Rae Shanada

Rae Shanada is a Lushanean-born woman who plays as apart of a mercenary duo with her friend Aquaria Skye. Rae stands at an average 5' 8" and weighs 136lbs. She has obsidian black hair that falls to her back but she keeps it tied up in a bun. Her olive skin is almost picturesque and her eyes are a verdant green. While green eyes are a common Lushanean trait, a genetic mutation made Rae's eyes basically have bioluminescent properties and they will glow green at points of the day. Some speculate it has to do with sunlight but she never let anyone test her to find out.

Rae Shanada's actual birth name is Talaraeza al-Shanada Selbalada and she is born of dynastic military royalty. Her family is matriarchal in it's hierarchy which means that the women run the family and this has carried over when the First Matriarch of her family received an elevation to royalty for service to the Lushanean empire. She draws her callsign of *matriarch* directly from this. Talaraeza's name, which is passed down to the Matriarchal heir apparent of the family carries an enormous amount of weight and recognition with it even outside of the Lushanean home system. Because of this and for other reasons, when Talaraeza defected from Lushanea and joined the 45th IPEF during the Dragonian Argod Campaign she joined under a pseudonym of "Rae Shanada". After the war, when she reclaimed her own destiny and as such was no longer bound by the constraints the empire put on her family, she unofficially changed her name to Rae Shanada, although in Lushanean and it's related colonies she still goes by her birth name.

## Trivia

1. Rae Shanada keeps a low profile. When she has to do official business she will however she prefers to be a normal woman.
2. The kit Rae uses is identical to the kit she used while in the IPEF.
3. Rae uses Focus Tablets to briefly mimic the time dilating effect that is present in the Dragonia Super Soldier's "Super Flow" state or the Titan Systemic Response achieved by certain types of cyberwear.
4. Rae is a mercenary. She sells her skills to whichever team needs her. This has seen her play at all levels of Squad Mates, even grand tournaments without actually getting the points to get there herself.
5. Rae has made a name for herself as a merc. Everyone knows who she is yet the number that reach out to her are few.
6. Rae's mother, also named Talaraeza, exiled herself from Lushanea after the ruling caste was deposed and the war ended. She currently lives on Alexandria, on the periphery of the Aegian star system
7. Rae once got into a fist fight with Princess Isadora of Alexandria. The fight was stupid and the queen found it hilarious. Despite that, they both became best friends.
8. Rae's friend, Aquaria Skye, was the first person she met when she joined Squad Mates. They are almost always in games together.
9. Rae's helmet once deflected a .338 Krenicka Magnum round from a sniper during her time with the IPEF. Since then, she's had a semi-regular bout of Tinnitus in her right ear due to how loud the crack against her helmet was. She also has persistent neck pain from her head snapping back.
10. Rae described the focus tablets she uses as almost feeling like you're floating on a cloud. You think and your body just reacts instantly.