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Galina Voronina

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{{Quote|I went into it like everyone else and learned to fight from my ancestors. I just didn't go crazy.|Galina on her use of the Animus, 2014.|Assassin's Creed: Initiates}}
{{Character Infobox
|image = ACS DB Galina Voronina.jpg
|birth = 30 July 1983 [[Protvino]], [[Russia|Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
|affiliates = [[Assassins]]
*[[Russian Brotherhood of Assassins|Russian Brotherhood]] Crew of the ''[[Altaïr II]]''
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed (Titan Comics)|Assassin's Creed]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]''
|voice = [[Patricia Summersett]]
|database = [[Database: Galina Voronina|Galina Voronina]]}}

'''Galina Voronina''' (born 1983) is a [[Master Assassin]] of the [[Russian Brotherhood of Assassins|Russian Brotherhood]] of [[Assassins]]. She is also one of the daughters of an [[Galina Voronina's mother|Assassin scientist]] who succeeded in constructing her own [[Animus]] inside an old Assassin laboratory, located in [[Protvino]], [[Moscow]].

After gaining the assistance of [[Gavin Banks]] and his allies in 2014, Galina assassinated her mother, [[Avdotya Voronina|sister]] and former Assassin comrades, who had been driven insane through the [[Bleeding Effect]]. In doing so, she became the last of the Russian Assassins, leading her to later accept Gavin's offer to become part of the ''[[Altaïr II]]<nowiki>'</nowiki>''s crew.

==Biography==
===Early life===
{{Quote|What happened to us? What happened to our future? What kind of world am I leaving to my twin girls?|Galina's mother on the deteriorating Russian Brotherhood, 1991.|Assassin's Creed: Initiates}}
Galina and her twin sister were born to an Assassin scientist who worked in one of the Assassin Science Cities, facilities that belonged to the [[Russian Academy of Sciences]], but were used by the Assassins for research since the early 20th century. The twins grew up in one such compound, located in Protvino, Moscow, which served as their home and hideout. By 1991, it was the only Assassin Science City left, with the others having been eradicated by the nation's increasingly powerful [[Templars]].<ref name="ACI MT">''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' – "Modern Times"</ref>

Raised as Assassins, Galina and her sister bore witness to the [[Russian Assassins|Russian Brotherhood]]'s further decline, which their mother desperately tried to reverse by using the Animus she had built. The experiments, however, proved to be a disaster; the subjects were driven insane and subsequently sealed off in another section of the compound. Not wanting to create even more victims, the twins' mother chose to be the machine's sole test subject, causing her sanity to be slowly frayed away by the Bleeding Effect.<ref name="ACI MT" />

In December 2012, a sudden power surge caused the twins' mother to experience a vision of [[Eve]], which she took as a sign to redouble her efforts. While the Assassin scientist forced the remaining members of her cell into the Animus, Galina was told of an old Assassin meeting place, the footbridge that connected the old and new properties of the Moscow Zoo. On the instruction of her twin sister, who had learned of the location from their [[Voronina journal|grandmother's journal]], Galina began to visit the bridge every full moon, in the hopes that she could contact other Assassins.<ref name="ACI MT" />

[[File:ACi-Unexpected Dissolution.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Galina consoling her sister]]
On 28 June 2013, the Russian government announced its plans to put all of the Russian Academy of Sciences' remaining property and facilities under its control, putting the remaining Russian Assassins in danger. Both Galina and her twin sister, the last two sane individuals in the facility, were subsequently forced into the Animus.<ref name="ACI MT" /> However, unlike the others, Galina was able to remain mentally stable and used the Bleeding Effect to learn the techniques of her ancestors.<ref name="ACI S">''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' – "Surveillance"</ref>
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===Clearing the science city===
{{Quote|We have established contact with an Assassin in Moscow, Galina Voronina [...] She wants us to assassinate her mother, an Assassin scientist who went nuts.|An excerpt from Emmett's report, 2014.|Assassin's Creed: Initiates}}
Escaping the laboratory, Galina continued visiting the footbridge and eventually made contact with Gavin Banks, [[Emmett Leary]] and [[Emmanuel Barraza]], Assassins from the ''Altaïr II'', on 16 March 2014 in Moscow. She informed them of the Russian Brotherhood's situation, before asking them to assassinate her mother. Reconvening with the trio of Assassins two days later to discuss plans, she managed to convince Gavin into aiding her. During their meeting, Emmett attempted to explain to her that her mother could not have been speaking to Eve, as experiences in the Animus were purely passive, though Galina did not seem convinced.<ref name="ACI S" />

