Zin

Zinaida “Zin” Markova, ex-assassin, ex-socialite, current fugitive.

• Tall, aristocratic bearing
• Mixed Eurasian heritage (Mongolian and Russian)
• Large dark eyes
• Long, dark hair, thick and straight with fiber optic implants that allow it to change color based on mood and whim
• Chic monochrome styling with occasional pops of color
• Minimalistic jewelry as occasion demands

• Razor wire wrapped in velvet
• Cool and calculating
• Good at seeming a great deal softer than she is
• Ruthless, but always repays favors
• Patient and not afraid to play the long game

• Neurosurgically enhanced
• Most of her body has been modified or replaced in some way
• Augmented speed, strength, and healing
• Bioceramic-reinforced skeletomuscular system for extreme durability
• Corneal implants for sharper vision, enhanced night vision, and thermal infrared reading
• Social chameleon; good at reading subtle cues and adjusting herself to fit in
• Basic technical and hacking skills; not nearly a specialist but will do in a pinch
• General spycraft – lockpicking, weapons competency, social engineering

• From an impoverished background, joined a corporate recruiting program at a young age to escape the slums
• Did well in preliminary training and was assigned to an enhanced human unit
• Reveled in her newfound physical prowess and advanced through the ranks quickly
• Aptitude testing moved her to the assassination and espionage track where she learned technical, social, and combat skills
• Realized too late that the price of living in relative comfort was a total and complete lack of freedom; even her body was company property
• Became an elite assassin at the top of the ranks for several years
• Met and charmed her future husband at a gala function while undercover; he became determined to have her as his helpmeet; even revealing her true identity did not deter him
• He was able to negotiate with the company as an independently wealthy and corporately unaffiliated man and ultimately was able to extract her with a great sum of money and an agreement to disable the majority of her proprietary enhanced functions
• She accepted the arrangement for the chance at a greater degree of freedom and has been playing the model trophy wife for the last three years

Husband: Congenial and a bit distant. She's grateful to him but holds no illusions about love or tenderness.