Chryseis "Crisis" Red-Skies<br/><br/>Crisis is young, Native American woman from the United States.  Five years ago, she came home from school to find her father, a professor of paleontology, arguing with his longtime colleague and confidant, Fausto Prial, over a pair of ancient artifacts.  Before she could get any details or even make her presence known, Prial killed him and took one of the artifacts.  Crisis managed to swipe the other one, a rapier with a guard resembling a stylized mask, before Prial could even touch it.  She promptly ran off and hid, and by the time she was found again Prial had vanished without a trace.<br/><br/>Unsatisfied with how the police was handling the investigation, Crisis took to the streets to track down Prial herself.  Unfortunately, she got involved in local gang warfare.  She wound up amassing a large territory and following, then used that influence to divert the gang's efforts from territorial conflicts to activism and community outreach.  While they weren't necessarily effective in these efforts, she made sure they were at least well-educated.<br/><br/>Enter Jedidiah "Old Man" Oldman, GARD military commander and part-time occult investigator, was on an unrelated investigation that took him into the heart of Crisis' territory.  Crisis returned to the gang's secret hangout to find Oldman standing over her knocked out subordinates.  The two had a long, epic battle that ended in a draw.  As it turned out, Oldman knew her father and recognized her sword.  After that, Crisis became Oldman's apprentice, and he eventually sent her to university at Unity City... But not merely for her education...