Yuri Sokoloff

I am the number one of Russia, and Russia is number one. If they say you die, you die

-- [Yuri, before ripping a man in half]

Yuri Sokoloff is a Russian super-soldier born of the minds and efforts of the best Russian scientists and engineers. His mind is made to process and perform orders without question.

In the past he was a regular man, a single father, he worked in the military for a long time but retired early after being widowed to spend time with his son. Unfortunately, circumstances led him to a path of self-destruction and now his past self is barely alive anymore

Backstory

Yuri spent his whole childhood idolizing his father, who worked in the military, he spent his whole life wishing to be just like him, even as he got older and realized that serving his country was not what he thought of as a child. He was revered by his superiors for his quick thinking, excellent physique and flawless obedience, he never failed to perform his duties. Despite his near addiction to working and raising ranks he managed to get married and even have a kid named Mikhail. Unfortunately, after a few years of never talking to his wife she got in a car accident, Yuri was heartbroken, but he still had his son.

After this shocking even he decided he’d served his country enough, his efforts had been recognized enough and, despite being a bit young, he decided to retire and spend time with his son, he might go back to work sometime in the future. And so, years passed and he grew to love his son more than he’d ever loved his job. But once again, tragedy struck.

His son was about 6, Yuri had taken him to a park. He walked away from Mikhail for a second to buy both of them an ice cream, and when he looked back, his son wasn’t there, in his place was a white van speeding away. Yuri had never felt a surge of adrenaline such, he gave chase on foot, but despite his incredible physique, he eventually collapsed on the floor from exhaustion.

Years passed as he remained obsessed with finding that vehicle, but it didn’t seem to matter what he did, nothing led him anywhere. He asked favors from every one of his contacts in the military and government, large scale searches where made, his son’s disappearance became national news, but despite all that, all he gained was unwanted attention and pity.

Eventually the government began a very particular program, but they couldn’t find a candidate that was both suitable and willing, lucky for them Yuri was not going to say no to any help at all he could find. He signed every single document they gave him barely reading them, and accepted to basically relinquish his body and humanity to the government.

They spent years on various surgeries and injecting him with all sorts of drugs, Yuri endured in the false hope that they’d put even more resources into finding his son. After many years he was “complete”. Yuri Sokoloff, the perfect Russian soldier. The scientists had managed to nearly erase his every memory, his mind was left in a vegetative state and only certain areas where functioning, leaving him uncapable of disobeying orders. To keep him loyal they feed him suppressants as a way of keeping his mind asleep.

Today, Yuri is not aware of the life he used to live, or that his humanity was stolen.

Personality

Yuri is very laconic in both his speech and mannerisms, he never seems to do any more movements or speak more words than he needs. Yuri is quiet and reserved, he only speaks if spoken to or if he believes it is necessary to speak. He has a broad vocabulary, but his English is very crude and he sometimes makes mistakes.

He never displays any strong emotions, maybe he’ll get kind of happy when something nice happens or slightly annoyed when something bad does, but he never displays anything with too much passion.

He doesn’t have many opinions on many things (he is not allowed) but he finds the Russian government to be great, and if anything is even slightly different than in Russia he doesn’t like it a lot. Even though he lacks an opinion on most things, he dislikes it when people criticize the Russian government, although his only defense when he gets in an argument is “the Russian government always knows best” or variations of such (arguing with him is like talking to a wall).

His past self, before turning into a super-soldier, was a whole different person. He was extroverted and loud, he was fun, he made jokes and he had problems understanding personal space. He was always looking out for the people bellow him, be it his underlings while working in the military, people directly under his command or even simply random people.

Despite all the years he spent being a super-soldier and having his brain vegetative, sometimes you can see a faint glimmer of his past self slip through the thick shell he has become. Especially if he spends some time without memory suppressants.