Editing ReignWulin:Mongolia (section)

= People =



== Ogedei Khan ==

The Supreme Khan of the Mongolian Empire and third son of Genghis Khan, Ogedei Khan is now in his middle age (about 45 years in age). He was considered to be his father's favorite son, ever since his childhood. Ogedei is known for his ability to sway doubters in any debate he is involved, simply by the force of his personality. He is a large, jovial and very charismatic man, mostly interested in enjoying the priveleges of his rule. However, he is also intelligent and steady in character. 

Known to be a humble man, who knows his human limitations, he does not believe himself a genius like his father was, and he's willing to listen and use the great generals that his father left him, as well as those capable people who present themselves to him now. Like all Mongols, he was raised and educated as a warrior from childhood, and as the son of Genghis Khan he was a part of his father's plan to establish a world empire. His military experience was notable for his willingness to listen to his generals, and adapt to the circumstances. His steadiness of character and dependability were the traits that his father most valued, and that gained him the role of successor to his father, despite his two older brothers.

== Prince Hou Du ==
* Only twenty years old at this time.
* Disciple of Jinlun Fawang.
* Luckily, Huo Dou has studied under a Han scholar when he was young, he had read books and recited poems.
* '''Ferocious Wind, Rapid Thunder:''' Huo Dou started to whistle, the fan on the right and his sleeve on the left created a strong gust of wind, rushing forwards to Zhu Ziliu. The force of the wind was very strong, the crowd who were watching couldn’t help but move backwards slowly, they heard him making thunderbolt like noises with his mouth, they all thought that apart from using weapons, fists and kicks, this “Ferocious Wind Rapid Thunder Skill” also uses the surprising calls of thunder to subdue and control the opponent; it is a very powerful technique.
* The poison on the nails was produced from the snowy mountains of Western Tibet and is very lethal. As soon as Zhu Ziliu was struck with the nails, his body broke out in unbearable pain; it was difficult for him to stand up properly.
* Huo Duo had grown up in Mongolia and Tibet and had always been surrounded by honest people, how would he understand the craftiness of Jiang Nan kids.
* Huo Dou’s metal fan suddenly came out and then ‘da da’; he had sealed the pressure point on their legs.
* * The two of them were speaking in Tibetan, which Yang Guo could not understand.

== Subutai ==

Born just west of the upper Onon River, he belonged to the Uriankhai tribe, a name Mongols gave to a number of tribes of forest people. Subutai's family had been associated with the family of Genghis Khan for many generations. His brother Jelme also served as a general in the Mongol army. Subutai joined Genghis Khan (or Temujin) while still a teenager. Within a decade he rose to become one of the senior officers, commanding one of roving detachments operating ahead of the main forces.

Subutai is now the chief strategist and general of Ogedei Khan and quite possibly the greatest strategist and general the world has ever seen. He gains victory by means of imaginative and sophisticated strategies, usually maneuvering the enemy into a losing position before even joining battle. At the age of 64 he is no longer in the fighting trim of a career soldier but he still has the vigor needed to travel and direct a battle from the rear lines (as the Mongol way is to keep the leaders far from the thick of fighting).

== Touli Khan ==

Tolui Khan, at age 40, is the youngest son of Genghis Khan. His ulus, or territorial inheritance, at his father's death in 1227 was the homelands in Mongolia, and it was he who served as civil administrator in the time it took to confirm Ogedei as the second Supreme Khan. Before that, he had served with distinction in the campaigns against the Jin Dynasty and the Khwarezmid Empire, where he was instrumental in the capture and massacre at Merv.

When Genghis Khan was deciding who should succeed him he had trouble choosing between Tolui and Ogodei. Tolui had amazing military skills and was very successful as a general, but Genghis Khan chose Ogodei because Ogodei was more capable politically. Genghis Khan felt that Tolui would be too cautious to be an effective leader.

After Genghis Khan's death, Mongol nobles gathered together and elected Tolui as the new Khan, but Tolui rejected their decision and gave the Khanate to his brother, Ogodei, fulfilling his father's wishes. The Mongol nobles' moves were partly influenced by the tradition that the youngest son inherits his father's properties and partly because Tolui had the largest and most powerful army at the time.

== Yelu Chucai ==

Yelü Chucai is a Mandarin statesman of Khitan ethnicity with royal family lineage to the Liao Dynasty. Well versed in Buddhist scriptures and a practitioner in Daoism, Yelü Chucai is best known for his service as the chief adviser to Genghis Khan. Yelü Chucai's father Yelu Lu, served with the Jin Empire, which defeated the Liao Dynasty in 1125, and it was the unified Mongolian army under Genghis Khan that began a war of conquest against the Jin Dynasty in 1211. Both Jurchen and Khitan rebels joined the Mongols in the fight against the Jin Dynasty, and Yelü Chucai joined Chingis Khan's administration in the year 1218 at the age of 28. At the age of 40 he is now one of Ogedai Khan's chief advisors.

The Khitans and Mongols were united by their common enemy of the Jurchen Jin Dynasty. This is shown in the well-known words pronounced by Genghis Khan, at the end of July, when he met Yelü Chucai for the first time at his ordos in the Sāri Steppe (west of the great bend of the Kerulen River): "Liao and Jin have been enemies for generations; I have taken revenge for you." To which Yelü Chucai replied, "My father and grandfather have both served the Jin respectfully. How can I, as a subject and a son, be so insincere at heart as to consider my sovereign and my father as enemies?" The Mongol is said to have been impressed by this frank reply, as well as by Yelü Chucai’s looks (he is a very tall man with a magnificent beard reaching to his waist) and sonorous voice. He gave him the nickname "Urtu Saqal" (Long Beard) and placed him in his retinue as an adviser.

He does his best to convince the Mongols to tax rather than slaughter conquered peoples. This wise chancellor's words temper the barbaric leanings of Mongol methodology, stating to Ogedai Khan's he has said; that empires may be conquered on horseback, but could not be ruled on horseback. While the Jin territories are capitulating under the Mongol onslaught, Yelü Chucai is instituting several administrative reforms, like separating civil and military powers and introducing numerous taxes and levies. In response to the tough resistance the Mongol army faced while trying to conquer the Jurchen Jin's southern capital of Kaifeng, some Mongol officers in high command recommended the complete razing of Kaifeng and the deaths of all it's occupants. But Yelü Chucai convinced Chingis Khan to rule and tax the people, and make use of their extraordinary talents instead of killing all of them in order to further their own riches.