Unless anyone has any suggestions, this is my final iteration of my Raven figure from my novel ZERO Level, which is set in the "Command and Conquer: Tiberian Series" Universe (if you want to get in a long discussion with me about the three different timelines in C&C, feel free to IM me). Anyway, here's her complete background story (straight from a chat I had with AvatarMKII): At the end of the First Tiberium War (Operation: Tiberian Dawn), Nick "Havoc" Parker and Sakura Obata rekindled their former interests for one another and had a daughter named Sydney Parker. After Nick was promoted to Brigadeer General, he moved his family to London, England, where his daughter could get the best education possible. Sadly, nearly four years after the move, Sakura was killed by a Zaibatsu hitman. In order to keep his daughter safe, she enrolled her in a martial arts training course, and a study in world languages at Oxford. At this same time, all of the Dragonians who had been sent to Earth to protect their Prince (Marcus), were awakened. One of the former knights, Kenji Danuban, was stationed in London, and just so happened to be at Oxford. There he fell in love with Sydney, and within a year, they were married. Before the wedding, Kenji told Gen. Parker that he was a Knight of the very empire that he had been informed of when he rescued Marcus. A few years later, Marcus had become MIA, and Kenji was forced to abandon his former mission. He then settled down, an had a child with his wife. Thus, Sakura "Raven" Danuban, was born. Sakura, like her mother, was a quick learner, and was enrolled in a private school at the same time James Silvertail was. Raven was an outcast because of her rapid growth in height and her long elf-like ears, and James was an outcast for obvious reasons (being a wolf and all). Unfortunately, just when James and Sakura were getting "intimate", the lone wolf was recruited into the GDI military academy. Only a few months after that, a Scrin attack known to the world as "Apocalypse" occured. All the heavy populace areas on earth were wiped out and those who survived were turned into slaves. Minor outlaying areas and others were able to escape, and those in the GDI who were stationed in space survived. James was one of these people. However, Sakura also survied and managed to escape to a GDI base after many years. Because of her fame as being the granddaughter of the two best commandos in the world, she went under the alias "Raven". After that, she became an adept swordswoman and fighter using a combination of Vale Tudo fighting and short-sword technique. She was accepted into the Manji Clan and made a member of the "Red" clan where she studied under Master Jytra Kabuel. She also focused her training and resolve to make her body stronger, and awake the Dragonian blood within her so that one day she could become like her father. Wow...that was a lot of cutting and pasting... Questions? Comments? IM me.