Harrier (Mercedes Thomas-Arasaka)
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Background
The child of Silent Strike (Korinna Arasaka) and the Harrier King (Chance Thomas) from an alternate future, Mercedes Thomas-Arasaka arrived in this dimension due to an accident with Juryrig's time machine. Once on this plane, she contacted and re-established a relationship with her erstwhile parents, leading to her adoption and the assumption of her father's former heroic roll, Kid Harrier. As Kid Harrier, Mercedes fought alongside the Offspring and the Harassment of Harriers to protect Millennium City's West Side from criminals of all ilks.
Mercedes left Millennium City to attend the Harvard Business School. After two years of study, she has returned, ostensibly to take a position as an intern at the local Arasaka Corporation office. While in the city, she has adopted her father's former nom de guerre, Harrier, and fights crime part time as a reserve member of the Protectors of the World.
Origins
Nearly one thousand years ago, a meteor crashed into rural Japan. The qualities of the meteor's ferrous heart allowed the master blacksmith Fumio to bind spirits to his creations. Using this extraterrestrial metal, Fumio crafted the Night Blade, a mystical sword of great power. Beyond its own mystical properties, the katana imbued its wielder with superhuman abilities, powered by yōkai(Japanese spirits).
Over the next hundreds of years, the leaders of the Arasaka Clan wielded the sword to build power. Acting as shinobi, coverts agents, the clan gained respect in the shifting landscape of Japanese politics. The dawn of the 20th Century revealed the clan as one of the countries major zaibatsu, exerting significant influence over domestic and foreign policy and slowing drawing the country towards war.
During the Rape of Nanking, a spirit of vengeance infested the Night Blade and tainted its wielder, Colonel Ichiro Arasaka. For the next 50 years, the weapon would temp its users into bouts of violent rage and murder. With the help of then fiance Chance Thomas, Korinna Arasaka completed a ritual to free the katana from the influence of vengeance and changed the relationship between yōkai and clan members. From that time forward, the spirits would choose certain family champions to grant powers with the goals of better protecting family interests and benefiting humanity.
Mercedes is one of these Arasaka Champions. A yōkai grants her supernatural abilities and powers. For long as Mercedes shows proper respect to the Gods of Japan and uses her powers for good, she will maintain them. The particular spirit bound to Harrier appears as a long, sinuous, wingless dragon to those with mystical sight.
Powers
Enhanced Physical Abilities
Observed data and testing places Mercedes' kinesthesia, proprioception, dexterity, and reflexes slightly ahead of those of human Olympic athletes. She can lift just over 350 kg above her head and run 50 meters in 6.20 seconds.
Limited Teleportation
Regeneration
Abilities
Investigation
Martial Arts
Infiltration and Exfiltration
Equipment
Sensory Holographic Information Networked Optical Biometric Interface
