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===Shooting of the Romanov=== | ===Shooting of the Romanov=== | ||
{{Quote|Mama... How could I ever be as strong as you were? This bracelet bears the initials of all of us. It's mine to wear now. The last of us.|Anastasia Romanova.}} | |||
In July 1918 during the height of the Revolution, Anastasia's family was [[Shooting of the Romanov family|assassinated]] inside [[Ipatiev house]] by Templar agents within the [[Bolsheviks]] sent to obtain a Precursor box that was in her family's possession. Romanova temporarily escaped with the box but was hunted down and cornered in a boiler room, where she was rescued by Nikolai Orelov who had infiltrated the house in order to take the Precursor box for the Assassins. However the box Romanova held and the fragment of the Imperial Sceptre Orelov wore resonated just as more soldiers rushed in, causing a blinding light to appear. When it cleared Romanova stood over the bodies of the soldiers with Orelov's [[Short blades|knife]], having been imprinted with the memories, experiences and skills of Shao Jun.<ref name="Russia">''[[Assassin's Creed Chronicles: Russia]]''</ref> | In July 1918 during the height of the Revolution, Anastasia's family was [[Shooting of the Romanov family|assassinated]] inside [[Ipatiev house]] by Templar agents within the [[Bolsheviks]] sent to obtain a Precursor box that was in her family's possession. Romanova temporarily escaped with the box but was hunted down and cornered in a boiler room, where she was rescued by Nikolai Orelov who had infiltrated the house in order to take the Precursor box for the Assassins. However the box Romanova held and the fragment of the Imperial Sceptre Orelov wore resonated just as more soldiers rushed in, causing a blinding light to appear. When it cleared Romanova stood over the bodies of the soldiers with Orelov's [[Short blades|knife]], having been imprinted with the memories, experiences and skills of Shao Jun.<ref name="Russia">''[[Assassin's Creed Chronicles: Russia]]''</ref> | ||
Devastated by the death of her family, Romanova was reassured by Orelov who helped distract the soldiers while she escaped from her pursuers through the sewers. While in the sewers, Anastasia used many of the skills inherited from Shao Jun, including [[whistling]], freerunning, lockpicking and [[pickpocketing]], to avoid detection from the soldiers posted there. After exiting the sewers, Romanova attempted to find Orelov to escape the area and amazed herself with her new-found [[Helix abilities|abilities]]. In order to more easily traverse the ruined environment of her now former home, Anastasia made a makeshift [[Rope darts|rope dart]] using Nicolai's dagger and a rope she found while scavenging through the [[Cheka]] compound.<ref name="Russia"/> | Devastated by the death of her family, Romanova was reassured by Orelov who helped distract the soldiers while she escaped from her pursuers through the sewers. While in the sewers, Anastasia used many of the skills inherited from Shao Jun, including [[whistling]], freerunning, lockpicking and [[pickpocketing]], to avoid detection from the soldiers posted there. After exiting the sewers, Romanova attempted to find Orelov to escape the area and amazed herself with her new-found [[Helix abilities|abilities]]. In order to more easily traverse the ruined environment of her now former home, Anastasia made a makeshift [[Rope darts|rope dart]] using Nicolai's dagger and a rope she found while scavenging through the [[Cheka]] compound.<ref name="Russia"/> | ||
Following this, Anastasia was pined-down by a [[Machine Gun]] but was saved by Nikolai, who told her to meet him at the edge of the estate. As Romanova went through her home, she collected | Following this, Anastasia was pined-down by a [[Machine Gun]] but was saved by Nikolai, who told her to meet him at the edge of the estate. As Romanova went through her home, she collected heirlooms belonging to her departed family. Further into her house, Romanova overheard soldiers gloating about killing her family sending her into a rage, assassinating the present soldiers, losing herself into the persona of Shao Jun.<ref name="Russia"/> | ||
Exiting the house, Romanova ran into a rifleman who was quickly shot by Orelov who had taken a vantage point as a sniping position. Covered by the Assassin, Anastasia escaped the compound. Outside the compound Anastasia fell to the floor, feeling unwell. As Nikolai attempted to help her up a [[guard]] approached and shouted at them causing Orelov to push Romanova down in an attempt to hide her. While the guard interrogated Nikolai, Anastasia, temporally possessed by Shao Jun, strangled the guard from behind and snapped his neck. She then threatened to kill Nikolai for pushing her down and took offence to him calling her "child". Romanova only snapped out of her trance once Orelov reminded her of her true name.<ref name="Russia"/> | Exiting the house, Romanova ran into a rifleman who was quickly shot by Orelov who had taken a vantage point as a sniping position. Covered by the Assassin, Anastasia escaped the compound. Outside the compound Anastasia fell to the floor, feeling unwell. As Nikolai attempted to help her up a [[guard]] approached and shouted at them causing Orelov to push Romanova down in an attempt to hide her. While the guard interrogated Nikolai, Anastasia, temporally possessed by Shao Jun, strangled the guard from behind and snapped his neck. She then threatened to kill Nikolai for pushing her down and took offence to him calling her "child". Romanova only snapped out of her trance once Orelov reminded her of her true name.<ref name="Russia"/> | ||
