Vikhor "Stitch" Kuzmin

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Vikhor Kuzmin, also known as "Stitch", is an Operator of the Warsaw Pact faction featured in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Call of Duty: Warzone. Stitch was released with Season One as part of the Battle Pass. He is the main antagonist in the Black Ops Storyline in Call of Duty: Warzone.
==Biography==
Born on August 14th, 1938 in Moscow, Vikhor Kuzmin graduated from the in 1959. He joined the Operations and Technology Directorate of the KGB the same year and was assigned to the R&D facility.
Six years later, Kuzmin was assigned to manage production facilities on Rebirth Island and reported directly to Colonel Lev Kravchenko. In 1968, Kuzmin was captured and interrogated by the CIA after a raid on the Rebirth Island facility. Interrogated by Russell Adler, Kuzmin lost an eye but divulged only his name and rank. He was retrieved by Kravchenko, who stripped him of his rank for failing to repel the CIA operation and sent him to the Petropavlovsk Gulag.
Two years after arriving in the gulag, Kuzmin was contacted by Perseus, who found him a broken man questioning his loyalties to a state that had betrayed him. Driven by a hatred for both Adler and Kravchenko, Kuzmin was receptive to Perseus' vision of Greater Russia. His first-hand knowledge of Nova 6 was deemed invaluable in achieving Perseus' goals.
In 1976, a small team of operatives launched an attack on the prison leaving many guards and prisoners dead. In the aftermath, Kuzmin was reported missing. After breaking free from the gulag, Kuzmin continued to work with Perseus, making use of his Project Nova knowledge.
In 1983, the current Perseus in charge of the organization passed away to cancer, leaving Stitch to assume the mantle. Now in command and desiring revenge on Adler, Kuzmin led a small team of Perseus soldiers to raid a CIA safehouse in West Berlin, Germany. There, he left a flyer for Adler to later find, leading him to the Mall at the Pines in New Jersey. On January 21st, 1984, Adler conducted an operation at the mall, where he discovered Nova 6 being manufactured and stored. Just as this discovery is made, Kuzmin's soldiers reveal themselves from their hiding places, cornering Adler's team in a standoff. Kuzmin himself appeared from within an elevator and commanded his soldiers to kill everyone except for Adler, who he planned on handling personally. A gunfight emerged within the mall, and Adler is captured by Stitch and transported away by helicopter.
Three months later, on April 19th, a rescue team led by Frank Woods arrived in Laos in an attempt to find Adler. Kapano "Naga" Vang, another Perseus operative and leader of the region's Golden Triangle Cartel, informed Stitch that Adler was secure and headed to him in Verdansk. Stitch then ordered Naga to make the team believed they cared about their Nova 6 supply lines.
On June 2nd, Stitch ordered Perseus operatives Freya "Wraith" Helvig and Roman "Knight" Gray to infiltrate a base in Mount Yamantau and recover the numbers data gathered by Nikita Dragovich. After being contacted by Wraith, Stitch informs her that his work with Adler is almost complete, and that what Perseus does in Verdansk will pave way for a "Greater Russia" as the base on Yamantau is nuked. Eight days later on June 10th, Adler was rescued from Verdansk by Woods. While reviewing the rescue from a Soviet body cam sometime later, Stitch revealed to Gray and Helvig that his work on Alder was complete, though satellite interference was preventing them from moving forward with their larger scheme involving the Verdansk test subjects. Gray urged that they make a move while they had the advantage, with Wraith adding that their asset in South Africa was standing by. Agreeing to the two's proposals, Stitch dispatches them to "make the call".
On June 26th, Perseus asset Owethu "Jackal" Mabuza and his men assault the Jumpseat satellite ground station in South Africa, where they take one of the technicians hostage. Jackal calls Stitch, who instructed the technician to de-orbit the satellites that would disrupt Stitch's number broadcast. Once the deed was done, Stitch ordered Jackal to eliminate the technician. With the satellites out of the way, Stitch had Wraith make a dead drop in Verdansk for Perseus hacker Kaori "Kitsune" Tanaka to acquire.
