Spirits of Talent and Virtue

The 36 Heavenly Spirits

• Cathak Nekuto [age ?]: A general of the Realm, convinced by Storm of Amber to train and lead the Circle's armies. Fire Aspect

• Cynis Lachid and Layochi [age ?]: Immaculate-trained twins defeated in battle by Leaf Shakes the Wind and Song of the Silver Wind, quickly recruited to their cause. Water Aspect

• Vaults the Moon [age ?]: Storm of Amber's spirit-tied familiar; a horse, one of Marukan's finest.

• Seven Thousand Wonders Unfolding [age ?]: The least god of The Infinite City; mentor and broach for Rivers Between Us.

• The Honored Shade of Chokhan Fifteenth Son Shatters the River [age 44 at death]: The father of Nameless Ravine; a stern and upright ghost whose legacy remains in thousands of masterful works of calligraphy.

• The Jokun: [age ?]] The four jokun that serve as Rivers' guard and personal servitors.

The 72 Earthly Fiends

• Allat [age ?]: Changing Moon Lunar and former wife of Lun Kuai.

• Hiparkes [age ?]: God of horses and riders, patron deity of The Marukan Alliance.

• Othoclase [age ?]: Gemlord whose domain lies some forty miles to the east of the Plum Blossom Retreat.

• Ten Thunders Shatter the Mountain [age ?]: Thunderbird of the east, summoned once by Rivers Between Us.

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Heaven's Mandate