golden hearts in darkened times

ABOUT A WOLF.

      before the outbreak !

hello welcome to mila aka the height of naughtiness!!

[ sibling death tw ] mila is the fourth-born out of five siblings; the grandchildren to antonin dolohov, they are:

lyonechka, the eldest daughter. would be thirty if she was alive. attended durmstrang, was a death eater. died. even more naughty than mila.

maksimilian, the son and heir. twenty-eight. vero and mila got separated from him, and are working under the assumption that he’s likely dead, but his status does remain unknown. ( connection opportunity! pls! bring us another character to be the height of naughtiness! ) death eater, also attended durmstrang.

verochka, middle child. twenty-three. attended durmstrang for a bit, transferred to hogwarts when the family moved, was a hufflepuff. arrived at hogwarts with mila.

milaslava, fourth-born. the family moved before she started schooling, and so only ever attended hogwarts. she was a slytherin.

marlen, the youngest, amab. they would be nineteen if they were alive/was nineteen when they died. was bitten and turned; was killed by vero to save maks in february, 2029. [ end sibling death tw ]

mila spent her childhood primarily in bulgaria, where her parents moved shortly after marriage. they’d met in durmstrang, decided to get hitched and moved to bulgaria, primarily so anastasiya could work in the bulgarian ministry, where she’d been offered a posting in their department of mysteries, but also because the small business market for wixen had much more potential

kazimir, mila’s father and son to antonin dolohov, opened a boutique for wixen clothing, and soon became well-known, both for his impeccable enchantments and his exquisite designs and construction

sometimes he crafted sartorial items of death for death eater-esque shenanigans, such as robes which would choke their owner or slowly sap their health, but by and large, he just created high-end exquisite fashion goods

lyonechka and maks attended durmstrang right through, but when mila was ten, the family relocated to the uk, with kazimir opening another boutique which was immensely popular with the more elite and fashion-focused of consumers, and anastasiya retaining her position with the bulgarian ministry, taking on the primary responsibilities of an ambassador yet remaining engaged with their department of mysteries. young mila knew and cared very little about the intricacies of her mother’s job, which suited anastasiya just fine, given the inherently secretive nature

vero had to transfer, but mila only ever attended hogwarts. upon her arrival, she was sorted into slytherin. her elder sibling vero had ended up in hufflepuff, which was perhaps startling to some of the other students and staff, given their values, but mila slotted into slytherin fairly easily. the most glaring between her and her peers, really, was her accent

sharp, haughty, the granddaughter of a famous death eater and with the same familial values, mila wasn’t the most well-received member of her year group, which suited her just fine. the wolf does not concern itself with the opinions of sheep, after all.

she’s just!!! she’s bad!

when the death eaters started reforming, her parents and her two eldest siblings both went in — her parents on the higher end of the ranks, thanks to antonin and their teamwork, and her siblings a bit lower

within the context of her parents, her father’s the subtle one — enchantments and subtleties are more his point of expertise, particularly to do with weaving magic, whereas anastasiya has always been the more physically dangerous one. together, they’re an effective and deadly combination

anyway at hogwarts, she was a prefect, which, honestly, she had a supreme disinterest in guiding people and whatnot, but certainly no qualms about asserting a cool authority ( perhaps surprisingly, never actually abused that role—she was at times unengaged with the responsibility, at least in terms of facilitating support for younger students, but she was never actively bad with it )

did quite well academically; excelled especially in potions, always enjoyed transfiguration and ancient runes. would have rather burned her entire wardrobe than take muggle studies or care of magical creatures ( theoretically, magical creatures are interesting. practical care? less interested ). love/hate relationship with divination — again, theoretically very interesting, though often frustrating in practice. she did it throughout all of hogwarts because she wasn’t the type to give up, but there was a severe dissonance between divination theory and what the class practiced, which was a shame because the potential of divination is something she finds interesting

post-hogwarts, honestly did very little. why work when your father is kazimir dolohov, famed designer and clothing creator? she did keep up with potioneering, often brewing potions for her family and few others she valued

      the outbreak !

