Odessa also hails from Fervious where she was trained as an assassin from a young age (think ninja). Her skills run towards infiltration and subterfuge rather than combat ability; but if need be she is a master swordsman and quite adept with primitive ranged weapons (the silent kill using a bow and poisoned arrows is something of a specialty). During her six months in the Inquisition she's received training with modern weapons as well, but if given a choice she would much rather kill with her blade and bow than with a lasgun.

During one of her missions she met Ignace and they fell in love. Knowing that their love would never be accepted by her masters she willfully broke her oaths of service by running away. Against all odds the two of them managed to get off-world, spending years on the run – the Clanlords of Fervious does not take treason lightly (they'll still kill her if they can).

Odessa is a lithe woman with the same 'asiatic' traits shared by the majority of Fervious' population. She wears light makeup, and her hair is kept long and kept artfully pinned up (its painfully obvious that she's taking after Xerza). She wears tight-fitting blood-red body armor under loose silk robes.

Odessa was a fairly strong latent psyker when Xersa picked her up. She'd never used her talents, even subconsciously, so she had avoided the warp-taint that has affected Ignace. Odessa has responded well to psychic training – she's a telekine like Xerza, so their styles match pretty well. Although she has a long way to go she's still gotten impressively far; she can make augmented jumps and leaps, send her arrows streaking at unnatural speeds, and has taken steps to awaken the latent psi-blade qualities of her heirloom Fervios blade.