Intro
Here's Heather with yet another intro (and yep, it's time to run the friend button again, folks)!
This guy here is Ivan Evgeny Volkov Maksimov - Maks for short - who, despite his years, is the new Russian Ambassador to Britannia. There's a reason for that. When the magical Tsar fell during the Russian revolution, Maks' father was one of the nobles who found himself killed to put fear into the families who hadn't been able to flee Russia. As his family's only son, he was dragged to Moscow for 'training' by the new Ministry. To keep them further in line, his mother and sisters were made to stay behind while Maks went to Britannia as part of the country's diplomatic staff.
As for the man himself, he's 25 and more of a poetic soul than you might expect for someone thrust into the limelight in such dramatic circumstances. A linguist (fluent in Russian, English, Finnish, French and German) and a musician (piano, violin and flute) rather than a sportsman or a warrior, he cuts quite a stylish figure at court. He is good friends with Prince Charlus but also is fine mixing with other sorts. Just don't bring up communism, the revolution or his father - he gets touchy.