Nicholas II of Russia
Nicholas II (1868 – 1918), born Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov, was the last Tsar of Russia, Grand Prince of Finland, and titular King of Poland. He was the son of Tsar Alexander III.
Biography
Early life
Nicholas II of Russia was born in Alexander Palace, located in the small village of Tsarskoye Selo near Saint Petersburg. He was the son of Emperor Alexander III and Empress Maria Feodorovna and the brother of Alexander, George, Michael and two sisters, Xenia and Olga.
Rule as Tsarevich
In 1881, Nicholas witnessed the assassination of his grandfather Tsar Alexander II at the hands of the Assassin Brotherhood. As a result, Alexander III was made Tsar of Russia and Nicholas became Tsarevich (Son of the Tsar).[1]
In 1888, Nicholas traveled with his family from Crimea to Saint Petersburg via train. While Alexander's family was in the dining car, the Assassin Nikolai Orelov entered, with his gun ready to shoot the Tsar. However, Alexander wasn't present within the car at the time, and attacked the Assassin from behind. A fight ensued, with the train car derailing as a result.[1]
The Tsar's family were trapped inside the train, but Alexander's strong physique allowed him to lift up the train car's roof, enabling his family to escape. Afterwards, the Russian royal family returned to Saint Petersburg, where their safe return was celebrated.[1]
Later life
At one point during the final months of his life, Nicholas' palace was infiltrated by the Assassin Nikolai Orelov. The Assassin murdered the Tsar's guards, before grabbing him and showing a picture of the Tsar with the Russian Imperial Sceptre, wanting Nicholas to lead the Assassin to the location of the Piece of Eden.[2]
Nicholas led Orelov to the room where the Sceptre was placed, though Orelov quickly concluded that it was merely a replica, as the original Sceptre was made of a glowing, enchanting form of metal. Nicholas then begged the Assassin to spare the life of his family, should his objective be to kill the Tsar, just like the Assassin did with his father's family. Orelov replied that he didn't come to kill him and left through one of the palace's windows, but not before hearing the Tsar tell him that Grigori Rasputin wore a shard around his neck that consisted of the same material as the Sceptre, according to Orelov's description.[2]
Abdication and death
After Nicholas lost the Sceptre, his power in Russia began to ebb. The people became dissatisfied with the Tsar and his rule, and soon Vladimir Lenin's Bolsheviks came to prominence in 1916.[2] Under pressure of the Assassin Brotherhood and faced with an inevitable uprising, Nicholas abdicated the throne[3] and eventually moved with his family to Yekaterinburg.[4]
On the night of 17 July 1918, the Tsar and his family were taken to the house's basement by members of the Templar Order intent on stealing the family's Precursor box. The family were lined up and executed, though his daughter Anastasia Nikolaevna managed to escape with the help of Nikolai Orelov.[4]
Trivia
- One of the Tsar's many summer retreats, Livadia Palace, was used in 1945 for the Yalta Conference, an international summit between Templar puppets Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Assassin's Creed: The Fall - Issue #1
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Assassin's Creed: The Fall - Issue #3
- ↑ Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Assassin's Creed Chronicles: Russia