Yaroslav Barsukov
After leaving his ball and chain at the workplace, Yaroslav goes on to write stories that deal with things he himself, thankfully, doesn’t have to deal with. He’s a software engineer and a connoisseur of strong alcoholic beverages—but also, surprisingly, a member of SFWA and Codex. At some point in his life, he’s left one former empire only to settle in another; now he speaks Russian in the morning, German by day, and English by night.