Victoria Shadrian

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Victoria is a free-spirited individual, loving the ability to what she wants, when she wants, without being tied down by rules and expectations set in place by others. She has no qualms about taking a life to further her own ends, however she will still prefer to avoid conflict rather than kill - despite not particularly caring for social norms, she still recognizes that keeping her hands relatively clean makes life easier. Besides, someone may put a price on their head later if she doesn't kill them then and there. Despite her generally carefree nature, she takes threats to herself and the few she cares about extremely seriously - often resulting in loss of sleep and unhealthy amounts of stress. She's also quite difficult to get along with, as she is easily offended and quick to turn peaceful chatter into a heated argument. As such, she's only truly befriended a very small few people throughout her life, brushing off most others as annoying, idiotic, or both.

As a Shadowborne, Victoria possesses a number of abilities including accelerated healing, heightened senses, improved reflexes, and more when in the dark. The darker it is, the more prominent these abilities can become. She can also use her own shadow as a means to propel herself, running and jumping far beyond normal human capabilities, or even transforming into nothing more than a shadow herself for stealth and mobility.

In combat, she uses her Shadowborne abilities to great effect - constantly moving, switching in and out of her shadow form to keep herself an elusive target while simultaneously dancing past enemy defenses. She wields a variety of weapons, both mundane and advanced: A high-quality rapier gifted to her by Sylan upon joining Thyvor stays at her side, however she prefers her Mk. III Omnigauntlets over this. The Omnigauntlets are a pair of weapon-tools of her own design, each including a two-and-a-half foot single-edged telescoping blade, a small grappling hook that can launch over thirty meters, and four compressed-air shooters, each loaded with a poisonous dart. Each also has a retracting hook to aid in climbing as well as close-quarters grappling. In addition to this, she carries several throwing knives, a dagger, and a small self-loading pistol crossbow, with a staggering draw weight of over 1400 lbs - this however only compensates for its short, 5-inch powerstroke. Though not the most impressive shot, She is still far more accurate with her crossbow than the average archer, with this skill translating over to her precision when using her darts as well as her grappling barbs. Interestingly, she maintains this uncanny accuracy despite being half-colorblind in her left eye.