Natalie Volkova

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Bone-Breaking Assassin

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**Natalie Volkova** is an only playable character of Battle Rhythm series.

## About Natalie

She's an assassin who's tasked to kill her former disciples Rina Yamanaka and Adriana Salazar. However, during the tournament, it's revealed that not only got brainwashed against her will, but also got amnesia and is fighting to recover her memories.

As younger, for reason trained by Carmen Salazar, she's the true member of the League of Spies. Invited 30th International Tournament of Rhythmic Martial Arts at remains for Rina and Adriana. However, she haves no remember at her own past that how did.

## Appearance

She is blonde woman, as wearing white blouse and a pink coat that doesn't cover the breast area but the blouse does and black pants.

### Inspirations

She serves as a combination of Nina Williams, Cammy White, Bayman, Sonia Romaneko (from Rage of the Dragons) and a bit of Kyoko Minazuki (regarding her Ultra Rhythmic Move).

## Bios

* **Battle Rhythm:** *"Natalie is a former martial arts professor turned professional assassin by swearing lolalty to a mysterious figure. Her current task is the eradication of her former disciples Adriana Salazar and Rina Yamanaka in the 30th International Tournament of Rhythmic Martial Arts. However, she is entirely unaware of the dictator's true intentions against her, and to make matters worse, she doesn't remember everything regarding her own past."*

## Gameplay

Natalie was trained at the age of ten by Rodrigo Velásquez and Carmen Salazar, the parents of Carlos. The reason for the training was because she admired their work and decides to follow in their footsteps. She wasn't unaware of their death at the hands of Doctor Giga... until now. Natalie's fighting style is Commando Skambo, a combination of Commando Sambo and Ska. Part of the Ska motif is the mosaic in her white blouse.

## Movelist

### Signature Moves

* **Knife Throw:** She throws her knife to her opponent.
	+ Her Super Rhythmic version, **Knife Blackjack**, has her launching three knives simultaneously.
* **Elbow Breaker:** She zaps towards her opponent and does an arm hold followed by a hand attack to the elbow of her opponent. Serves as a Combo Opener.
	+ Her Super Rhythmic version, **Bone Breaker**, adds a thrust hold after the initial attack.
* **Drill Kick:** She twirls herself with two kicks towards her opponent. Serves as a Combo Opener.
	+ Her Super Rhythmic version, **Corkscrew Kick**, has the twirling kicks dealing five hits in succession.
* **Grab and Split:** She trips her opponent with leg scisors, followed by a split kick if connected.
	+ Her Super Rhythmic version, **Wrap and Strike**, adds an arm hold to her opponent's right leg and finishing with an elbow strike to his/her face.

### Ultra Rhythmic Move

* **Sambo Tactics:** Natalie prepares by assuming a holding stance as she says "No escape!" and attempts to grab her opponent. If the move connects, she does a thrust hold to the back, followed by an arm lock, then a chokehold, later a scisor leg lock, putting him/her to the ground, all done in five second cutscene succesion with bone breaking sounds included and finishing with a split kick to her opponent who's still in the ground.

## Sequences

### Battle Intro

The camera focuses first on a knife making contact with the floor as Natalie later lands from a jump, grabs said knife, puts it behind and says "The class is now in session!" before she goes on her Commando Skambo stance.

### Match Point

Natalie grabs her knife, appoints to her defeated opponent and then says "First lesson... watch your back!".

### Victory Pose

Natalie throws her knife to the sky. When said knife is falling, she then grabs and performs a diagonal strike as the camera focuses closely on her. White colored light streaks follow her post-sequence.

#### Victory Screen

* (Mirror Match) "I knew it that you're trying to usurp my place!"
* (vs. Carlos) "Here's the reason why I spare your life: You have the key to my memories."
* (vs. Rina) "Forgive me, Rina. I hope I didn't hurt you."
* (vs. Murdock) "You do have a tragic past like me. We're not that different."
* (vs. Garrett) "Do you lack intelligence or something similar? All I see from you is just brute force."
* (vs. Joaquín) "You're too handsome... sorry that I'm too old for you."

## Notes

* It's not the first time Laura Bailey voiced a Russian character. She's known for voicing Black Widow, a famous Marvel heroine from Russia in many media. The comparisons between both are astonishing.
* Marion Hansen, which is seen in her ending, is one of the eight DLC characters. She's a cryomancer from Norway and is an old friend of Natalie.