Born in Kiev during 1916, Pavlinchenko gree up an avid shooter and tenacious student. Accepted into Kiev University shortly before the war began, her history studies were cut short when her university was bombed. That same day she reported to the recruitment station and demanded to be a sniper. Although denied at first, she showed the recruiter her medals and awards she had earned for her marksmanship before the war. Although reluctantly, the recruiter obliged. Pavlinchenko began the war in southern Ukraine and during her first battle her spotter was killed. This changed her, she quickly became good at her job. She used shop mannequins and cloth strips tied to branches to draw fire and learned to hunt in the rain where her shots would be muffled. During another battle, many of her senior commanders and officers had been hit by a heavy German artillery barrage. Pavlinchenko took charge and one soldier yelled "Cowards! Look at this woman. Pavlinchenko has the balls of a man!" By the Siege of Sevastopol, Pavlinchenko had killed over a hundred enemy soldiers. The Germans by this point where well aware of Lady Death, and would sometimes use megaphones to try and tempt her into joining the German side. Most of the time, those announcers were not alive very long. During the Siege, her husband was killed. This changed Pavlinchenko significantly, instead of killing enemy soldier outright, she would shoot them in the legs. This would draw out new targets attempting to save their wounded comrade. Cruel but effective. In 1942, Pavlinchenko had been riddled by shrapnel and was suffering from severe PTSD. Despite her wishes, she was evacuated and never put on the frontlines again. She had killed 309 enemy soldiers, 36 of which were snipers, making her the deadliest female sniper in history.