Viktor Ladislav Vasko is a member of the Lackadaisy crew. Currently he is the bartender but before bartending he was a triggerman and rumrunner under Atlas until he was injured in a confrontation with Mordecai.

Name:

Viktor Vasko

Aliases:

Age:

41

Species:

Anthropomorphic Feline

Physical description

Viktor is a tall and stocky adult cat with orange fur, in the comic he has light green irises, and a white sclera, while in the animated series he has full light green eyes with black pupils. He has cream-colored accents on his eyebrows, mouth, hands, and tail. One of his eyes is missing, so he wears a black eyepatch over the empty socket. He has black stripes around his mouth, which causes him to slightly resemble a tiger.

Clothing

His usual outfit is a mid-sleeve black turtleneck sweater with black suspenders, high-waist blue baggy pants, and brown shoes.

Biography

Viktor was born on April 16th, 1886 in Pressburg, Austria-Hungary (modern day Bratislava, Slovakia). He formally worked on a farm with his brothers and cousins before moving to the United States; he never finished his education due to this. In 1917 during World War I, he was sent to France and fought under the United States Army. It was believed that Viktor served with the 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division and saw combat at Cantigny, Soissons, Saint-Mihiel, and the Meuse–Argonne. He later worked as a dockworker. In 1920, he got in a fight with strikebreakers during a striker's rally leading to the loss of his right eye due to a pry bar injury from police and was charged with multiple counts of assault, though Atlas helped Viktor get a lawyer and has his sentence reduced.

After Viktor was released from jail, he began working under Atlas as a triggerman. When Atlas died in 1926, Mordecai and Viktor got into a fight about Viktor retiring, leading to Mordecai kneecapping Viktor, though Viktor stays with Lackadaisy because he has “nowhere else to go”. He later works as a bartender.

Personality and traits:

Viktor is a very reserved, gruff, taciturn and churlish individual who nearly always overcomes obstacles in his path through either fists, passive-aggressive remarks or intimidation. His very stern nature is the reason Rocky - his self-proclaimed protégé - tends to refer to him as the "surly Slovak". One of the only people of the Lackadaisy crew who can somewhat control or even talk down to him without consequence is Ivy, whose stubbornness and assertiveness overwhelms even him.

Trivia:

He was fighting for the United States during World War I. According to Tracy, Viktor did not complete his primary education. Regarding his favorite foods, Tracy notes that Viktor, "likes meat...but probably misses the sorts of lamb dishes, pork and sausage goulashes, potato dumplings and other such hearty, rural, soul-warming foods one does not so easily find in the urbanized corners of the States". Viktor enjoys drinking dark lagers or whiskey, but is not picky. Before moving to America he generally drank vodka, which would be difficult to find in the United States. When asked whether Viktor has any hobbies, Tracy noted that Viktor, "has passed many of his off the clock hours playing Mr. Fix-it for his neighbors. He's a bit of a gearhead too. He likes tinkering with things that don't talk or otherwise make a lot of indecipherable noises at him, or get upset and leave when he smashes things. Tracy incorporated some lynx and bobcat into Viktor's design. With regards to how he speaks, Tracy noted that Viktor, "Flatly says exactly what he means in a low, brusque voice with a heavy Slovakian accent (which is fairly Slavic sounding. Czech is perhaps the closest comparison I could make.) Articles like 'a' and 'the' that don't exist in most Slavic languages are frequently left out of his speech. "W" sounds more like "V" and English verb conjugation is still a bit of a black art to him in some cases". He is a former smoker. According to Tracy, for Christmas Viktor would most like for someone to slide a steak under his door but otherwise leave him alone. Viktor joined Lackadaisy in 1920-1921. Viktor lost his right eye shortly after World War I. It is established that Mordecai kneecapped Viktor as part of an attempt to convince Viktor to retire, shortly before Mordecai left Lackadaisy. Viktor lives in a rowhouse that's split into two apartments. He occupies the lower level and Mrs. Bapka lives upstairs. Only one of Viktor's knees was shot by Mordecai, the other knee grew bad due to a lot of physical labor over the years. Viktor's zodiac sign is Aries.