Juhani Otso Berg

Juhani Otso Berg was a former member of the Finnish Special Forces, and by 2012, an agent of the Operations Division of Abstergo Industries. Later, in December of that year, Berg was inducted into the Inner Sanctum of the Templar Order.

Early life
Before joining the Templars, Juhani was a part of the, which composed 's special forces. However, a few years before 2012, he opted to become a mercenary.

In regards to his family, Berg had a young daughter, who was three years old by 2012.

Rise as a Templar
On 12 October 2012, Berg was briefed alongside several other Abstergo operatives who had impressed Dr. Warren Vidic enough to begin training in the second stage of their Animi Training Program. Warren promised Juhani and the other operatives greater power, wealth, and information on the Templars if they succeeded, but also warned that there was no backing out from that point.

On 28 October, Berg had interested his superiors within Abstergo with his training in the Animus, enough to be promoted and given greater power and freedom within the ranks of the Templar Order.

In an agent evaluation report conducted on 8 November, Ctibor Hašek identified Berg as a potential candidate for the Inner Sanctum, noting him as an obedient, loyal agent who was dedicated to the Templar cause. However, Hašek was concerned that Juhani's daughter could be a weakness.

On 16 November, Berg was sent to New York by Laetitia England, in order to investigate a cybersecurity breach related to artifacts that Abstergo was tracking, one of which was located in a Manhattan penthouse. There he found Daniel Cross, who had escaped the Philadelphia facility the previous day and had been subsequently injured during a confrontation with the Assassin Desmond Miles. Though Berg was attacked by Daniel, who apparently suffered another attack of the Bleeding Effect, he was able to neutralize Cross and returned him to Abstergo.

Nine days later, in, Finland, Juhani was seen spending time with his daughter.

Raid in Florence
On 28 November 2012, after an attack on the Abstergo campus by the Assassin Harlan T. Cunningham killed four Abstergo hackers and destroyed servers, Berg tailed Cunningham on the regional road SR2 in Italy. Following this, he called his superiors and convinced them to allow him to follow the Assassin back to his base, instead of killing Harlan.

Juhani successfully tracked Cunningham to the Assassin base in Florence led by Adriano Maestranzi. Afterwards, he called for backup and was given command of Abstergo's Sigma strike team, before leading the Templar assault on 30 November.

Maestranzi, not wanting to abandon the base, detonated a bomb that destroyed the Assassins' hideout and files, and killed all of Sigma team except for Berg, who suffered burns that left facial scarring. Despite the outcome, Juhani's superiors were pleased with his performance, crediting him for the deaths of three Assassins – even though Cunningham escaped – and did not hold him responsible for the loss of Sigma team.

Master Templar
On 6 December, Berg was brought to a hidden chamber in Abstergo's Philadelphia facility, where he met with Laetitia. There, she made him a Master Templar and inducted him into the Templar Order's Inner Sanctum, but also had Daniel Cross inject Berg with a tracking device so they could monitor all of his movements.

Four days later, Juhani met with Vidic, England, Cross, and several other Templar operatives within the same room in Philadelphia, where England revealed that they had located the leader of the Assassins, William Miles, in, Egypt. Soon after, Berg was dispatched with a team to capture the Assassin.

On 12 December, Berg led the reformed Sigma team in cornering William inside a museum in Cairo, and successfully captured and extracted him from the city.

Trivia

 * "Juhani" is a Finnish cognate of the Hebrew name "Yochanan", meaning "God is gracious." The name "Otso" is also Finnish, meaning "bear." The last name, "Berg", is a Swedish surname meaning "Mountain".