Accompanied by her new allies, Galina journeyed back to Protvino, which was crawling with deranged Assassins, and broke into the laboratory. Although she had requested the back-up of Gavin and his team, Galina hardly needed help, using her two [[Hidden Blade]]s to put their attackers, among them her twin sister, out of their misery.<ref name="ACI S" />

[[File:ACi-Matricide.jpg|thumb|250px|Galina mourning her mother's death]]
Eventually they found Galina's babbling mother strapped to the ancient Animus she had constructed, in a room filled with monitors. As Galina knelt down next to her mother, Emmett watched the screens, believing to see a [[Juno|face]]<ref>[https://twitter.com/acinitiates/status/446662520221085696/photo/1 ''Assassin's Creed: Initiates'' (Twitter) - "A monster in the machine"]</ref> in them. When Galina ended her mother's life, the face cried out, before vanishing.<ref name="ACI S" />

Following the assassination of her mother, Galina was convinced by Gavin to join him aboard the ''Altaïr II'', as her Brotherhood had become practically non-existent. Traveling with him to [[St. Petersburg]], she met the rest of the [[Ships|ship]]'s crew on the 26th of March.<ref name="ACI S" />

===Back into the Brotherhood===
On 24 April, Galina, along with the rest of the ''Altaïr II''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s crew, was tasked with deciphering the riddles in [[William Miles]]' [[William Miles' Codex|codex]], in an effort to determine William's whereabouts. Eventually, they located a [[William's Secret Bunker|hidden cove]] in [[Norway]], where the ''Altaïr II'' docked on 1 May 2014.<ref name="ACI S" />

When [[Rebecca Crane]] began upgrading the systems on the ''Altaïr II'', she discovered that a spy on the ship was uploading reports to a database run by a group called the [[Initiates]]. Unlike the rest of the crew, Galina was above suspicion, since she had only been with them for roughly a month; too short a time to have planted the bugs used by the Initiates. While the others were confined to their quarters on the ship until they could be interrogated and cleared of suspicion, Galina stayed in the bunker.<ref name="ACI S" />

[[File:ACi-YourHumbledSpy.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Galina preparing to kill Stephanie]]
On 23 May, William finally gathered the crew members to announce the identity of the spy, naming [[Stephanie Chiu]] as the culprit. On William's command, Galina moved to kill Stephanie, but [[Eric Cooper]] intervened, revealing he was the spy instead. The two eventually confessed they worked together, with Eric writing the reports while Stephanie uploaded them to the Initiates database. William then revealed he had no intention of having them killed, as the Initiates appeared "fairly reasonable". Shaun then sent a video to the Initiates, offering them to join the Assassins.<ref name="ACI S" />

In October, an Assassin group led by Gavin Banks, Galina among them, attacked and destroyed the Abstergo facility in [[Paris]], which was dedicated to the research and study of the [[Sages|Sage]] [[John Standish]].<ref name="ACRG">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]''</ref> She and [[Shaun Hastings]] personally confronted [[Álvaro Gramática]], with Galina attempting to kill the scientist with a grenade; however, Gramática survived thanks to the [[Shrouds of Eden|Shroud of Eden]] that he was wearing.<ref name="ACS">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]''</ref>

After the attack, the Assassins were followed by Templar agent [[Juhani Otso Berg]] and his right hand, [[Sorkin]]. Galina faced Sorkin and overpowered him, stabbing Sorkin multiple times before the Assassins escaped with the ships that were waiting them.<ref name="ACRG" />

