Niana

Niana was born on Phobos on September 19th, 2185. She is the head of the PRA.
Niana and her family were reasonably happy as one of the first families on Phobos. They remained fairly happy during the Martian Expansion of 2200 when thousands came to colonize the small moon further. And she was extremely happy to marry Eduard Acevedo, a union representative for Phobosian Pit Development Ltd.
She was less happy when Zaibatsu sent assassins to murder him. In fact she was so unhappy that she went out and joined the PFS (Phobosian Free State), a revolutionary group that hoped for the peaceful departure of Phobos from Zaibatsu control. Niana ended their peaceful streak. Within a week of her joining, the PFS became the PRA and both Zaibatsu Depots were bombed, incinerating their innards and killing four.
Niana's place as general of the PRAs forces was never in doubt, but in 2208, she caused a split in the PRA when she insisted on taking the fight to Mars. Some saw her as abandoning their moon. Others saw her as a visionary doing what was necessary. Jennifer Potts saw her as the worst thing ever to happen to Phobos and tried to turn the crowd against her. Niana's last action on Phobos was to throw Potts with such force that she exceeded escape velocity for the tiny moon and her body floated slowly for eons until falling into the sun.
Niana headed to Mars and began recruiting actively. She even met Sama Pulp, who had smuggled a nuclear warhead to Mars in the wake of the Høtherus incident. The PRA grew to several hundred fighters. They only targeted Zaibatsu interests and harmed as few as possible. Still, Niana held over fifty confirmed kills, mostly Yakuza- For Zaibatsu had sent their own army to fight her.
Valhalla sent a team to fight her as well. Balder however sympathized with her cause. The two grew very close. Before he returned to Earth the two were married in a secret ceremony. After that, Valhalla and the PRA had a thin sort of link across the stars.
== Spoilers ==
After the events of Ragnarök, Zaibatsu, the PRA and Balder were no more. Niana retired back to Phobos where she was welcomed as a hero by most, and the few dissenters were too afraid to say how they felt. She lived well, like a queen, though she never got to see Balder again. Unaware of his demise, she imagined him on Earth, a survivor of all that transpired.
She was assassinated in 2269 by a Martian Expansionist and buried in a pit that extended to the center of Phobos, where her body remained until the end of time.
== Behind the Scenes ==
Niana is named after Balder's wife in Norse myth, Nanna.
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