King's Cross General Practice
(Former: August 1902 - November 1902)
At one point one of the largest medical companies in-state, founded by Frank Landmark and later taken over by Jacob Loveday (Formerly Jacob Stark), Apollo showed very little interest operating as part of a company, instead largely choosing to remain as an independent practitioner after the Ironwood Medical Company closed its doors in late 1901. Eventually being persuaded by Jacob Loveday into joining, Apollo became a part of King's Cross General Practice, but very rarely ever used its name.
In the gradual growing quietness from the company, Apollo would eventually move on from King's Cross General Practice by November of 1902.

The Vault
(Former: September 1901 - January 1902)
A speakeasy club that hosted a dance-off and fighting competition, The Vault was an invite-only establishment, hosted in a location just south of Manzanita. For his time while The Vault operated, Apollo was the announcer and commentator of the fighting competition. It was at The Vault that he worked alongside his now current wife, Evaline Alovich, who would stand-in when Apollo himself was participating in the fighting.
Apollo continued to work as the announcer and commentator for the fighting competitions at The Vault until it closed its doors in January, 1902.

The Commune
(Former: May 1901 - August 1901)
A mismatched group of misfits that could moreso be called a "group" than a "gang", Apollo was one of the ones who would later join onto group referred to as the "Sullen Epitaph". From there, The Commune would slowly become a strange entity all on its own - and its own host of problems with it. From members baring their teeth at each other and in-fighting amidst it, The Commune, along with its original members from the Sullen Epitaph, would slowly splinter and break off. Some disappeared; others left state; a few were shot down.
By December of 1901, only a handful of members remained and their affiliation with this peculiar little group is seldom talked about.

Ironwood Medical Company
(Former: February 1901 - October 1901)
A decently sized medical company, founded and led by Malachi Pike, the company served as Apollo's introduction to medical work in New Alexandria. It also served as the beginning of the absolute rabbit hole that he'd be plunging down for his remainder of his time in New Alexandria.
Leading practical demonstrations and lectures surrounding first aid, Ironwood Medical was not only Apollo's introduction to medicine, but also sparked in him his want to become an infection specialist.
The company quietly became less and less active with fewer and fewer members. In October, 1901, the company closed its doors. But, to this day, still holds a place in Apollo's dusty old heart.

The Vanguard
(Former: January 1901 - February 1901)
Inspired by the idea and spirit of The Minutemen, The Vanguard was a more well organized group that was, as one of its members put, "was dead in the water". Apollo's poor decision making, combined with the betrayal of one of The Vanguard's members caused the group's efforts to effectively fail before they had even begun. Members of The Vanguard could've been identified by a coin they carried, depicting a sword and an eye.

The Minutemen
(Former: December 1900 - January 1901)
For all intents and purposes, a poorly managed vigilante group. The group largely comprised of civilians who wanted to actively take the fight to various gangs around the state in late 1900, in particular, the likes of the Levi-Williams Gang. Though, it seemed as though their cause was largely frivolous, as the group didn't do much in the end.. The Minutemen became inactive in December of 1900, and would disband completely by January of 1901.
Alas, at the end of it all, The Minutemen did not take much action past a rogue shoot-out that happened in Armadillo started by Daniel Maddison after the group became inactive - a shootout that Apollo wasn't even present for.

Holmes Private Detective Agency
(Former: December 1900 - June 1901)
After a relatively awkward first interaction in the streets of St. Denis, Apollo soon found himself to be a friend of the Holmes Private Detective Agency.
Largely only lending an unofficial helping hand when asked to. Apollo became friendly with Duncan Albani, and well acquainted with Foster Holmes. He held a decent relationship with the rest of the staff, and a very strained relationship with the bartender.
As the Holmes Private Detective Agency slowly lost members and its owner disappeared throughout 1901, Apollo seldom speaks of them much anymore.
Save for Duncan Albani and their misadventures with Italian food.

Старик - Used affectionately by his wife Evaline, this word derives from the Russian word "старый" - meaning "old". Moreover, "cтарик" can derive a number of meanings, such as just "old man", "old timer" and even can mean "greybeard". Amusingly, in some instances, the word even refers to the elderly husband of a woman!

Catgut - Name given to him by members of The Commune just before it was officially formed. The name was given to him on account of the fact that he used catgut for external sutures - a personal preference of Apollo's when he began his medical training, and still occasionally uses it to this very day, on account of him having a fondness for the name's outlandish nature when lacking in proper context.

Mothball - Given to him by Kiwi McMalish, at Kiwi's own jokey insistence that he smells of mothballs and cheese. A claim that she herself has denounced in-private, but will never admit to denouncing while in public. While Apollo will always insist otherwise and take mock offense, the name brings a smile to his face when hearing it.

God of The Sun - Given to him by Dell Hallock, on account of him sharing the name of the Greek God of the sun.

Shaun Love (Formerly) - Name adopted by Apollo in his early days in-state while he was working with The Minutemen. The name was adopted on account of Apollo's uncanny ability to mimic other accents, with varying degrees of success. He no longer uses this alias for any reason.

