Natasha Volkova

**Natasha Volkova** is a major character of the **Into the Dark** *series*, born in Siberia, Russian she was trained as a spy and assassin of the Russian Mafia all as part of a plan to help restore the USSR after the Collapse of the Soviet Union. Born to impoverished parents who decided that they did not want a child, Natasha was put into an orphanage where she had a difficult time adjusting to the new children often refusing to listen, eventually she was taken in by retired Soviet Army Captain Mikhail Victor who nurtured her strengths and turned her into a smart resilient woman while bringing her into the Mafia.

Natasha becomes a trusted ally of Dante Bishop and the love interest of Carlos Filipe Raul, participating in a number of the Revolutionary Army's activities. As of now, she has become more involved with trying to influence the Russian Federation while still keeping in close contact with Dante and his allies.⠀⠀⠀

## Appearance

Natasha is a young beautiful Caucasian woman, she is considerably short in height with a short lean athletic build. She has long curly blonde hair that is often tied into a bun. She has an oval-shaped face, bright green eyes, a Roman nose and a pale complexion. She is notably curvaceous that allows her to garner attention from others easily.

While infiltrating

After joining the Revolutionary Army as one of their spies she often changed her attire from one of paramilitary garbs with a combat helmet and a ballistic vest, to civilian attire.

## Personality

Natasha is often a silent, lone wolf who rarely interacts with others on her own accord. She is rarely seen smiling and often has an emotionless expression a trait she shares with her mentor **Captain** Mikhail Victor and **Commander** Dante Bishop. Natasha holds a realistic outlook on life and the world around her accepting that the world she knew is likely over but overtime learns to put faith in those around her in hopes of saving humanity.

The entirety of Natasha's character is hard to distinguish based on how she tricked and lied to people for a living. As a child orphaned in the barren regions of Siberia Natasha grew up a timid, vulnerable child afraid of the outside world with no one to be close to. After extensive training by the Russian Mafia and undergoing a merciless rite-of-passage she was left deeply affected to the point where she no longer knew who she was outside of who she needed to be: a woman to serve her country. She was capable of portraying herself as talkative, friendly and flirtatious but in reality she was a fem fatal. For the most part, she was a level-headed, strong-willed, and independent capable of maintaing a controlled, emotionless persona in order to keep the secrets of the Mafia safe.

Natasha is highly intelligent, able to think deeply about situations, and has shown considerable problem-solving ability and a quick wit. These personality traits, in conjunction with her calm attitude and analytical skills, made her an ideal candidate to join the Revolutionary Army, which she does most of infiltration, intelligence gathering, assassination and escaping alongside Gabriel Hernandez.

After becoming closer to Carlos Felipe Raul through their many missions, Natasha undergoes a change in character in which she becomes more open to others even talking openly about her past with Dante who she would befriend overtime while also developing a closer more intimate relationship with Carlos.

## Biography

### Background

Natasha was born in the Siberian Region of Russia twenty years after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. When she was five years old she suffered the loss of her parents during an accident. After their deaths of her parents she was brought into a state run orphanage but was then adopted by the Russian Mafia where she was put into a program to be raised and trained as a spy and deadly assassin as part of a goal of to restore the Union of Sovereign Socialist Republics.

She was raised in a cabin by her adoptive father a former Soviet Army **Captain** Mikhail Victor.

## Skills and Abilities

While she was still training, Mikhail noted that Natasha's performance is exemplary in every subject and that she is truly a genius. This gained her praise and notoriety within both the Russian Mafia as well as the Revolutionary Army. Her skill, intelligence and efficiency lead to both the revolutionary leader Dante Bishop and the Russian Mafia *Brigadier* **Captain** Mikhail Viktor commenting her on her mastery of sharpshooting, close-combat, infiltration, intelligence-gathering, assassination, escaping as well as her skill and knack for psychological warfare.

She is so talented in fact that Dante considered her to be leagues above Carlos Rodriguez, Jacob Rogers and Gabby Hernandez whom were considered his best soldiers that the rebellion currently had and instead suggested that she was on par with Dante himself. While Russian Mafia *Brigadier* **Captain** Mikhail Viktor made her one of his highest ranked soldiers and trusted *Brodyaga* with only **Sergeant** Nikolai Zinoviev rivaling her accomplishments.

One of Natasha's most fearsome abilities is her proficiency with any type of weaponry she gets her hands on. These include knives, pistols, sniper rifles and automatics. She is also knowledgeable of poisons and drugs, which she makes use of when executing assassinations. She has also demonstrated to be quite skilled in infiltration, as she has on entered a building unnoticed even while it was surrounded by the United States Marine Corps and outmaneuvered elite soldiers of the United States Army's 75th Ranger Regiment during an attack on rebel's headquarters.

Natasha's fighting style is noteworthy for her use of Muay Thai, Karate and mixed martial arts. Her way of fighting has a strong focus on overcoming larger, stronger opponents through powerful kicks, redirecting throws and strangleholds which proves useful against both the Infected and other survivors.

## Weapons Used

AK-47 - This Kalashnikov rifle is a weapon originally owned by **Captain** Mikhail Victor, Natasha's mentor. She acquired the weapon prior to his passing and uses it during the *Total War Arc*. She is shown to be quite proficient with it killing a number of soldiers in rapid succession.

* 7.62×39mm - Natasha's assault rifle fires 7.62×39 rounds and while they are slighting larger than the standard 9mm bullets they are still ineffective against armored combatants as a result Annie is forced to focus on the small vital spots exposed in the soldiers uniforms.

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Dragunov SVD - Natasha's main weapon of choice is a Russian made sniper rifle and she is shown to be a master in its use being able to inflict head shots from targets from well over 800 meters in unfavorable conditions.

* 7.62×54mmR - Natasha's sniper rifle fires 7.62mm rounds.

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   IMI Uzi - Natasha is seen wielding a 9mm submachine gun while working alongside the Revolutionary Army.

* 9×19mm Parabellum - Annie's submachine gun fires 9mm bullets which while effective against standard Infected and unarmored survivors are ineffective against abnormal infected or armored personnel.

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Makarov pistol - Natasha's main sidearm of choice appears to be a compact pistol which is ideal for hiding it on her person as it is the only weapon besides her knife that she is able to sneak into the Quarantine Zone.

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Switchblade - Natasha's melee weapon appears to be a switch blade that she often uses in close quarters. She is shown to be rather skilled with it using it to slit the throats of Infected and soldiers from behind as well as impaling them through their heads or vital regions leading to near instant deaths.