Elena Orloff

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Apparent Nationality: Russian
Accent: Unknown (Elena has spent so much time on various missions throughout Europe that she rarely stays in one place for more than a few months, with the exception of her time in Spain)
Age: Late Thirties

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Name: Elena Orloff (real name: Elena Vladimirovka Orlova)
Age: 38
Sex: Female
Occupation: NKVD Operative
Current residence: Moscow, USSR

Characteristics:
STR: 10
CON: 10
SIZ: 12
DEX: 15
APP: 12
INT: 14 (Idea 70)
POW: 14 (Luck 70)
EDU: 13 (Know 65) [includes +2 for age]

Sanity: 65
Phobias/Mental Disorders: none
Maximum Sanity: 99
Hit Points: 11
Magic Points: 14
Damage Bonus: +0

Appearance and Personality: Elena is an attractive woman with shoulder-length black hair. She stands at five foot nine and weighs 140 pounds. Though she often comes across as friendly and polite, inside she is deadly serious. Very few people get to see the real Elena, and most of those who have are dead - usually by her hand. Elena is a dedicated Communist and is willing to do anything for the cause. While she believes that Communism will inevitably triumph over capitalism no matter what, she wants to do everything in her power to hasten that victory. Though she seems cold to those few who truly know her, she does think of herself as a good person, but one who believes that the ends justify the means.

Background: Elena was born in Moscow in 1901 to Vladimir and Natalja Orlov. Her parents raised her as an ardent supporter of Lenin, and she and they both assisted in the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917. Both her parents' backgrounds and her natural abilities and aptitude made her well suited to espionage, and she was swiftly recruited into the newly formed NKVD. She excels at infiltration, acquiring information - and assassination, when it is necessary. She has been carrying out missions throughout Europe for over fifteen years, proving herself an invaluable and loyal asset to the Soviet Union. This and her knack for staying out of internal NKVD politics have enabled her to survive the various purges during the USSR's first two decades.

Prior to the spring of 1939 she had been operating in Spain, helping the Republic against Franco and his fascist backers. When the Republic fell, she escaped into France over the Pyrenees, where she was reassigned to espionage work in Paris. Today she received a package delivered via a dead drop recalling her to Moscow. It contained a ticket on the Orient Express and instructions to travel to Istanbul. From there she is to take a boat across the Black Sea to Sevastopol, where transport will be waiting to bring her to Moscow for debriefing and reassignment. Her cover would be that of an exiled Russian aristocrat living in Paris who worked as a travel writer. She was also told that her fellow passengers would be from various countries, getting out of Paris ahead of the coming war, and that she should keep her ears open for any useful intelligence. She was also told to be wary and not to trust her fellow passengers, as any of them could likewise be intelligence operatives working for other powers.

Family members: Elena's father Vladimir, 60, is a veteran of the Russo-Japanese war. After he was discharged, he participated in the failed 1905 revolution and was jailed for a few years afterwards. He considers his prison time a badge of honor. He was an early supporter of Lenin, and is known by many as a hero of the Revolution. Elena's mother Natalja, 58, was once a spy in her own right. She had operated in Germany during the Great War, funneling information back to Russia and lending support to the Spartakists who would eventually topple the Kaiser and bring an end to the war, though they themselves did not succeed in controlling postwar Germany. She had been indoctrinated into Communism during her time in Germany, and she embraced the Revolution when she returned to Russia after the war. Elena also has an older brother named Yakov, 39, who is a veteran of the Great War and is now a major in the Red Army.

