Niska Amexi

The current descendant of the Igicucu bloodline, Niska is the commanding leader of a small gang who are nicknamed "The Chestnut Crew", who initially are a small group of hapless travelers, later aligned with the Kikova Mercenaries who travel the land of Nuo, often seeking to stop trouble.....often while finding themselves in trouble in the process.

She's an old jackal who's seen all sorts of oddities in her life, she's not incapable of being nice but she's known to be wild and fairly violent.

Appearance
She is a Jackal, with the same black and white color scheme that's shared with all the Nuo Ja'kkan. She has long white hair, her eyes are a heterochromic shade, Purple on the left and Green on the Right, with a long bushy tail, with a somewhat toned build that befits a mercenary.

Her clothing consists of a white camouflage patternwith purple adornments, a strapped backpack for carrying her stuff, silver dog tags, deep purple spectacles and a purple beret, alongside a pair of purple jeans flush with camouflage patterns, with a satchel and knife strapped to her side.

Personality
She's known to be a little crazy,

Given her upbringing and what she encounters through her life, she's grown to be a very unstable and paranoid individual who tries to plan for anything that could happen. Adding to this, she has a habit of overthinking and over-preparring, thinking a situation is far bigger or requires a much more complex plan than it needs, taking 10 steps to do something that takes 3 to pull off.

And on that note, she loves fighting and battle, having been in conflict for most of her life, so she's naturally inclined to violence, often picking the lethal approach to dealing with threats, often having to be talked down by others.

One positive she has is she's fiercly protective of her allies within the Chestnut Crew, she'll always try to see that they make it out of a situation alive, even if she might not in the process. The fastest way to anger her is harming her teammates.

Abilities

 * Marksmanship

Compared to Myriam, she's a much better shot

Her signature weapon is The Clockwork Shotgun, shared with the Draknovi faction of Tanzanite, even originally procuring the weapon from one of them. Given her headstrong nature and her agility, she strongly prefers getting close to an enemy whenever she can.


 * Tactics and Strategy

Being nicknamed "The Eccentric Diviser" among some of her team, Niska's known to take an...."outside the box" approach when dealing with foes, often looking around her and working with what she's got, either on hand or in her environment. No plan is too crazy for Niska so if it offers any advantage at all, she'll go for it. Naturally this is a double edged sword, for every time her plan is crazy enough to work, other times it's....just crazy, and with a decent chance of getting her and her team into one of these dilemmas in the process.

Smoke bombs and anything that produces any sort of covering fumes are a particularly common piece to her puzzling plans

Relationships

 * The Chestnut Crew

The team she leads, consisting of herself, Nana, Jonas, Novalus, Simone, Frost, and later a human by the name of Amber. Niska is very protective of her allies, seeking to make sure they get out of a situation alive as much as they can.


 * Myriam Kaisome


 * Eleanor Sybil


 * The Sirroco Lago

While not fully part of their faction, she's gotten along with the lagomorphs of Myria fairly well

Backstory
She's lived a very colorful life, said to have been raised in the Abberzan continent, Raised by a clan of Jackals of the Amexi bloodline, who were soon slaughtered after a mysterious Taker had arrived, triggering something deep within Niska, causing her to turn feral and violently kill everything in the area, with Niska soon falling into a delirious state

She was soon taken by various bandits and warminds, being trained to fight and kill at a young age. assassinating various individuals through the lands and surviving on whatever she can find.

She was eventually being tasked to kill the deposed Queen Eleanor Sybil, the elder hedgehog proved to be a challenge and managed to subdue the Jackal, who eventually attempted to kill Sybil with a magicite explosive as a last ditch effort, even if it would have taken her own life. Sybil stopped her, feeling pity for the little Jackal, she took her in and raised her herself. Given her bloodline and upbringing, turning her to a full pacifist was impossible, so Sybil tried to steer her into a different direction, better think about what she's doing rather than just kill at first thought.