Sandra Wu-San

## Background

### 1972 - 1996: Sandra Wu-San

Sandra Wu-San was born & raised in Detroit alongside her sister Carolyn. After their parents passed, the two stuck together. The two shared a special bond & began practicing martial arts with each other every day. Their practicing transformed into sparing & due to their competitive nature, both sisters became martial arts masters & people paid to see them spar. The two sisters developed an almost metahuman ability to easily read an opponent’s movement in combat, down to even the slightest twitch of a small muscle.

The sisters were eventually discovered by the assassin David Cain. He was searching for the perfect woman to procreate the perfect assassin bodyguard for Ra's. Upon attending their fight, Cain sympathized with Sandra when he noticed that she held back out of love for her sister Carolyn. He decided to spark an unlit fire in her, hoping to push her over the edge. He murdered her sister Carolyn then lured Sandra into an ambush by the League of Shadows. He swiftly defeated her but spared Sandra from death on the condition that she bear his child. In her confusion & sadness, Sandra agreed to in order that she might go on to become an unstoppable assassin.

After giving birth to a daughter, Sandra went about her mission. Studying under the martial arts expert O-Sensei, Sandra became unstoppable & took on the name Tengu. During her training, she became close with Sensei's other students, Ricardo Diaz & Ben Turner. The three of them went on numerous missions as mercenaries for hire. Their considerable skills allowed her to ask a high price for their services & there were plenty of takers.

The three continued to sell their services as mercenaries for the money but Shiva enjoyed the challenge it brought her. Eventually, they crossed paths with the League of Shadows again, as well as its leader, Ra's al Ghul who gave them a proposition.

## Romantic Relationships

* David Cain: One Night Stand (1994)
* Slade Wilson: Lover (2007 - )

## Powers & Abilities

* **Peak Human Condition**
	+ ***Acrobatics*:** She is able to race across rooftops faster then most people can run & perform feats of parkour most people could only dream of.
	+ ***Hand to Hand Combat/Martial Arts*:** Shiva is one of the deadliest martial artists in the world. Her lethal style of combat has allowed her to easily subdue her opponents. She is highly skilled in Leopard Style Kung Fu, Dragon Style Kung Fu, Judo, Capoeira, Kokusho, Savate, Karate, Stick Fighting & Dim Mak.
	+ ***Extreme Reflexes***
	+ ***Extreme Stamina***
* **High Level Intellect**
	+ ***Body Reading Ability***: She is able to read people's movements using with body language, predicting their movements before they do it.
	+ ***Indomitable Will***: She can control her nervous system enabling her to deaden her body to physical pain, control her emotions. She can even control her bleeding rate.
	+ ***Leadership*:** Shiva is the leader of the Circle of Six, a sub-team of the Shadows.
	+ ***Medicine***: It has been said that Shiva can heal as deftly as she can harm.
	+ ***Tactical Analysis*:** Sandra can analyze an opponent's body condition and fighting styles. During combat, she was able to tell Nightwing had a damaged rib because he was subconsciously protecting it.
* **Weaponry:** Sandra is an expert with many different types of weapon, whether ranged or melee.
	+ ***Swordsmanship*:** She is an highly adept swordsman, wielding either one or two swords depending upon the circumstances. She can easily hold her own against multiple opponents.
	+ ***Throwing*:** She can throw sais, flails, axes & scythes with expert proficiency.

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Strength:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Speed:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Occult:** 1 - Nonexistent
* **Weapons:** 6 - Expert / Advanced
* **Range:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Strategy:** 7 - Master / Elite
* **Combat:** 8 - Paragon / Proficient
* **TOTAL:** 200 - Threat Level 5 / Elevated Threat

## Trivia

* Lady Shiva is one of, if not, the deadliest martial artists in the world.
* She is often said to be the world's greatest martial artist. The only people she deems worthy of a true fight are Batman, Ricardo Diaz, Black Canary & her daughter Cassandra Cain.
* She believes killing is a way of art.
* Nightwing once said that there was elegance to her fighting style despite how violent she is.
* Though she was not born there, she claims Detroit as her hometown.
* Due to their similar fighting styles, her & Katana are constantly put against each other. While Shiva is the better swordsman, Katana has the better sword, Soul Taker.
* Her relationship with Slade had never been explained by either one of them. It was more of what's understood didn't need to be explained. They both know what to expect from the other.
* Despite her & Batman being on opposite sides of the law, they have a mutual respect for each other because they were taught by the same Sensei, they fought together in the Shadows & he adopted her daughter.
* She went to Nanda Parbat to visit her old mentor, O-Sensei. He had her meet one of his students, Nina Chen & Shiva became impressed with the girl. As a favor to her former mentor, she brought the girl back with her to Infinity Island.
* She mentored Annalea Cain, Rose Wilson, Damian Wayne, Kazua Senzaki, Nina Chen & Sylvan Scofield.