===Pursued=== | |||
{{Quote|These are not your memories. You are not Shao Jun. The box or the shard did this. I've witnessed the things this technology can do. You have to remain yourself, Anastasia. You have to shut her out.|Nikolai Orelov.}} | |||
Orelov and Romanova boarded a train heading from [[Yekaterinburg]] to [[Kazan]] in order to escape persecution from the Templar agents in the Red Army. While on the train, Anastasia revealed to Nikolai that she recalled events from Shao Jun's life, including the hunt for the [[Eight Tigers]] where Shao Jun freed [[China]] from Templar control. Orelov warned her to to not lose herself in the memories of Shao Jun, and explained that they would reach Kazan in order to head to [[Moscow]] with the aid of some friends of Orelov belonging to the [[Narodnaya Volya]]. Romanova expressed doubt about his intentions due to his friends' allegiances, but Orelov simply replied that he had a daughter himself and that their cause does not include murdering children. | |||
At this point a noise startled them as Templar soldiers boarded the train in search of the box, prompting Orelov to tell her that he'd be back after taking care of them. After Orelov took care of the soldiers on the train, an armoured train pulled up to theirs and started attacking the train as more soldiers boarded, forcing Romanova to run from the back of the train under heavy fire as the train collapsed and caught fire around her. Reaching the front where Nikolai had commandeered a machine gun to counter attack, Anastasia barely escaped the explosion of the back cars alongside Nikolai. | |||
Once in Kazan, Nikolai told her to wait for him with the box while he went to talk to his friend, [[Leon Trotsky]]. After a long wait, Anastasia grew increasingly worried as he didn't come back. | |||
===Escape from Russia=== | ===Escape from Russia=== | ||
Aided by Orelov, Romanova escaped from Russia and her Templar and Assassin pursuers to Germany under the name Anna Anderson.<ref name="Russia"/> | Aided by Orelov, Romanova escaped from Russia and her Templar and Assassin pursuers to Germany under the name Anna Anderson.<ref name="Russia"/> | ||
==Personality and characteristics== | |||
{{Quote|You did something to me! Cursed me... with that necklace. I could never kill anyone! I can barely hold a gun!|Anastasia Romanova.}} | |||
Anastasia was 17 years old when her family was killed and was distraught when her she found out. Once imprinted with the memories and personality of Shao Jun, she became more confident in her abilities, though she sometimes lost herself in the persona of Shao Jun.<ref name="Russia"/> | |||
===Equipment and skills=== | |||
Anastasia was not adept at using weapons by age 17. Once imprinted with Shao Jun, she inherited many skills and abilities from the Chinese Assassin, including freeruning and [[Eagle Vision]], as well as the intrinsic knowledge of how to build Rope Darts - Shao Jun's signature weapon.<ref name="Russia"/> | |||
Unlike the [[Master Assassin]] Nikolai Orelov, with whom she travelled, Anastasia's equipment was limited to a knife given to her by Orelov and her makeshift rope darts, which she used with great skill.<ref name="Russia"/> | |||
==Trivia== | |||
*Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova is the second historical character playable in the [[Assassin's Creed (series)|series]], following [[Jack the Ripper]] in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]''. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova of Russia (18 June 1901 – unknown) was the daughter of Tsar Nicholas II and a survivor of the Romanov family. After her secret emigration to Germany, she took the name Anna Anderson.
During the slaughter of her family, a copy of of Chinese Assassin Shao Jun somehow contained in the Precursor box bonded with Anastasia, when the girl came in contact with both the box and a shard of the Imperial Scepter formerly owned by her family. Protected by Nikolai Orelov but tracked by both the Templars and the Red Army, Anastasia used her connection with Jun to learn Assassin skills like freerunning, lockpicking and combat.
Biography
Early life
Early during the Russian Revolution, Vladimir Lenin asked the Assassin Nikolai Orelov to kill Tsar Nicholas II. The tsar had just finished saying goodnight to Anastasia and her three sisters when he was confronted by Orelov. Recognizing the Assassin as the man who had once made an attempt on his father's life, Nicholas requested that his family be spared. However, Orelov was only interested in taking possession of the Romanov family's Imperial Scepter and left warning him that there would be a future assassination attempt.[1]
Shooting of the Romanov
- "Mama... How could I ever be as strong as you were? This bracelet bears the initials of all of us. It's mine to wear now. The last of us."
- ―Anastasia Romanova.
