Full Names: Jefferson Smock and Yekaterina Volkov-Smock
Nicknames and Pseudonyms: Jeff and Katia
Ages: 83 - Jefferson, 91 - Katia
Homeworld: Asphodel Meadows. Jefferson and Katia live on a sprawling ranch with a huge house, lots of security, lots of blood donors.
Significant Affiliations/Connections to the Current Crew: Jefferson is CEO and owner of Kaizen Corporation. Katia is a politician on Asphodel Meadows. The two have four children - Lukariah Smock (son, age 57), Skylar Smock (daughter, age 50), Kynlee Smock (daughter, age 37), Cayden Smock (son, age 23, deceased). They also have a handful of grandchildren, including Katya Smock (now known as Laelia-Belle Frost). Notably, the four Smock children were born with the vampire mutation but of their grandchildren, only two have it. They have a tenuous connection to the original Hellion crew and, specifically, Seth Frost.
Appearances: Despite both their actual ages, Jefferson and Katia appear much younger than they actually are, thanks to their consistent consumption of human blood. They're both in excellent shape and stay that way with regular exercise and the usual pampering those with excessive amounts of money indulge in. Both have slightly enlarged, sharper-than-normal incisors and are stronger and faster than the average human of their size.
Personalities: Jefferson is charming and magnanimous; the 'man with a plan'. He's cool under pressure and level-headed, the type who doesn't often push the panic button. His fuse is long but hardly infinite and those who know him well, know just how dangerous he can be.
The more stoic of the two, Katia keeps her thoughts and feelings closely guarded, content to let her handsome husband and his charming dimples take the lead. As a politician, she's practiced at putting on the mask of approachability and caring and, indeed, Katia cares deeply about Asphodel Meadows and the people who live there. Showing it - or most deep feelings - in a genuine way requires her to drop walls that she's had in place for a very long time and does not come easily.
History: Katia and Jefferson's story really began with their fathers, a life-saving artificial blood supplement, and an arranged marriage. Both were young, pushed together for the good of their families, and while neither can pinpoint a definitive moment where they fell in love, eventually they both got there.
They built a life together that both were happy with and kept busy running Kaizen Corporation and the many smaller businesses that comprised their empire, chasing around a handful of children, and even - in Katia's case - running for office.
Living in the spotlight meant a certain focus on optics and it wasn't long before the Smock family became known for something more than Hemelite - Asphodel Meadows' mutation ran strong through their family, resulting in all four of their children being born with it. It was unheard of, truly, and garnered much attention in the media, but what was chocked up to genetics in the public was, behind closed doors, anything but.
With Cayden, the pair realized that they had flown a bit too close to the sun and decided, when he was around the age of 7, that it was time to let fate decide whether or not their grandchildren would have the mutation. The secret of their children's mutations is one the pair are determined to take to their graves, even with one after the next of their bloodline being born sans vampirism.
Cayden's last obsession prior to disappearing had resulted in another grandchild for Katia and Jefferson: a little girl with two mutations. They wanted to keep her safe, keep her close, but Cayden had never been great at doing what he was told and when he went missing, so did Katya. While they're assuming that the baby didn't make it due to her health conditions, both have complicated feelings as to whether they hope to find her alive or not.
Models: Jeffery Dean Morgan and Hilarie Burton Morgan