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[fourthgirl]

name: "stacey nichols" / nastya
canon: the prophecies of ragnarok x mcu
tl;dr: former black widow. part of a faction of russian imperialists who want to restore their motherland to its former glory and believed to be the secret right hand of its leader, who has styled himself as the second coming of grigori rasputin. as "stacey" she works as protection detail for children of businessmen, celebrities and rich families, though she is, in actuality, tracking down surviving assets of the red room and hydra to recruit for their cause.



» born anastasia nikolaevna romanova (Анастасия Николаевна Романова) of the imperial house of russia. she was lively, mischievous, a gifted actress, and her daring occasionally exceeded the limits of acceptable behavior. she was nicknamed shvybzik ("little mischief").

» survived her family's execution because of the red room's intervention, though she was already half-dead when they spirited her away from yekaterinburg; she'd been shot and bayoneted in the chest, only saved by the jewels and diamonds she'd sewn inside the lining of her corset.

» having lost a lot of blood and suspected of being a hemophiliac like her brother, she was dosed with the experimental version of what would eventually become the super soldier serum. once she recovered, she began her training in the red room. she was a survivor, and she adapted quickly, mastering the necessary skills — but more importantly, she was angry, and she wanted to avenge her family. this led her to becoming one of the deadliest black widows of her time.

» her health began failing in the early 50s as the serum's effects weakened and retriggered her hemophilia and back pain. she was placed in cryosleep until she could be given a stable version of the serum, after which she would be reactivated as needed.

» she disappeared after the destruction of the red room in 2016. she'd heard of the attempts by yelena belova, melina vostokoff and alexei shostakov to find and deprogram the remaining black widows, and took great care to avoid them. she was snapped in 2018 and reappeared five years later, in the aftermath of which she was recruited by a secret circle of royals, nobles and elite families (which included baron zemo and contessa de fontaine) who sought to reestablish their hold on the world after the chaos of the blip.