Pilar

Enforcer for Madre La Muerte and her cartel Pilar is a "were-jaguar" or "Nagual". She is known for her brutal enforcement of the Cartel's policies and wishes and leads a strike team of savage "lesser" Nagual she has created herself. A relentless huntress and merciless killer Pilar may be bloodthirsty but she is capable of great patience before she strikes and stalks her prey confidently before she goes for the throat.

## History

Very little is known about Pilar's past but she first came to the attention of authorities when she was 14 and stabbed her boyfriend to death to appease a cartel.  She later took the fall for a more senior member of the cartel and spent 5 years in the harshest prison in Mexico where she flourished and survived acquiring the jaguar patterned tattoos in her cell block and earning the name "Ocelotl", The Jaguar.

After leaving prison at the age of 24 (she was 19 when she went in) she proceeded to rise through the ranks of the Cartel, eventually transforming herself into a Nagual through unknown magical means.  This gave her a further advantage until she became a key player in the coup that saw the new leadership of the master necromancer Madre La Muerta rise to prominence.  Over the following 10 years she was one of the most brutal enforcers and allies of the new regime.

## Coming to Halcyon

Pilar arrived in Halcyon when the Yakuza brought to this world by The Unstable Elements pushed the Los Muertos Gang of The South Side out.  She swiftly dispatched some of their enforcers and allies to make a point and proceeded to push the Gutter Blue narcotic for the Cartel and Dr. Glass.  Unfortunately this drew the attention of the Unstable Elements who received assistance from Destiny at The Gold Club.

She helped with the capture of Destiny's daughter to create a new delivery system and acted as personal bodyguard to Soledad, the Cartel leader's daughter.  In the final confrontation her claws were able to injure even the most durable of the young heroes but she herself was taken out by a powerful hit from Megaton who sent her flying through the laboratory, destroying several key pieces of specialized equipment.

## Powers & Abilities

Even as a human Pilar was dangerous, she had keenly developed survival skills and murderously acute senses for opportunity.  The ritual or powers that turned her into a Nagual simply raised her to a superhuman threat level.  She was excellent street fighter using a kind of Capoeira-like style and coordinating with her shadow (pack) of Nagual to attack in tandem and lay ambushes.  She was also able to speak fluent English as well as Spanish and Nahuatl.

* **Enhanced Physical Traits:** Nagual are naturally stronger, faster and more agile than humans but even by those standards Pilar was a cut above the rest.
* **Enchanted Claws:** Nagual claws are able to cut through most anything due to the predatory enchantments on them, the same goes for their fangs
* **Superhuman Senses:** Nagual have a particularly enhanced set of senses, they are able to track an individual from a drop of blood, see perfectly in the dark and have enhanced hearing even when not transformed.  Their balance also allows them to move with confidence over rough terrain.
* **Regenerative Recovery:** As a leader of the Nagual she had an enhanced healing factor that allowed her to recover in a matter of moments from even the most serious wounds.  She was also unaffected by silver where many supernaturals would be.