On July 23rd, 1984, Kitsune and a team of Perseus agents infiltrated an Echelon NATO listening station on in West Berlin. Fighting her way to the control room, she managed to hijacked the system and start the broadcast as a team led by Woods and Colton "Stryker" Greenfield arrived at the site. With the broadcast active, operatives of the team started to turn on each other, allowing Kitsune to escape. From Verdansk, Stitch congratulated Kitsune for the successful operation.
However, as a result of a mixture of his brainwashing and free will, Adler went rogue and attempted to destroy Stitch's operation in Verdansk by triggering a series of explosives beneath the city. On August 2nd, Stitch and demolition expert Benito "Fuze" Ortega attempted to deactivate the explosives, though while they were successful in terminating one of the rows of explosives, the rest detonated, crippling Verdansk. Angered, Stitch remarked that he had unfinished business with Adler.
On August 19th, five days after his 46th birthday, Stitch visited the previous Perseus' grave in the woods outside Verdansk, where he would be confronted by Adler, who managed to break his brainwashing through Alex Mason's help. Stitch mockingly greeted Adler by saying he took his time, to which Adler retorted that his plans were finished. Stitch attempted to trigger Adler's brainwashing, though Adler told him to that he was fixed. Stitch remained unfazed however, saying it was worth a try before explaining that his plans were finished long before Adler destroyed Verdansk. When questioned where Perseus was, Stitch revealed that Perseus was not a single person but an ideology before revealing the previous Perseus' fate to Adler, adding that he was a great man with a great vision.
Stitch explained that the deceased Perseus was not the first and that he himself would not be the last. Adler attempted to capture him, saying that there was blood on his hands, though Stitch mocked him for his choice of words. Stitch tells Adler that they are at what used to be the Eastern Front, where millions of his fellow countrymen and women spilled their blood to do what had to be done. Tired of his words, Alder resolved to killing Stitch, though the Soviet solemnly told Adler that his life no longer mattered, telling him to finish what he started on Rebirth Island before adding that he already changed the world in ways he could not imagine. With that, Adler executed Stitch with a shot to the back of the head.
==Personalization==
===Skins===
Name 	Rarity	Image	How to obtain
Carbon Sentinel 	 	 	Gilded Age III: Pro Pack Bundle
Disciple 	 	 	Tracer Pack: Golden Lamp Mastercraft Bundle
Forest Sentinel 	 	 	Stitch Sentinel Bundle
Living Art 	 	 	Tracer Pack: Cel-Shaded Reactive Bundle
New Warden 	 	 	Part of "Prisoner" SkinOperator Mission:In Warzone, complete 5 Bounty Contracts.
Petrol 	 	 	Road Rage Reactive Bundle
Prisoner 	 	 	Battle Pass Season One Tier 100
Redacted 	 	 	Battle Pass Season One Tier 0
Siberian Ghost 	 	 	Part of "Redacted" SkinOperator Mission:In Zombies, eliminate 100 enemies with weapons from the Mystery Box.
Spectre 	 	 	Part of "Redacted" SkinOperator Mission:In Multiplayer or Warzone, Eliminate 10 enemies that are affected by your Gas Mine or Gas Grenade.
Storm Diver 	 	 	Part of "Redacted" SkinOperator Mission:In Warzone, complete 3 Most Wanted Contracts.
Stripes 	 	 	Part of "Prisoner" SkinOperator Mission:In Multiplayer or Warzone, Destroy 5 enemy vehicles.
Toxic Terror 	 	 	Part of "Redacted" SkinOperator Mission:In Zombies, survive 20 rounds in a single game.
Corrupted Cranium	 	 	Tracer Pack: Corrupted Enigma Ultra Skin Bundle
==Gallery==
Stitch Select BOCW.png|Stitch's Operator Card.
Stitch OperatorCard BOCW.gif|Stitch Operator Intro.
Stitch Operator Intro Still BOCW.png|The still used for the Operator Intro Thumbnail.
Stitch Bio BOCW.jpg|Stitch's bio in Black Ops Cold War.
Stitch Operator Bio WZ.jpg|Stitch's bio in Warzone.
Stitch FullBodyView BOCW.jpg|Stitch in-game.
