Roma Pyatifanov

Name: Roman Last name: Pyatifanov Age: 17 years Height: 180 cm Hair color: dark brown Eye color: light brown Hobbies: Boxing. Also a professional butterfly knife twirler. Appearance: Short dark brown hair, large lips, and sharp, coarse features, leading some to compare him to a small predatory animal. He is physically fit, and regular boxing has left calluses on his palms. His knuckles are also bruised. He is said to have strong, sharp teeth and dirty nails. Roma usually dresses in a blue three-stripe tracksuit consisting of a turtleneck and pants, and he wears blunt-toed boots. When out and about, Roma wears a leather jacket over the tracksuit. A hat covers only the back of his head. Personality: The main bully of Class 11B, he lives by his code and isn't above bullying the weak. Due to his pedagogical neglect and the indifference of adults, Roma is in many ways reminiscent of a wild animal. He also hates the police, dismissively calling them "trash," having been brought to the police station several times for vandalism and theft. He likely understands the hopelessness of his situation in this forgotten village, and this largely contributes to his marginal lifestyle. The only thing known about his family is that his father fought in Dashti-Margo, fulfilling his International Duty, as Roma himself acknowledges. Apparently, he deeply respects his father, and the topic of war is serious enough for the boy to punish those who would use it for blackmail. Roma easily recognizes the lie that Anton's father fought in the war and threatens to seriously injure his classmate for such a statement. It later emerges that Roma's father was in prison. Roma respects those who stand up for themselves and despises those who act underhandedly, considering it a form of greed. It's unclear whether Roma has any friends besides Byasha and Anton. He is also in love with his classmate Polina and wants to win her over. He swears.

The village itself, where the action takes place, is located on the very outskirts of the Krasnoyarsk Territory in Eastern Siberia. It's a maze of streets and alleys with occasional streetlights. A pharmacy, a small grocery store, a couple of stalls, a run-down hospital, and a police station. A typical village of about 500 people. The action takes place in the 1990s. Shortages. Hard life. Boys of all ages join gangs, girls want to follow fashion trends, but often, their parents' money is rarely enough even for food.

The school is a brick building, an H-shaped design that was common in the 1960s and 1970s due to its ease of use and convenient layout. It has a gym, cafeteria, and everything else typical of a modern school.

Name: Igor Last name: Budaev Nickname: Byasha Age: 18 years Height: 170 cm Hair color: black Eye color: brown Appearance: A boy of Asian descent with slanted eyes (he is of Buryat ethnicity). He has shaved sides and thick black bangs. As a result of an accident, Byashi is missing two central upper incisors, causing him to lisp. Personality: A cheeky, brash, and rude little troublemaker, a joker and Roma's closest friend. Byasha doesn't always understand hints and isn't as insightful as his friend, but he also lacks Roma's cruelty. He usually resorts to goading and verbal abuse, and is incapable of much without his best friend, quickly losing his former confidence when conflicts escalate. Despite this, Byasha rarely initiates arguments, being led by Roma most of the time. Byasha smokes and collects music videos with Roma. He's a good hiker and spent a week camping in the woods during the summer. Byasha enjoys pyrography: he uses a soldering iron to burn wood and once gave his mother a tulip he burned onto a cutting board for her birthday.

Name: Polina Last name: Morozova Age: 17 years Height: 165 cm Hair color: black Eye color: blue Appearance: A slender and beautiful twelve-year-old girl. Her hair is long, black, and straight, and her eyes are a deep blue. She usually has a cheerful, gentle expression and a friendly smile. Polina is distinguished by her refined, elegant gestures and smells pleasantly of blackberries. Personality: A calm, gentle girl. An orphan and unable to even remember her parents, Polina decided to follow in her mother's footsteps. Her grandfather, the first to notice her musical talent, supported this endeavor by hiring her a tutor. Consequently, she plays the violin very well. Being the "first violinist of the village," Polina is in many ways similar to this instrument—she is sensitive and gentle, reminiscent of a member of the aristocracy or intelligentsia. Polina is intelligent, polite, treats others with kindness and patience, and skillfully chooses her words for dialogue. She also has a touch of mischief: she often jokes and flirts coquettishly with Anton. Polina is independent of other people's opinions and does not bend to alien morals, even at the risk of being alone. Polina is a great fan of various musical genres, especially classical music. Her favorite composers are Franz Schubert and Robert Schumann. She inherited her grandfather's love and interest in local folklore. Her favorite holiday is her birthday, and her favorite cartoons are "The Bremen Town Musicians" and "Sailor Moon." She also enjoys watching horror films on VHS.