===Finding the Shroud===
{{Quote|Bishop tells me Otso Berg is here. I will kill him for you!|Galina to Shaun Hastings, 2015.|Assassin's Creed: Syndicate}}
In late October 2015, Galina was contacted by [[Bishop]], who asked her to meet up with [[Shaun Hastings]] and [[Rebecca Crane]] in [[London]] and help them locate a [[Shrouds of Eden|Shroud of Eden]]. Arriving at night, she snuck up on Shaun, who had been reminiscing about an [[Desmond Miles|old friend]], and made him jump. When Shaun recalled their mission in Paris, Galina teased him for "screaming like a baby". She then eagerly told him she would kill Berg.<ref name="ACS" />

[[File:ACS Stay With Me 2.png|thumb|250px|Galina with Rebecca and Shaun in the Buckingham Palace vault]]
Once the Shroud's location was found by an Assassin [[Helix initiate|initiate]], Galina, Shaun and Rebecca traveled to [[Buckingham Palace]]'s vault and immediately engaged Berg, [[Violet da Costa]] and [[Isabelle Ardant]], who had arrived there ahead of the Assassins. For a while, Galina and Berg were evenly matched, with Berg managing to break her Hidden Blades, though she eventually gained the upper hand and knocked him unconscious.<ref name="ACS" />

Just as she was about to kill Berg by delivering a deadly blow to his head, the rest of Sigma Team arrived, forcing her to abandon her target and take out the reinforcements, leaving Berg alive in the process. Once they had been dealt with, she returned to Shaun and Rebecca, with the latter having been shot during the struggle, and told them it was time to go.<ref name="ACS" />

===Recruiting de la Cruz===
{{Quote|We kill him. A traitor almost ended the Brotherhood... and now you want to open the door for another one to finish the job?|Galina voicing her doubts about Joseph to Xavier, 2015.|Assassin's Creed (Titan Comics)}}
By late 2015, Galina was assigned to a new Assassin cell in [[California]], which was led by [[Xavier Chen]]. In September, a respected Assassin called [[Joseph Laurier]], who had been thought dead, resurfaced and appeared to be joining the Templars. However, he had simultaneously sent Xavier's cell a message, claiming he was actually trying to lure out one of the Templars' top agents by promising to help them find a [[Piece of Eden]] purportedly located in [[Salem]] at the time of the [[Salem witch trials|witch trials]].<ref name="AC Comic #1">''[[Assassin's Creed (Titan Comics)|Assassin's Creed]]'' #001</ref>

The group felt conflicted over whether or not to trust him; Xavier was inclined to believe Joseph, but Galina thought it better to kill him, wanting to avoid a repeat of the [[Daniel Cross]] debacle. To verify whether or not his story about the artifact was a set-up, the Assassins decided to search for an individual with the necessary [[Genetic memory|genetic memories]]. [[Kody]], the cell's technician, hacked [[Abstergo Industries]]' [[Helix]] databases and found [[Charlotte de la Cruz]], an employee at [[Malta Banking Corporation]] in [[San Diego]].<ref name="AC Comic #1" />

[[File:Galinaleaping.png|thumb|250px|Galina leaping out of Charlotte's apartment]]
Galina and Xavier then went to San Diego to recruit Charlotte, who was enthusiastic about the prospect of aiding the Brotherhood. Their meeting was interrupted, however, when a group of men sent by the Templars arrived at Charlotte's apartment and attacked them. The two Assassins managed to eliminate them, following which they took Charlotte to their hideout located near the [[Salton Sea]], where they put her in an Animus in order to relive the memories of her ancestor, [[Thomas Stoddard|Tom Stoddard]], an Assassin active during the witch trials.<ref name="AC Comic #1" />

However, Stoddard's ruthless nature clashed repeatedly with Charlotte's moral compass, causing the young woman to struggle with staying synchronized. As a result, Galina had little faith in their new recruit, which Chen objected to, leading the two to argue frequently.<ref name="AC Comic #2">''Assassin's Creed'' #002</ref> Later on, Kody informed Galina and Xavier of his discovery that the Templar [[Didier Hawking]], a "memory-hacking genius", was the one Joseph was supposedly trying to lure out.<ref name="AC Comic #3">''Assassin's Creed'' #003</ref>

