SZ: I was the champion of the Lin-Kuei... until I learned of their dastardly plot to convert all of their ninja assassins such as myself into cold, unfeeling cyborgs with no soul... I had to watch my good friend Smoke be assimilated this way... Now I am hunted by them. A fugitive on the run. So, perhaps I am not a champion in the way that you are... but I am certainly not a pushover either.