if anyone had asked mila what her reaction to her grandfather, parents and two eldest siblings being involved with raising the inferi (albeit accidentally), her response would have been a rather dry “what a shock”

honestly, she was just... so unsurprised that they were involved

[ death tw ] lyonechka actually died in the initial raising of the inferi, and some time later, the remaining siblings witnessed their mother — the most dangerous witch they knew, though mila does not doubt that there are more dangerous wixen still out there — fall prey to a horde of inferi. this has shaken mila’s dedicated familial faith somewhat, but nothing quite so much as the circumstances of marlen’s death.

the four remaining siblings had been travelling, some time after viewing the death of anastasiya and being separated from kazimir, when it happened. mila noticed marlen had been acting a bit strangely all day, feeling sick, and then suddenly they were rushing at maksimilian. it’s not a connection mila makes lightly, but she has always been one to explore all of the logical options, and a situation where one sibling is rushing straight towards another was a type of trigger for that thought process. “did anyone check him for bites?” she asks, somewhere between panicked, reluctant, and an afterthought, and that’s when all chaos breaks loose. in the end, it’s vero who does it. maks is too busy trying to put literally anything between himself and marlen that he can—there are only seconds in which to act—mila’s standing back, thinking about her question, unable to marry it with the vision of her little sibling going at their brother—and vero, all emotion and battle instinct and fire in a fight, makes the move that saves one sibling and kills the other. [ end death tw ]

( sometimes, mila thinks she regrets it. sorry maks. logically, she is very aware that it was a murderous corpse and wasn’t her little sibling anymore, and that’s likely how she’d frame it if asked, but marlen had always been closest to her age, and she’s the one who said the damning sentence. logically, she’s aware that had they killed maks, they would have gone after her and vero next, and either one of them would have had to kill marlen anyway or they would have both been dead. emotionally, she said the sentence that sent her closest sibling to their grave, because already dead as they may have been, that’s not how they seemed to her. logically, regret isn’t on the table. but being angry and upset with what happened is on the table, and sometimes that tastes bitter enough to be regret just the same. she’s largely repressed her thoughts and feelings on the matter, but she will have to address them at some point. )

following the incident, mila’s pride and faith were shaken more than ever, though the last straw was when they were separated from maks

it had been maks’ idea to keep going after the marlen incident, and after they were separated in a skirmish in a village, vero and mila decided to finally swallow their pride for a moment and head to the castle

they’ve just arrived, three months after the december debacle with the wedding and break-in; their grandfather, antonin, is still in captivity, but their father, kazimir, escaped with most of the other high-ranking death eaters augustus freed. maksimilian’s status is still unknown by vero and mila ( but he’s absolutely available to play if anyone wants! ) and they had no idea about what had gone down at the castle before they arrived, but who knows? there’re probably some people who don’t believe that, and honestly, mila’s probably never given them a reason not to believe that. so draggable, god.

      misc !

that pin about being a bitch but guys still being boring adidas sandals?? mila af

tbh i’m not sure that she’d have ever actually become a death eater, probably only like a narcissa-esque figure but like... that’s still not good!!! not off the hook!!! still believes shitty things and catch me and mar dragging her and vero in chat tbh!!!

she is loyal, i’ll give her that, like ride or die, but that’s selective af and also you would never catch her saying the words ‘ride or die’

she’s also really selfish in general tbh. like girl would absolutely have let marlen run around in their inferius form if the rest of the fam weren’t in danger, bc she’d rather lose innocent strangers than her sibling, even a sibling who wasn’t really a sibling anymore but technically just a murderous, reanimated corpse

that gif at the top there is honestly probably her reaction to anyone implying the dolohovs are not the best

would generally rather get someone else to do something for her than do it herself

would rather hang out with a well-dressed fifty year old man than someone her age dressed like a slob

bisexual but thinks girls are better ( not even particularly as a romantic or sexual preference, just as a general opinion tbh )

not a team player

silk, roses and champagne??? an expectation for every night prior to the outbreak tbh