Ratka Zahra al-Shabazz Tvardovsky

The only one to ever fight back against the Warhead, and succeed.

An orphan from the southernmost parts of Adonia raised by the church and her adoptive father, a Vigilant Order member from Tsavania, Ratka is the sole remaining member of a failed missionary expedition to Caraborough. Before the riot took place, she and her fellow clergy of the church tried to convert the inmates to worship the gods and to help put their lives back on track. After the riot however, she's been trapped on the island along with everyone else, and now spends her time taking care of children that have been abandoned out on the streets. Life's hellish there for the poor nun with every passing moment pushing her to the brink of her faith, but she's willing to put herself through one more day there just for the sake of the children she's taking care of.

## History

Born in the winter of 1844, Ratka is the product of a cult's disgusting dealings with the Abyss. This cult had been kidnapping local women from Southern Adonia and using them in their rituals as 'bait' for lust demons to enter into the mortal realm. Ratka's mother was one of these women, and passed away months after giving birth to her. Fortunately, knowledge of this cult's existence reached all the way north to the ears of the church whom then immediately arranged an agreement with the ruling Eshax Empire and dispatched a team of Vigilant Order members to deal with them. Though during their purge of the cult, one of the Order members came across an infant Ratka crying in a bundle of blankets. Not wanting to leave a baby at the mercy of the cult, he brought the child with him on the way back north and into his home in Tsavania. He took great care of Ratka and raised him as his own daughter and even had her educated by the church itself. Being surrounded by clergy and nuns whom were so kind to her inspired young Ratka to become a nun herself as she grew older in their care. This feeling only intensified further as her adoptive father finally told her about the circumstances of her birth, and what she really is: a cambion. The shocking revelation that she's half-demon finalized her decision to serve the same church that spared her life instead of smiting it.

Having chosen Undite as her patron deity, her duties as a newly established nun involved traveling around Adonia, doing missionary work spreading the gospel of Undite and bringing much needed care and assistance to the needy, the downtrodden, the poor, and the helpless across the continent. Her experience as a renowned missionary in the church earned her a spot in perhaps what was going to be its most dangerous undertaking: bringing the gospel of the Divine Five to the inmates in the prison colony of Caraborough. An undertaking so dangerous that once the group was assembled and prepared to depart, Undite herself actually showed up to see them off and wish them good luck. An overjoyed Ratka was given a special gift from the goddess: the ability to heal not just physically, but mentally as well. This gift she promised she'd put to great use in her service not just in Caraborough, but wherever else the church will send her. Everything was perfect. Her goddess was present and blessed her with the ability to perform miracles, her fellow church members were some of the best she's had the pleasure of working with, and she'd be under constant protection from Atraca's finest boys in blue.

Everything was perfect, until she finally got to Caraborough. Everything went to hell the moment she arrived at inmate processing.

Only a few days staying at a hastily-constructed church near the guard barracks and already things were falling apart. Nothing was going as planned. The guards were extremely neglectful of the missionaries, leading to various attempts on them from the ungrateful inmates who refused to listen to them preach. Things only got worse as the inmates grew more and more restless from the horrifying abuse from the guards, which resulted in the deaths of several of Ratka's long-time friends at their dirty hands. Each day that passed led to further incidents which whittled down their numbers until Ratka was the only one remaining. She was considering returning to Adonia after such a failure, but any ideas of doing so were snuffed out by the massive riot orchestrated by the Numbers Gangs. Now she's trapped on that island along with everyone else with no way out. With no way back home, she tries to keep the church alive by preaching to the only group of people that are still willing to listen: orphaned children abandoned on the street that she takes in and tries taking care of to the best of her abilities.

## Sin & Sentence

Years after the mission began, the goddess Undite (along with Velin) decided to check up on Ratka to see how she's been after after so much time has passed since their last meeting. Things were going well until they let slip the ugly truth that they're *not* as godly as the church makes them out to be. Their powers are not infinite, nor are their lifespans. They will die someday, and will be replaced by another set of so-called "gods". Replaced by random people she doesn't know, doesn't have the same respect for, and doesn't feel comfortable worshiping now that she knows they're not actually gods at all; just random people whom were unfortunate enough to be passed the mantle.

The thought of Undite dying and being forgotten as some other person replaces her that might not be as kind dealt a ***very** unnecessary* blow to her faith; one from her patron goddess of all people. Undite promised she'd help and support Ratka and her orphans, but how can she do that after she's dead? Thinking about this drove Ratka to accept help from the very group of people she fears the most in all of Caraborough: the Warders gang. Kregore discovered her crying over a statue of Undite and made her an offer: assistance in keeping the orphanage alive in exchange for membership among the Warders. She reluctantly accepted. He promised he won't have her do anything for him or the Warders, but she can only hope he keeps his word.

## Trivia

Of all the gifts she's been given from the various communities she's assisted, she considers an Escarian cheese-wheel to be the greatest as it's her favorite food.