"The FANG OF THE FIRE SNAKE, THE MONK FROM A DISTANT WESTERN LAND- YATRA ATHIRAAA!!!"
—Yatra being introduced during the Seven's Carnival.
Yatra Athira, also known as the Fang of the Fire Snake, is a character that showed up during both Curse of the Blood Sea and Shards of the Empire. She is a mercenary monk that has traveled all across Abmarah and other planes such as Shatterrealm.
Biography
Early Life
Yatra was born somewhere near Yoldra or the Kasaaqi Dynasty, and had scale-like markings on her skin in addition to firey eyes. People attributed this to either some innate tiefling genes or, more likely, a blessing by a dragon.
She grew up to become a martial arts fighter using the element of fire to her advantage. She at some point moved to Cinohshima, where she started to work as a mercenary spy for the Aekai Yakuza Clan. She was their mole within the Kagegojuu Shogunate and killed many people. However, one day she was hit bad by a warhammer, enough that she developed amnesia and forgot most things about her life. Singularity let her escape and start her life anew.
Blood Sea
For the next few years, Yatra joined the Seven's Carnival and traveled across the world after becoming the champion of their arena. The Blackwood Institute approached her to experiment upon her amnesia, but she retained enough memories for her to be ineligible for their experiment. In 3E450, she returned to Port Cinoh and was bested by Laoch Redfield in the tournament. When she learned that they were trying to rescue Dr. Baizo from Singularity, she joined them as she wanted to know more about her prior life. When they made it there and found out that his son was sick, Singularity revealed Yatra's past to her.
"After you escaped, I let you be to start your new life, but here you are. She used to be our mole in the Shogunate, you've no idea the blood on her hands. I guess she doesn't either."
- Singularity to Yatra.
She helped save everyone when they fell from the sky after fighting and killing a possessed Singularity, and then promised to take his son Tsubi Aekai to the Anchorage of Whispers where he'd be safe. She had Tsubi stay with an older kenku named Snort for a while. There, she approached Xaniv the Whisperer and seemingly had most of her memories restored. Realizing that all she was good for was killing, she continued on to be a mercenary.
Two years later in 3E452, the crew of the Phoenix Nebula met her again at the Ashpits in Casthys. She won a deathbattle with an Orc Eye-of-Magmus, and caught up with the crew. After Snort's death, she traveled back to the Anchorage and recruited Tsubi to travel with her.
Mercenary
For the next few decades, she traveled alongside Tsubi as mercenary fighters serving justice wherever they wanted to. She became a bit of an older sister for him over time.
In 3E483, 53 year old Yatra and 45 year old Tsubi 'Blazar' entered the Shatterworld Tournament in Shatterrealm on behalf of Primerealm during Shards of the Empire. She and Tsubi faced off against Werner von Gaten and Kai Li. Her fire ended up killing Werner, who Kai-Li then revived using a revivify stored within her ring of spell storing. Yatra then ended up killing Kai-Li, but the revived Werner took her down and almost killed her in return. Tsubi then called off the fight before Primerealm lost for no reason and Yatra actually died, letting them win. Kai-Li was then revived, and Yatra and Tsubi spectated the rest of the tournament and watched Primerealm win against Khaz Jiik-Han.
Timeline
3E430 - Yatra is born either in Yoldra or somewhere within the Kasaaqi Dynasty.
3E446 - While traveling to Cinohshima, she joins the Aekai Yakuza as a mercenary spy.
3E448 - After losing her memories, she escapes the Aekai Compound and joins the Seven's Carnival.
3E450 - During Curse of the Blood Sea, Yatra is bested in the arena by Laoch Redfield, and then helps the Phoenix Nebula take down Singularity. She takes Tsubi to the Anchorage of Whispers where she regains most of her memory.
3E452 - She meets the Nebula again while fighting in the Ashpits, and then takes Tsubi with her into the mercenary life.
3E483 - At 53 years old, Yatra and Tsubi fight for Primerealm in the Shatterworld Tournament during Shards of the Empire. She temporarily killed Werner and Kai-Li, but was then defeated by Werner.
