^ ZINAIDA || | {{ :characters:zin:zin.jpg?400&direct}} || | **PB:** Naran || | **Gender:** | Female | | **Age:** | 26 | | **Birthday:** | ?? | | **Occupation:** | Fugitive | | **Pinterest:** | prima donna | | **Storyline:** | Assassination Nation | | **Affiliation:** | Herself | | **Family:** | Husband (deceased) | | **Associates:** | Da Vinci (Neurosurgeon) | ======= Zin ======= ---- Zinaida "Zin" Markova, ex-assassin, ex-socialite, current fugitive. ===== Appearance ===== ---- * Tall, aristocratic bearing * Mixed Eurasian heritage (Mongolian and Russian) * Large dark eyes * Long, dark hair, thick and straight with fiber optic implants that allow it to change color based on mood and whim * Chic monochrome styling with occasional pops of color * Minimalistic jewelry as occasion demands ===== Personality ===== ---- * Razor wire wrapped in velvet * Cool and calculating * Good at seeming a great deal softer than she is * Ruthless, but always repays favors * Patient and not afraid to play the long game ===== Abilities ===== ---- * Neurosurgically enhanced * Most of her body has been modified or replaced in some way * Augmented speed, strength, and healing * Bioceramic-reinforced skeletomuscular system for extreme durability * Corneal implants for sharper vision, enhanced night vision, and thermal infrared reading * Social chameleon; good at reading subtle cues and adjusting herself to fit in * Basic technical and hacking skills; not nearly a specialist but will do in a pinch * General spycraft -- lockpicking, weapons competency, social engineering ===== History ===== ---- * From an impoverished background, joined a corporate recruiting program at a young age to escape the slums * Did well in preliminary training and was assigned to an enhanced human unit * Reveled in her newfound physical prowess and advanced through the ranks quickly * Aptitude testing moved her to the assassination and espionage track where she learned technical, social, and combat skills * Realized too late that the price of living in relative comfort was a total and complete lack of freedom; even her body was company property * Became an elite assassin at the top of the ranks for several years * Met and charmed her future husband at a gala function while undercover; he became determined to have her as his helpmeet; even revealing her true identity did not deter him * He was able to negotiate with the company as an independently wealthy and corporately unaffiliated man and ultimately was able to extract her with a great sum of money and an agreement to disable the majority of her proprietary enhanced functions * She accepted the arrangement for the chance at a greater degree of freedom and has been playing the model trophy wife for the last three years ===== Relationships ===== ---- **Husband:** Congenial and a bit distant. She's grateful to him but holds no illusions about love or tenderness. ===== Gallery ===== ---- {{gallery>:characters:zin?lightbox&~5&purge=true&random&random}} ~~NOTOC~~ {{tag> characters}}