Marisol Contuma

The Order of the Silver Shield has bestowed the rank of Knight onto no more than a dozen females in the hundreds of years of their reign. While there is no rule written in the Silver Shield Codex demanding that females not be considered as Knights, very few female Khymians would be able to pass the tests of endurance and sheer physical strength required to achieve the rank. Women can be priests, scholars, assassins, warriors, even Paladins (who act as generals to the Silver Shield armies), but most Khymian women with military aspirations do not attempt Knight. Marisol Contuma is a notable exception to this unwritten rule.

All her Khymian life, Marisol has specifically excelled at any challenge she perceived as impossible, calling them unworkable trials. It was through this spirit of overcoming the impossible that she was able to travel to every Splinter before her 15th birthday, and that she was able to memorize every word of Ratio Militarus, the quintessential guide to Silver Shield combat tactics and techniques from the founding Paladins. When Marisol learned how few of her Khymian sisters from history had become Knights of the Silver Shield, she became determined to achieve the rank for herself. In a period of six years, she transformed her body from that of a trim and athletic Khymian woman to that of a mighty warrior fit to overpower Orcs and Ogres in single combat. As soon as she was granted knighthood, she was assigned by the masters to join the Moxian Gladiators in order to dispel worldwide rumors that women were not allowed to become Knights. Marisol can fight with any weapon known to the Splinterlands, and she can defend herself with any object within her grasp. Watching a Marisol battle in which she is allowed to ride one of her horses is an incredible treat to the Mount Mox audiences, who have come to adore the tenacious Khymian.