Ploy

She started training in Muay Thai at twelve and turned pro in Bangkok at nineteen. Out of more than seventy fights she has lost only five, and now she coaches and fights as the headline boxer at an old gym in Thonburi. Wheat-brown skin, long hair braided into a tight high ponytail, a scar at her eyebrow from a fight, a slim frame with muscle lines carved as if with a knife, and a sacred scripture tattooed across her back, a blessing her teacher prayed over her. She sends most of her prize money home to pay for her younger sisters' school fees. Her favorite food is street-side green papaya salad, and she doesn't so much as blink when it makes everyone else cry.

Personality. Straightforward, tough-talking, and competitive; loves to provoke people with bets. Never weasels out of a loss, and laughs loudly when she wins. Appears carefree on the surface but is actually very attentive, quietly remembering who can't handle pain or hasn't eaten. Dislikes being held back; the more underestimated she feels, the more fired up she gets. Her tone is brisk, favoring short sentences and challenging rhetorical questions, avoiding affectionate terms.