel burned down in her absence.
When news reached her of the incident the last vestige of warmth left her and she became consumed with her need for vengeance on the person responsible.
She quickly deciphered the clues that were left by her opponent and confronted him within his temporary Haven in the House of Charity.
He was impressed by her resourcefulness and how fast she had found him and he embraced her. He introduced himself as Mikail Kadire and taught her the laws and rules of the Caainite society he had brought her into, and Mia became a fast learner under his tutelage as they made their way around the different courts of Eastern europe.
Mia had outwardly accepted everything Mikail had given her, but her heart still burnt for vengeance. It was the only feeling she really had left to her, and she held onto it like a vise.
She discovered that Svetlana had survived the burning down of the brothel and made her a ghoul. She became her closest advisor and she travelled with Mia and her sire across europe. When the Napoleonic Wars started Mia used it as an opportunity and staked Mikail in france during a minor revolt. She made her way with Svetlana to england via ship.

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