Keiko

 was born into a family of samurais that had guarded important members of Aliran's society for hundreds of years. Her training began when she was 3 years old. She had to swim with tethered arms and legs and trained her sense of balance by balancing on small poles on unsteady boats.  learned to fight with a katana, a long sword, when she was 7. Besides traditional sword fighting her family was eager to follow the samurai's code she was taught as well. At the age of 18 's training was complete and she was given the family's ancient katana, called Muramasa/Masamune. Furthermore, she was ordered to become the samurai of an influential merchant. She was sad that her training was over, she wanted to extend her knowledge of fighting techniques. At first she had no intention of guarding someone without a personal benefit, but it turned out that the merchant was a kind sorceress. Her identification symbol was the lotus flower, which she used to cast powerful lotus magic.  was fascinated and made a deal with the sorceress: she would protect her until the end of her life, if the sorceress taught her the art of lotus sorcery. When her training was complete the sorceress handed her own lotus flower to Keiko, who surpassed the merchant's abilities. One day she accompanied the merchant and her caravan on a trip to the Lands of the Order. Unfortunately, a storm forced the crew to land at the territory of the Karst Empire. To arrive at their destination on time they continued to travel straight through the desert, where they were attacked by desert raiders. The caravan was outnumbered and Panda fiercely fought a strong Tiger fighter to protect the merchant. She fell unconscious, when she was struck at the head from behind. The last thing she remembers is the hysterical laughter of the Tiger when she killed her beloved sorceress. When Panda woke up, she found herself in the middle of the desert, alone. She desperately searched for the remains of the merchant, but neither found her nor the raiders. Now she is a ronin, an ownerless samurai, and a disgrace to her whole family. To restore the honor of her family she sailed the islands of Aliran on a small boat in search of people in need she could support with her skills. Panda combined the traditional sword fight and the lotus sorcery to perfection and attached the lotus flower to the grip of her katana for everyone to see.  now seems to be fearless, but she knows well: courage doesn't imply the absence of fear.

Characteristics

 * Keiko was born into a samurai family, and was taught sword fighting and the samurai code
 * Was ordered to become the protector of a merchant sorceress
 * The sorceress taught Keiko lotus flower magic
 * The sorceress was killed by the Red Tiger
 * Keiko is now a ronin, an ownerless samurai, and tries to restore her family's honour by sailing the islands of Aliran and helping people in need
 * Keywords: Melee Fighter, sticks to enemies