Editing Tianxia: House of Seven Winds (section)

==Imperial NPCs==
'''NPC Name''' | '''High Concept''' | '''Trouble'''
:Description

'''NPC Name:''' "Gallant" Shu | '''High Concept:''' Corrupt Imperial Officer | '''Trouble:''' Never pass up an opportunity to enrich yourself  (Jiang Dafa '''-''')
:A smug bully who is more handsome than anyone has a right to be and not-at-all gallant, Shu is the epitome of a corrupt soldier. He makes a fine living demanding bribes and protection money and is more than happy to let criminals go if they hand over their loot to him. But now he says there's something ''important'' he must find in the House of Seven Winds--and he doesn't care if he loses everything he has to get it.  The look of fear on his face makes it seem like this time he's serious.  Or is he running yet another scam? (Glyptodont)
* ''Note: Jiang Dafa has been keeping his eye on "Gallant" Shu for a while now. He knows Shu is a crook, but hasn't been able to get solid evidence against him.''

'''Xun "Bullhead" Ruogang''' | '''Extraction at a price''' |  '''Too many dissatisfied customers''' (Timon '''-''')
:Ruogang discovered that there was money to be made by promising to extract long-lost relatives from the Compendious House. Unfortunately, her reputation was built on a couple of lucky breaks: one elderly aunt she was able to bundle out of a low window in a sack and a child who had simply wandered in and was all to happy to follow Ruogang out. In her current contracts, she is meeting serious resistance and she is arousing suspicion with the denizens of the house. 

'''Matron Ming''' | '''Influential Teahouse Owner''' | '''Progress Ruffles Feathers''' (Llayne '''+''')
:This elderly woman was once the ''Mysterious Mingxia'', a martial hero of no small renown. She now runs the Snake's Sojourn teahouse that ostensibly caters to craftsmen and merchants, but serves peasants, nobles, and xia as well. The Sojourn has become one of the few places that such cross-class mingling can happen, and her rules are respected due to her reputation, the multiple Xia that frequent the place, and the support of a few well-placed officials. 
:Xia often make their way to the Sojourn at some point in search of a job, a master, or to pay their respects to Ming. There are nobles and officials that dislike the flaunting of tradition and push to get it to shut down for good. 
*Note: I'm using Snake in the more positive eastern philosophy that corresponds to good luck, healing, renewal, reproduction and good harvests.

'''Lieutenant Liu''' | '''City Guard Officer''' | '''Inflexible of Mind''' (Ah Ladi '''-''')
:A middle-aged member of the Băo Jiāng city guard, Liu is a man with a thin mustache, beard, and the spine of elemental metal. He is known for being completely law-abiding, completely incorruptible, but also completely obedient to orders from above, which makes him easy enough to work around for the ne'er-do-wells of Băo Jiāng. 

'''Prince Shonshu''' | '''Imperial Prince and Would-Be Drunken Poet''' | '''Drunken Layabout--But Not a Poet''' (+)
:Prince Shonshu is Sister Fei's (the former Princess Jianyi) twin brother. The two siblings are devoted to each other--but could not be more different in personality. While Princess Jianyi is both driven and spiritual, Prince Shonshu is an unambitious layabout. He certainly does not want any position of responsibility in the imperial court. He aspires to be a great drunken poet--but lacks the motivation to truly work at his poetry, instead hoping it will come to him spontaneously. Other than a few short fragments, it hasn't. Prince Shonshu's solution is to try drinking more. Princess Jianyi and Prince Shonshu were close as children, partly from being twins and partly from not having any other playmates. Their paths as adults have taken them in very different directions, but they still care deeply for each other and would go out of the way to help each other.
-- Muskrat

'''Princess Fierce Tiger''' | '''Ambitious warrior princess''' | '''My siblings would like to remove me as a potential obstacle to their succession (as I would for them)''' (Raya Lun '''+''')
:Young lady with a military bearing and usually clad in in armor. She seeks to perform great deeds in order to prove her worthiness for the throne!(ajdynon)

(Kalou Xie) '''Lo Sifa'''+ | '''Philosopher Guard''' | '''Would try to argue philosophy with death''' (Stormraven + )
:Lo Sifa is a lowly guard - most often sent on treks between cities - who fancies herself more; a poet, a philosopher. She's got a good grounding and knows what she's about, but many view her as stepping above her station, and others just don't want to hear her discuss the Tao another second. She was the first to see Kalou Xie's return to civilisation, and they had a nice chat along the way.