Leonid Kaslov
Copyright Barry Reese

Prowess 5
Coordination 4
Strength 5
Intellect 7
Awareness 5
Willpower 6

Stamina 11

Powers
Leonid Kaslov has no super powers but he has access to virtually any equipment that he would need. On a regular basis, you can assume that he has Gadgets 6.

Specialties
Athletics (Expert +2 bonus), Business (Expert +2 bonus), Drive (Expert +2 bonus), Investigation (Master +3 bonus), Law, Leadership (Expert +2 bonus), Linguistics (Expert +2 bonus), Martial Arts (Expert +2 bonus), Medicine, Occult, Pilot (Expert +2 bonus), Science (Master +3 bonus), Sleight of Hand, Technology (Expert +2 bonus), Underwater Combat, Weapons (Expert +2 bonus), Wrestling (Expert +2 bonus)

Qualities
*Deductive Leaps Accompanied by Hallucinations
*Man of the Year (twice)
*Travels with Benjamin Flynn and Libby Raines

Background:

Leonid Kaslov was born in 1901, the son of famed scientist Nikola Kaslov. The elder Kaslov had married late in life, not becoming a father until he was nearly 45 years old. Leonid’s mother was a secretary who came into his father’s employ just three years before the birth of their son. Leonid was born precisely at midnight in the midst of one of the greatest lightning storms to ever hit Russia. 

Though Nikola Kaslov was brilliant, he was also deemed a madman by many within the Russian Empire. They thought he was insane for his various claims, his incredible pursuits. He never sought to create weapons of destruction but all too often his ideas were twisted to those purposes. He worked in many fields, including robotics, physics and even brief forays into the paranormal. After Leonid’s mother died when he was three years old, his father became even more distant and withdrawn but he always included his son in his work, taking him on as his greatest pupil. Leonid became his greatest invention, a living weapon against the injustices of the world. During Leonid’s early teens, his father fell out of favor with the Tsar and so he fled to Siberia to continue his work. Around this time, Leonid began experiencing a peculiar affliction: blinding flashes of light that accompanied hallucinations. These visions were often linked to a word or an idea that Leonid had recently come across and they frequently led to astonishing leaps of logic that allowed him to begin equaling his father in his studies early on.

Leonid’s father was summoned back to the royal court in 1916, requested by several men who were growing concerned about the influence that Rasputin held over the Tsar. The Mad Monk as he was called… was a far more dangerous man than most people realize. He dealt with things that were beyond science, beyond what could be considered moral and just. My father took part in the planning of the man’s murder. He felt it was necessary to preserve the Tsar’s rule – despite the problems he and Nicholas shared, Leonid’s father was loyal to the rulers of his country. Leonid begged my father to let him accompany him on that December night, but he refused. The deed was done but not before Rasputin had helped sow the seeds of doubt that led to the Revolution. Leonid’s father was murdered just weeks before the Revolution took his place by a reborn Rasputin and Leonid fled to the United States, becoming a world-famous scientist and adventurer. Twice named Man of the Year, Leonid became one of the most popular figures in the Western press. His adventures often include his trusted friend Benjamin Flynn (an American “cowboy” type who flirts with any available beauty) and his secretary and lover, Libby Raines. 

While his ultimate fate is unknown, his daughter Kayla Kaslov became an adventurer in her own right and forged a close friendship with Emma Davies, the third Peregrine.

The following description of Leonid Kaslov comes from “Kaslov’s Fire”: The tall man was of Russian descent, with close-cropped silver-blond hair and piercing blue eyes. He wore a well-tailored black suit, a white handkerchief perched dashingly out of his breast pocket and a golden ring set with a pale red stone shone on the little finger of his right hand. His teeth were shocking white and very regular, helping give the impression of a man who came from impressive stock.