Grigori Rasputin

Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin (Russian: Григорий Ефимович Распутин) (22 January 1869 - 29 December 1916) was a Russian mystic living during the rule of Tsar Nicholas II and a member of the Templars. After Nicholas' son Alexei became sick, he was advised by a family friend to ask for the help of Rasputin. Rasputin agreed to do so, knowing that Nicholas had a Piece of Eden, the Staff. After successfully 'healing' Alexei, he became a trusted friend, even giving advice on the decisions the royal family made. Eventually, Rasputin came into possession of the Staff and took it to Tunguska for the Templars to experiment with.

A group of nobles, possibly Assassins, found that Rasputin's influence on the royal family had become too much of a problem and they, led by Felix Yusupov, Dmitri Pavlovich and Vladimir Purishkevich, lured Rasputin to a "party" in the Yusupov's Moika Palace. Rasputin was led to the cellar where he was fed cakes and wine filled with poison. However, it seemed as though the poison was ineffective to Rasputin, and Yusupov quickly consulted with the others. Coming down, he shot Rasputin through the back of the head, and, after Rasputin's body fell to the ground, the nobles fled the building. Yusupov forgot his coat and went back in, but as he did so, Rasputin's eyes opened and he lunged at Yusupov. The others arrived and shot him three times in the back. However, he still did not die, and attempted to get back up. The men beat him into submission and castrated him. They then bound his body and wrapped him in a carpet, only so that they could easily throw him into the icy Neva River. He ultimately drowned in the river.