Sasha

"Sasha was a piece of shit before the blast. But looking at her now...a warped body and a twisted mind..."

Sasha
In-Game Information
Gender	Female

Sasha is the leader of the Reapers. She is one of the few people who had powers before the blast. Before the cataclysm she was in the First Sons and sometimes worked with agent John White when he was undercover within the organization. Post-Blast, she is the leader of the Reapers who dominate the Neon District.

Sasha produces a black tar like mind control agent, then she creates a plague by introducing the tar into the water systems of the Neon. The symptoms the body experiences when infected with the tar are hallucinations and, eventually, mind control, but it also has a unique effect on Cole, like distorting his ability to store electrical charges, most likely because his body is naturally fighting against the mind-control tar. On his way to confront Sasha, Cole uncovers the true nature of the Reapers; that they are people who were under the effects of her mind control agent.

Moya tracks her down and sends Cole to fight her but Sasha attempts to seduce him. Sasha's romantic interest in Cole can be interpreted in two ways: her feelings can be genuine, or she can merely be trying to get Cole to let his guard down so that he does not follow through on his mission to kill her. Without adding a spoiler, the former explanation is most likely the correct one after taking into account Sasha's background. She is voiced by Jessica Straus.

Personality

The best possible way to describe her is completely insane and deranged. She seems to truly believe that she and Cole are in love, and even states that Trish is not worthy of him. During the battle she even states disillusion about them being together as well as sleeping together, where before the fight she was stating that they are going out on a date and had his tuxedo ready. However, she may have known the fact that Kessler and Cole are the same person from different timeframes, which would make her confused and desperate, but not insane. She has a habit of referring to the Reapers as her "Beloveds" as well as referring to using her mind controlling Black Tar on the Citizens in order to brainwash them as "Showering them with my love".

Appearance

She is bald with gray skin and sharp claw hands. She wears only a long sleeve jacket with the red hood up and the lower half of her body is covered in her Black Tar. As well as her tongue is able to split into four segments.

The Battle

During the battle, Sasha displays other abilities, such as being able to teleport through her black tar and send pulses of blood red energy from her hands, but these may just be illusions she makes Cole hallucinate because of his earlier exposure to the black tar. When Cole begins to rip off the small pumps on Sasha's shoulders, which then fountain the black tar, she hisses at him, revealing her deformed tongue, which is now many whip-like ones. After Cole finally defeats Sasha, she offers him a glimpse into her earlier, less demented personality, by sincerely warning him of the dangers of superpowers. As he stares down at his wounded enemy, Cole wonders if his own powers will cause him to become deformed, of the mind and body. After the battle, the First Sons destroy the complex and abduct Sasha. Kessler uses her mind-control agent for his balloon-based assault later on. She is never seen again, though she is heard talking to Cole mentally and giving him missions (negative karma).

Evil Side Missions

During Evil Missions later in the game, such as in the Warren and the Historic District, Sasha gives Cole the Evil missions starting with freeing a number of Reaper conduits imprisoned in the Eagle Point Penitentiary, She can assign Reaper conduits to your aid in the later missions, such as sending you to assault the other groups trying to take a hold of the city as well as the remaining police force. Another mission type is turning a valve which will spray her mind controlling tars on the pedestrians in locked cages, turning them under Sasha's control. As you continue to complete these missions, Cole becomes more endeared to Sasha and after completed the 15th evil mission she remarks "you are a man truly worthy of my love."

Behind the Scenes

A hot-headed and highly unpredictable villain, Sasha's affair with Kessler and subsequent humiliation had pushed her over the edge. Now the leader of the Reapers, a gang that terrorizes the Neon District, Sasha is hell-bent on either winning Kessler back or killing him. Since the blast, Sasha has become a Conduit, able to excrete a toxic black tar enables her to control the mind of anyone who touches it.