[[File:ACComic Galina Punch.jpg|thumb|left|Galina punching Xavier]]
Deciding that finding answers in the past had become irrelevant, Galina ordered Kody to desynchronize Charlotte so they could move out and kill Joseph before he gave up the Brotherhood's secrets. When he hesitated, she moved forward and forcefully disconnected Charlotte herself. Xavier grabbed Galina by the shoulders in an attempt to intervene, but she retaliated by punching him and claiming he was a failure as a leader.<ref name="AC Comic #3" />

Charlotte interrupted, claiming she needed to go back, as [[Consus]] had said the mission was not yet finished. At the mention of the [[Isu|First Civilization]] being, Galina briefly hesitated, before reasserting that they needed to deal with Joseph. Xavier then drew a gun, threatening to shoot Galina if she prevented Charlotte from resynching with Stoddard's memories.<ref name="AC Comic #3" />

Before the situation could escalate any further, Kody intervened, informing his teammates that Charlotte could relive Stoddard's memories as they drove back to San Diego. Galina and Xavier complied and the group prepared to leave the Salton Sea hideout, with Galina setting the safe house on fire so any traces of their presence would be destroyed.<ref name="AC Comic #3" />

=== Confronting a traitor ===
Some hours later, as the group was arriving in San Diego, Charlotte finally discovered that Joseph's ancestor in Salem, [[Jennifer Querry]], died before witnessing the hiding place of the Piece of Eden, meaning Joseph had been telling the truth. After parking near the Templar safe house, Kody intended to hack into the building's security cameras, but instead found a file on Joseph that revealed Xavier had overseen the mission during which Joseph had disappeared. Galina scolded Xavier for risking their lives by attempting to make up for past mistakes. Despite the tension between them, Galina and Xavier headed out shortly thereafter to save Joseph.<ref name="AC Comic #4">''Assassin's Creed'' #004</ref>

Galina and Xavier found Joseph in a gym, where he confirmed her suspicions by lashing out at them. Galina struck back but he broke her leg, and then she watched as he and Xavier fell into the gym's pool, where Xavier was strangled and drowned to death. Joseph prepared to finish her off, but Charlotte appeared and leaped to her defense. Joseph tried to sway her to his side, detonating a bomb upstairs to prove he was still an Assassin, albeit a rogue one. He also claimed the Assassins had recruited Charlotte because she had precognitive powers. Abstergo burst in the room to kill Joseph, and Charlotte carried Galina out through an air vent. They came out in a maintenance room, where Charlotte discovered she had accidentally killed an asthmatic [[Brad|employee]] she'd bound and gagged to cover her intrusion.<ref name="AC Comic #5">''Assassin's Creed'' #005</ref>

Charlotte loaded Galina into their van. Galina ordered Kody to inform Gavin and to request that a team be sent to Salem, but Charlotte told them it would be unnecessary, explaining she could tell from the powers Joseph had explained to her. As they drove away, Galina thanked Charlotte, but she was dejected after Xavier's death and her thoughtlessness that caused the death of Brad the employee.<ref name="AC Comic #5" />

=== Hunt in Mexico ===
Now in 2016, the Assassins fled to [[Mexico]], with the injured Galina assuming the role of leader and being adamant about the need to track down Joseph before anything else. Once in [[Mexico City]], they took a room in a motel and through some contacts with the local underground world, hired two discreet doctors to reset Galina's broken leg without asking questions. However, as the female doctor tended to Galina, the male, drew a pistol. Galina saw him, pulled out her own before him and shot the Templar agent to death. She then ordered Charlotte to grab his gun and aim it at the female doctor. The woman explained she knew nothing of her fellow doctor's motives, stating that he was new, and Galina knocked her out after Charlotte told her that she was telling the truth.<ref name="AC Comic #6">''Assassin's Creed'' #006</ref>

They moved to the opposite motel, as it would be the last place the Templars would expect. While watching if everyone was coming to their former room, Charlotte realized that Consus wanted her to find the hacker collective [[Erudito]] and began to look for them on the Darknet but Galina was skeptical. Later, while Galina was sleeping after taking morphine, Charlotte convinced Kody to place her back in the Animus, to relive the memories of [[Quila]], her Inca ancestor, whom she believed was the key to finding Erudito.<ref name="AC Comic #6" />