Leopald Levinsky (Formerly) - The name's origin came from Apollo's time in the old country, where this was the name he adopted in order to remain anonymous. A name that he's only ever used once in-state while conversing with a violent gang member outside of Flatneck Station who Apollo knew to be threatening Charlotte Lane. The moniker has not been used by Apollo since.

Arina Alovich
Apollo's Mother. A resentful Russian Washer Woman who waited hand and foot on the far more wealthy Angeloff Household. Catering to their every whim, desire, want and ask, Arina was a stoic, silent woman with a neutral expression. Peering at the world through a pair of dark brown, lightless eyes. The warmer browns irises, speckled with gold, were rarely seen. The handful of moments where Arina thought she would eventually be spirited away by the young Prussian Military Officer whom she was to bear the child of.
In a confrontation in the main hall of the Angeloff Estate in December, 1842, Arina cursed the young Prussian's name, and said that his name would suffer as she wanted him to.
Whether or not Apollo and Andrei's appearance added to her satisfaction or horror is not known, but Arina's unrelenting brutality and cruelty towards her sons went on to define their childhoods. Whatever the case, Arina's anger and attitudes towards her sons mellowed as she grew more grey and her sons grew into men. By the age of 15, the beatings had stopped after the intervention of Konstantine Angeloff.

In her later years, Arina would regard Apollo and Andrei with the same lightless eyes. As she saw them grow older and the dark lines begin to stream beneath their own, Arina's lightless eyes slowly began to twinkle with fear.
As, by 1866, Apollo was starting to look at her the same way she looked at him, despite him never laying a finger on Arina.

Come her death after falling down a long flight of stairs in 1878, she was little other than sinew and bone, having little appetite. Her passing hit Apollo harder than he would have liked. To this day, he calls his mother a variety of names and, if complimented about his name, will say "don't give my mother too much credit".

Andrei Abraham Alovich
Apollo's identical twin brother. A man with a wolfish grin, matching hair style and moustache and a horrible sense of humour, Andrei Alovich was Apollo's closest friend, and most trusted comrade. Watching the world with a pair of inquisitive, warm brown eyes, speckled with gold. In his younger years as a petty thief stealing loaves of bread from the market place near the Neva River with Apollo, Andrei was quick on his feet, and as he grew older, even better with a knife. It was originally Andrei's idea to turn to robbing people at knife point in 1851 that lead Apollo, Andrei and Dima to start shaking down whatever poor fool they came across first.

Andrei and Apollo normally got along, but were very prone to roughhousing. Neither one could seemingly get a leg up on the other - with a lot of their fights ending with them calling it a draw. Whether this was because they were twins or not is unclear - but Apollo prefers to think so. Furthermore, Andrei and Apollo very commonly would call each other "Еж" - Hedgehog. Deriving from the Russian phrase of "И ежу понятно" - "It's understandable to a Hedgehog", implying the other to be stupid. This particular insult has always stayed between the pair.

Andrei would accompany Arina to the first Angeloff Estate in 1852, carrying his brother, following a heinous injury that would leave Apollo unable to do much with his left arm, and nearly lead to it being crippled. What caused this injury, Andrei would not say - but he stood there and witnessed it, unable to intervene, lest the same thing would happen to him, too.
Andrei took to this new life of relative luxury with glee. Unable to continue being a petty thief on the streets of St. Petersburg, Andrei took to boxing under the supervision of Konstantine, and when Apollo recovered, as did he. The pair would regularly spar, with a majority of their fights being close, with a few draws.

Come December 1860, Andrei would go with Apollo and Dima to sign onto the Russian Imperial Army, where they would see a gruelling 18 years of military service. Come January of 1863, the Russian Imperial Army had been continuing to root out insurrectionists to the Russian occupation of the Kingdom of Poland since January of the same year. During a counterattack, Apollo was ambushed by a Polish Insurrectionist. Smashing a glass bottle over Apollo's head, the shards cut deeply into the front left of Apollo's face, splitting his lip. Falling to the ground with the glass cutting deeply, Andrei jumped the insurrectionist. Battering them to death with the Insurrectionist's own pistol, Dima rushed to aid Andrei's twin. Apollo spent the next week recovering, and was eventually sent on leave in early 1864.
Thankfully, the scars left by this injury remain hidden beneath Apollo's moustache - a fact that both Andrei and Apollo took joy in, knowing you still couldn't tell them apart at a glance.

Like Apollo, Andrei continued to rise through the ranks. Coming to the rank of Individual Non-Commissioned Officer in 1870, this would be the same rank he bore when the Russians moved into the Balkans in 1877 to begin a long campaign against the Ottoman Empire. Seeing many battles through with Apollo and Dima, the three broached January of 1878 with all the tired vigor they could muster. But - just three days into the new year, Andrei was killed at the battle of Sofia.

"He wasn't the same after January of '78. Andrei got cut in two by artillery, and Apollo stayed with him until he died. Kept telling him he was - going to be alright. He got very quiet after that, didn't say a word for about two days."
-Ефрейтор Sergei Sidorov, February, 1878.

