Mel K. arrived on the scene as of all things an enemy soldier, but she was an unwilling participant in a violent conflict. Young, sweet and innocent she was far from the mold of the typical Doxhani soldier who would sacrifice his or her life for the High Council's will indoctrinated in the rigid quasi-religious, Bushido-like discipline of Shardaka'i Taal, she was a conscript from the backwater province of Xinnan who never fired a shot in anger. She befriends Staci and co, and if her loyalty is placed anywhere it's to her newfound friends, and she's sweet from her coal-black hair to her chocolate-brown Uggs.