Tiyesa

APPEARANCE:

• Height - 168 cm (5′6″)
• Weight - 66 kg (145 lbs)
• Skin - Light blue
• Hair - Auburn
• Eyes - Yellow

BACKGROUND: Planet Canistel is home to a monocultural, monarchical civilization full of corruption, nepotism and bias against everyone who is not a native. While Canisteleans themselves are divided into different castes which do not mix, most extraterrestrials are considered unworthy of even basic rights, such as freedom. Of course, contact with races that are more technologically advanced is coldly respectful, so as not to provoke conflicts. The treatment of those who come from less developed lands is brutal, however. Such captives are enslaved - forced to serve noble households, do the most lowly and dangerous jobs, or provide atrocious types of entertainment for the locals. The most popular of these entertainments are the gladiator pits, where about half of the fighters are slaves from other planets. Some Canisteleans, especially those coming from lower castes, also choose to sell themselves to the pits - either for glory, to feed their families, or to pay off their debts. In most cases, they are free to leave after a predetermined number of fights - provided that they survive. The captive extraterrestrials do not get such opportunity; they stay in the pits until they lose a fight - all of them being to the death.

Born and raised on planet Canistel, Tiyesa is a member of the local nobility. Her father, Lord Lúcuma, is the owner of the largest fighting pit on the planet. For most of her life, she thought nothing of the family business. She was far too busy receiving lessons from her tutors, attending functions, and undergoing the basic physical training that most Canisteleans are subject to. The injustices her people carry out against foreign beings were not at the front of her mind, although she occasionally questioned the morality of such subjugation. This dubiousness mostly stemmed from a friendship with one of her handmaids, a Majin named Zamma. The pink-skinned slave was incredibly witty, amicable and adaptable. She made for great company, especially with the stories she told about her exploration of outer space and adventures she had had, before being captured by a group of Canisteleans and forced to serve Tiyesa's family. There didn't seem to be much resentment in Zamma, she accepted her new situation without any resistance, seeing it as a yet another interesting experience - a temporary one. And temporary it was.

Upon finding out that his 21-year-old daughter had grown close to a Majin, Lord Lúcuma decided to put an end to it. He sent the slave to the gladiator pits. Zamma died during her first fight, and Tiyesa was forced to watch it. The experience shattered her worldview and threw her into a lengthy period of confusion, helplessness and rage. There was no support from her family, since none of them could understand why she was upset about the death of an extraterrestrial. Tiyesa pulled herself together on her own, and resumed her duties, education and training as a noble lady - much to the relief of her relatives.

But her views and goals had changed. She swore to find a way to end the senseless massacre taking place in the fighting pits, and end the unjust prejudice against non-Canisteleans. It took long months before she found leads, but she finally managed to get in contact with a rebel group opposing the heinous practice. Tiyesa concealed her identity, wearing hooded cloaks and using an alias - Chesa - to come to covert meetings of the resistance. Given her close ties with the organizers of the gladiator events, she was able to provide useful information and participate in plans that damaged the business - from helping some captives (especially children) escape, to arming the rebels, to informing them of planned raids. The actual takedown of the archaic practice is on its way, with the resistance growing every day. The mysterious Chesa, her real identity known to but a few trustworthy leaders of the rebellion, is held in high regard by those partaking in the uprising. At the same time, members of the nobility are starting to suspect a subversive spy might be among them.

Light Offensive || Blitz Assault
Tiyesa has received training in Canistelean martial arts. She gives her opponent a small taste of that, by performing a varied combination of quick kicks and punches.
Power: 20% [1 TP]
KP Cost: 1 KP [1 TP]
Variants: N/A

Light Offensive || Arcane Orb
Tiyesa channels her Ki into a ball of energy, light blue in color, and throws it at her opponent.
Power: 40% [3 TP]
KP Cost: 2 KP
Variants: N/A

Heavy Offensive || Shield Breaker
Tiyesa points a finger at an enemy, sending a beam of energy at them that can puncture their defenses.
Power: 50%
KP Cost: 5 KP [1 TP]
Variants: Piercing [3 TP]

Heavy Defensive || Canistelean Aegis [8k PL]
To deflect an incoming attack, Tiyesa creates a semi-transparent shield of energy around herself. If this defense is breached, the incoming bleedthrough is reduced by 30% of the remaining power.
Power: 60% [1 TP]
KP Cost: 5 KP [1 TP]
Variants: Shield [2 TP]

Sparking Heavy || Vengeful Volley
For a few second, Tiyesa channels her Ki to fire a barrage of powerful energy blasts, bluish-white in color, from both of her palms. Unleashed in a rapid-fire burst fueled by wrath, this attack causes considerable damage to those hit, as well as to the surrounding area.
Power: 110% (up to 150%) [6 TP]
KP Cost: 6 KP
Variants: Preparation [2 TP], Splitting [2 TP]

Utility Technique || Flight
Like most high-borns on her home planet, Tiyesa is able to fly by harnessing her Ki.

Utility Technique || Ki Sensing
A technique that allows Tiyesa to sense, measure, and differentiate the Ki signatures of Ki attacks and all living beings without the Anti-Sense trait. Higher Ki signatures are easier to sense and can be sensed at greater distances than lower ones. This technique is passive and does not use KP.

Utility Technique || Ki Suppression
Tiyesa's skilled control of Ki enables her to suppress her Power Level to a minimum of 1 PL to either hide or use this lower PL to fight opponents weaker than her full strength on even footing. This technique is passive and does not require KP use.