Karina

Karina is a Lamia and one of the last of her kind. She was a villain who hypnotised others to get what she wanted, which was mostly jewelry and gold. Karina was eventually caught and arrested, but was bailed out by Arik Breton to join 'The Watchdogs'.

## Biography

### Criminal Life

Karina initially kept her criminal activities in the shadows, hypnotising others to perform criminal acts on her behalf, which mostly consisted of stealing jewelry and other valuable items from pawn shops. As time passed, Karina became more ambitious, stealing from banks and government facilities, even managing to hypnotise a few heroes. However, her greed blinded her from the fact that she was easier to track down thanks to the higher profile crimes and was quickly apprehended by Cobalt and Ametheyst.

### Joining 'The Watchdogs'

Arik bailed Karina out of prison, deeming her powers to be valuable to his new covert team. Initially, Karina attacked Arik and his guards and attempted to hypnotise them. However, due to his mental protection, he was unaffected. Arik manipulated Karina into joining The Watchdogs by appealing to her ego, which she fell for all too well. During her first few days in the team, Karina tried to implant subliminal messages into her teammates. However, her attempt was quickly shut down by Kai.

## Personality

Karina is a selfish, greedy woman, content to patiently wait in the shadows as she uses her hypnosis to get what she desires, not caring what happens to her proxies. Despite her seemingly calculating nature, she is easily blinded by her own greed and will be oblivious to the fact that her actions could now be easily traced back to her. Karina also has an extremely large ego, which makes her extremely easy to trick.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

* **Superhuman Strength**: Like all Lamias, Karina possesses great superhuman strength, numerous times stronger than any normal human being.
* **Superhuman Durability**: Karina's body is numerous times more resistant to physical and energy damage than any normal human being.
* **Superhuman Agility**: Thanks to her tail, Karina naturally possesses greater agility, equilibrium, flexibility, dexterity, balance, and body coordination.
* **Enhanced Senses**: Karina possesses the ability to see Infrared and has a heightened sense of smell to the point where she is able to sense whenever there is another person near her, regardless of how well they are hidden.
* **Longevity**: Karina, like all other Lamias, are extremely long-lived beings, aging at a pace far slower than any normal human being, being able to live for hundreds of years.
* **Constriction**: Karina's flexible tail allows her to quickly wrap around and squeeze her victim to the point of unconsciousness.
* **Hypnosis**: Her eyes possess special properties that can hypnotise any being with low willpower.

### Abilities

* **Master Tactician**: Karina is a master strategist, being able to plan elaborate heists almost instantly.
* **Expert Thief**: She is also very proficient at pick pocketing herself, her cold blood making her almost undetectable to thermal cameras. Her flexible body also allows her to avoid most security measures without triggering alarms.