Inas Bhar

also known as Natesa the Assassin

• Appears in short stories Veil of the Dancer (depicts her childhood and youth), Persistence, Hidden Resources and RRoving Gambler and in the novels I Dare, Ghost Ship, Dragon in Exile, Neogenesis, Accepting the Lance

Her Backstory

See short story “Veil of the Dancer”

• Born 1355 in the City Irvati on Planet Skardu in a Terran sector
• Third daughter of Scholar Reyman Bhar
• At age 13, after avenging her father’s death, she sought the sanctuary of the Juntavas
• Known currently as Natesa the Assassin, sector judge of the Juntavas

Description

”Terran, and also dark, though it appeared her complexion was of birth rather than burn. Her hair made a black silken cap ’round her neat head, her features were fine, and she had quick ebon eyes”

“Not all that much taller than the other guy (Boss Conrad), she was slim, except for some really interesting curves, her skin dusky and soft-looking. She wore a dark vest, dark shirt and dark trousers. A pistol...”

“cat-like and supple” with a “sumptuous voice”

“Stunning”

Skilled

Master Pilot, master sharp-shooter, security and explosives expert

Equal to Pat Rin in target shooting

Intelligent, well-read, hard-working, and soft-spoken

With Pat Rin

• Oathsworn to Pat Rin yos'Phelium during Plan B (Korval’s strategy), when he began working towards Balancing against The Department of the Interior
• Becomes Lifemate with Pat Rin on Surebleak
• Provides security for Boss Conrad/ Pat Rin

As Boss Natesa:

"Natesa had Boss duties of her own and so when the Boss was away she often sat solo at a table on the kitchen level above the half-stairs, like a cat with a perch of her own, overlooking the street through a gunslit converted to bulletproof window."

Kin

• Reyman Bhar, father, scholar (deceased)
• Humaria, sister
• Shereen, sister
• Pat Rin yos'Phelium, Lifemate