Nikolai Orelov

Nikolaï Andreievich Orelov was a Russian Master Assassin during the Russian Revolution and the main character of Assassin's Creed Chronicles: Russia.

Nikolaï was responsible for several notorious events during his career as an Assassin; in 1888, when tasked with assassinating Tsar Alexander III, the fight that ensued between the two men accidentally caused the Borki train disaster. Twenty years later, in an attempt to retrieve the Imperial Sceptre from a facility inTunguska, Nikolaï's failure to acquire the artifact in time caused the object to explode, as Nikola Tesla broadcast a burst of electricity to it, resulting in a massive explosion that was later known as the Tunguska event.

He is also the great-grandfather of Daniel Cross, an individual who would go on to cause the near fall of the Assassin Order generations later.