Red Sonja
STATUS: ACTIVE
@SonjaSheDevil
Biography
Name: Sonja
Alias: Red Sonja
Age: 25
Height: 6โ0
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Single
Skills and Abilities
Species: Homo Sapien (Human)
Abilities: Peak-Level Athlete, Berserker Strength, Enhanced Stamina, Master Tactician, Weapons Master, Master Combatant, Stealth, Tracking, Divine Protection
Lady Sonja of Dorn
The Origins of Red Sonja
Character
Red Sonja is a woman warrior from the eastern plains of Hyrkania. Her occupation is basically a mercenary, treasure hunter, bodyguard, hand for hire, and adventurer.
Her goals differ depending on the story. Most of the time she is out for glory or coin. You'll find her traveling the continent of Hyboria, stopping at taverns and inns and drinking flagons of ale and whiskey. Getting information from the innkeepers and bartenders, hearing rumors and whispers of adventure or danger.
Despite this, Red Sonja has honor and a sense of justice, a moral code. She has a traumatic origin and understands that the world of Hyboria is cruel and bloody. If someone is in need of help, requires vengence or justice, Sonja will use her sword to uphold that person's honor. Because to Sonja, she is the firey She-Devil and nobody will stand in her way or allow those she finds sympathy or kin with to be wronged in any way.
Skills and Abilities
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Peak-Level Athlete: Through a combination of the divine gifts granted her by the goddess Scathach and her own relentless warrior training, Red Sonja is in peak human physical condition. Her physical abilities have varied over the years, depending on the incarnation of Sonja and whether she was granted her abilities by Scathach under that particular writer. Generally, she is embued with the maximum strength, speed, endurance, agility, and reflexes that a human female could possess without being considered superhuman, and, on occasion under certain writers, has demonstrated low-level superhuman abilities.
Berserker Strength: When greatly angered or outnumbered, Red Sonja can go into a berserker fury, significantly increasing her strength and deadliness in battle. She has single-handedly annihilated waves of armed opponents while in this state, literally becoming a one-woman army. As an example, while tracking Thulsa Doom, Sonja was stirred into a berserker rage and was then attacked by 20-30 armed Pictish cannibals. She killed every single one, despite losing her sword early in the battle.
Enhanced Stamina: Red Sonja's physical stamina is at peak human level due to Scathath's divine gifts and Sonja's own rigorous conditioning. She can exert herself at maximum effort for far longer than most humans can endure. Being from the harsh and wintery climate of the Hyrkanian steppes, Red Sonja has built up a high tolerance for adverse environmental conditions and is seemingly impervious to cold, even when clad only in her metal bikini.
Master Tactician: Sonja is highly intelligent and resourceful, and possesses a keen understanding of warfare and battle strategy. Her charisma makes her a natural leader when called upon, though she usually prefers to operate alone.
Weapon Master: Red Sonja is a virtually unparalleled sword-master of her era, having fought and defeated countless enemies with her blade. Even Conan, himself a legendary swordsman, cannot best her in a duel. Though the sword is Sonjaโs weapon of choice, she is nearly as proficient with other melee weapons and can gain expertise with unfamiliar ones with minimal training. She is an accomplished archer and demonstrates remarkable accuracy with any distance weapon. Sonjaโs mastery of arms includes being able to quickly improvise and construct weapons with any available materials at hand, so that even when seemingly disarmed, she is rarely weaponless.
Master Combat: Red Sonja has mastered the martial arts disciplines of her era and is a deadly fighter even without any weapons. She has taken down many enemies larger than herself merely with her fists and feet.
Tracking: Red Sonja has spent much time traveling the diverse and dangerous landscape of the Hyborian age and is a gifted ranger and tracker. She can navigate and survive nearly any form of terrain and hunt down almost any quarry. She is also adept at covering her tracks and leaving little trace of her passing.
Stealth: Red Sonja possesses catlike grace and can move about in near-silence in order to avoid detection, making good use of shadows and any other available cover. She is also highly skilled at disguise, camouflage, and infiltration.
Divine Protection: As the chosen favorite of the goddess Scathach, Red Sonja is seemingly watched over by her in much the same way a guardian angel would. Despite wearing no armor (since her metal bikini hardly counts as such), Sonja has fought her way through countless bloody battles and performed numerous death-defying feats while emerging virtually unscathed, usually suffering only scratches or minor wounds at most. While much of this can be attributed to her uncanny fighting skill and superb athleticism, many feel that Red Sonja also enjoys divine aid and protection by the red goddess in some way, adding to her legend and instilling greater fear in her enemies as a result.
Lady Sonja of Dorn
During the Hyborian Age, a red-haired girl named Sonja lived with her family in a humble home in the western Hyrkanian steppes. When Sonja had just turned seventeen years old, a gang of cruel mercenaries killed her father Ivor, her mother and two younger brothers, and burned their house and all their possessions. She survived, but at the cost of her own virginity after she was brutally raped by the leader of the group, leaving her in shame.
Answering Sonja's cry for revenge, the red goddess Scathach appeared to her, and offered to bestow upon her unparalleled skill in battle on the condition that she would never lie with a man unless he defeated her in fair combat. Sonja gladly accepted the offer. She grew to womanhood as a wandering adventurer, and as she journeyed her legend grew as well. She became known as Red Sonja, due to her flame-red hair, fiery personality, and uncanny ability to spill the blood of her enemies wherever she went.