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===Tanya Pavlichenko===
Jr. Lietenant Tanya Ivanova Pavlichenko, aged fifteen, Tanya Ivanova Pavlichenko, aged fifteen, stands at 5'8" with an angular, boyish build and the general first impression she gives off is that of someone you probably don't want to spend that much time around — not because she looks threatening (though her increasing strength is changing that) or particularly predisposed to moral dubiousness (read: evil actions), but because of the semi-permanent sneer that graces her pointy, potentially pretty face. Her lips are full, her nose slightly upturned, her muscles increasingly larger and well-defined and her face almost ''too'' symmetrical. She wears her dark hair a bit past her shoulders, opting to tie it in a ponytail more often than not as she considers it too "unruly" when left to its own devices; her blue eyes, on close examination, seem a shade too pale. Her speech is most often brusque and to the point, but marked with precise language and references to not ostensibly relevant matters (most often, history) that she expects others to follow without explanation.

The team Berserker and the manufactured among a team of biological humans, Tanya has no idea as to her true nature and had a profoundly lonely upbringing before joining the Dolg Kommanda. She believes that her parents died as war heroes in the service of their Motherland and regards Dr. Tuchechev, one of her former handlers, as being basically her mother. Considering this, it's really no surprise that there's something notably ''off'' about her ... with "off" in this case, meaning "borderline autistic." Although it takes a certain amount of time to notice, she has difficulty maintaining eye contact and when she hardly notices when she lets her eyes dart around unless actively trying to keep them in one place. Her eye movements are not conscientious attempts at being aware of her surroundings, but more of a tic arising from her laboratory-created neurology and as such, she receives no practical benefit from them. Additionally, she has difficulty understanding emotions and other people on their own terms.

Spending time in the constant company of people is proving to be good for her: given that she's never been around so many people for so long, Dolg Kommanda is teaching her some basic social skills and how to enjoy herself with others, and she's even come to regard Griet, Elsa, and Dostov as her friends. So far, she's nicknamed all of them, hugged two, held hands with Elsa (significant progress from Tanya's attempt at inciting a stand-off for the single room), and even gotten used to sharing a room with Griet. Even so, the nuances of tone sometimes escape her, especially in the cases of irony, sarcasm, and metaphorical speech; likewise, she suffers from a chronic lack of tact, understands other people less on their own terms and more in terms of their relation to her and what she wants from them, or else limited to the strictly theoretical. When dealing with ''other'' people — meaning, those who aren't herself or her former lifelong handlers — one of her most common feelings is that of exasperation; she possesses a naturally gifted and exceptionally trained intelligence, and she often forgets that not everyone operates on her level or sees the world in the same way that she does. Her true fatal flaw, though, is her temper and her great capacity for rage; unfortunately for everyone, this is also one of her best assets when she's in her Evangelion.

Unit 42, designation Cernobog, a Russian flagship, is "huge, bulky, and predatory, with [an unhinged jaw and fangs], but also enormous, rending talons and bulging muscles, its entire body giving the impression of a 45m tall demon. Its entire body is black, save the talons and the eyes, which are both bright red and menacing. It has huge, powerful support pistons built into the legs, as well, ready to help it pounce on its prey." Tanya has a great affection for her EVA, even thinking of him as a friend and companion, the entity that most understands her. Cernobog also has the honor of being the entity to whom Tanya shows the most empathy and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reciprocity_(social_psychology) reciprocity]; he's been with her since her early days as an EVA Test Pilot and it is not a gross exaggeration to say that she has bonded more with him than almost anyone else. Using this bond and her natural anger, she follows the Berzerker's path, with a mind to mangle every vrag that gets in her way. Both in and out of her EVA, she prefers melee combat to ranged, and the heat of battle brings out some of the worst in her: she rushes headlong into fights and skirmishes for many reasons (further detailed below), gets going on the rush and the outlet that fully satisfies the anger she generally keeps in check (letting it come up in snappishness and exasperation, but little else), and then a sadistic streak takes over, a desire to see her opponents pained and broken so her notions of superiority are confirmed. Put briefly: there is a reason why she's Dolg Kommanda's resident [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c81bcjyfn6U honey badger].

Also, she nicknames people. It's both a way of showing fondness (despite the fact that most of the nicknames are fairly offensive) and of declaring someone to be hers, in the sense that s/he is, for better or for worse, part of Tanya's team. Her list of nicknames for other PCs (both used in game and prospective ones) follows, and will likely get considerably longer:

* '''Griet Jacobs'''
** Bobo: in reference to Griet's kudu meatloaf thing.
** 

* '''Dostov Pokryshkin'''
** ''Mishka'': approximately, Russian for "teddy bear."
** Fuzzy: because whether or not he is actually hairy, he is like a bear. And bears are fuzzy.
** Bruschetta: because this was the first thing he made for the team.

* '''Elsa Faustus'''
** Schnitzel: created in episode 2.

* '''Miko Nakamura'''
** Nigiri: to keep up the trend of cultural stereotype food names.
** Miho: because Tanya wasn't really listening when they were introduced.

* '''Capt. Nathanial Durond''' — note that these will probably never be uttered to his face. Tanya has too much respect for the military hierarchy to do that, even if Durond is from the UN and a Frenchman.
** Captain Escargot: created in episode 3.

* '''Chernobog''' — the fact that she ''nicknamed her EVA unit'' is a good indicator of just how inhuman her inhuman psychology is. Anyway, she's taken to calling him Cernusha (sometimes Chernushka) as of episode 10.

[http://amorremanet.wikia.com/wiki/Tanya_Pavlichenko_(NERV_Siberia) Character Sheet]

Stayed with NERV as an EVA pilot, unwilling and unable to be seperated from Cernobog. She eventually became a significant scientific resource for the study of EVA-contamination and Evangelion biological augmentation.