Zafina (ザフィーナ Zafīna?) is a woman from the Middle East who was born into an ancient bloodline of dispellers of evil. Possessing spiritual powers, she was raised as a warrior and eventually became the clan’s sole assassin while publicly using her spiritual gifts as an astrologist. She is tasked by the village elders with guarding a sealed royal tomb that is believed to maintain the well-being of the tribe. Many outsiders have tried to enter the tomb but Zafina has single-handedly defeated them all. She prophesizes the clash of two “evil stars” (Jin and Kazuya), which will destroy the seal on the tomb and bring about the end of the world. In order to prevent this, Zafina departs her homeland and travels to the far east, where the dark stars are predicted to meet. Like all other characters, she also appears in the Scenario Campaign mode in the console version of Tekken 6, where, unlike most other characters, she automatically allies herself to fight the Tekken Force with Lars and Raven upon meeting her and then gives them the location of Azazel’s Temple. Also near the end of the mode, she is mentioned by Jin as the one who told him about the prophecy of the “two evil stars”, which became his reason for launching the war around the world.
Zafina’s fighting style, only referred to as “ancient assassination arts”, emphasizes her extreme flexibility and muscular control. It also incorporates unique stances (namely, tarantula, scarecrow, and mantis), each of which allows for different attacks. The Tekken developer and executive producer of Tekken 6 Katsuhiro Harada likened her moves to those of a spider.[17]
The European Tekken 6 website mistakenly refers to Zafina’s nationality as Indian. However, her original Japanese bio, as well as her North American bio and Tekken Tag Tournament 2 bio state that her country of origin in unknown. Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada described her as “a female character from the Middle East who uses ancient assassination arts“.
Based on feedback from fans, game director Katsuhiro Harada and his development team made Zafina specifically to address the need for a smooth-hitting, prey-stalking female in the series.
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