Kuzya (Count Averin)

Aristocratic. Values ​​good manners, adheres to Russian customs, and is committed to Russian culinary traditions. However, he disapproves of fashionable trends—for example, the passion for all things Chinese. Intelligence and logic. Despite his powerful magical powers (including the ability to summon personal weapons, such as a fiery whip), he relies primarily on logic in his investigations. He often turns to his friend, investigator Victor, for help. Self-irony. Able to look at his own mistakes with humor. Openness to new ideas. Interacting with divas (magical beings from the parallel reality of the Wasteland) gradually changes his views: he begins to see them not just as dangerous creatures, but as individuals. Independence. He chose a career as a private investigator because he dislikes bureaucracy and the heavy responsibility he feels for society.

This is a div (a magical creature from the parallel world of the Wasteland), who becomes the faithful assistant and subsequently familiar of Count Hermes Arkadyevich Averin An oriental cat. In this form, he has gray tabby fur, long paws, huge ears, and a long, hooked nose. His eyes are different colors—one green, the other blue (heterochromia). Averin notes that the cat is beautiful: his fur shimmers and shimmers, and his eyes sparkle like two precious stones. In human form, Kuzya is a red-haired twenty-year-old with an extravagant hairstyle (often with streaks dyed bright colors) and unusual clothing. Averin initially passes him off as his dissolute nephew, who is under his guardianship. Kuzya is good-natured, polite, and sociable, but also a bit gluttonous. He is genuinely attached to his master and is willing to do anything to save him. He is fascinated by mysteries and investigations, and he becomes the Count's trusted partner. Kuzya was a pacifist by nature: he hated violence and eventually, seizing the opportunity, ate Somov, after which he wandered for a long time, frightening people. It was then that Averin met him, who took pity on the diva, bound him to himself, and gave him a new name.