Riptide

"“Worlds end, memories fade, people die - but I think you and I are built to last.”"

Overview
A hunter who is infamous for having begun her first new life "on the other side of the fucking planet from the destination," Riptide made the long and perilous journey to the city with little more than an old tank rifle, a less-than helpful ghost, and the knowledge that she was a Guardian - a Hunter - with no idea what that meant for her or her future. She naturally gravitated towards the way of the Nightstalker, and eventually perfected the art of stealth, stalking, and hunting - all before she arrived to the Tower to begin her work.

She found work not in the Vanguard's duties, but as a freelance mercenary, specializing in search and rescue, assassination, and bodyguard duties - all fields that fit her specialized skillset. Very few people knew Riptide beyond rumors and speculation - the Hunter that had walked a thousand miles, a ghost who rarely showed herself. Those who had encountered her either met a terrifying visage that matched the original rumors, or, in the case of the Vanguard and (most) other authority figures, a smug, snarky young woman barely out of her teens with a "healthy, if not infuriating, ego."