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BASIC INFO NAME: Athena A.K.A.: Vault Hunter, Former Gladiator, Former Lance Assassin CANON: Borderlands HOMEWORLD: UNKNOWN AGE: UNKNOWN GENDER: Female SPECIES: Human FIRST GLANCE APPEARANCE: Link HEIGHT: Slightly below average BUILD: Athletic HAIR: Black-blue EYES: Blue DRESS: Simple, functional; military SCENT: Ozone VOICE: Somewhat flat, medium pitch DEMEANOR: Businesslike, cold, stiff PERMISSIONS BACKTAGGING: ✔ 4TH-WALLING: ✘ THREADJACKING: ✔ MIND-READING: ? FIGHTING: ✔ ROMANCE: ✔ INJURY: ✔ KILLING: ✘

ATHENA THE GLADIATOR “ ATHENA, OUT ” PERSONALITY Aloof and cold, Athena is not especially personable, and does not connect well with others. This can be traced back to her military upbringing and the trauma she endured when forced to slaughter her own sister. When on a job, Athena is focused and caustic, with little use for banter or small talk; she is the type of person who always puts the task at hand first, often at the expense of compassion. Off a job and in a more casual setting, Athena's aloofness is better characterized as being extremely awkward. She's not exactly sure how to relate to others on a relaxed level, and is known to say things that are inappropriately morbid or rudely blunt for any given situation. She's much better relating to others who also have a military background and can communicate in the same manner; those who are particularly bubbly or aggressively friendly often receive the brunt of her awkwardness, and she unfortunately doesn't like to pull punches for those who are particularly sensitive. Usually cool and collected, Athena has an extremely violent temper. Her emotions are typically kept locked down, which can give her a dangerous demeanor, like she's ready to explode at any moment. This is actually not that far from the truth: when she gets angry, she gets angry -- though most of this pent-up energy is used productively in the heat of battle rather than by punching people in the face. Usually. HISTORY Trained as an assassin from childhood by the Atlas Corporation, not much is known of Athena's past. She was a renowned Crimson Lance Assassin for years until she was ordered to wipe out a village, after which she realized she had unwittingly killed her long-lost sister in the carnage. It was this that caused her to break off from Atlas and use the very skills she was taught by them to systematically assassinate each and every employee. Afterwards, lacking in money and a purpose, she spent her days as a gladiator in Pandora's bloody and ruthless arenas, putting the only skills she had to work. Eventually, one of her job leads brought her into the company of a programmer from Hyperion, looking for adventurers to help him track down a Vault on Elpis, Pandora's moon. After a series of mishaps, the Vault hunt turned into a race to save Elpis from destruction. And then things got weird and uncomfortable and people died. And she went back to Pandora, minus a job but plus a girlfriend. But living costs money, and when your only marketable skills involve making people die really hard, you tend to fall back in with bad people. Sometimes that comes back to bite you in the ass, like when you get captured and tied to a post on a floating city and are made to explain yourself or else you'll die. And then someone tries to make you die anyway. But Athena is difficult to kill if she's anything at all, and when she's apparently needed in order to ensure the future doesn't blow up big-time, well. That tends to stay a person's hand. INVENTORY SWIFT SUIT. Form-fitting uniform, including armor, gloves, boots, hood, etc. KINETIC ASPIS. Energy shield that can both deflect and absorb energy, including elemental damage. Can be thrown as a projectile weapon. PLASMA SWORD. Energy sword. Preferred weapon of Lance Assassins. ASSAULT RIFLE. Vladof brand. AEGIS PISTOL. Maliwan brand. Shock element.

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