Najenda

Najenda is the head of the assassin group Night Raid. Najenda is taciturn, sharp-minded and level-headed, she leads the group with a surprisingly gentle, but firm air. Her years of experience serving in the Empire as a general have made her a highly capable leader. Najenda is sometimes mistaken as a man due to her boyish appearance, even sometimes being nicknamed 'The Hunk of the Rebellion" by her cohorts. She tends to have a habit of telling "cold jokes" and making bad puns.

Appearance
Najenda is a woman with short silver hair. She wears an eyepatch where her right eye used to be. She wears a black suit that shows her cleavage. She has a mechanical right arm.

When she was younger, her hair was longer and she wore it tied and braided.

Bio
Najenda was once a General of the Empire who decided to defect after realizing how corrupt the current regime was. She was a colleague of Esdeath, accompanying her on a past expedition for the Empire. During a mission to eliminate a Revolutionary army base, Najenda informed her army of her plan to defect from the Empire. Because of that she and her troops became a target of Empire troops and eventually Esdeath's army. She lost both her right eye and arm in the short ensuing battle against Esdeath. Apparently, she was able to convince Akame to switch sides after failing to kill her.

During the attack on Night Raid's hideout by Team Stylish, Najenda arrives just in time to aid her comrades, bringing with her two new members. Chelsea, and the human Teigu, Susanoo.

When Tatsumi first arrived, Najenda explained his options to him and as well as who he would be paired up with each time for training. She assigns roles and pairs each member of Night Raid together.

Equipment & Skills
She once demonstrated on Leone her ability to fire her prosthetic hand and reel it back in. She can even reel herself to the arm, quickly delivering a kick while doing it. She named this technique "reel assault".

She herself has commented that due to the injuries that Esdeath inflicted on her, she is only at 40% her original strength. This may have also rendered her unsuitable to handle her old Teigu, Pumpkin, which is now wielded by Mine. She is still however a capable fighter, being able to use her prosthetic hand to generate momentum for her kicks and punches that can rip a head off in one blow.

She was the master of the human Teigu, Susanoo, up until his demise. Until her arrival at HQ, Susanoo was in a state of dormancy, and began to react to her presence. Susanoo told the members of Night Raid that it was because Najenda resembled his previous master, who was a great general.

Relationships

 * Lubbock: Her old and loyal soldier, though she has never differentiated him from the rest of Night Raid (to Lubbock's dismay). He's the only one to have known her before she lost her eye and arm. She is aware of his feelings for her but has yet to reciprocate, though she admitted to herself it would be nice to be in romantic relationship, after the rebellion is settled.


 * Akame: Najenda trusts her to the extent that she left her in charge before departing for the Revolutionary Army HQ. She was also the one who persuaded Akame to join Night Raid after her failed assassination attempt.
 * Tatsumi: She believes that Tatsumi holds great potential as an assassin. She is impressed by his set of virtues, but believes that he is naive. After Bulat's death, she offers Tatsumi words of encouragement to soothe his guilt. She however, does not like it when he comments on her age, but is still willing to explain the Revolutionary Army's plan to make him easier about what would happen.
 * Esdeath: It is revealed in a flashback that Esdeath was the one who took away Najenda's right arm and eye. They were once colleagues in the Imperial Army, where she saw Esdeath's cruelty firsthand, as well as the overwhelming power of her Teigu. She speculates that Demon's Extract is the most powerful of all the Teigu.

Trivia

 * Najenda is one of the five Night Raid members on the Empire's most-wanted list.
 * Najenda will be voiced by Risa Mizuno in the anime.
 * Najenda is 172 cm tall. Her measurements are 85-58-86. Her blood type is A.