A former member of the Defias Brotherhood, Nyssha Swiftblade, also known as the Midnight Assassin or the Red Poisoner (born in 591 in Moonbrook, Westfall, Azeroth) is an Alliance character in World of Warcraft created by Joshua Underwood. In Underwood's backstory, Nyssha is the Chief Assassin of the Order of the Midnight Runners, reporting directly to Ripclaw, the master of the Midnight Runners. Before that, she was the personal assassin, courier, and emissary to the paladin lord Saavedro of Stratholme, one of Ripclaw's former lieutenants. Though the Knights of the Silver Hand frowned on the use of assassins, their fall during the Third War gave Lord Saavedro a little leeway.