Shani just seems too nice of a girl to be slaughtering people as a stalker, whatever exactly a stalker is and does in this world.
Not really. The job of a Stalker is to collect artifacts and carry out other missions for the Queen.
In the game so far, Zaton spends most his time on diplomatic missions. Another large part of the job would be sneaking ("stalking") around in ruins. Fighting is something done mostly as a last resort.
There have always been the mythic warrior woman, such as Brunhilde and Artemis -- but such women are very rare in reality, and even in fantasy, Shani isn't convincing.
That does kind of depend on which culture you are talking about. Among the Vikings, but also among the Sarmatians, female warriors were not that uncommon.
Anyway . . . she's also too slight and skinny to be successful with a sword.
Maybe with a bow and arrow like Artemis . . . or with a gun from a distance, a sharpshooter who takes the shot, then hides.
But boldly going alone into basements for hand to hand combat?
Actually sword fighting does not require a lot of strength. The sword does most of the work... And contrary to popular misconception, the vast majority of historical swords are not heavy to wield at all.
Speed, footwork and tactics are most important in sword fighting. Strength, size and body weight do help to some extent, but are not decisive.
In my experience, what swordswomen sometimes lack, when compared with men, is aggression. Not strength.
But Shani isn't like them. I don't know if she has a place where she fits in this world. She's a misfit whatever she will try to do.
She can't be like her sister, nor like Fairy in the basement, nor a servant girl . . . I suppose she could run her own little shop somewhere in town, as a single woman . . . .
I think she can be an excellent Stalker. She's intelligent and sneaky, as well as a good fighter. What she still needs is experience and "street smarts".