Kseniya

*For her agent form, see Kseniya.*

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Nearly identical, but a bit younger-looking.

A noble and elegant lady's duty is to eternally protect her citizens through rain and snow.
**Kseniya** (Russian: Ксе́ния, *Ksénija*), previously transliterated as **Xenia**, real name **Ana Zolotova** (Russian: Ана Золотова, *Ana Zolotova*) is a playable character, otherwise referred to as an Agent, featured in the FPS hero shooter game developed by HoYoverse, Unspectre.

Kseniya, born Ana Zolotova, is - or perhaps more accurately - **was**, the Grand Princess of the great city of Snezhnyvolkburg. As a noble lady, she was taught to fight for her people since a young age. When she was a teenager, her parents were massacred by an "unknown assassin", and was left under the care of a family friend, Acheron Karalis, who gave her her nickname, Kseniya. Little did she know that the "advice" Sir Acheron would give her would end up leading to her demise.

Kseniya has one agent form, Kseniya.

## Profile

Before "that" event, the terms “beautiful”, “awe-inspiring”, and “magnificent” were terms used to describe her. Now, she is known as the fool who endangered the world.
## History

### Early Life

Kseniya's early years is relatively well-documented in history-related codexes and encyclopaedias. She was born on the 18th of December, to her parents Zoloto II and Anastasiya IV. Before this, her parents had three unsuccessful pregnancies, which lead to her being considered a "miracle child". Her parents bestowed upon her the name Ana Zolotova, Ana meaning “grace” or “favour”.

Kseniya was provided with the best quality of life; she was let to sleep in silk beddings, let to shower in warm water, and was let to express her creativity however she wanted to. Her main creative outlet was needlework, in which she twisted, embroidered, and crocheted things from thin strings of yarn, one of which being Mishka, an ice-blue teddy bear that she kept for herself. With no siblings and her parents being too busy with official work, she had no friends other than her teddy bear. Oftentimes she would craft outfits for Mishka to wear that matched hers, and she would always bring Mishka with her to formal outings. Her family was also a friend of Acheron Karalis, the then vice president of Anti-Necrosis, a dashing man who always supported them in times of need.

### Her Guardian, Acheron Karalis

When Ana was about 14 years-old, she woke up one morning and attempted to enter her parents' bedroom to wake them up. When the door was locked, something unusual for the couple, she called the guards defending the palace to open up the door using the bedroom keys, the location of which were entrusted to the guards only. When they attempted to use the bedroom key to open up the doorknob, it failed. After many attempts of using the keys, the guards knocked down the doors to find the couple unconscious lying against their bedroom wall. The beautiful paintings and scriptures that decorated their room were knocked down, and the whole bedroom looked eerie. After the guards checked the pulse of Ana's parents, they were shocked to find that both of them had passed away.

Later investigations found that her parent’s cause of death was poisoning. The toxicology reports found that her parents' bodies had contained lethal amounts of the foliage and berries of the Atropa belladonna plant, otherwise known as the deadly nightshade. The sudden death of her parents had a massive butterfly effect on the rest of Siberia, with the possibility of Snezhnyvolkburg being invaded by neighbouring regions. This political unrest dearly affected the members of Snezhnyvolkburg's citizens and its military, raising tension between communities who had previously lived in peace. This discord was ultimately put to rest when Acheron Karalis suggested that Grand Princess Ana Zolotova would take on the mantle of the leader of Snezhnyvolkburg. Although young, Acheron promised that he would take to role of Ana's loyal adviser and would also take the role of her guardian.

Ana was devastated by the deaths of her parents, but she knew that she had to be strong for her people. She accepted Acheron's offer to be her guardian and adviser, and she began to learn everything she could about leading a country. At first, it was difficult for Ana to adjust to her new role. She was still a child, and she didn't have the experience or the knowledge that she needed to be a good leader, but Acheron was there to help her, and he taught her everything she needed to know. Acheron additionally decided to bestow a new name for her, Kseniya, as to reflect her justness as the ruler of Snezhnyvolkburg, for that name meant "hospitality".

Acheron was a powerful man who secretly had ulterior motives. Quickly his influence began to exert itself onto Kseniya. He convinced her that the world was a cruel and unjust place and it was her duty as the ruler of Snezhnyvolkburg to mend the world and turn it into his “perfect utopia”. From small white lies and exploitation did his political zealotry rise and rise, as he continued to manipulate Kseniya into doing things for his ideals; Acheron was a classist. His prejudice against the lower classes began to flow through Kseniya's gullible mind. Acheron told Kseniya to listen to no one but himself, as she soon became his puppet. Acheron then gained immense power as not only the true ruler of Snezhnyvolkburg, but also the leader of Anti-Necrosis. Under Acheron’s guidance, Kseniya was lead to believe that Spectres were divine creatures of God that were summoned to the Earth to cleanse the world of its "dirt".

## Campaign Story

Kseniya has no presence in the story of the campaign.