In the morning, after Kody was forced to pull Charlotte out to let the Animus recharge, Galina told them that she found the Templar [[Garcia-Lopez]], who could lead them to Joseph. Charlotte refused to participate in what she knew was a kidnap-and-torture scenario, believing finding Erudito was more important. When she accused the Assassin leader of being jealous that Consus picked her, Galina told her that using the Animus left them exposed to an attack. The senior Assassin then coerced Charlotte into participating in the operation by threatening to destroy the Animus.<ref name="AC Comic #7">''Assassin's Creed'' #007</ref>

After Charlotte and Kody failed to capture the Templar, Galina immediately accused Charlotte of blowing the operation on purpose. The Assassin swore that she made a honest mistake when she attempted to stealthily tail Garcia-Lopez but got too close, allowing the Templar to spot her and run off and insisted on going back into the Animus. Galina retorted that this wasn't a game where she could respawn, as Garcia-Lopez would tell the Templars about her attackers and come after them.<ref name="AC Comic #7" />

Later, Charlotte ignored Galina's order to watch the van to re-enter the Animus. Galina and Kody soon discovered her and pulled her out, the former being furious that she ignored orders once again and the latter noting that the batteries were cooked. Fed up with Galina, Charlotte chose to leave to find new batteries, with an angry Galina telling her not to go or else she would be on her own. Several hours later, Charlotte detected Galina following her, who revealed that the Mexican Cartel abducted Kody and left his ear as proof while she was looking for Charlotte.<ref name="AC Comic #8">''Assassin's Creed'' #008</ref>

That same night, the two Assassins attempted a rescue mission at the Estadio Azteca stadium, where they were supposed to surrender in exchange for Kody's life. The injured Galina took up a sniper position in the bleachers, while Charlotte began to took down the cartel goons one after the others. As Charlotte made her way to Kody, Galina placed blame on her for her mercy, as the female doctor alerted the cartel and for letting Garcia-Lopez escape, which prevented them from leaving the city. However, Charlotte was soon ambushed by the cartel leader [[Arturo Viera]], who wanted to avenge his lover, the doctor that the Assassins hit in the motel room. Viera shot Charlotte in the right foot to force Galina to show herself so his lover who also had a sniper could take her down.<ref name="AC Comic #9">''Assassin's Creed'' #009</ref>

However, the Templars arrived in a chopper at the same moment, gunning down Viera, his girl and almost killed Galina. Suspecting that the Templars believed her to be very important to come after her, Charlotte pointed a gun at her head and threatened to kill herself if the Templars didn't spare her teammates. After [[Ortega Sanchez]] told her that she was wrong and that bringing the head of the infamous Galina Voronina home would be enough, Charlotte offered a better deal to the Templars, in exchange for Galina and Kody's safety, she'd provide them with the location of Erudito's meeting three days from now. Sanchez then gave her a day to find out the password to the location and to surrender herself before striking her injured foot with his cane, saying its insurance against a doublecross and threatened to harm her friends and family if she did not hold up her end of the bargain.<ref name="AC Comic #9" />

During her last synchronization with Quila's memories, Charlotte discovered that the password to unlock the coordinates of the meeting was the name of a Spanish Assassin, [[Gonzalo Pardo|Don Gonzalo Pardo]], revealing that the Erudito meeting was in Argentina. Soon after, Charlotte prepared to respect the pact she made and turn herself over to Sanchez with the intel about Erudito. However, Galina made a pact of her own with Viera's cartel, allowing the gangsters to avenge their murdered leader and attack the Templars as Charlotte was meeting with Sanchez. The distraction in turn allowed the Assassins to escape the city.<ref name="AC Comic #10">''Assassin's Creed'' #010</ref>

=== Working with Erudito ===
The team took a flight to Buenos Aires, where Charlotte spotted a man sporting a sign reading Don Gonzalo Pardo, who showed them to their Erudito contact, revealed to be the young woman's grandmother, [[Florencia]].<ref name="AC Comic #10" />

