RomanceOfTheHundredKingdoms\NPCs
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NPCs in Romance of the Hundred Kingdoms
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Li Yue
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Li Yue is Jian Chu's elder sister and head of the Li clan. Although the two of the them never were very close as children and their reunion almost ended in a disaster they are now the only members of the head family. With the the rest of the world against them and many of the clan jealous of their position Jian and Yue are now united in their determination to steer the Li through these troubled times and into a golden future. While not very powerful personally Yue wields great influence as head of one of the ruling clans of Chosaten as well as enormous wealth.
Ei-Zen Hon
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Ei-Zen Hon is a Chosen of Endings no more than two centuries old who went ronin after a series of disastrous missions left him with wounds both bodily and mental. As his hiding place from the Bureau he choose an old and secret manse fatefully claimed by He Who Makes The Rivers Cry, who was teaching his new apprentice there. The Elder No Moon's powers healed the physical scars but more than anything else it was the friendship of Jian Chu who was also recovering from great mental trauma that helped the unfortunate Endbringer cling to sanity and find back to himself. In time they became more than friends and when the young No Moon told him of his failings one evening Ei-Zen Hon began to look for a way to help his lover in turn. And perhaps the Sidereals are indeed the greatest masters of the martial arts for where all his previous teachers had failed Ei-Zen Hon found a solution and the right style for Jian Chu. But their happiness was not meant to last. As the Infallible Messengers describing the consequences of the Reckoner's absence on Fate and Creation became more and more dire he realized that he could not avoid taking his place among the Five-Score Fellowship again. Upon his return he - and worse yet, his own sifu - realized, what he had done: In a moment of weakness he had betrayed Bureau secrets to an outsider. There could be only one solution that would simultaneously hone his conviction and salvage Ei-Zen Hon's position, the ancient Sidereal told the Endbringer: Li Jian Chu had to die by his own hand. And so it is that with great regret Ei-Zen Hon has begun to pursue his former lover's death. Nothing can be allowed to stand in the way of duty, thus is the lonely life of a Sidereal.
Huan Zhao
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Huan Zhao (previously Li-Deng Zhao), a cousin from the Deng branch of the family, grew up together with Jian and shared the same strict instructors. After a protracted duel of academic and mindgame one-upmanship the two boys so close in age and with similar gifts of intelligence became the best of friends. This friendship continued as boys became men with their own, different responsibilities even when occasional letters were all the contact they had after Zhao was married into the Huan family a few months before the fateful day of caravan attack. When Jian returned to the family from his enforced hermitage a few weeks ago he sent Zhao a cryptic note to tell him him that contrary to general knowledge he was still alive, but he has not yet met him in person, unsure how he would react to his tattoos and their personal and political implications.
Archer Oak
A man gentle and kind who wears his crown with the strength of the Dragons.
Archer Oak is a Wood Aspected Dragonblooded king who is just as affected by Arcane Fate as anyone else. He knows Sacre as a mysterious agent of Heaven who has given him useful information before, normally over a flawlessly done tea ceremony, and in return, he gives the young man some concessions as well. Before Sacre's Exaltation, the Wood Aspect was a virtual mother to the boy, making sure he was healthy and not getting himself into trouble.
Tleas Nikie
Goddess of a herb, protecting her home.
Tleas Nikie was once a godblooded child of a Celestial god, and even today she is able to visit her father in Heaven. But now she is focused on the defense of her homeland and purview of a specific type of medicinal herb against Nine Oaks's mechanics.
Orradi Filia
Serenity Songstress of the Gold Faction
Orradi Filia, a Serenity of seventy years who takes her position as a priestess of Venus very seriously, hails from the Northeast. For being so soft-spoken and gentle, she can be disturbingly bloodthirsty, reflected by her mastery of the Heart-Breaking Blade Style of martial arts. Sacre is her first student of martial arts, despite knowing older Sidereals and gods who would pay dearly to learn the art, due to it being the best way she could think of to get the newly Exalted Serenity on her side and nudged towards the Gold Faction.
She does care for the young man like a son, and happily encourages his focus on all of Venus's purviews, disapproving of his time spent in the Forbidding Manse of Ivy, reading First Age lore, and in the Violet Bier when he isn't injured.
The Cyrano Family
The Cyrano family is pretty well-known in the Kingdoms as entertainers. Some are court jesters, others travel, but it is more of a surprise when a Cyrano isn't in the performing arts than when they are. The closest the family has to a leader is Odette Cyrano, a godblooded member of the family who makes a living out of visiting and bringing messages to other family members.
... She has actually run into Sacre without a destiny up multiple times and is beginning to suspect that the elusive blue-eyed youth is a Cyrano-born bastard, since he bears the family resemblance, especially to Vert Cyrano.
