Lagertha

**Lagertha** (*Romaji*: **Ragāsa**; *Kana*: **ラガーサ**) is a powerful and well-known martial artist from the Sabaody Archipelago.

Because of her one-woman crusade against slavery, many within the Underworld fear her as the **One-Woman Crew** (*Romaji*: **Ichimi no Ichijo**; *Kanji*: **一味の一女**) and regards her as a boogeywoman of sorts.

## ***Profile***

### *Backstory*

Lagertha was born in the Sabaody Archipelago. Her father was a deadbeat, while her mother was just dead from the strain of giving birth to her. So Lagertha was raised by her older sister, Thora.

As a 13-year-old, Lagertha was enslaved by a World Noble. Fortunately for Lagertha, Thora managed to liberate her from her enslavement and then spirit her away from the World Government's reach. But unfortunately for Lagertha, not long after, Thora died from the wounds that she received during her break into Mary Geoise and retrieval of Lagertha.

Subsequently, in order to honor Thora's memory and prevent Thora's sacrifice from being in vain, Lagertha began to educate herself as well as she could and train herself as hard as she could. As a result, Lagertha grew up into an intelligent and powerful woman capable of defending herself and saving the defenseless.

As a 23-year-old, and after a decade of honing her power and skill as a martial artist Lagertha became a pirate and then began to single-handedly dismantle the slave trade by completely and utterly destroying all of the slavers' base of operations and markets. Consequently, within the Underworld, Lagertha earned herself a fearsome and well-respected reputation as the **One-Woman Crew** (*Romaji*: **Ichimi no Ichijo**; *Kanji*: **一味の一女**).

## ***Abilities and Equipment***

### *Fighting Styles and Martial Arts*

#### **Chūseishidō**

Lagertha is a practitioner of **Chūseishidō** (*Kanji*: **中性子道**; *English*: **Neutron Way**), a combination of Baguazhang and Chūsei Kentō. It focuses on moving one's body in a quick and seamless manner by combining the footwork of Baguazhang with the weight redistribution Chūsei Kentō.

With the footwork of Baguazhang, one is able to exert a centrifugal force onto oneself. Then with the weight redistribution Chūsei Kentō, one is able to augment that centrifugal force. By augmenting that centrifugal force, one is able to accelerate both one's circling around one's opponent and one's rotation of one's body. As such, one is able to maneuver around one's opponent with a greater degree of agility and celerity than usual. And one is able to strike one's opponent with a greater degree of force and haste than usual.

Notably, in terms of its strikes, Chūseishidō is divided between a **Gentle Fist** (*Romaji*: **Jūken**; *Kanji*: **柔拳**) and a **Strong Fist** (*Romaji*: **Gōken**; *Kanji*: **豪拳**). Bot the

The Gentle Fist actually forgoes both Baguazhang strikes and Chūsei Kentō strikes in favor of Kyūshojutsu strikes. Specifically; the Gentle Fist employs the use of finger jabs, palms strikes, and elbow blows against the acupuncture points of an opponent's meridian system. By doing so, the Gentle Fist allows one to affect the struck part of one's opponent in a Seimei Kikan-like manner and thereby either debilitate the struck part of one's opponent with numbness or incapacitate the struck part of one's opponent with paralysis.

The Strong Fist, on the other hand, forgoes both Baguazhang strikes and Chūsei Kentō strikes in favor of Bajiquan strikes. Specifically, the Strong Fist employs the use of palm strikes and punches. In stark contrast to the Gentle Fist, Strong Fist focuses on how one strikes rather than where one strikes. The Strong Fist uses circular footwork and hip rotation to infuse a centrifugal force into its palm strikes and punches, and its uses weight redistribution to augment the centrifugal force infused within its palm strikes and punches. By doing so, the Strong Fist is allows one to strike in an abrupt and powerful manner.

Regardless of whether one is using the Gentle Fist or Strong Fist, one must be agile and mobile in combat. One must close any distance between one's opponent and oneself and then maintain one's proximity to one's opponent in order keep the opponent within range of either the precise blows of the Gentle Fist or the powerful blows of the Strong Fist. Unfortunately, because of its dependence on footwork and the hip rotation, Chūseishidō does exhibit any kicks.