Some weeks later, Galina's team made a pact with [[Erudito]]; in exchange for Charlotte's help in order to learn more about an [[Isu]]an entity named [[Consus]], the collective of hackers would help them to find Joseph. After learning from Erudito that Joseph was in [[Somalia]], going by the name "Alan Wilde", and after Charlotte asked her to capture him alive because she had a hunch about him, Galina and some Erudito field agents left for Africa.<ref name="AC Comic #11">''Assassin's Creed'' #011</ref>

In Mogadishu, Somalia, Galina led a group of [[Erudito]] agents trying to locate the elusive Joseph. They were observing a public event attended by [[Zerha Okur]], a successful businesswomen and known Templar funder. After some misdirection involving a digger, Galina was attacked by Joseph behind some crates and attempted to fight back but was struck down.<ref name="AC Comic #12">''Assassin's Creed'' #012</ref>

[[My'shell Lemair]] managed to distract their prey with a flanking strike, before [[Sheed]] pulled a gun on him. At the same moment, a distress call reached them, informing the members of the Collective that Erudito island was under attack, and they quickly realized that they needed Joseph because he was the only one with a plane. He reluctantly agreed to go, but only if he was allowed to speak with [[Charlotte]]. During the flight, Galina sent a message to the Assassins asking for help.<ref name="AC Comic #13">''Assassin's Creed'' #013</ref>

Above the island, the Templar's shot down the plane causing it to crash. The Templar's surrounded the crashed plane, finding the body of Sheed in the co-pilot seat. However, they were immediately ambushed by Galina, Joseph and My'shell. Realizing that any hope of rescue relied on taking out the warship that shot them down, they headed toward the coast. Galina and her two companions assaulted the ship. The crew retaliated, and explosives upon the deck were hit amidst the gunfire effectively destroying the ship. Joseph was badly wounded and told the two women to left him behind and to find the survivors.<ref name="AC Comic #14">''Assassin's Creed'' #014</ref>

Galina, My'shell and the remaining Erudito survivors were rescued by [[Kiyoshi Takakura]] and [[Arend Schut Cunningham|Arend Schut]] who were piloting a helicopter and were sent by Gavin Banks. The Assassins killed Sanchez and rescued Charlotte as she was surrounded by the Templars.<ref name="AC Comic #14" />

=== Search for the Phoenix Project ===
In February 2017, Galina was training her new apprentice, My'Shell, in combat and [[Freerunning]] on the roofs of London, while Kiyoshi and Arend were commenting on the new recruit's skills. They were interrupted by a call from Charlotte, whom reported back on her mission to find intel about the Phoenix Project in [[Hong Kong]] with [[Barindra Mitra]]'s cell.<ref name="ACUp #01">''[[Assassin's Creed: Uprising]]'' #001</ref>

An injured de la Cruz requested extraction for her and the technician [[Guernica Moneo]] and informed Galina that all the other Assassins were exterminated. She described to Galina how as the cell was breaking into an Abstergo building they were ambushed by an undefined group with Assassins gears and skills. She also told her friend that with them was an [[Desmond Miles' son|unidentified boy]], who spoke to her and acted as if they had already met before.<ref name="ACUp #01" />

One month later, in a back alley outside of Abstergo offices in [[Berlin]], Galina and Arend intercepted [[Heinrich Hart]], a scientist and Kiyoshi's mole within Abstergo. The pair were seeking answers over their losses in Hong Kong and threatened the German because it was his informations that led the Assassins into the ambush. Hart swore that he knew nothing of what had lied in wait for them at the Hong Kong site and told them that the Templars didn't knew what happened too, with rumors that the feared [[Black Cross]] was investigating the matter. After demanding that Hart find answers or else they would come back for his blood, Galina and Arend left.<ref name="ACUp #02">''Assassin's Creed: Uprising'' #002</ref>

== Equipment and skills ==
Galina has dual Hidden Blades.

Galina is shown to have excellent hand-to-hand combat skills, as seen when she bested Master Templar Juhani Berg and almost killed him. Galina is also a highly skilled marksman as she managed to hit many members of the mexican cartel with a high powered rifle.

