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Abrahim Zherkezhi (June 13, 1960 – July 4, 2007), was a renowned computational theorist who was a major figure during geopolitical events that transpired between 2004 and 2007. He was the second of two High-Value Individuals (HVIs) Sam Fisher was assigned to locate and recover in Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory.

Biography

2007: Cyber Attacks/East Asian Crisis

During the Cyber Attacks of 2007, tensions raised between Japan and its long-time enemy North Korea, when the Japanese Self-Defense Force activated the Information Self-Defense Force. The People's Republic of China came to Korea's aid while the U.S. supported Japan, threatening to encourage conflict in the Pacific. It was during this crisis that Zherkezhi came under the protection of American PMC Displace International in the wake of the kidnapping and subsequent murder of associate Bruce Morgenholt. Displace deployed its mercenary forces to New York City, where Zherkezhi and his penthouse were kept under tight control.

Unfortunately, unbeknownst to Zherkezhi, Displace CEO Douglas Shetland had deceived him into divulging valuable secrets on how to operate the Masse Kernels for their own usage. They intended to employ means of information warfare via Zherkezhi's 'Dvorak' algorithms to promote greater conflict in East Asia, ultimately planning to profiteer from the imminent war amongst the Pacific powers. Zherkezhi complied with their requests and Displace subsequently engineered the blackouts that crippled the Eastern Coast of the U.S. and Japan. After the blackouts, Splinter Cell operative Sam Fisher was sent to Zherkezhi's penthouse to locate 'Dvorak' only to learn it was an infinite state machine. Zherkezhi was then moved to Displace's mountain retreat in Hokkaidō, Japan, where he would be safe from prying eyes.

Zherkezhi was then tricked into divulging more data on the Masse Kernels, which allowed Displace and its associates to force-launch a North Korean anti-ship missile at the USS Clarence E. Walsh in the Yellow Sea. This attack completely destroyed the vessel and brought the U.S. and North Korea to the brink of all-out war. Alarmed by the political crisis at hand, Third Echelon deployed Fisher to Hokkaidō to capture Zherkezhi for interrogation.

Death

On the Fourth of July, mere hours after the sinking of the Walsh, Fisher infiltrated the Displace retreat in the hopes of arresting Zherkezhi. Unfortunately, this operation failed when Shetland arrived at the retreat to meet with Zherkezhi. By this point, Zherkezhi had become suspicious of Displace's true intentions, and Shetland feared he would talk. Having outlived his usefulness, Zherkezhi was personally murdered by Shetland in the retreat's tea house as a means of silencing him. Shetland then fled before Fisher could intercept him.

Profile

Abrahim Zherkezhi had a doctorate in cryptological number theory from Gottingen University, and was an advisor to the U.S. Homeland Protection Agency following the blackouts in 2003. He worked for the UN to help unlock the secrets of the Masse Kernels the Georgian information crisis, and then abruptly disappeared from public life. He was rumored to have gone insane.

Mission Appearances

Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory

Hokkaido (Killed)

Trivia

Zherkezhi is briefly referenced in a World News Media broadcast in Pandora Tomorrow, during the intro cut-scene to the "Train" level, in which it is announced that he headed the United Nations Special International Advisory Committee on Electronic and Information Crime to reverse-engineer the programs developed for the Georgian Information Crisis.
Admiral Otomo seems to have affliated with Zherkezhi in some way, as his name is seen on the screen, which he use to communicate with Lambert.
Zherkezhi's name is misspelled "Zherkerzi" in the briefing for the "Penthouse" mission.
How Zherkezhi is killed by Shetland is determined by the player. If the player approaches the tea house, Shetland will catch on to his presence and subsequently shoot Zherkezhi in cold blood. If the player waits and allows the whole conversation to play itself out, Shetland will pull out a katana and slash Zherkezhi to death.
- Interestingly, the guards outside of the teahouse won't be alarmed when Zherkezhi is killed.
Even though he is of Polish nationality, neither his first name nor surname are actually Polish.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 [1] ubisoft.custhelp.com, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory PC manual, page 5

