Galina Voronina
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- "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.[src]
Galina Voronina is a Russian member of the Assassin Order, as well as one of the daughters of an 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 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 Altair II's crew.
Biography
Early life
- "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.[src]
Galina and twin sister were born to an Assassin scientist who worked in one of the Assassin Science Cities, facilities used by the Assassins for research since the early 20th century. The twins grew up in one such compound, which served as their home and hideout. By 1991, it was the only Assassin Sciency City left, with the others having been eradicated by the nation's increasingly powerful Templars.[1]
Having built an Animus based on blueprints she'd received from a fellow Assassin, Galina's mother was losing hope by 1991, as she had gained very little knowledge on the machine's purpose, with the few subjects that had used it emerging as madmen.
Deciding the Animus was too dangerous, Galina's mother would be the machine's sole test subject for the next eleven years, her sanity slowly being frayed away by the Bleeding Effect. In December 2012, a sudden power surge caused her to experience a vision of Eve. In a desperate act to save her Brotherhood, Galina's mother forced the remaining members of her cell into the Animus, driving them insane.[1]
At some point, Galina started visiting the old footbridge that connected the old and new properties of the Moscow Zoo, having learned from her twin sister, who had recovered their grandmother's journal, that it had served as an Assassin meeting place during the 20th century. She did so every full moon, hoping she could somehow establish contact with other Assassins that could aid the last Russian Assasins.. However, unlike the others, Galina was able to remain mentally stable and used the Bleeding Effect to learn the techniques of her ancestors.[2]
Matricide
- "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.[src]
Escaping the laboratory, Galina made contact with Gavin Banks, Emmett and Emmanuel Barraza, Assassins from the Altair II, on the 16th of March 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 couldn't have been speaking to Eve, as experiences in the Animus were purely passive, though Galina did not seem convinced.[2]
Accompanied by her new allies, Galina journeyed back to Protvino, which was crawling with feral 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 Blades to put their attackers, among them her twin sister, out of their misery. 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 face[3] in them. When Galina ended her mother's life, the face cried out, before vanishing.[2]
Following the assassination of her mother, Galina was convinced by Gavin to join him aboard the Altair II, as her Brotherhood had become practically non-existent. Traveling with him to St. Petersburg, she met the rest of the boat's crew on the 26th of March.[2]
Trivia
- Galina is derived from the Ancient Greek galene, meaning "calm". It's also used as a Russian variant of Helen, a Greek name that means "shining brightly". The root voro from her surname means "thief".
- Galina wears a necklace in the shape of the Russian Assassins' insignia.
Gallery
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Galina and her mother -
Galina being welcomed by the Altair II's crew
Reference
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Assassin's Creed: Initiates – Modern Times
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Assassin's Creed: Initiates – Surveillance
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Initiates (Twitter) - "A monster in the machine."