After the battle with Sasha she is heard from Kessler's phone saying "please stop, I'll do anything you want". She was being tortured and it's very hard to tell if she's enjoying it or hating it. Though subsequently Kessler says "what separates the strong from the weak is the ability to take the beating. Hell, to love the beating, no matter how great the pain" Cole also calls Kessler cruel as he tortures Sasha.

Powers & Abilities

Sasha has displayed a number of abilities, most of which aren't seen until Cole battles her.

• Sasha can also teleport through her tar extremely quickly and can send red pulses of energy at her enemies in a similar fashion to the Reaper conduits.
• She can also cause tentacle-like beings to spawn and throw energy balls at her enemies.
• She can create "illusions" of other reapers which Cole must fight off, in order to get to Sasha. Although just illusions they can cause damage to Cole. (since his mind truly believes he is being attacked, he takes damage)

Mind Control

Sasha's most commonly used ability is her ability to generate a Black Tar that lets her control the mind of the person who has the tar on them. The time it takes for her to fully control a person depends on whom she is trying to control. She uses the tar to bolster the ranks of the Reapers and has the Reapers kidnap people so they can be exposed to her Black Tar. She then uses the controlled people to terrorize the city even more. Conduits are more immune to the tar than normal humans are, as seen with Cole. When Cole is hit by the tar, his powers are impaired, his vision is blurred, his mind is unclear, and, when exposed to him in large bursts, some of his Battery Cores are temporarily disabled. The non-conduit humans are either to become sick or fall under Sasha's control. Sasha can also telepathically contact people exposed to the Black Tar and cause them to suffer hallucinations.

InFAMOUS 2

Sasha has not been mentioned but it is still possible that she will be in InFAMOUS 2 game because in InFAMOUS 1 her fate was not concluded. It is speculated that the Corrupted might have been created by her Black Tar.

Alternate Timeline

It is unknown what became of Sasha in Kessler's Timeline, however it could be assumed that she was killed by The Beast like everyone else.

Trivia

• Cole mentions that he has met Sasha before the Blast, but it is never detailed when or how. However, his narrations could be from after the events of InFamous, meaning he learnt about her after the fight.

• Sasha's voice apparently changed during the last phase of the game development. The proof for this can be found in the Poisoned Water trailer. Here, during the psychic conversation with Cole, her voice is very similar, but has a "gargling" undertone, as if her throat is filled with Black Tar.
• During the mission, 'Dinner with Sasha', Sasha mentally shouts at Cole and appears to confuse him with Kessler. In hindsight, it seems that she could see (or due to her powers, sense) the similarities between the two of them, besides their electrokinesis, and may have been able to make the connection that Cole and Kessler are the same person. Taking this into account, it would make sense for her to be attracted to Cole, who is a younger, more attractive (but weaker) Kessler. In lieu of this, it seems her incessant babbling makes more sense, as she may find referring to Cole as Kessler more appealing.

• It was confirmed that she and Kessler had some kind of romantic relationship in one of John's Dead Drops, though she couldn't stand the fact that he still loved Trish. It is unknown how much of what she claimed actually happened or what was part of her paranoid delusions.
• She is the only female gang leader
• She is the only Gang Leader that does not appear outside of her main battle. However, she still talks to Cole through telepathy, making her ironically the Gang Leader most in contact with Cole.
• Her tar is one of the few 'diseases' that Cole isn't immune to, but he still isn't affected as much as non-conduits. (as shown in several missons, the tar hurts Coles but does not "control" him)
• Sasha's outfit is one of three inFAMOUS costumes that can be purchased from PlayStation Home.
• It is possible that Sasha and Alden were trying to overthrow Kessler because in one of John's Dead Drops John recorded that Sasha went to the Warren District and met with some old man and she wanted the meeting kept a secret. This old man could have been Alden and, since Sasha was either out to win Kessler's heart or kill him, this could mean Sasha and Alden were planning to destroy Kessler together. Though this did not seem to work out, as their gangs are seen fighting each other quite often.