Annalea Cain

## Background

### 1997 - 2003: Annalea Cain

Annalea Cain was born a couple of years after David's daughter Cassandra Cain. The two were trained side by side by their father, though Annalea could never match with the raw talent of her sister. Everything she accomplished, Cassandra would do better or quicker. She began to measure all of her accomplishments to her sister.

When she was young, her father & sister left for Cassandra's first mission. While they were gone, Annalea trained with Lady Shiva. Upon seeing the girl's talents, she became intrigued. After being gone for days, David returned to the compound but without Cassandra. Her leaving led to him being harder on Annalea & pushing her to be more like her sister.

### 2003 - 2010: Annalea Cain

Weirdly enough, Cassandra's absence was exactly what she needed to prosper. Annalea felt there was no reason to try before as Cass was always better but with her gone, she began to live up to her potential. But it was also due to the techniques taught to her by Shiva. A year later, Ra's came to one Annalea's training sessions & decided that she would no longer train under her father, feeling she had learned as much as she could from him & felt the man was too harsh on the girl. Instead, she would learn under Shiva.

### 2010 - Present: White Willow

For the comings years, Annalea was taught constantly & took Shiva's orders faithfully, with her father usually watching close by. The training went so well that Shiva was the one to accompany her for her first mission instead of Cain. Due to her graceful stance of fighting, she was given the name "Raqisa," meaning "Dancer" in Arabic.

Since then, Annalea became an assassin for hire & high ranking member of the League of Shadows. Though loyal to the League, she regularly lends her considerable skills to the highest bidder if Ra's allows it.

## Romantic Relationships

* Athanasia al Ghul: Girlfriend (2015 - )

## Powers & Abilities

* **Peak Human Condition:** Through intense training, Annalea possesses peak level strength, stamina, speed & agility comparable to the finest human athlete.
	+ ***Acrobatics*:** She is a skilled acrobat capable of performing many difficult feats & matching the feats of the finest human athletes. She is frequently described as an incredibly elegant & skillful acrobat.
	+ ***Hand to Hand Combat/Martial Arts***: Due to her lifelong training, Annalea has a master level knowledge of all fighting arts. She is highly advanced in combat, as she's one of the few people who can hold their own for a time with Lady Shiva. To name a few, she is proficient in Kokusho, Dragon Style Kung Fu, Judo, Stick Fighting, Karate, Dim Mak & Savate. She knows every pressure point & vulnerable spot on the body. She's a deadly assassin often hired for various tasks if there's enough money involved.
	+ ***Stealth*:** She is master of stealth, able to sneak up on virtually anyone.
* **Body Reading Ability**: Annalea has the ability to read body language, which grants her the ability to read what people are thinking & tell what they are going to do next before they do it. She is not as skilled as her sister, father or Lady Shiva but is still very skilled in it.
* **Escapology:** She is skilled in escapology. She was able to release herself from police handcuffs in an instant before the cop could even notice.
* **Multilingualism:** She is fluent in six different languages.
* **Seduction:** Though it annoys her, Annalea is very skilled in the art of seduction. Due to her good looks & attractive body, she has frequently portrayed herself as the naive blonde or a prostitute so people think they can take advantage of her before she goes in for the kill.
* **Tracking:** Her years of training have enabled her to easily track down various targets.
* **Weaponry:** Though her go to weapon is two sais, she can virtually turn common objects (i.e. pens, ruler, playing cards, food trays, etc.) to lethal weapons.​​​​​​
	+ ***Marksmanship*:** Annalea was blessed with a gift for hand-eye coordination.
	+ ***Swordsmanship*:** She's one of the best swordsman of the League as she's proved time & time again that she's very capable with bladed weaponry.
	+ ***Throwing*:** Annalea is adept with throwing her sais with precision.

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Strength:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Speed:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **Occult:** 1 - Nonexistent
* **Weapons:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Range:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **Strategy:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Combat:** 6 - Expert / Advanced
* **TOTAL:** 130 - Threat Level 3 / General Threat

## Trivia

* "Raqisa" means dancer from Arabic. The meaning of her name Annalea means "grace." Both highlight her fighting style as she's very poised & swift. This is partially due to her teachings from the elegant fighter, Lady Shiva.
* According to Damian & Connor, she's very "close" with fellow assassin Athanasia.
* Like her sister, she has scars from bullet wounds made by her father during her training.
* She may be the daughter of Lady Vic.
* She considers Lady Shiva to be a surrogate mother of hers, which is ironic considering Shiva is the mother of Annalea's half sister Cassandra.

## Notes

* She is a composite of Annalea Cain & White Willow.