Name: Tinari (Krogan name is Strivanor)
Race: Krogan
Gender: Female
Class: Sentinel
Age: 340
Homeworld: Calabsa
Appearance: Towering even by krogan standards, Tinari stands at an impressive 8'3". She is actually light for her height and more agile than other krogan of her size. She weighs 134 kilos, or 295 pounds. Due to her atavism, she sports a long tail of about 6 feet in length. Her armored plating along her back continues down the length of her tail. The tail is prehensile enough to be whipped quickly or even wrapped around objects, but it cannot perform fine manipulation nor extremely precise movements. Her eyes, especially in the dark, glow very lightly.
Psychological Profile: Tinari has many characteristics in common with asari. She tends to take a longer view of things and prefers diplomatic solutions. She is also generally kind and helpful. Her sense of humor is mostly about witty remarks. The constant pain and memory of her experimentation drives her to try and reduce or remove pain from others, whether it is physical or mental. She, mostly due to her adoptive mother, developed very little consideration for personal space. If she wants to hug someone, she will hug them. If she wants to whisper something to them, she presses close to make sure she can whisper as quietly as possible. As befitting such a defensive and concerned predisposition, Tinari will normally intercept attacks or attention in combat.
Equipment:
Asari Sword: Her most prized possession and a gift given to her by her adoptive mother. She never lets it out of her sight and keeps it in pristine shape.
M-22 Eviscerator Shotgun
Upgrades: Microphasic Pulse
M-12 Locust Submachine Gun
Upgrades: Phasic Jacketing
Abilities:
Neural Shock
Tech Armor
Overload
Reave
Barrier
Bio: Born into a female clan of krogan, she would have been on Tuchanka for her life. This fate dissipated when some shady scientists stole her a few days after her birth. She was targeted due to her being afflicted with atavism, causing a long tail to be present. They took her to an isolated station, packed her into a containment chamber, and began to experiment with her. Until she reached maturity, the scientists primarily did mental tests, gene tests, and even played with her growth. This caused her to be leaner than her kin and also develop less robust muscles. Once she matured fully, they started to force her into combat trials against all manner of creatures they found. They wanted to test what their changes did to her ability. The results came out that she could react and move quicker and smoother, but she applied much less physical force than other krogan. She essentially grew to trade out muscle mass for reaction speed, flexibility, and reaction time.
The scientists began to surgically introduce implants into her to try and force her into the role of a specially designed shock trooper. The implants were often untested and dangerous, though the ones that caused lethal danger were swiftly removed. The scientists, while inhumane, still wanted her to live and become their dream. For thirty years, this cycle continued, leaving her body riddled with surgical scarring. The pain of constant surgery into nearly immediate combat left her almost constantly angry and fighting against a near constant blood rage. They treated her as little more than a smart animal. Tinari got a lucky break when some asari commandos happened upon the facility in their mission. They killed the scientists and freed the subjects that were still sane. All in all, Tinari was one of 14 subjects that left with the asari. The commandos took the subjects to Calabsa for study. There, asari scientists and doctors removed harmful implants, treated accumulated diseases, and helped subjects start to integrate into society through therapy and teaching them language.
Over a 10 year period, the subjects slowly gained socialization and capability. Most returned to Tuchanka. Tinari and two others stayed with the asari. Tinari was adopted at the end of the 10 year period by the asari huntress that first found her, Ki'Sanna. Ki'Sanna raised Tinari as her daughter, even giving her the asari name she uses currently. As such, Tinari grew up learning and immersing in the more diplomatic and thoughtful asari culture. She attended schooling with other asari of similar age. There, her biotic potential was discovered as well as her aptitude with technology. She could tinker and disassemble then reassemble nearly anything they put in front of her. Her biotics, meanwhile, focused upon surviving damage.
Because of this hybrid capability, Ki'Sanna decided to have Tinari educated as a Sentinel, expecting her to become either a huntress or adventurer. Unfortunately, Tinari could not become a huntress due to apprehension by the teachers, so once her education completed, Tinari decided to become and adventuring mercenary. Ki'Sanna, seeing her daughter's desires to leave and explore, gave Tinari her sword as a gift. Tinari set out to discover her heritage and earn a living for herself. Her education and subsequent exploration took a total of 100 years. She discovered her krogan name, though she never uses it, and became successful enough as a mercenary to make a relatively comfortable living. She decided to take a hiatus from merc work and returned home. She met an asari named Parlanna and settled down for about 150 years. They had a daughter named Wyrissa, who grew old enough to start her own life. After that 150 years, the two decided to separate and seek their own desires again.
Tinari spent the last 50 years again honing her skills, culminating in the routine mission resulting in her highly random bounty. Now in Omega, she waits and tries to figure out a means to get information on the one that caused all of this unrest in her life.
Strengths: Highly skilled medically, has implants from her time as a living experiment that increase reaction speeds and improve her night vision, normal sight, and even allow her to see into UV spectrum. The nervous system implants that increase reaction speed also increase her tactile sensations, as well as making melding nearly effortless to any asari that needs or wants to do any melding with her.
Weaknesses: The constant surgery left her in near constant pain, though some has been mitigated by the removal of the most dangerous implants. Her reaction speed implants make her more vulnerable to attacks on her nervous system by making her more likely to lock up. The sight implants make her more vulnerable to sudden bright lights such as flashbangs or similar items.
Misc: Has First Aid, Medicine, Decryption, and Electronics skills, is 100% sterile due to the experiments and even no longer produces eggs, has training equivalent to become a psychiatrist and a doctor, is well trained in massage for relaxation