Sonia Roksana

Sonia is a Toreador artist and museum curator in New Orleans. She was born in Latvia to poor, young parents in an isolated village town. She showed a natural talent with painting early in life and aspired to go to school to study art. Eventually, she did move to the capital city, Riga, and immersed herself in the cultural scene. Her paintings became popular in Riga and shortly before World War 1, a Russian Toreador prince named Artemiy took notice of her. Sonia was kidnapped from her home, embraced and made the prince's courtesan. Artemiy forced her to paint for him and planned to use Sonia's art to develop the Russian art scene. After World War 1, Artemiy was ousted by a Brujah coup who were overturning the current Camarilla regime and removed from power. Sonia seized her chance and fled Russia to America amid the fall of the Soviet Union. She lived in Boston, Massachusetts and then in New York City for many years and studied art. She moved to Louisiana in the early 2000's and accepted a job at the New Orleans Art Museum as curator. Sonia oversees foreign art collections, is responsible for the care and display of pieces, and also assesses the authenticity and significance of new items. She doubles as a conservator and knows all the science behind organizing and conserving the pieces of art and artifacts under her care. She has also taken to the music scene in New Orleans, playing blues guitar at local clubs. Sonia covertly aids Hudson Hughes and his group to protect kindred in New Orleans. She is a friend to the Belvedere refugees.