She will have been better than him so could have won easy if she wasn't caught off guard, probably the best warrior there at the time besides maybe a few at the capital, but she thought it was boring just hanging out there. Despite being super badass she has an irrational fear of gross things that nobody knows about because she always covers it up and makes excuses for leaving the area. She couldn't do that here because the change happened so suddenly she froze up mid swing.

She'll probably have some interesting backstory. Maybe ahe had a bounty hunter son who also hates gross things but automatically destroys them on instinct. XD Don't know if phobias are hereditary, though, so that's just a joke for now. May have such a character who's not her son.

Sounds like a good start. We could probably start the IC while planning further.