Commission for @alwaysdoubted22 "Carla Jamiyah Xaviers, operating under the codename Cardinal, is Raven and Master Raven's oldest daughter and the eldest of the Xaviers siblings. She wasn't born into the family but chose it—and they chose her. Long before Carla became a Raven Unit operative, strategist, technology specialist, and shinobi, her life was defined by an act of violence she had no control over. The death of her biological parents left behind a frightened child carrying trauma she could neither understand nor escape. Master Raven eventually found Carla and, together with Raven, brought her into their family. What began as rescue gradually became something far more important: a second home, a second chance, and eventually a second identity. Carla grew up alongside Marcus and Shannon not as a guest, ward, or outsider, but as their older sister. To them, the distinction between biological and adopted has never mattered. Carla is simply Carla—the one expected to keep everyone from doing something catastrophically stupid. Unfortunately, being accepted by her siblings has never completely silenced the voice inside Carla that wonders whether she truly belongs. Her profile identifies that insecurity as one of the deepest fractures beneath her otherwise composed personality. Carla fears being the family's outsider, questions whether she deserves to lead her siblings, and struggles with the idea that not sharing their blood somehow makes her less worthy of the Xaviers name. Marcus and Shannon have always regarded her as their sister, but Carla's fear is emotional, not logical. That contradiction defines much of who she becomes. Carla is extraordinarily capable and often the last person willing to admit it. Among the Xaviers siblings, Carla is the stabilizing force. Marcus and Shannon possess stronger personalities in radically different ways, while Carla tends to occupy the ground between extremes. She's analytical without being emotionally distant, disciplined without being rigid, and cautious without becoming passive. Her profile describes her as the most level-headed sibling—a mediator and strategist whose authority comes less from intimidation than from reliability, technical intelligence, emotional awareness, and her ability to remain composed when everyone around her begins losing theirs. That makes Cardinal an appropriate callsign. Carla is rarely the loudest person in an operation but doesn't need to be. She's the operative watching where everyone is standing. Who has ammunition left. Which exit has been compromised. Which enemy is isolated. Which sibling is frustrated. Which plan has just stopped working. And what needs to happen next. Her battlefield intelligence makes her one of the Raven Unit's natural strategists, with a profile that identifies strategic thinking under pressure, emotional intelligence, analytical ability, reconnaissance coordination, technological skill, and environmental adaptation as her strongest qualities. Her role therefore extends beyond simply defeating those who oppose her. Carla's fighting style is rooted in the modernized Ninjutsu of the Raven Unit, but she doesn't practice it as a rigid imitation of either Raven or Master Raven — she adapts it. She was trained in the same fundamental shinobi disciplines expected of Raven Unit operatives: stealth, infiltration, evasive movement, shurikenjutsu, close-quarters combat, deception, battlefield awareness, teleportation, weapon handling, reconnaissance, and efficient elimination of hostile targets. But where a traditional practitioner might seek the cleanest textbook execution of a technique, Carla is more willing to change the technique halfway through the problem. Her specialty is tactical improvisation through weapon integration. Carla doesn't improvise like Shae, whose Neo-Ninjutsu deliberately weaponizes chaos and unconventional athleticism. Carla's improvisation is calculated. She watches, assesses, then adjusts. A failed attack becomes a feint. A blocked sword strike becomes an elbow entry. A missed shuriken becomes battlefield positioning. A wall becomes cover. Snow becomes concealment. A damaged weapon becomes a trap. A malfunctioning teleportation jump becomes an unexpected attack angle. For Carla, improvisation is less: "Let's see what happens." And more: "That didn't work. I already know what I'm doing instead." That difference separates her sharply from her younger sister. At the center of Carla's combat identity is Master Raven's chokutō blade, the weapon that gradually becomes far more important to her than the temporary cleaver sword listed earlier in her development. The chokutō is not simply equipment; it's an inheritance. Training with her mother's weapon places Carla within the Raven lineage in a way blood never could. Every time she draws it, Carla is carrying