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A bloody civil war took place with Rurik at the helm and, after a week of fighting, he re-established free elections, and promptly ended up elected as Premier once more. This led to the immediate reformation of the [[Soviet Union]]. Rurik immediately embarked on a campaign of civil unrest in the surrounding nations, annexing the Soviet Union's former territories at its height during the Cold War - plus Mongolia, his first conquest. By this point, the Soviet Union was truly a free, communist utopia, with every need provided for and everyone giving to their ability.

A bloody civil war took place with Rurik at the helm and, after a week of fighting, he re-established free elections, and promptly ended up elected as Premier once more. This led to the immediate reformation of the [[Soviet Union]]. Rurik immediately embarked on a campaign of civil unrest in the surrounding nations, annexing the Soviet Union's former territories at its height during the Cold War - plus Mongolia, his first conquest. By this point, the Soviet Union was truly a free, communist utopia, with every need provided for and everyone giving to their ability.

=About Rurik=

=About Rurik=

There's no question about it - Rurik is a psionic. It isn't known clearly where these powers came from, as there are not many other cases of such a thing, if any at all, that have been proven.  

There's no question about it - Rurik is a psionic. It isn't known clearly where these powers came from, as there are not many other cases of such a thing, if any at all, that have been proven.  

Rurik is capable of telekinesis, capable of lifting objects up to five times his body weight before it causes a mental strain, and propelling them at forces strong enough to kill. He is also capable of telepathy to people within three hundred feet, though this requires a five-second period of connecting to the minds of those he intends to contact. Finally, he is capable of limited precognition, though this is not always flawless. Rurik can see the future - or rather, a glimpse of a potential future. This has worked for and against him in the past - it aided in his adventure to a new world with Kane, but also resulted in the Russian Federated States forming a dictatorship due to one vision showing a democratic utopia - the opposite of what happened. He can also channel his psionic powers to create physical, damaging balls of psionic energy, that can then be thrown to devastating effect.

Rurik is capable of telekinesis, capable of lifting objects up to five times his body weight before it causes a mental strain, and propelling them at forces strong enough to kill. He is also capable of telepathy to people within three hundred feet, though this requires a five-second period of connecting to the minds of those he intends to contact. He can also channel his psionic powers to create physical, damaging balls of psionic energy, that can then be thrown to devastating effect.

 

Finally, he is capable of limited precognition, though this is not always flawless. Rurik can see the future - or rather, a glimpse of a potential future. This has worked for and against him in the past - it aided in his adventure to a new world with Kane, but also resulted in the Russian Federated States forming a dictatorship due to one vision showing a democratic utopia - the opposite of what happened. This allows him to make some sort of informed call towards potential threats and issues cropping up in the future. While his psychic visions aren't perfect, they have come to pass around 85% of the time, by his own word.

 

On the more conventional side of things, Rurik is a very effective combatant. While he still uses firearms and enjoys the feeling of them, particularly shotguns and pistols, Rurik has no true need of these weapons. What he lacks in physical strength his psionic powers more than make up for. Even still, his skill with close-range firearms is undeniable, and he has proven to be an effectively helicopter pilot several times in the past.

Beyond this, there are several other curiosities with Rurik. While he is recorded as looking to be around 24 years old, he has appeared this way since reliable records first began - in 2010. While it could just be that he is exceptionally lucky genetically, some suggest this could be a slowed, if not halted aging process.  

It was alleged that Rurik had access to shapeshifting capabilities, and there were many sightings through the Turbulent Years of him in some avian form. While he puts this down to unstable genetics and the potential of being capable of altering the perception people have of him, it has been proven that he was, in fact, avian during these years. How this was accomplished is completely unknown even to him.

It was alleged that Rurik had access to shapeshifting capabilities, and there were many sightings through the Turbulent Years of him in some avian form. There isn't much evidence of this - though what evidence there is seems almost too real to be true. Rurik himself claims these were simply mass hallucinatory incidents, imagined by someone who thought it'd be cool - though he has confided that he can alter the perception of his form, or that he could. In recent years, this power seems to have faded as his other powers strengthened.

Beyond this, there are several other curiosities with Rurik. While he is recorded as looking to be in his mid-to-late twenties, he has appeared this way since reliable records first began - even as far back as Earth 1. While it could just be that he is exceptionally lucky genetically, some suggest this could be a slowed, if not halted aging process. Rurik himself has not disclosed just how old he is, but many theorise he may very well be immortal. Whether or not this is the case, Rurik is not invulnerable - he has had more near death experiences than he can count.