Inquisitor Elva's Warband

[Elva]

Glad I did a good job . Now that I've got that confirmed I can rest easy and start work on the rest of the warband.

[Elva]

Here's one you might recognize. Its Dark Runner Kaede Nisho. She's unchanged from her original post apart from Elva being edited in as the Inquisitor who recruited her. I know she's been posted/critiqued already, but I thought I'd post her here just so the warband is in one place. Enforcer Church is being worked on too and I just finished his rough draft a couple minutes ago and am going to mull it over a bit before I start editing. I'm also considering making a Viet-Cong themed character for the next addition, but all in due time. I'm feeling in an oddly Inquisitor mood today hehe.

Kaede Nisho

History

Kaede Nisho was born on the forge world of Yaxong VI. Heavily industrial and urbanized, it is a world of technology and knowledge, even that which was forbidden. On Yaxong VI forbidden the technology trade flourished despite the Imperium's best efforts to stop it.  To avoid Imperial interference, the major crime syndicates hired local street children and gangers who knew short cuts and secret routes through abandoned areas to transport information, small tech pieces and collect payment.

Casualties amongst recruits was high, however a lucky few who survived made a decent living on their salaries. One such of these "Dark Runners" was Kaede Nisho. Armed with her Hellfury Pistol, an auto pistol capable of firing a limited amount of shotgun shells, she avoided the authorities and dealt with  clients if they attempted to stiff her employers. She walked a dangerous line being a freelancer, however she managed to avoid trouble.

Her preferable technique was to go on the rooftops, away from the ever increasingly patrolled tunnels and alleys. She grew quiet skilled, able to jump lengths that most would perish attempting. The Imperium could not even stop a street brat.

However, things changed. The Techpriests grew ever frustrated with their shrinking control over the world. They called in Inquisitor Elva, who began her investigations immediately. Assisted by Enforcer Church, Elva found and exposed many of the hidden cults and criminal organizations, their members receiving their fate at the hands of the techpriests. The lucky ones died at the Inquisitor's hands.

It was during one such of these purgings, that Kaede managed to escape through a window in a high riser. A high altitude chase followed, the young delinquent constantly giving them the slip and almost getting away. Finally, she was cornered in an industrial site, where Church eagerly awaited orders to subdue or execute the suspect. But the Inquisitor had other ideas. Impressed by the stealth and grace that the youth showed, she offered her a pardon in exchange for a life of service. Kaede shrugged and accepted with a characteristic "Meh.", she had nothing to loose.

Since the purging of Yaxong VI, Kaede has served Inquisitor Elva with her skills as a Dark Runner. She stalked and killed the corrupted preacher Dalos and ran fifteen kilometers with a request for reinforcements when communications where knocked out, saving the Ados moon from sure destruction.

Kaede has become one of Elva's most reliable charges, next to Enforcer Church.


Looks/ Physical Description

Kaede has short untamed black hair and wears a pair of ancient glasses to assist her vision. She has an ancient yet advanced bionic right arm that is decorated with artistic etchings of vines and leaves on the forearm. She wears mostly dark and well worn clothes to enhance her stealth. She is five foot nine and has brown eyes.


Personality/ Demeanor

Kaede is quiet and not very talkative, preferring to let her actions speak for her. She often crosses her arms when waiting and has a concentrated and focused look in her eyes. The Dark Runner is most at home on high elevations and even more so when moving from one to the other. When she talks, Kaede doesn't say more than necessary and has a mix of high and low Gothic in her accent. The only times she smiles is when she accomplishes a task, such as taking out a foe or another important objective.

Combat Gear and Style

Her Hellfury Pistol and a Knife. That is all the Runner claims to need apart from some specialty ammo and maybe a bit of padded armour. Her stealth and skill are more deadly than any heavy weapon or psychic power. She stalks her prey, sneaking up and slicing open vital organs and arteries. If her opponent is well armoured or tough, she peppers them with an armour-piercing round, and if things get tough, fires her one shot shotgun shell clip and flees to attempt from another angle. Her archeotech bionic arm can be a good stunning fist.

Quotes

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Kaede Nisho

WS BS S   T   I     Wp  Sg Nv Ld
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Right Handed

Equipment: Hellfury Pistol(auto pistol with a one shot shotgun round), knife, padded armour everywhere except head(armour value 2), 3 shot gun shells, 1 auto pistol clip, 1 Man stopper clip, average bionic arm. 

Abilities
Lightning Reflexes, Catfall, Acrobatics.

[Adlan]

The Hellfury pistol reminds me a LeMat Revolver, very nice. What is it going to look like in the finished model?

[Elva]

No idea yet. Possibly a modified Escher Juve, but I'm focusing on Elva's atm.