In July 1918 during the height of the Revolution, Anastasia's family was assassinated inside Ipatiev house by Templar agents within the Bolsheviks sent to obtain a Precursor box that was in her family's possession. Romanova temporarily escaped with the box but was hunted down and cornered in a boiler room, where she was rescued by Nikolai Orelov who had infiltrated the house in order to take the Precursor box for the Assassins. However the box Romanova held and the fragment of the Imperial Sceptre Orelov wore resonated just as more soldiers rushed in, causing a blinding light to appear. When it cleared Romanova stood over the bodies of the soldiers with Orelov's knife, having been imprinted with the memories, experiences and skills of Shao Jun.[2]
Devastated by the death of her family, Romanova was reassured by Orelov who helped distract the soldiers while she escaped from her pursuers through the sewers. While in the sewers, Anastasia used many of the skills inherited from Shao Jun, including whistling, freerunning, lockpicking and pickpocketing, to avoid detection from the soldiers posted there. After exiting the sewers, Romanova attempted to find Orelov to escape the area and amazed herself with her new-found abilities. In order to more easily traverse the ruined environment of her now former home, Anastasia made a makeshift rope dart using Nicolai's dagger and a rope she found while scavenging through the Cheka compound.[2]
Following this, Anastasia was pined-down by a Machine Gun but was saved by Nikolai, who told her to meet him at the edge of the estate. As Romanova went through her home, she collected heirlooms belonging to her departed family. Further into her house, Romanova overheard soldiers gloating about killing her family sending her into a rage, assassinating the present soldiers, losing herself into the persona of Shao Jun.[2]
Exiting the house, Romanova ran into a rifleman who was quickly shot by Orelov who had taken a vantage point as a sniping position. Covered by the Assassin, Anastasia escaped the compound. Outside the compound Anastasia fell to the floor, feeling unwell. As Nikolai attempted to help her up a guard approached and shouted at them causing Orelov to push Romanova down in an attempt to hide her. While the guard interrogated Nikolai, Anastasia, temporally possessed by Shao Jun, strangled the guard from behind and snapped his neck. She then threatened to kill Nikolai for pushing her down and took offence to him calling her "child". Romanova only snapped out of her trance once Orelov reminded her of her true name.[2]
Pursued
- "These are not your memories. You are not Shao Jun. The box or the shard did this. I've witnessed the things this technology can do. You have to remain yourself, Anastasia. You have to shut her out."
- ―Nikolai Orelov.
Orelov and Romanova boarded a train heading from Yekaterinburg to Kazan in order to escape persecution from the Templar agents in the Red Army. While on the train, Anastasia revealed to Nikolai that she recalled events from Shao Jun's life, including the hunt for the Eight Tigers where Shao Jun freed China from Templar control. Orelov warned her to to not lose herself in the memories of Shao Jun, and explained that they would reach Kazan in order to head to Moscow with the aid of some friends of Orelov belonging to the Narodnaya Volya. Romanova expressed doubt about his intentions due to his friends' allegiances, but Orelov simply replied that he had a daughter himself and that their cause does not include murdering children.
At this point a noise startled them as Templar soldiers boarded the train in search of the box, prompting Orelov to tell her that he'd be back after taking care of them. After Orelov took care of the soldiers on the train, an armoured train pulled up to theirs and started attacking the train as more soldiers boarded, forcing Romanova to run from the back of the train under heavy fire as the train collapsed and caught fire around her. Reaching the front where Nikolai had commandeered a machine gun to counter attack, Anastasia barely escaped the explosion of the back cars alongside Nikolai.
Once in Kazan, Nikolai told her to wait for him with the box while he went to talk to his friend, Leon Trotsky. After a long wait, Anastasia grew increasingly worried as he didn't come back.
Escape from Russia
Aided by Orelov, Romanova escaped from Russia and her Templar and Assassin pursuers to Germany under the name Anna Anderson.[2]
Personality and characteristics
- "You did something to me! Cursed me... with that necklace. I could never kill anyone! I can barely hold a gun!"
- ―Anastasia Romanova.
Anastasia was 17 years old when her family was killed and was distraught when her she found out. Once imprinted with the memories and personality of Shao Jun, she became more confident in her abilities, though she sometimes lost herself in the persona of Shao Jun.[2]
Equipment and skills
Anastasia was not adept at using weapons by age 17. Once imprinted with Shao Jun, she inherited many skills and abilities from the Chinese Assassin, including freeruning and Eagle Vision, as well as the intrinsic knowledge of how to build Rope Darts - Shao Jun's signature weapon.[2]
Unlike the Master Assassin Nikolai Orelov, with whom she travelled, Anastasia's equipment was limited to a knife given to her by Orelov and her makeshift rope darts, which she used with great skill.[2]
Trivia
- Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova is the second historical character playable in the series, following Jack the Ripper in Assassin's Creed: Syndicate.
References