Orion Kadnikova

**Orion Kadnikova** (Russian: **Орион Кадникова**) is a character in Leviathan Lore. A mysterious, secretive lieutenant within Leviathan, Orion is responsible for various classified operations and is responsible for plotting the capture of Kinsley Walker. She is the romantic interest of Luna Leviathan in the 2045 arc, and appears in the 2075 arc but plays a very little role in the events of 2075, though.

## Biography

### Early life

Next to nothing is known about Orion's past, not even the circumstances surrounding her birth, though it is known that Orion used to serve in the Russian Armed Forces at some point, particularly the Russian Airborne Forces, though Orion left Russia once she found out about Broken Arrow and became interested in that region, specifically in the Leviathan Empire and vowed to become a part of it. At the age of 24, she left for Broken Arrow in a stolen Russian plane along with a few other soldiers who were interested in defecting.

### Shot down

Among arrival to Broken Arrow, Orion's plane was detected and intercepted by Leviathan Special Forces, and fired lock on missiles at the plane, blowing up the engines and causing Orion to lose control of the plane and crash into a forest area. Nearly all of Orion's defectors were killed in the crash with the exception of Orion herself and another. They both sought to find civilization and left their dead comrades behind, but first they went to find a suitable shelter to sleep for the night. Orion and the other survivor built a makeshift shelter made out of sticks and leaves and slept there until the morning, where they got up and looked around for signs of civilization. Orion eventually would come across a town known as Burlam, and the other survivor follows her there. However, they were both spotted by Leviathan MPs whom are members of the 17th Foxtrot Battalion and halted by them. Upon telling them her Russian citizenship, the soldiers immediately associated Orion as a member of Task Force Zeta, with one of the soldiers trying to arrest her, though the other survivor corrects them, telling them that Orion and him have no idea what Task Force Zeta is and they just arrived via plane before they were shot down. The soldiers believe them and stood down. Orion and the survivor then settled in an empty, seemingly abandoned shack. However, they found out too late that someone else lived here and were threatened by the homeowner with a firearm before the 17th Foxtrot Battalion interfered and arrested the homeowner immediately on sight. Confused, Orion and the survivor continued to live there for a couple more months before Orion grew increasingly obsessed with Leviathan and vowed to join them.

### Joining Leviathan

Orion left for the nearest Leviathan recruitment center, with a 17th Foxtrot Battalion soldier telling her that there was one in Brahms, but it was far from Burlam and she required transportation. Another soldier offered Orion transportation, but it was a one way trip and no one could come with her in order to divert suspicion as the other survivor speaks more Russian than English and could cause suspicion. Disgruntled, Orion decided to leave the other survivor behind and go with the Leviathan soldier to Brahms. A few hours later, a helicopter arrived from a Leviathan airbase and picked the soldier and Orion up and transports them to Brahms. It took about 16 hours for them to reach Brahms, with Orion growing increasingly impatient and demanded the pilot to go faster, which the pilot told her to shut up and be patient, as they were almost there. Eventually, they reached Brahms and landed at a helipad at the center. The soldier led Orion inside, but told her that the leader wasn't there, but was notified and would arrive in as little as 15 minutes. Orion reluctantly waited around until Luna eventually arrived. He apologizes to Orion for being late, as he was preoccupied. Luna then leads Orion to an interview room to speak with Orion. Upon finding out Orion's former affiliation with Russian forces and her Russian nationality, Luna immediately became suspicious. However, Orion told him that she wasn't related to Task Force Zeta. However, while Orion was explaining the experience she had from the Russian forces, Luna interrupted her and told her what he has decided. After Orion waited for him to tell her what the verdict was, Luna told her that she wasn't hired due to her Russian nationality, upsetting Orion deeply and causes her to attempt to kill him using a knife hidden in her clothes. Luna resisted her attempts to kill him but was wounded. Realizing what she did, Orion apologized and ran away, evading capture before Luna could alert anyone.

### In hiding and call to action

After the incident, Orion went hiding in Brahms in order to evade capture. At some point, she encountered Xandros Arklov among a patrol of Task Force Zeta soldiers escorting him to a meeting. Xandros then saw Orion and ordered his soldiers to stop and went to Orion. She told Xandros of her situation and Xandros offered her a position within Task Force Zeta as an intelligence officer but rejected the offer, preferring to join Leviathan. Calling her a traitor to their great nation, Xandros ordered his soldiers to capture her, though she fled before she could be captured. She then found Luna some time later and begged him to join Leviathan, as she was being hunted down by Task Force Zeta. Luna again rejected her, but told her that she could join if she passes qualification, which includes gaining citizenship within Broken Arrow. Orion again attempted to attack Luna, offended by his words. This time, Orion managed to get the upper hand and had Luna in a headlock with her knife held to his neck. Luna then scolded Orion and told her that killing him isn't going to change anything, and if he died then she'd never be able to join Leviathan. Unmoved by his words, Orion slit his throat and left him there to bleed out. However, this was never the case, as Luna managed to heal himself before succumbing to his injury.

Luna then met up with his fellow officers at a pub and discussed the incident that happened where Orion attempted to assassinate him twice, on both occasions trying to "join Leviathan". However, Julia was the only one not to express concern, and convinced the others that Orion could make a good asset, as her Russian nationality could help her as a mole within Task Force Zeta. Luna dismissed this, telling Julia that Orion was not suitable for that role as she had paratrooper training and no experience as a deep cover agent. However, Zalophous Arklov expressed interest in Orion, also telling Luna that she would make a good asset, both as a seductive expert and a deep cover agent. The other officers then took Zalophous's side, with Luna reluctantly giving Colin the order to send a LSF team to track down Orion. However, Orion found out about this through her LSF friend. Assuming she was being hunted down for her actions, Orion tried vacating from Brahms but was found by Colin's team and stopped. Colin then told Orion that Luna changed his mind and wants her to meet him at a restaurant. Orion then met Luna at the restaurant and discussed her job and what she was supposed to do. She was then taken to the LSF base located underground in Brahms, to which she was briefed and then sent out to a Task Force Zeta base. She then met up again with Xandros, who immediately recognized her and his men pointed their rifles at her. However, upon seeing her Task Force Zeta badge, they immediately hold down their rifles. Xandros then questions Orion on how she managed to get in Task Force Zeta, to which she answered that Kinsley hired her. Baffled, Xandros believes her and lets her leave to her dorm.

### Task Force Zeta

Orion found the living conditions to be prison like, with 6 soldiers sleeping in 3 bunk beds with a single bathroom that is shared, regardless of gender, while the higher ranked soldiers and officers enjoyed customizable, luxurious single bedroom homes built on site. Orion found herself being frequently assaulted and verbally abused by her fellow soldiers which broke her down to a point where she completely lost her sanity and murdered all of the soldiers in her dorm in a blind rage, setting it up to look like a murder suicide. Suspicious of Orion, Xandros personally speaks with her and asks her what actually happened, to which she told him that one of the soldiers killed everyone in the dorm including himself, only leaving Orion alive.