Nyssa al Ghul

## Background

### 1843 - 1994: Nyssa al Ghul

Nyssa is believed to have been born in or around 1843 to the infamous Ra's al Ghul & Amina Raatko, one of his many lovers. It is believed that Ra's did not stick around long enough to even witness Nyssa's birth. Enamored by the romantic stories that her mother would tell her about Ra's as a child, Nyssa set out to find her father when she was fifteen. Sometime during her teens, she eventually located him at one of the temporary League camps in North Africa.

Impressed by her beauty, her warrior skills & the fact that she was able to locate him, Ra's decided to bring her into the fold of the League of Shadows. At the time, Nyssa's older half sister Talia held the role of Ra's closest advisor but after she finished her training, Nyssa was accepted into the same role.

As a right hand associate, she accompanied Ra's during his adventures. Nyssa fought alongside her father & siblings as the went around the world to spread Ra's mission. During at unspecified battled, Nyssa was fatally wounded. By the decree of Ra's al Ghul, she was placed in the Lazarus Pit for her resurrection. In time, Ra's allowed her to use the pit to retain her youth.

## Romantic Relationships

* Oliver Queen: Lover (1996 - 1997)
* Sara Lance: *Missing data.*

## Powers & Abilities

* **Peak Human Condition:** As a highly skilled assassin, Nyssa is in top physical condition with fast reflexes. She is strong enough to break her opponent's neck, something she has done quite a few times.
	+ ***Acrobatics*:** Nyssa is extremely agile & graceful, able to easily parkour on her surroundings during fights. She can easily descend from large heights with a scarf.
	+ ***Hand to Hand Combat/Martial Arts*:** Nyssa is a highly skilled combatant due to training with the Shadows. Since she is the daughter of Ra's al Ghul, she was subjected to a higher level of training. Her style seems to comprise of Boxing, Karate, Taekwondo, Kickboxing, Kung Fu & Krav Maga. Nyssa was able to easily beat five armed security guards in a matter of seconds. She also contended against Oliver as Green Arrow head-on in both of their two close quarters fights, even managing to briefly gain the upper hand & almost beat him. Nyssa proved herself an agile fighter, using her light weight & flexibility to her advantage.
	+ ***Honed Senses*:** As a trained assassin, Nyssa has highly developed senses, able to detect the presence of others before they approach her.
	+ ***Stealth*:** Nyssa is highly experienced in entering & leaving buildings undetected.
* **Longevity:** Her father has allowed her to use the Lazarus Pit to maintain the health, performance & appearance of her physical prime.
* **High Level Intellect:** She is highly intelligent & well-trained in strategy & subterfuge.
	+ ***Demolitions*:** Nyssa has become highly trained with the usage of plastic explosives, as she once placed a network bombs to cover her escape while she infiltrated the group.
	+ ***Leadership*:** Underneath her father, Nyssa serves as the Daughter of the Demon & holds authority over the Shadows.
	+ ***Medicine*:** Nyssa is trained in first aid. She nursed Sara back to health, who was injured during a training session & treated a sword wound on Oliver's hand after his battle with Ra's.
	+ ***Multilingualism*:** Nyssa can speak fluent English, Arabic, Japanese & Russian.
	+ ***Occultism*:** Though she is not skilled in the art of sorcery, she is very knowledgeable in it.
	+ ***Tactical Analysis*:** She is highly skilled in military strategy & tactics, as well as manipulating others.
	+ ***Torture*:** She is a very cruel individual & one of the last people you would want to get tortured by.
	+ ***Toxicology*:** Nyssa has a familiarity with poisons. She used a small amount of Tibetan viper venom to poison Sara back & later used a dart laced with a sedative to make Roy Harper pass out.
* **Weaponry**
	+ ***Archery*:** Nyssa has demonstrated skills in archery that almost rival that of Oliver & Malcolm's. She was able to keep up with Oliver in their first one-on-one archery battle & almost won.
	+ ***Knife Wielding*:** Nyssa is a highly proficient knife welder, as she was able to easily slit the throat of a League member.
	+ ***Marksmanship*:** She can also easily shoot arrows from a moving vehicle & is also able to throw her darts with great accuracy.
	+ ***Stick Fighting*:** Nyssa has proven to be a very proficient stick-fighter as she was able to take down multiple armed guards with a police baton.
	+ ***Swordsmanship*:** She is an excellent swordsman, as she was able to overpower Malcolm when she had a sword while he only had a stick. In their sparring sessions though, Malcolm had repeatedly defeated her.

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Strength:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Speed:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **Occult:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **Weapons:** 6 - Expert / Advanced
* **Range:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Strategy:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Combat:** 6 - Expert / Advanced
* **TOTAL:** 160 - Threat Level 4 / Moderate Threat

## Trivia

* She is still in love with Sara.
* She has claimed to give birth to at least twelve children. Connor is the only child confirmed.
* She blames Batman for being Talia’s weakness & for misguiding Cassandra Cain.
* She mentored Malcolm Merlyn, Marina Maru, Connor Queen, Sara Lance & Mara al Ghul.

## Notes

* Her being the younger sister is a nod to the *Arrowverse*. In the comics, she is the older sister.
* Connor being her son is from Earth-27.
* In the *Arrowverse*, Amina Raatko had a child with Malcolm Merlyn. On Earth-44, he is also her mother.