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+| caption           = Abrahim Zherkezhi in ''[[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory]]''.
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+| born              = June 13, 1960<br />Warsaw, Poland<ref name="Chaos Theory Manual">[http://ubisoft.custhelp.com/ci/fattach/get/222401] ubisoft.custhelp.com, ''Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory'' PC manual, page 5</ref>
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+| died              = July 4, 2007 (aged 47)<br />Hokkaido, Japan
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+| cause_of_death    = Killed by [[Douglas Shetland]].
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-|-
+| appearances       = ''[[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory]]''
-|'''Nationality'''
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+'''Abrahim Zherkezhi''' (June 13, 1960 – July 4, 2007), was a renowned computational theorist who was a major figure during geopolitical events that transpired between 2004 and 2007. He was the second of two High-Value Individuals (HVIs) [[Sam Fisher]] was assigned to locate and recover in ''[[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory]]''.
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-|'''Status'''
-|Deceased (4<sup>th</sup> July 2007 in Hokkaido, Japan)
-|-
-|'''Cause of Death'''
-|Murdered
-|-
-|'''Appearances'''
-|[[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow|PT]] (Mentioned) - [[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory|CT]]
-|}
+==Biography==
-'''Abrahim Zherkezhi''' was a renowned computational theorist who was a major figure during the political events that transpired between 2004 and 2007. He was the second High-Value Individual (HVI) [[Sam Fisher]] was assigned to locate and recover in ''[[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory| Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory]]''.
+=== 2007: Cyber Attacks/East Asian Crisis ===
-==Background==
+During the Cyber Attacks of 2007, tensions raised between Japan and its long-time enemy North Korea, when the Japanese Self-Defense Force activated the [[Information Self-Defense Force]]. The People's Republic of China came to Korea's aid while the U.S. supported Japan, threatening to encourage conflict in the Pacific. It was during this crisis that Zherkezhi came under the protection of American PMC [[Displace International]] in the wake of the kidnapping and subsequent murder of associate [[Bruce Morgenholt]]. Displace deployed its mercenary forces to New York City, where Zherkezhi and his penthouse were kept under tight control.
-Zherkezhi was born on June 13, 1960, in Warsaw, Poland. He graduated from Gottingen University with a doctorate in cryptological number theory, and was an advisor to the U.S. Homeland Protection Agency following the blackouts in 2003. He was a computer genius who worked with [[Bruce Morgenholt]] in studying the secrets of the Masse Kernels as part of Project Watson for the United Nations (UN) following the [[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell|Georgian Information Crisis]], and then abruptly disappeared from public life. There were ongoing rumors that he had gone insane.
+Unfortunately, unbeknownst to Zherkezhi, Displace CEO [[Douglas Shetland]] had deceived him into divulging valuable secrets on how to operate the [[Masse Kernels]] for their own usage. They intended to employ means of information warfare via Zherkezhi's 'Dvorak' algorithms to promote greater conflict in East Asia, ultimately planning to profiteer from the imminent war amongst the Pacific powers. Zherkezhi complied with their requests and Displace subsequently engineered the blackouts that crippled the Eastern Coast of the U.S. and Japan. After the blackouts, Splinter Cell operative [[Sam Fisher]] was sent to Zherkezhi's penthouse to locate 'Dvorak' only to learn it was an infinite state machine. Zherkezhi was then moved to Displace's mountain retreat in [[Wikipedia:Hokkaido|Hokkaidō, Japan]], where he would be safe from prying eyes.
-==[[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell|Cyber Attacks of 2007]] ==
