Sarius

The Burning Lands city of Azad is home to uncountable thousands of the toughest people in the world from dozens of different races. There are warriors, thieves, refugees and survivors from all over the Planet. Even in spite of the terrible overpopulation problems and resource crises of the Burning Lands, the city accepts almost everyone whose ship makes it to the port of Noxia. Brutality of Azad life usually takes care of the population problem within the city walls anyways. Whoever is not fit to survive in Azad simply dies and is forgotten. The largest and most intact race of people who have made a home in Azad are the Khmer.

The Khmer were once a warlike and conquering people on the other side of the world. Then in the span of a few days, everything was taken from them by the nameless threat from which everyone ran. Back home in the land of their sprawling empire, they were ruled by seven sisters, the Khmer princesses. Now only one remains, Princess Sipha, as the leader of her people. The Khmer people no longer have ambitions to conquer, but merely to survive so at some point in the future they can seek their revenge against the nameless threat.

In the Khmer empire, the armies were made entirely of women. In those times, the most feared general was a woman by the name of Sarius. Now Sarius is the only surviving general of the Khmer people, and she has no armies to lead in the Burning Lands. Longing for battle, she asked Princess Sipha if she could be allowed to honor the Khmer by fighting as a Moxian Gladiator. Princess Sipha accepted the request, fearing that Sarius would get herself into some trouble in the city. In single combat, Sarius wears a magnificent suit of traditional Khmer armor and fights with two matching wide-blade short swords. With her exotic styles of hand-to-hand combat, she will be a difficult match for any opponent of any size or strength.