Nikoleta Valerieva

Dr. Nikoleta Valerieva (a.k.a. Niko)

Dr. Nikoleta Valerieva is widely considered one of the more unsettling contractors working with Gatewatch in modern times. Her single eye studies everyone as if she were mentally picking them apart, and her workshop is littered with the victims of her compulsive need to disassemble anything she doesn't understand and analyze it inch by inch. Unfortunately, Niko is also one of the brightest minds in the field of Horror studies, and has made themselves invaluable to Gatewatch whenever a new manifestation begins causing trouble - not to mention their dabbling in a half dozen other subjects lending them a wide knowledge base, applicable in an unfortunate number of situations. They can usually be found in their lab down on the south end of Apollo's Factory District, which serves as both private workshop, occult library, and emergency clinic for anyone unable - or unwilling - to contact official health services.

Physical Description

General Physical Condition

Niko is nearly skeletally thin, due to a combination of poor diet, lack of exercise, and a sleep schedule that would kill most large mammals.

Body Features

Their skin is naturally around a moderate brown, but carries a sickly-pale undercurrent like they suffer some kind of perpetual illness. Rarely do they actually seem sick, however.

Facial Features

Nikoleta's face is generally more angular, but slanted in an odd way that gives her a perpetual faint smile. It does nothing to endear, however.

Her hair is a warm brown, chopped thin seemingly by hand. Perhaps they simply have no time to see a stylist.

Identifying Characteristics

She is, notably, missing her left eye - she has a three-pointed scar around the empty socket, which is typically covered by a metal plate fashioned like an eyepatch.

A disquieting scholar from the University District, whose talent for deciphering the bizarre rules of the stories-given-form known as Horrors is only overshadowed by her obsessive need to take apart anything she doesn't already fully understand.

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Age
31
Children
Gender
Female? She/they
Eyes
Vibrant hazel (left eye missing)
Hair
Brunette, roughly cut short
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
Vaguely sickly darker tan
Height
5'4"
Weight
Nearly skeletal