ALEXANDER ISKANDER

[Story]

Alexander Iskander

( Source / Alexander Ludwig)

Alexander "Sasha" Iskander - 23 years old (January 9^th)

                      "quote about Sasha" 

Name

Occupation: Racehorse Jockey, Exercise Rider

Sexual Orientation: Straight, Single

Appearance: He has sandy-blonde hair that is darker toward his roots, though this is natural rather than the results of being dyed. With his pale skin and light hair, his eyes are left to be one of his most striking and eerie features. Sasha has sharp silvery-gray eyes with a frosty gleam to them. With his often severe expression, he appears to look right through virtually everyone. Because he was born and raised in Russia, he speaks Russian fluently. However, he also speaks English, even if it is imperfect and has a heavy accent. He never grew very tall, reaching a maximum height of 5'1" and barely tipping the scales at 106 pounds. Despite his light weight, Sasha is built muscularly and quite evenly proportioned, legs well-muscled and body surprisingly flexible. Sasha walks with natural grace, movements fluid and poised, likely from twenty years of ice skating. He has various little scars, as well as some on his foot due to surgical pins placed in his right one from an accident. The vision in his left eye is extremely blurry, but he can still sort of see out of it. He mainly sees colors, vague shapes, lights, and shadows.

Personality: Sasha is rather closed off and distant. He can be rather rude at times, preferring that people keep their noses out of his business. He doesn't enjoy being in the limelight and would prefer just to fade into the background. He is known to have a bit of a temper and doesn't forgive people that easily. He is prideful, though he doesn't enjoy being praised. Sasha doesn't hold up conversations very well, though this is a combination on the difficulty he occasionally has in speaking fluent English and his annoyance that he has no one to speak to that knows his native tongue. He feels rather alone despite the fact that he tends to avoid people. This can be explained by the fact that he is a foreigner far from his home and family. He is surrounded by American customs and the English language. He isn't very sensitive about his height but if anyone decides to make fun of the nickname he goes by (Sasha) or makes any snide comments about figure skating, he will speak his mind and it won't be pretty. He doesn't come by friends easily and when he does, it's difficult for him to maintain it for very long. He tends to make a harsh comment without thinking about it and often comes off as insensitive. Due to him being Schizophrenic, he may go through rather difficult times, from manic episodes to paranoia, to outright aggression. He distances himself because of this. His logic is that if he hurts himself, no one else will be saddened or that they won't be hurt either.

Likes: Being alone, although not truly alone.

Dislikes: Being touched, being the center of attention

Strengths: Talented at ice skating and nothing else

Weaknesses: He has schizophrenia but is medicated so that he may be able to function a bit. Sometimes, he has more trouble coping than others.

Fears: His own mind, hurting others

Habits: Talking to himself and "others", avoiding others

History: Sasha was born on January 9th just outside of St. Petersburg, Russia. He lived with his young mother and father, encouraged to ice skate by his father from a young age. However, around four years of age, Sasha's father just left the family, leaving Sasha and his mother to live alone. Sasha immersed himself in learning to skate, perhaps in the hope that his father would one day come back if Sasha could make him proud. By the age of eight, his personality seemed to drastically change. He became aggressive and a bit of a loner in school, starting fights until he was pulled out at age ten and home-schooled for the rest of the time. He went through school and two years of college early, learning English. This all went on while he continued to compete, starting out at small competitions and eventually making it to events that would prepare him for the Olympics. However, just before his twentieth birthday and months before the Olympics, Sasha was performing a Salchow Jump during a competition and landed wrong. He shattered two bones in his right foot that required surgery to fix. He missed the Olympics and found that he couldn't perform without feeling pain anymore. He was forced to retire, which only pushed him into further bitterness. Sasha moved to the United States, somehow convinced to give horse-racing a try. Skya Ann mentored him but during his first race, while riding Resurrected Serenity, Sasha was hit on the left side of his face just above the left eye by a horseshoe. He went blind in his left eye but has since adapted. He took care of and raced The Mighty Fitz while at the facility but left him to be sold when he moved back to Russia unexpectedly. After a year and a half, Sasha returned to the facility in America when problems back home arose. He had surgery while in Russia to correct the damage done to his eye. It restored very little vision, but he'd rather see blurrily rather than nothing at all.

Hometown: St. Petersberg, Russia

Family: Ivan Iskander (father), Dominika Iskander (mother)

Horses: None