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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
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 three heirlooms belonging to her 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]
Escape from Russia
Aided by Orelov, Romanova escaped from Russia and her Templar and Assassin pursuers to Germany under the name Ana Anderson.[2]
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