-It was later learned that Zherkezhi had taken protection from [[Displace International]] during the Cyber Attacks of 2007. He allowed [[Douglas Shetland]] to use his 'Dvorak' algorithms, though unaware of Shetland's intentions. After the blackouts of the Eastern Coast and Japan, Splinter Cell operative [[Sam Fisher]] was sent to Zherkezi's penthouse to locate 'Dvorak' only to learn it was an infinite state machine. Fisher also learned Displace relocated Zherkezhi to Hokkaidō. While Fisher attempted to kidnap Zherkezhi, Shetland arrived beforehand and murdered Zherkezhi with a katana in the Hokkaidō retreat to hide evidence of his involvement (if Sam neutralizes the guard outside and goes up to the door Shetland will kill Zherkezi with a gun instead).
+Zherkezhi was then tricked into divulging more data on the Masse Kernels, which allowed Displace and its associates to force-launch a North Korean anti-ship missile at the [[USS Clarence E. Walsh|USS ''Clarence E. Walsh'']] in the Yellow Sea. This attack completely destroyed the vessel and brought the U.S. and North Korea to the brink of all-out war. Alarmed by the political crisis at hand, Third Echelon deployed Fisher to Hokkaidō to capture Zherkezhi for interrogation.
+===Death===
+On the Fourth of July, mere hours after the sinking of the ''Walsh'', Fisher infiltrated the Displace retreat in the hopes of arresting Zherkezhi. Unfortunately, this operation failed when Shetland arrived at the retreat to meet with Zherkezhi. By this point, Zherkezhi had become suspicious of Displace's true intentions, and Shetland feared he would talk. Having outlived his usefulness, Zherkezhi was personally murdered by Shetland in the retreat's tea house as a means of silencing him. Shetland then fled before Fisher could intercept him.
+== Profile ==
+Abrahim Zherkezhi had a doctorate in cryptological number theory from [[wikipedia:University of Göttingen|Gottingen University]], and was an advisor to the U.S. Homeland Protection Agency following the blackouts in 2003. He worked for the [[wikipedia:United Nations|UN]] to help unlock the secrets of the Masse Kernels the [[Georgian Information_Crisis|Georgian information crisis]], and then abruptly disappeared from public life. He was rumored to have gone insane.
+==Mission Appearances==
+===Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory===
+*[[Hokkaido]] (Killed)
 ==Trivia==
-*Zherkezhi is briefly referenced in a WNM broadcast in ''[[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow|Pandora Tomorrow]]'', during the intro cut-scene to the "Train" level,  in which it is announced that he successfully reverse-engineered the Masse Kernels used during the Georgian Information Crisis, though his name is pronounced "Abraham Zerkazi".
+*Zherkezhi is briefly referenced in a [[World News Media]] broadcast in ''[[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow|Pandora Tomorrow]]'', during the intro cut-scene to the "Train" level, in which it is announced that he headed the United Nations Special International Advisory Committee on Electronic and Information Crime to reverse-engineer the programs developed for the Georgian Information Crisis.
+*Admiral Otomo seems to have affliated with Zherkezhi in some way, as his name is seen on the screen, which he use to communicate with Lambert.
-*How Zherkezhi dies at Hokkaido is determined by the player. If the player approaches the tea house, Shetland will catch on to his presence and subsequently shoot Zherkezhi in cold blood. If the player waits and allows the whole conversation to play itself out, Shetland will pull out a [[Wikipedia:Katana|katana]] and slash Zherkezhi to death.
+*Zherkezhi's name is misspelled "Zherkerzi" in the briefing for the "Penthouse" mission.
-[[Category:Characters]]
+*How Zherkezhi is killed by Shetland is determined by the player. If the player approaches the tea house, Shetland will catch on to his presence and subsequently shoot Zherkezhi in cold blood. If the player waits and allows the whole conversation to play itself out, Shetland will pull out a [[Wikipedia:Katana|katana]] and slash Zherkezhi to death.
-[[Category:Characters of Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory]]
+**Interestingly, the guards outside of the teahouse won't be alarmed when Zherkezhi is killed.
+*Even though he is of Polish nationality, neither his first name nor surname are actually Polish.
+==References==
+<references/>
+[[Category:Antagonists|Zherkezhi, Abrahim]]
+[[Category:Characters|Zherkezhi, Abrahim]]
+[[Category:Characters of Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory|Zherkezhi, Abrahim]]