==Trivia==
*Galina is derived from the [[Greece|Ancient Greek]] ''galene'', meaning "calm". It is also used as a Russian variant of Helen, a Greek name that means "shining brightly". The root ''voron'' from her surname means "raven". Another possible origin of her surname is the Russian word ''vorona'', which means "crow".
*One short form of her name 'Galka,' translates to "jackdaw" in Russian, though it is considered a disrespectful form of the name Galina.
*Galina wears a pendant in the shape of the Russian Assassins' insignia.
*Notably, she is one of the few modern Assassins known to wield dual Hidden Blades.
*Rebecca Crane once caught Galina talking to herself during their time in Norway. Curious, the former asked her about it, only to find Galina saying that she was conversing with her dead sister.
*Galina had apparently made a name for herself among the Templars as she was refered to as legendary by the Templar Sanchez.

==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
Galina Voronina with Hood - Concept Art.jpg|Concept art of Galina with her hood
Galina Voronina without Hood - Concept Art.jpg|Concept art of Galina without her hood
Galina Voronina.jpg|Galina in Moscow
ACi-TheLastScienceCity.jpg|Galina discussing plans with Gavin and Emmanuel
ACi-ANewDawnInMoscow.jpg|Galina being welcomed by the ''Altaïr II'''s crew
AC2015 Galinaintro.png|Galina as she appears in the comics
Galinathrowingknives.png|Galina using throwing knives
ACComic Galina Xavier.jpg|Galina criticizing Xavier
Galina Charlotte.jpg|Galina with Charlotte de la Cruz
ACS He Saved Us All 2.png|Galina reunited with Shaun
ACS Stay With Me 3.jpg|Galina fighting Berg
ACS Stay With Me 6.png|Galina preparing to finish Berg off
</gallery>

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Kiyoshi Takakura

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{{Character Infobox
|image = GOG RattlingCages M.jpg
|affiliates = [[Onmoraki-Gumi]] [[Assassins]]
*[[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins|Japanese Brotherhood]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed (Titan Comics)]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed: Uprising]]''}}

'''Kiyoshi Takakura''' is a member of the [[Onmoraki-Gumi]] and of the [[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins|Japanese Brotherhood]] of [[Assassins]].

==Biography==
===Japanese Brotherhood===
On 17 December 2013, Kiyoshi was guarding the entrance to the headquarters of the Osaka Brotherhood when he was approached by [[Gavin Banks]] and [[Emmanuel Barraza]], who demanded to see the head of the Onmoraki-Gumi. Kiyoshi told them to leave before he had to beat them, but Gavin then insulted his fashion sense and refused to go. Kiyoshi responded by punching him in the face and kicking him as he fell to the ground. Several of his fellow Assassins came out to watch and cheer him on, and Kiyoshi attempted to stab Gavin with his [[Hidden Blade]].<ref name="ACI MT">''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' – Modern Times</ref>

However, Emmanuel stuck his palm in between the blade and Gavin, allowing his hand to be impaled. Emmanuel then asked Gavin what the first tenet of [[the Creed]] was, stunning Kiyoshi, who responded it was "stay your blade from the flesh of the innocent". Emmanuel pulled out a dog tag with the insignia of the Assassin Order on it, proving he and Gavin were also Assassins. Kiyoshi retracted his Hidden Blade and apologized to Gavin and Emmanuel for attacking them. He later complimented Emmanuel on how he stopped his Hidden Blade, claiming that he was "almost Japanese" in how he dealt with the pain from his impaled palm.<ref name="ACI MT" />

On 31 December, Kiyoshi accompanied his [[Mentor]], [[Saeko Mochizuki]], aboard the ''[[Altaïr II]]'' to help the crew gather supplies for their next journey, and to celebrate the new year. After sparring for several hours with Emmanuel, Kiyoshi managed to convince Emmanuel to join Dr. [[Stephanie Chiu]] and himself at a local karaoke bar.<ref name="ACI MT" />