Dima Malenkov
Best friend to Apollo and Andrei. A grinning man whose spirits very rarely could ever be dampened, squinting at the world through a pair of dark blue eyes. Dima was picked up by a young Apollo and Andrei during an escape with a stolen loaf of bread. Having distracted the authorities in order to aid the boys in their escape, Dima quickly became a dear friend to Apollo and Andrei. The three boys would continue to be close allies and then friends, carving a career for themselves as pick pockets, petty thieves and knife-point robbers.

After Apollo's near crippling injury in 1853 and his taking into the Angeloff household, Dima was invited not long after in 1854 to join them by Apollo. No longer having to live a life of petty thievery, Dima joined his comrades in this relatively comfortable life. Eventually, come December 1860, Dima would sign onto the Russian Imperial Army along with Apollo and Andrei. With the backing of the Angeloff name, the three would remain together through their extensive years of service to the Tsar - until Dima's gruelling injuries he sustained in the Russo-Turkish War made him unable to fight any longer. With one leg crippled and one forearm missing, Dima resigned himself to a quiet life in the second Angeloff Estate when only he and Apollo came home from the Russo-Turkish War.

In 1879, Dima would unknowingly contract an infection in his crippled leg that slowly began to turn to sepsis. Largely hiding this from Apollo beneath his socks, boots and overall cheerful demeanour, the infection slowly began to eat away at Dima's crippled leg. Only when his skin had gradually began to turn yellow, suffering from cold sweats and fainting spells, did Dima confess. A doctor was found - only to botch the entire surgery.
Dima died in his sleep from sepsis three days after his surgery in early December, 1880.

Konstantine Angeloff
Apollo's stepfather. A kind but uneasy Russian Military Officer with prominent German roots, and the third child of five children - Alexander, Ivan, Nicholas and Peter. Peering at the world through a pair of off-hazel eyes, where the whites had turned began to turn the faintest shade of yellow, be it from celebration or trying to sleep.
The Angeloff Family were wealthy with Germanic roots. Their relatives in the old town of Konigsberg, Eastern Prussia, would not only exchange letters and gifts for birthdays very frequently, but would also visit each other. Their wealth afforded them a plethora of servants - who Ivan and Nicholas would bully and mistreat for their own pleasure and amusement. Their egos inflamed and arrogant, Ivan and Nicholas butted heads with their more reserved brothers; Alexander and Konstantine.

On more than one occasion before her removal from the household at the insistence of the Matriarch of the Angeloff family in 1843, Konstantine showed great kindness to Arina. A kindness that, 10 years later in 1853, she'd take advantage of when she arrived at Konstantine's own smaller private estate, in-search of a doctor to treat a grievous injury one of her sons had. How this injury occurred, Arina would not say. She was allowed to stay at the Angeloff Estate at the insistence of Konstantine.
The same year, Konstantine, Alexander, Ivan, Nicholas and Peter would be sent off to the Balkans and surrounding regions to participate in the Crimean War.
Of them, only Konstantine, Alexander and Peter returned to Russia.
Ivan being shot down in the Siege of Kars (1855).
Nicholas being cut down by a bayonet at the Battle of Eupatoria (1855).

When they returned, that's when Konstantine took to drink. Something that would loosen his lips and let himself smile a little more, and would very commonly take to crying fits in this time - and would be very commonly comforted by Arina. Around this time, this was when the pair fell in love - a love that left Alexander feeling uneasy. This uneasiness swelled, and Alexander offered Konstantine a second sizeable estate that had been left to Alexander in a will.
Konstantine accepted, and moved there in 1857 with Arina.
There, the second estate remained in good shape until Konstantine's passing in 1877 after he was stabbed in a robbery gone wrong. From there, the small estate very quickly fell into ruin, with Konstantine's money being seized by Alexander, and the small estate left to rot, with Arina being too old and frail to care for it.

Despite his nervousness and his drink, Konstantine's kindness extended to Arina's sons. Never once did he lay a hand on Apollo and Andrei, and in his tipples before bed would he talk about his adventures in the Crimea. Normally, though, whenever he would recount these "adventures", the vodka would numb the sensory recollections that would come with the verbal retellings. The army paid well, Konstantine would never deny that - but the verbal ooze would only go onto take Andrei and Dima away from Apollo, despite Konstantine's best efforts.

Peter Angeloff
Apollo's step uncle. A quiet man prone to colds during the long winters, being the youngest of the five siblings of the Angeloff Household, Peter very much preferred the company of books and studies than the life of a soldier. This opinion very quickly drew the ire of his two older brothers Ivan and Nicholas, who Peter would very commonly be defended from by Alexander and Konstantine.

Following the conclusion of the Crimean War and the emergence of the second Angeloff Estate, Peter would sometimes visit Konstantine, Arina, Dima, Andrei and Apollo. Despite his weakness to opioids and his faltering will to refuse the urge to take to drink, when he was sober, Peter had a good relationship with his step sons. Instilling in them a great love for literature and studies, along with the love of expensive vodka.

The love for expensive vodka, however, would eventually prove to be Peter's undoing. One frigid winter's night in 1861, Peter fell into the pond of the first Angeloff Estate and drowned. He was found the next morning by a distressed servant who was out to get firewood.