OKAY. So, I'm back on my bullshit of making OCs for the weirdest possible fandoms. Last time, I talked about my Town of Salem OCs, which, while uncommon, isn't entirely unheard of… But, now, I'm here to talk about my Return of the Obra Dinn OC. I've never met another living soul who's made a RotOD OC, because it really isn't a game that lends itself to the creation of OCs, but I had a stroke of character genius coming up with this boy, so I felt the need to flesh him out and, well, here he is:
So, his name is Fedyenka Ushakova, and he is a Russian midshipman. He's the only non-English midshipman, so he isn't quite as buddy-buddy with his peers as they are with each other. Sure, he's forced to engage with the likes of Milroy, Lanke, and Hershtik during certain officer-training exercises, but he spends most of his free time alongside his fellow Russians—Volkov, Nikishin, and Toporov—sneaking out of the midshipman's quarters to play cards with them, which he can be seen doing in A Bitter Cold part 1.
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Ushakova is the second-to-last midshipman to die, being killed after Lanke gets stabbed, but before he actually perishes from his wounds. He fills a very similar role as Davies during The Escape, what with him turning on Wiater after the latter's extreme response to eavesdropping. Unlike Davies, he is unsuccessful in his struggle against Wiater. The only acceptable fate for Ushakova is "clubbed by Olus Wiater", since it's the closest available option to the truth, which is that Wiater continuously bludgeoned his head against the floor until his brains were turned into paste. Gross…
Suffice to say, Ushakova has his head bashed in against the floor during The Escape parts 3–4.
Ushakova is the youngest of the midshipmen, most likely being 1–2 years younger than the rest of them. Assuming they're somewhere around the age of 17, that puts Ushakova at an age of 15–16, making him the youngest person on the manifest. This serves as a potential explanation for his stature, as he's easily the shortest and scrawniest member of the crew. Personality-wise, Ushakova is a little bit of a rebel. He often engages in petty insurgencies against commanding officers, and never really takes anything too seriously. He can be very dismissive towards most new people he meets, despite being desperate for human connection, making him this weird ouroboros of social self-sabotage. But, I still love him nonetheless! :)