Khioniya Guseva

Guseva, killed by Nikolai Orelov

Khioniya Kuzminichna Guseva (c. 1881 - 1917) was a Russian townswoman and disciple of Grigori Rasputin.

In 1914, Guseva traveled with Rasputin to his hometown of Pokrovskoye, in Siberia. Upon meeting him outside the church in the town, Guseva charged at him for unknown reasons, and sliced open his stomach. Though Rasputin's intestines fell out and the man clutched at them, he then smiled at Guseva and used the shard of the Imperial Sceptre that he had worn around his neck to force her to mutilate herself. Following this, Guseva's face became heavily disformed as a result, most notably lacking a nose.

Guseva was subsequently imprisoned in the asylum in Krasnoyarsk, until she was freed from her cell by the Assassin Nikolai Orelov in 1917. In exchange for telling him what had occurred during her assassination attempt, she would get her freedom. Once she fulfilled her end of the deal, Guseva asked the Assassin to put her out of her misery, and so Orelov thrust his Hidden Blade through her heart, killing her.