On Athas, the world is against you, other people are against you, and, in some cases, fate is against you— and the rare individual who can persevere against those odds is not to be trifled with. To be able to overcome all those obstacles without the aid of magic, psionics, or other supernatural abilities is even more remarkable—yet that is what the bounty hunter known as Ysrilla Lightstep has done.
Ysrilla is one of the few people resourceful enough to maintain an independent lifestyle and at the same time avoid having those with greater power turn against her. Her reputation has spread across the citystates, both among the common people and in the higher echelons of power, and everyone who knows of her says the same: Ysrilla Lightstep does what she is hired to do, and she is not to be crossed.
Her combat skill, though formidable, is the least of what makes her dangerous. Ysrilla is also one of the most intelligent and cunning individuals on the face of Athas, possessed of a mind capable of matching wits with even the most erudite templar. Many whisper that, if she had been born with the spark of psionics or given training in magic, she would be a sorcerer-king by now.
As a bounty hunter, Ysrilla specializes in hunting down and retrieving (or dispatching) individuals on behalf of her employer. Of course, such hunting often means enduring the harsh landscape of Athas. But Ysrilla is an elf, and elves are among the fastest runners and most skilled travelers on the burning world. Her elven heritage allows her to succeed in a world where many others wouldn’t dare travel the sandy wastes just for money; and, in turn, this allows her to charge exorbitant prices for her services, since no one else is seemingly able to do what she does.
One of the factors that contributes to Ysrilla’s reputation is her fierce appearance. She almost never removes her horned helm in public, and most people are skeptical of anyone that claims to have seen her face unadorned. She walks about clad in armor and carrying an impressive set of weaponry, enough that anyone of a mind to make disparaging comments about her race or gender usually thinks twice. Despite these accoutrements, she moves quickly and nimbly, and pads her gear with leather straps so that she can move about stealthily without rattling and giving away her position.