Goals:
Meet every guest
Find intelligence that would be useful to the Soviet Union
Survive the journey

Skills: (Non-default skills BOLD, Professional Skills ITALICS, Hobbies preceded by a DOT)
Accounting (10%):
Anthropology (01%):
Archaeology (01%):
Art (05%):
Astronomy (01%):
Bargain (05%):
Biology (01%):
Chemistry (01%):
Climb (40%):
.Conceal (15%): 60%
Craft (05%):
Credit Rating (15%):
Cthulhu Mythos (00%): 3
Disguise (01%):
.Dodge (DEX x 2): 55%
Drive Auto (20%):
Electrical Repair (10%):
(+)Fast Talk (05%): 51%
First Aid (30%):
Geology (01%):
Hide (10%): 40%
History (20%):
Jump (25%):
Law (05%):
Library Use (25%):
.Listen (25%): 35%
Locksmith (01%):
Martial Arts (Aikido) (01%):
Mechanical Repair (20%):
Medicine (05%):
Natural History (10%):
Navigate (10%):
Occult (05%):
Operate Heavy Machinery (01%):
(+) Other Language: English (01%): 50%
(+) Other Language: French (01%): 50%
(+) Own Language: Russian (EDU x 5%): 65%
Persuade (15%):
Pharmacy (01%):
Photography (10%):
Physics (01%):
Pilot Aircraft (01%):
Psychoanalysis (01%):
(+) .Psychology (05%): 55%
Ride (05%):
Sneak (10%): 40%
Spot Hidden (25%): 36%
Swim (25%):
Throw (25%):
Track (10%):

Hand-to-hand:
Fist/Punch (50%):
Grapple (25%):
Head Butt (10%):
Kick (25%):
.Knife (25%): 55%

Firearms:
Handgun (20%): 65%
Machine Gun (15%):
Rifle (25%):
Shotgun (30%):
SMG (15%):

Special Ability: As part of her occupation, Elena has been provided with a couple of valuable weapons. She has a poison pill ring that, with a successful Conceal roll can be used to sedate a person (match victim's CON versus 15 on the Resistance Table). She also has another ring with a potent poison that will cause seizures and death (match victim's CON versus 12 on the Resistance Table, success means they take 1d4 CON damage and fall into a coma for 1d12 hours, failure means they die in 1d20 minutes. A successful Medicine check while they live can halve the CON damage [minimum 1] or reduce instant death to the 1d4 CON damage and coma). A separate Medicine roll (halved) is required to identity and diagnose the poison, especially in the latter case where a failure identifies a stroke that brought on a grand mal. Both poisons are flavorless and odorless. She has a single dose of each. +20% Conceal.

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Equipment:
Tokarev TT M1933 semiautomatic pistol, 7.62mm Type P and .32 ACP (RoF 3, damage 1d8, base range 15 yards, magazine capacity 8, Malfunction 99 [this number is listed for a .32 automatic in the CoC rules, but the Delta Green weapons list has it as 98 for this specific weapon])
Suppressor (silencer) for above
Several extra .32 ACP magazines
Fighting knife (1d4+2 damage)
Stiletto (1d4 damage, concealed and strapped to her inner thigh)
Purse containing passport, money, toiletries, cosmetics, a small camera and plenty of film, and other travel necessities (also has hidden compartments for her weapons)
Jewelry
Wristwatch
Small flashlight
Cigarette lighter
Cigarettes and holder
Flask of liquor
The City On The Lake - which if you'll remember, I described its examination of how all urban cities have, at their core, shared connections in artistic interpretations that suggests a racial memory of some ancient place shared in dreams.
Mickey Finns
High quality lockpicking kit (+20% to the skill when used - +40% against simply locks)

Ticket for Second Class Sleeping Car - Compartment B

Valise with changes of clothing and other packed luggage.

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Perk
As part of her occupation, Elena has been provided with a couple of valuable weapons. She has a poison pill ring that, with a successful Conceal roll can be used to sedate a person (match victim's CON versus 15 on the Resistance Table). She also has another ring with a potent poison that will cause seizures and death (match victim's CON versus 12 on the Resistance Table, success means they take 1d4 CON damage and fall into a coma for 1d12 hours, failure means they die in 1d20 minutes. A successful Medicine check while they live can halve the CON damage [minimum 1] or reduce instant death to the 1d4 CON damage and coma). A separate Medicine roll (halved) is required to identity and diagnose the poison, especially in the latter case where a failure identifies a stroke that brought on a grand mal. Both poisons are flavorless and odorless. She has a single dose of each. +20% Conceal.