===Assassin missions===
By late 2015, Kiyoshi was ordered by Saeko to go to [[China]] to help the local cells and to look for [[Álvaro Gramática]]'s secret laboratory in which he planned to [[Phoenix Project|replicate]] an [[Isu]]'s body with the help of the [[Shroud of Eden 2|Shroud]].<ref name="ACS">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]''</ref>

In 2016, Kiyoshi and [[Arend Schut Cunningham]] were sent by Gavin to rescue [[Galina Voronina]] and her team from a Templar strike-team assaulting [[Erudito]]'s hideout in [[Argentina]]. With a helicopter, the two Assassins rescued their fellow Assassins and their Erudito allies and also killed the high-ranking Templar [[Ortega Sanchez]] while escaping the island.<ref name="ACA">''[[Assassin's Creed (Titan Comics)|Assassin's Creed]]'' – ''[[Assassin's Creed Volume 3: Homecoming|Volume 3: Homecoming]]''</ref>

In February 2017, Kiyoshi and Arend were in London with Galina and her apprentice [[My'shell Lemair|My'Shell]]. During a training session, Galina recieved a call from [[Charlotte de la Cruz]], who reported back on her mission in [[Hong Kong]]. Charlotte informed her fellow Assassins that the Abstergo office they raided for intel about the [[Phoenix Project]] was empty and that [[Barindra Mitra]]'s cell was butchered by an unidentified third party.<ref name="ACUp">''[[Assassin's Creed: Uprising]]''</ref>

===The Phoenix Project===
One month later, in a back alley outside of Abstergo offices in [[Berlin]], Kiyoshi, Arend and Galina intercepted [[Heinrich Hart]], a scientist and Kiyoshi's mole within Abstergo. The pair were seeking answers over their losses in Hong Kong and threatened the German because it was his informations that led the Assassins into the ambush. Hart swore that he knew nothing of what had lied in wait for them at the Hong Kong site and told them that the Templars didn't knew what happened too, with rumors that the feared [[Black Cross]] was investigating the matter. After demanding that Hart find answers or else they would come back for his blood, Galina and Arend left.

In London, Kiyoshi and his fellow Assassins review the media, where a large explosion in Berlin dominates the headlines. Kiyoshi argues that killing 170 people in public doesn't really fit with the Templar ideals, and suggests another faction might be in play. My'Shell reveals that she has a list of Pieces of Eden retrieved from the Hong Kong Abstergo lab, and pulls up an image of the [[Koh-i-Noor|Koh-i-noor]]. With My'Shell convinced that it is present in the Spanish Civil war, Charlotte straps herself into the makeshift Animus. The machine appears to malfunction, with Charlotte seemingly trapped inside a simulation and unable to be woken. An injured [[Guernica]] returns to find the team surrounding the stricken Animus. He is shocked to learn that My'Shell has repaired the machine with unvetted Abstergo parts, and fears that the machine is now compromised. She makes her apologies and leaves, whilst Guernica informs the others that they will need the assistance of [[Felix Oladele]] - an Abstergo/Erudito plant based in Montreal whom is familiar with Animus extractions.

Kiyoshi and Arend make the flight immediately to [[Canada]], and using a cargo plane perform a halo jump on to the roof of Abstergo Montreal. After working through the few guards present, they reach the office of Oladele - only to find him already slain by a high tech Assassin, the same individual from Hong Kong. The 'Assassin' wounds them both with throwing knives, and throws Arend out the nearest window which he just manages to hang onto. After a few shots from Kiyoshi's gun, the 'Assassin' jumps from the window. Kiyoshi and Arend both make their way back out, both heavily injured. The only way that the 'Assassin' could know where they were headed is if they have a leak either from the Animus or one of their own within the Brotherhood. They then decide to lay low in a safe house.

==Equipment and skills==
Kiyoshi was quite skilled in hand-to-hand combat, being able to best Gavin rather easily, and also showed a proficiency with firearms. Kiyoshi is also credited as a master swordsman no surprise as he always carries his sword on missions. Among his equipment, Kiyoshi has a [[Hidden Blade]] under his sleeves, he also has a sword.

==Trivia==
*He is a fan of {{Wiki|gastronomy}} and of the unique meals that are part of every culture.<ref name="ACS" />

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