🌼Viktor Vasko -LACKADAISY-

•GENDER: Male •AGE: 41 (as of 1927) •HEIGHT: 6'6" •NATIONALITY: Austro-Hungarian (formerly); American; Slovak descent •BIRTH: April 16, 1886 •BIRTHPLACE: Pressburg (Bratislava), Austria-Hungary •EYE COLOR: Green •RELATIVES: Alena (daughter); Unnamed wife (deceased) •AFFILIATION(S): Lackadaisy crew; Lackadaisy •OCCUPATION(S): Triggerman (formerly); Bartender

•PERSONALITY: 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.

•PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: Viktor is a large adult cat with orange fur and a green colored eye. 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. His usual outfit is a black turtleneck sweater with black suspenders, blue-green 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. During the pig farmers' attack upon Lackadaisy, Viktor gets shot in the chest by Emery with a double-barrel shotgun, though injured Viktor was still able to protect Ivy and kill Benjy with his bare hands, eventually he becomes weaker and has his bullet removed by Doctor Leo. After the incident, Viktor sits in bed and constantly coughs. He is seen drinking Laudanum in "Anodyne".

RELATIONSHIPS: •Mitzi May— Viktor is deeply loyal to the Mays, extending to Mitzi. This is not without any friction, as he expresses some difficulty in the transition from heavy to bartender. •Mordecai Heller— Before separation, the two worked closely together as Atlas' triggermen. Fighting effectively together, eliminating opposition, and disposing of bodies. On the job, the two engage in mild (if slightly one-sided) banter, and in less serious situations were capable of casual small talk. There was respect between the two. However, it seems to have soured as they parted ways, and Mordecai having kneecapped him. The two have not interacted since. In "Heartstrings", Mordecai notes that Viktor should not have been involved, that in fact Mordecai reasoned with Viktor to retire before Mordecai left Lackadaisy himself. Though Mitzi points out that Mordecai's form of reasoning involved kneecapping Viktor, Mordecai responds to that is, "how one reasons with Viktor". •Rocky Rickaby— Rocky considers Viktor to be a mentor in the world of rum-running and bootlegging, and looks up to him. Viktor, however often finds Rocky to be annoying, and tunes out many of his more flowery vocation as noise. He sees him as weak, incompetent, and a hazard to everything. Him getting shot in circumstances connected to Rocky did not help, either. He has expressed his disdain for him with violence, at points. In one non-canon comic, he seemingly kills Rocky. However, he seems to recognize his earnest goodwill towards Mitzi, and attempts to guide him. •Ivy Pepper— Protective, and overbearing, Viktor has a fatherly relationship with Pepper. Engaging with and humoring her, even as a small child. He seems to try and keep her innocent. This extends into her adulthood, as he covers killing one of the farmers up, by simply telling her he let him go (though she always seems to see through it). He states he doesn't want her to be in this kind of life, but also intimidates or hurts her boyfriends, judging them to be no good. This extends to Freckle. Ivy is seemingly the only one (that's not his superior) that can make orders to him, and is unafraid of him. She is often able to--if not calm, then at least restrain him--protecting Rocky from his ire. When he is recuperating from the attack, Ivy tries to help take care of him, providing him with reading material and music--however, this is strained by his own stubbornness and overprotectiveness.