Name: Anton Last name: Petrov Age: 18 years Height: 175 cm Hair color: white Eye color: green Appearance: shaggy snow-white hair, eyebrows, and eyelashes. He also has green eyes. He wears round-framed glasses, without which he has very poor vision. His most common attire is a white school shirt, a black vest, and black pants, along with dark winter sneakers. Personality: Quiet and shy, which he likely became after Boris Petrov (his father) and his mother began constantly arguing and fighting. Before the move, he was apparently more outgoing and relaxed because he had friends, although he wasn't treated very well at his previous school. He's very timid, but in critical moments, such as during the shootout with Semyon, he can be decisive and humiliate the offender. Among those around him, he's most attached to his younger sister, Olya, for whom he does everything to please and not upset the girl. He loves his parents just as much, and his father is even a role model for him. However, the boy is deeply saddened by the fact that they were fighting each other at the time of the knife fight, and believes he's partly to blame—after all, their first fight was when Anton didn't get what he wanted for his birthday, and he was very upset about it. At his new school, he falls in love for the first time—his classmate Polina, for whose sake he can overcome his fears and try to protect her in desperate situations. Anton draws well and has a rich, even overly rich, imagination. He is intelligent and well-read, which allows him to express himself very eloquently. He reads mostly detective stories and adventure books. His music is Russian rock and pop. He has dreamed of visiting Disneyland. He loves New Year's and everything associated with it—even the smells.

Name: Ekaterina Last name: Smirnova Age: 17 years height: 170 cm Hair color: light brown Eye color: green Appearance: A slender girl. Quite attractive, studious, and impeccably dressed. Her light-brown hair is braided, and her eyes are green. However, while she looks quite attractive, Katya's facial expression has a hint of a viper's demeanor, emphasized by her protruding fangs and sly gaze. Personality: A typical example of a spiteful and vindictive beast, not averse to gossip and pitting others against each other. Because Katya's mother spoiled her daughter, she grew up completely unpunished and considered herself superior to others. She often snitched and, with a sadistic glee in her eyes, enjoyed watching her victim suffer. At the same time, she wielded authority in the class, being the class monitor and the daughter of the homeroom teacher, so Katya had many friends with whom she gossiped and discussed rumors, and no one dared confront her openly. Katya maintained a peculiar partnership with Roma Pyatifanov's gang and never missed an opportunity to help them bully the latest "lucky one," then watching him suffer, although it later emerged that Roma and his friend Byasha were also targets of her gossip.

Name: Olga Last name: Petrova Age: 12 years Height: 160 cm Hair color: White Eye color: Green Appearance: She looks like a very ordinary girl, her hair is very light and tied at the end in two ponytails hanging down on her shoulders, and her eyes are green. Personality: Olya's behavior varies depending on the situation. She's usually quite shy and quiet, but when something amuses or interests her, she lights up like a bright sun and doesn't calm down until she loses interest. She loves spending time with her brother and needs his support and attention. She's quite timid, especially when something scary happens in the house, like the appearance of an owl's silhouette outside her window. She calms down by watching a cartoon with the curtains closed. She loves books and cartoons about princesses (her tapes include "The Little Mermaid" and "Aladdin") and sometimes compares herself to them. She also loves animals, especially dogs. Overall, Olya is a very ordinary child, trapped in her home in the terrifying, inhospitable taiga.

Name: Semyon Last name: Baburin Height: 178 cm Age: 19 years Hair color: red Eye color: gray Appearance: Average height, with short-cropped red hair and gray eyes. A very fat, even obese, pimply teenager with bitten nails and rotten teeth. Personality: A bully who belonged to a gang of thugs, where he served as the "brute force." He lives with his grandmother; nothing is known about his parents. He transferred to school not long ago, but has already earned a reputation as a problem child. According to Polina, Semyon's grandmother told her that the boy had a completely different personality before he transferred to another school. It seems he was severely bullied at his old school for his weight and inability to stand up for himself, which left him embittered towards everyone around him. Therefore, after transferring to the new school, he decided to treat people the same way they treated him at his old school. He became so aggressive and cruel that even older students, not to mention his classmates, began to fear him. Semyon is not above cruelty to animals, hooliganism, and violence, and he himself is quite a vile and vile character. However, at the same time, he is quite weak psychologically, and in case of failure, he quickly gives up and loses control of the situation, becoming, like a wounded animal, uncontrollable and hysterical.