The Lynx

Real name: Felicia Rend
Age: classified
Home: Los Angeles
Likes: action movies, ninjas, the praerie, drum-heavy trance music, waxing moon, bubble baths, rainy days (at home, all warm and cozy), pizza and pasta
Dislikes: sappy romance movies, womanizers, bullies, mainstream pop music, waning moon, getting wet (unless it's a bubble bath), rainy days (when she has to be outside), spinach, being told what to do
Traits: Feline reflexes, acrobatics, acute senses of sight and hearing, night vision, stealth, martial arts
Skills:
- Can charge up her attacks to even rip through heavy armor
- "Talk" to any felines and get information from them
Equipment:
- Chakram pistol - fires small discs that can deliver electrical charges to stun enemies or deliver explosive charges. This was originally built and used by a villain. She deemed it a useful weapon and kept it.
- Micro flash and smoke grenades - well, she likes ninjas
- Claws of the Hunter - given to her by Mishipizhiw, the Great Lynx, which she put onto her gloves

Felicia's mother is member of the Cree people who was raped by an unknown man who was later caught and put on trial. However, he was deemed innocent and set free. Desparate, ashamed and broken, Felicia's mother tried to commit suicide by returning to her tribe's homeland and drowning herself in a lake. However, when she was just about to die, the Mishipizhiw appeared to her in a water form and told her that she was pregnant and that he had blessed her unborn daughter.
Felicia soon showed feline traits, being faster and more agile than anyone else. She decided to track down the man who had raped and shamed her mother and became the Lynx. She learnt that her mother was just one of his many victims. When she finally found him, she wanted to kill him, but decided against it, as it would not be justice. When she did, the Great Lynx appeared to her, telling her he was proud that she decided to spare the rapist and instead turn him over to justice. As he had given her his blessings to be used for good, not to take revenge. He then gave her his claws to use as weapons.

This was another Art Posse weekly challenge. Design a masked hero or villain. Since I like Marvel superheros, that's what came to mind. She was inspired by White Tiger. I used hard shadows here to match the comic look.