Stitch Disciple Skin in-game BOCW.jpg|Stitch wearing the "Disciple" skin in-game.
Stitch reaches for card S1 BOCW.png
Adler stabs Stitch S1 BOCW.png|Adler stabs Stitch in the eye.
Stitch Face BOCW.png|The facial scaring caused by the stab.
Stitch Promo BOCW.png|Stitch's promotional artwork used alongside advertising for Season One.
Stitch MAC-10 Promo BOCW.png
Battle Pass Season One BOCW.jpg|Stitch as seen on the Season One Battle Pass promo.
Stitch Preview BOCW.jpg|Stitch's Tier 0 Battle Pass banner. 
Stitch S1 Outro BOCW.png|Stitch in the Season One outro.
See you in hell S1 Outro BOCW.png|"See you in Hell."'
Stitch leaves with his prize S1 Outro BOCW.png
Adler brought onto helicopter S1 BOCW.png|Stitch brings Russell Adler to a helicopter.
Aftermath Rebirth Promo4 WZ.jpg|Stitch during The Destruction of Verdansk.
Stitch S3 Intro BOCW.png|Stitch in the Season Three intro. 
Adler S3 Intro BOCW.png|Stitch with his prisoner, Adler.
Stitch observes Yamantau explosion S3 BOCW.png|Stitch observes the explosion at Yamantau.
Stitch overlook Verdansk S3 BOCW.png|Stitch overlooks Verdansk as Perseus' plans near completion.
Helicopter Promo CODWZ.jpg|Stitch, Knight and Wraith dropping into Verdansk.
Loadout Drop Promo2 CODWZ.jpg|Stitch running towards a Loadout Drop.
Stitch Recon Drone CODWZ.jpg|Stitch in control of a Recon Drone.
StitchAdler Promo CODWZ.jpg|Stitch and Adler in Verdansk.
Stitch Telling The Engineer About Groundfall BOCW.jpg|Stitch talking to Owethu "Jackal" Mabuza and an unnamed Hardware Engineer about where to send the satellites.
Stitch Overseeing Fuze BOCW.jpg|Stitch overseeing Benito "Fuze" Ortega stopping the bombs.
Stitch Going After Adler BOCW.jpg|Adler successfully triggers the bombs in Verdansk causing Stitch to go after him.
Stitch Profile BOCW.png
Stitch Perseus Grave BOCW.png|Stitch at the grave of the previous Perseus.
Stitch Worth a Try BOCW.png|Stitch accepts his failure to re-trigger Adler's brainwashing.
Stitch the New Perseus BOCW.png|Stitch tells Adler what Perseus truly is.
Stitch at Gunpoint BOCW.png|Stitch held at gunpoint by Adler.
Stitch mocking Adler BOCW.png|Stitch mocks Adler's choice of words, calling him squeamish.
Stitch Eastern Front BOCW.png|Stitch recalls the sacrifices of the Soviet people during the Eastern Front.
Stitch Life BOCW.png|Stitch tells Adler his life holds no meaning any more.
Stitch Change the World BOCW.png|Stitch reveals that he had changed the world in ways unimaginable.
Stitch final moments BOCW.png|As Adler holds him at gunpoint, Stitch accepts his fate and allows his nemesis to kill him.
Stitch ConceptArt BOCW.jpg|Stitch concept art.
Stitch ConceptArt2 BOCW.jpg
==Trivia==
*Stitch's blood type is B+.
*Stitch heavily resembles the villain and his design from the film . This is reflected in the Battle Pass render for the "Redacted" skin, resembling an iconic pose by the character, as well as his "Prisoner" skin appearing physically similar to Bane.
*On the evidence board in the CIA safehouse shown in the Season One intro cinematic, Stitch's picture is seen on a King of Spades playing card.
**Fittingly, a King of Spades in is used to describe "a widower, a man in anger or difficulty, and one given to inebriety". It also represents "a wicked man, and, through induction, wickedness".
==References==
Category:Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Perseus Characters
Category:Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Warsaw Pact Operators
Category:Call of Duty: Warzone Characters
Category:Antagonists