Grigori Rasputin

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|name = Grigori Rasputin
|image = Rasputin-pd.jpg
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|birth = 22 January 1869<br>[[wikipedia:Pokrovskoye|Pokrovskoye]], [[wikipedia:Siberia|Siberia]], [[Russia|Russian Empire]]
|death = 29 December 1916<br>[[Petrograd|Saint Petersburg]], Russian Empire
|period = [[Modern Times]]
|faction = [[Templars]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' ([[Glyphs]])<br>''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]''<ref name="A Russian Dawn For Assassin's Creed">''[http://uk.comics.ign.com/articles/110/1106858p1.html A Russian Dawn For Assassin's Creed]''</ref>
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'''Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin''' (Russian: ''Григорий Ефимович Распутин'') (22 January 1869 - 29 December 1916) was a Russian mystic living during the rule of Tsar [[Nicholas II of Russia|Nicholas II]] and a member of the [[Templars]]. After Nicholas' son Alexei became sick, he was advised by a family friend to ask for the help of Rasputin. It is rumoured that due to Rasputin's strange healing powers and his near sucessful resistance to an assassination attempt in 1916, Rasputin may have been in posession of [http://assassinscreed.wikia.com/wiki/The_Shroud The Shroud]. Rasputin agreed to do so, knowing that Nicholas had a [[Piece of Eden]], [[the Staff]]. After successfully 'healing' Alexei, he became a trusted friend, even giving advice on the decisions the royal family made. Eventually, Rasputin came into possession of the Staff and took it to [[wikipedia:Tunguska|Tunguska]] for the Templars to experiment with.

A group of nobles, likely [[Assassins]], found that Rasputin's influence on the royal family had become too much of a problem and they, led by [[wikipedia:Felix Yusupov|Felix Yusupov]], [[wikipedia:Dmitri Pavlovich|Dmitri Pavlovich]] and [[wikipedia:Vladimir Purishkevich|Vladimir Purishkevich]], lured Rasputin to a "party" in the Yusupov's [[wikipedia:Moika Palace|Moika Palace]]. Rasputin was led to the cellar where he was fed cakes and wine filled with poison. However, it seemed as though the poison was ineffective to Rasputin, and Yusupov quickly consulted with the others. Coming down, he shot Rasputin through the back of the head, and, after Rasputin's body fell to the ground, the nobles fled the building. Yusupov forgot his coat and went back in, but as he did so, Rasputin's eyes opened and he lunged at Yusupov. The others arrived and shot him three times in the back. However, he still did not die, and attempted to get back up. The men beat him into submission and castrated him. They then bound his body and wrapped him in a carpet, only so that they could easily throw him into the icy [[wikipedia:Neva River|Neva River]]. He ultimately drowned in the river.

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