something that once belonged to the woman who found, trained, raised, and ultimately chose to call her daughter. That gives the weapon emotional weight without forcing Carla to get sentimental in battle. Once the sword is drawn, Cardinal goes to work. Carla uses the chokutō as an extension of her Raven Unit training rather than treating swordsmanship as a completely separate martial art. Blade attacks flow directly into throws, evasive steps, shinobi strikes, shuriken throws, acrobatic repositioning, and teleportation attempts. Her swordplay favors precision, redirection, controlled aggression, and positional advantage over power. Carla may use the flat of the blade to redirect an incoming weapon before countering with a kick. She might deliberately bind an opponent's weapon instead of immediately cutting. She can use the chokutō to threaten one line of attack while drawing a shuriken with her free hand. A downward strike can become a shoulder check. A failed thrust can become a pivot into an evasive sweep. A parry can become an opportunity to disengage instead of continuing an unfavorable exchange. Carla's adaptability becomes particularly noticeable in her preferred combat environment — Snow. Her profile describes her as highly effective in snowy terrain and able to use it to her advantage. Snow changes everything about combat: visibility, footing, sound, temperature, tracks, and movement. Carla understands that. Instead of treating snow as something she must overcome, she incorporates it into her strategy. She can use reduced visibility to conceal lateral movement. Footprints can be manipulated to create false trails. Loose snow can be disturbed to obscure sight lines. Ice can punish aggressive footwork. Elevated snowbanks can change attack angles. An opponent unfamiliar with the environment may become hesitant simply because they are thinking about where they step. Carla wants that hesitation. The moment someone begins fighting the terrain instead of fighting her, Cardinal owns the engagement. Carla serves as a technology specialist within the Raven Unit, sharing Master Raven's interest in advanced equipment and experimental technology. She designs gadgets, tinkers with drones and weapons, and even helped develop Shae's modified high-tech glasses. This technological aptitude should feed directly into her combat style. Carla isn't simply a swordswoman carrying gadgets. She's a technician who understands how equipment changes tactical possibilities. She can evaluate enemy hardware, modify Raven Unit equipment, coordinate reconnaissance tools, integrate sensor information into battlefield decisions, repair or repurpose damaged technology, and create specialized equipment when traditional tools cannot solve a problem. Carla Jamiyah Xaviers emerged from tragedy with a resilience shaped by loss and sharpened by the people who gave her another chance at family. She became a daughter not through blood, but through love, loyalty, training, arguments, shared meals, missions, mistakes, victories, and years spent growing alongside Marcus and Shannon. She became a shinobi through discipline. A strategist through observation. A technician through curiosity. And a leader long before she believed herself worthy of the title. Her Raven Unit Ninjutsu reflects that identity. Carla doesn't overwhelm opponents through extraordinary speed or sheer physical domination. Instead, she uses precision, tactical improvisation, environmental awareness, technology, shuriken, and extensive weapon integration—most notably the chokutō she inherited from Master Raven—to continuously reshape the battlefield in her favor. Her younger siblings may be faster, her parents may be stronger, and other operatives may possess cleaner technique. Carla's advantage is that she rarely fights only the opponent standing before her. She fights the entire situation and always looks for the part she can change. Behind Cardinal's steady eyes remains the frightened girl who once lost everything. She fears loneliness, losing another family, discovering that some invisible boundary separates her from the people she calls her own. But the older Carla becomes, the more she learns something her family has understood for years: Being a Xaviers was never something she had to earn. Raven, Master Raven, Marcus, and Shannon chose her. And eventually, Carla must choose herself. The chokutō at her side is therefore more than Master Raven's old sword. It's evidence. Carla Jamiyah Xaviers isn't an imitation of the parents who raised her, nor an outsider walking in the shadow of their legacy. She's its next evolution: Cardinal—the Raven Unit's strategist, swordswoman, technician, eldest sister, and future leader. And when the plan inevitably falls apart? That's usually when Carla becomes the most dangerous person in the room."