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1988 |
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Assassin's Creed: Kindred |
Maria (Мария, 1988 - 2022) is a Russian-born member of the Preservers of Humanity.
In 2007, the Preservers learned of the existence of the Kavanagh family and their repeated interactions with the Preservers, as well as their encounter with the Armor of Ares. Desiring to locate these Pieces of Eden to achieve their goals, Maria and her partner Frederic were tasked with tracking down any of the Kavanagh family's descendants and retrieving them in order to track the Armor through genetic memories. Maria and Frederic discovered the existence of the Kavanaghs' last living descendant Jin Chen in 2022.
After locating the Armor of Ares, Maria was killed by Jin Chen.
Biography[]
Early life[]
Little is known about Maria's early life, but it is rumored that she served as both a spy and assassin for the Soviet Union which made her somewhat of a boogeyman in some circles. Because of working so close with the government, it brought her into conflict with both the Assassins and Templars during her high profile assassinations or spy assignments.
It was these skills that allegedly drew the attention of the Preservers of Humanity, finding value in both her skillset and her connections amongst the Soviet Union.
Hunt for the Kavanagh descendants[]
In 2007, the Preservers learned of the existence of the Kavanagh family and their repeated interactions with the Preservers, as well as their encounter with the Armor of Ares. Desiring to locate these Pieces of Eden to achieve their goals, the Preservers assigned Maria and Frederic to track down any of the Kavanagh family's descendants and retrieving them in order to track the Armor through genetic memories. They successfully located the Chinese immigrant Chen Xiu in Philadelphia and attempted to capture her and place her in an Animus which they had stolen from Abstergo at an unknown point.
However, Xiu put up a fight against her attempted kindappers resulting in her accidental death at the hands of Frederic. Following this, they made her death look like a suicide before escaping the area. Maria and Frederic would continue their search for several more years.
In 2022, through the assistance of Huang Min, a Preserver mole working within Abstergo Industries, Maria and Frederic were informed of the existence of Jin Chen, the Kavanaghs' last living descendant and the son of Chen Xiu. In June, they tracked Chen down in Philadelphia, attempting to retrieve Chen from a police precinct but came into conflict with Abstergo. During the chaos, the Assassins successfully acquired Jin and prevented the two Preservers from capturing Chen. However, before his escape, Maria placed a tracker on Chen which allowed her and Frederic to track him down in Jersey City. The pair would later come into conflict with the Assassins Gina Garcia and her twin brother, Robbie, who were responsibile for interfering with their capture.
Maria successfully injured Robbie but Gina managed to lead him to safety and flee with Jin and another Assassin Samantha Maguire. Maria and Frederic initiated a high speed vehicular chase but lost the Assassins when the female Garcia managed to shoot their tires and stop them.
Locating the Armor of Ares[]
Once more, Min would aid Maria and Frederic who was granted access to Chen following offering himself up to Abstergo in Beijing. Through gaining his trust, Min would manipulate Chen in hacking into the Abstergo Cloud. Because of this, Min was able to frequently send footage from the memories of the Japanese Assassin and member of the Kavanagh family Takao Hayato to Maria and Frederic.
Once Jin had fully synchronized with Hayato's memories and learned the location of the three Armor pieces, he once again hacked into the Abstergo Cloud and handed the downloaded memories over to Min. Min would send this information to the Preservers who would then send Maria and Frederic to retrieve her the following day. The next day, the Chinese branch of the Assassins would attack the Beijing facility in order to free Jin. Still unaware of Min's true alleigence, Jin brought Min with him during his escape.
Upon reaching the facility's outside grounds, Maria and Frederic attack Jin, Gina and the Assassins that escorted them from the facility. Maria engaged Jin and Gina while Frederic dispatched the other Assassins. Following this, Maria orders Frederic to remain behind and eliminate Chen and Garcia while she escorts Min away. However, shortly after their departure Jin managed to kill Frederic.
Death[]
The following day, the Preservers enter a three way war with the Assassins and Templars for access to the Armor of Ares in Japan. Maria, Min and another Preserver arrive at where the Hashimoto estate used to be some time later in order to retrieve the pieces. There they find Garcia's Assassin cell and an Abstergo recovery team led by Baozhai. Maria successfully shoots and kills Baozhai following the Abstergo recovery team's elimination at the hands of the Assassins. Jin and Gina engage Maria and the third Preserver, during this Robbie manages to detain Min and knock her unconscious while the Preserver field agents are distracted.
Gina and Robbie manage to kill the third Preserver whereas Jin successfully eliminates Maria following a lengthy duel.