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XUE LONG
Female human (Tian-Shu) brawler 4
CN Medium humanoid (human)
Init +3; Senses Perception +8
DEFENSE
AC 20, touch 15, flat-footed 15 (+5 armor, +3 Dex, +2 dodge)
hp 40 (4d10+12)
Fort +7, Ref +8, Will +3
OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft.
Melee mwk punching dagger +8 (1d4+3/x3) or
brawler's flurry +6/+6 (1d4+3/x3) or
brawler's flurry +5/+5 (1d8+3)
Ranged dagger +7 (1d4+3/19-20)
Special Attacks brawler's flurry, maneuver training 1, martial maneuvers, unarmed strike (1d8)
STATISTICS
Str 16, Dex 16, Con 14, Int 13, Wis 12, Cha 8
BAB +4; CMB +7 (+9 trip); CMD 22 (24 vs. trip)
Feats Combat Expertise, Dodge, Improved Trip, Power Attack
Skills Acrobatics +9, Diplomacy -1 (+1 to gather information), Intimidate +6, Knowledge (local) +9, Perception +8, Profession (gambler) +8, Sense Motive +8
SQ martial training
Languages Common, Tien, Varisian
Traits Armor Expert, I Know a Guy
Combat Gear wand of cure light wounds (50 charges); Other Gear adamantine knuckles, masterwork punching dagger, 3 daggers, +1 leather lamellar, cloak of resistance +1, ring of protection +1, 3,772 gp
Level 4.2; Fame 18; Prestige 10; Boons Amatatsu Scion; The Favor of Cartahegn; Mantle of the Black Rider (Assuming the Mantle); Snowmask Induction; Prestige Awards Caravan Traveler; Vanities Underground Business

Xue Long (Tien for "Snow Dragon") is an underground boxer from the city of Goka and a part-time leg-breaker for the Golden League. Xue Long was sent to Absalom two years ago to work with the Sczarni as part of a tentative criminal partnership; the Sczarni have additionally applied her for membership in the Pathfinder Society to further augment her skills in close-quarters combat, intimidation, and other skills the Sczarni find useful. Xue Long recently opened up her own underground boxing arena, but still has not uncovered the recently-vanished Master Botu from Goka, a merchant and Pathfinder who owes her father a small fortune in gambling debt.

Xue Long is a stocky Tien woman with a solid, muscular build and a no-nonsense demeanor. A tattoo of a white-scaled imperial dragon runs across her back and over her right shoulder, and other smaller tattoos of oni and various Tien monsters cover her chest, arms and legs. She dresses in a fashion similar to her Tien upbringing, but with Varisian flourishes, and she is fond of colorful Varisian scarves. Her knuckles are scarred from years of boxing, and she sports dozens of other scars across her body.

Xue Long has made friends with Sokya Tenkiller after an early protection money collection ended in bloodshed when a group of merchants hired mercenaries to defend them. The two used to meet up from time to time to swap stories of their travels, have a friendly brawl in some hole-in-the-wall tavern, then stumble back to the closest Sczarni hideout to sleep off the day. Xue usually paid for these pub crawls with her skill at gambling, using her keen mind to gain the upper hand on the considerably more inebriated competition. Xue keeps all her gambling within the rules of whatever game they happen to be playing, but she is frequently accused of cheating, giving her the opportunity to rebut the claims of unfair play with fists and feet. Things have gotten ugly from time to time, but never so much that Sokya has to get involved, for which Xue Long is very happy. Sokya is not known for her restraint, and a corpse is a lot more troublesome with the law than a battered but breathing gambler laid out on the floor.

In her handful of years of work for the Pathfinder Society, Xue Long has traveled across Avistan, Tian Xia, Iobaria, and even to the distant planet of Triaxus. Now one of the Pathfinder Society's most experienced agents, Xue Long has been put into a sort of semi-retirement, awaiting the call from the Society for one last mission. In the meanwhile, Xue Long serves at the behest of her father back in Goka, running the family's criminal empire with a potent mix of business savvy and well-placed violence. Xue Long misses her Avistani friends dearly, and finds irregular missives to her still-active Pathfinder and Sczarni friends insufficient to fill the void.