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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Davies" data-source="post: 8352272" data-attributes="member: 30538">Agent Kinzhal<img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/i-NqRgXwg/1/39dd6d91/S/Tatiana_Romanova_%2528Literary%2529_-_Profile-S.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />Raisa Shibalova's early life, and indeed much of her later life, was largely defined by her envy of her younger sister, Sofya. She was just rational enough to realize that she had probably imagined the way that her parents had seemed to prefer Sofya, and on some level she knew that she didn't want her father's 'preference', but she couldn't help resenting the younger girl, who still seemed to get all the breaks. Why, even when she set her father up to be tried and executed, Sofya was the lucky one who got to watch the bastard swing. How was that fair?Regardless, Raisa went on into the KGB and ended up on what she was told was a very important and dangerous assignment. It turned out to be only one of those things, but she managed to get through it and extract herself after the whole thing went pear-shaped, profiting from the way that she was able to alert her superiors that the person who'd come up with the mission was a mole for a third party. Years later, while undercover in the Caribbean  on a different assignment, she happened to have the opportunity to read a contemptible paperback account of that operation as seen through the eyes of the idiot British agent who'd been its target. She barely managed to finish reading it through the gales of laughter that she went through every time she even thought about the absurdity of a name that the writer had saddled her with.Unfortunately, when she was recalled from that mission, despite her success, it was to be put in a situation where she was once again in competition with her sister, and, once again, ended up the loser. Raisa was absolutely certain that if she'd been the one picked for the injection, she would have done much better with the speed powers, preventing the assassination of the serum's creator and finally settling affairs with that obnoxious agent in the process. But no, such was not to be her fate, and instead she continued on her career of assassination and sabotage, often doing the wetwork that allowed mediocrities like her sister to shine.Under the alias 'Agent Dagger' -- frequently teamed with morons who got saddled with 'Agent Cloak' -- Raisa was active throughout the many battlefields of the Cold War, and wreaked a great amount of havoc in the ostensible name of international communism. The truth was that she'd never had any loyalty to any political agenda, or even any nation. She was in it to gain as much influence for herself as possible, so that she could become as safe as possible. It was all about power, and anyone who pretended otherwise was kidding themselves.In 1970, while tying up the loose ends of an operation against the Zaharoff organization -- against which she had a long-standing grudge -- Raisa stumbled on to the activities of a small cabal of mad scientists who were attempting to knock a hole in the walls of reality. Her initial instinct was to  escape and contact backup, but she decided to keep spying and learn more. Unfortunately, this particular cabal had drawn the attention of Stardust, and as he was annihilating them in ways that even Raisa found disturbing, their portal went online, drawing her into it. One of the few survivors of the episode eventually reported all of this to the KGB. Of course, despite the fact that her death was considered a certainty, there was no memorial for her.Recently, however, Remontnik has developed a rather different idea about where Agent Kinzhal might have ended up ...Agent Kinzhal -- PL 6Abilities:STR 1 | STA 2 | AGL 1 | DEX 4 | FGT 6 | INT 3 | AWE 3 | PRE 2Powers:None.Advantages:Assessment, Attractive, Benefit (security clearance), Chokehold, Contacts, Defensive Attack, Defensive Roll, Equipment 6, Improved Aim, Language 3 (English, French, German, others, [Russian is native]), Well-informed.Equipment:Heavy Pistol (Ranged Damage 4) and 22 points of equipment as needed.Skills:Athletics 5 (+6), Deception 8 (+10), Expertise: Civics 6 (+9), Expertise: Current Events 4 (+7), Expertise: Streetwise 4 (+7), Insight 8 (+11), Intimidation 6 (+8), Investigation 8 (+11), Perception 6 (+9), Ranged Combat: Guns 4 (+8), Vehicles 5 (+9).Offense:Initiative +1Unarmed +6 (Close Damage 1)Heavy Pistol +8 (Ranged Damage 4)Defense:Dodge 5, Parry 6, Fortitude 3, Toughness 4/2, Will 7Totals:Abilities 44 + Advantages 18 + Skills 32 + Defenses 9 = 103 pointsComplications:Power--Motivation. One-sided Rivalry (her sister.) Secret (spy.)</blockquote>

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