Ruri always had something to prove. She trained and worked incredibly hard to become a feared warrior. Her skills were admired by everyone in the clan. She often clashed with another kunoichi, who put down her “manly” physique and attitudes. However, this too she mastered, learning disguise and seduction so that she could do almost anything. By the time she had reached 30 she was one of the most successful warriors and assassins the clan had. She desired to be a chunin. However, she found herself blocked by jealous rivals. Seeing the writing on the wall; she jumped at the chance to become one of the Eight Immortals. She had to sacrifice what she loved most. She destroyed an heirloom sword. It was the sword she trained with. When the ritual ended she found her sword, whole once more! It turned out that her sword was not her most treasured thing. Ruri became the Exemplar of Agility. Her grace and physical prowess became legendary. Truly she is a unique being in the cosmos. Her reaction time is beyond telepathic. She moves at a pace she cannot describe. She acts before she "knows" what she is doing. She is blindingly fast, capable of fantastic feats of agility, but she has lost her "skill". She regrets nothing, but often wonders if she will ever attain "skill" again. A loyal assassin and warrior for the Mist Viper Clan, Hurricane Dancer is somewhat conflicted. She enjoys the power and position being an Immortal gives her. Her Initiates of the Shroud are considered some of the highest quality assassins the clan has. She works well with the other Eight, save for Glorious Songbird, who is flighty and lazy (not to mention Ruri is jealous of her beauty). She gets along best with the All-knowing Eye and Stone Serpent. Blood Tiger desires to slay her; he cannot stand her being his better in combat; however he hides this fact behind a facade of superficial friendship and a disinterested manner. Hurricane Dancer is somewhat afraid of her powers, though. Her reaction times often seem to be the work of an unseen force, acting on "her" behalf. She wonders if she is the ultimate in body control or a glorified puppet to a malevolent power. Hurricane Dancer trains intensively every day but has yet to recover her lost skill levels. "I'll have your heart so fast you can watch its last beat." A whirling dynamo in combat, Hurricane Dancer acts first. In my version of the CU no one comes close to her DEX even with Lightning Reflexes. She is fast (eight actions a turn) and can hit pretty hard (10d6 AP attack is nothing to sneeze at). In general she prefers to fight agianst skilled opponents, secretly hoping to be defeated so that she may learn from the experience. She generally has no trouble pulling off dangerous and complex maneuvers and therefore does so with dizzying regularity. A killing machine sort of. Her defenses are pretty low for a superhero and her physical attibutes are as well, if you can get past her DEX and SPD. Obviously if you want to tone her down lower her DEX/SPD. It's her whole shtick, however, so she should have at least equal to the highest DEX in your campaign. Also, the "skill" she lost was her levels. If you want to player her prior to the transformation she is Dex 18, +1 Overall Level, +3 Levels with ninjutsu, +3 levels vs Range mods, +2 DCV, +4 vs Hitlocation Penalties. She also had Lightnin Reflexes with all actions +6. If you want to empower her, raise her STR to 20 and Con to 20. Then you could have her recover her "Skill". An attractive young woman with a lean, muscular build (think Cammy from Street Fighter games), she is small with green eyes and a green stripe in her hair. Her costume is a ninja night suit, black with delicate green design with a wind theme. Her bracers and ankle bands are metallic green. Her swords are family Heirlooms, not standard ninja swords, but straight bladed weapnons with japanese-style hilts. They are seemingly indestructible now. Each is a gleeming silver blade with a hilt of gold, and a grip wrapped in black leather. Her head-piece leaves her hair and face free, its dark metallic green. A similarly colored mask is atached, the mask covers her eyes only. She often wears green lipstick and nail polish.