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Doomykins
Jun 28, 2008

Didn't you mean to ask about flowers?



Dai Mei Zhen, Bureau of Intelligence Lieutenant
Jún-Jun
The Buddies Blaster


(Note: Does not actually have Elven/pointed ears.)

Fiend! Banshee! Walking Curse! The illustrious Mei Zhen Dai has been the bane of spies, smugglers and vagrants for decades! Seldom seen coming until she is upon her target with condemnations and brandished rifle, she is a former die-hard rebel youth turned Republican loyalist and a stalwart prosecutor, an intelligence officer still taking to the field after the battles that birthed Cathay. There's said to be no district too rural, no city too shadowed and no official too obstinate to deter this mole hunter. Intimidation has a hard sell against her hardened marksmanship and loyal companion Jún-Jun, the latest in a long tradition of investigative partners.

Born a single child to a withering branch of the old Dai clan under the Jinlong Dynasty, Mei Zhen was doted upon and viewed as a blessing for surviving an early childhood illness. Her attitude was further warped by the odd happenings and secrecy surrounding the small Dai House, a clandestine family of bureaucrats and merchants slowly fading from the noble lines. But the Dai are above all crafty. Observant. Patient. When revolution swept the land the Dai were there at every step providing intelligence, material, housing, passage, angry young soldiers. They betrayed all that was ancient in Jinlong to be one of the roots of the new Republic, their influence growing enormously as they always stood poised to sweep through the burning remains of the old Houses of Jinlong. Now Dai stands strong and Mei is one of many deep-seated career officers in the new republic, all burning with the zealous pride that can only come from a convert.

Mei herself is a cynical, shrewd person with a good head for observation. She made waves in her early years by busting the source of exam-time stimulants from out of country, awarded honors by the school for her noble character. Her upbringing in military academy was brief with high marks and a tendency to volunteer in the kennels until interruption by civil war. A fearless soldier with a background in subterfuge, Mei assisted in damning her family's rivals and forged her fledgling military experience when fighting took to the streets, showing an ability to win out-gunned and out-matched so long as she could robotically load and brandish her rifle. The grateful leaders of the new republic made Dai a cornerstone of their new upper class and Mei enjoyed tutelage under her former rebel leaders in higher education. A lifetime of prestigious honors was guaranteed to a promising intelligence officer graduating with valor already demonstrated on the field!

And it came! But not all wishes are well granted. In her early 40s, Mei Zhen is a bitter and paranoid woman who uses alcohol, persecution and work to smother her life's regrets. She has seen her peers advance their careers through deeper webs of nepotism and opportunity, seen her friends start families. She hides the physical weakness she has carried since birth, masking it with the aid of Vril-infused supplements. Her meticulous dedication to propaganda ideals has kept her in good shape all things considered, her discipline a constant in good times and bad. She dedicates herself utterly to defending her republic from criminals and outsiders, seeking joy in every wrong righted by her own brand of calculating justice.

(I'm open for adjusting things to avoid being too hardline against the rest of the party.)

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Relationships

Friendly: Making her bones in the decade following the formation of the republic, Mei's proficiency at sniffing out Jinlong loyalists and outside agitators benefited those who served alongside her. One would be her longtime friend Xifeng, tasked with interrogating and processing Mei's captures. When the business of war is good, the executioner profits.

Neutral: Mei's steady but controlled rise in the Republic is a necessary product of the bureaucracy. At the head of this would be her superior officer, who holds her future in their hands.

Hostile: Growing up as a young teenager, Mei suffered the jeers of more successful families over the weakness of her own. Now that the position has been flipped certain grudges may surface. And because of the way Mei and the Dai affected that change, any of them could burn with fury.

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Motivations
Become High Ranking Officer
Glory to House
Glory to the Republic
Get Married

pre:
Dai Mei Zhen
Background: Intelligence Officer
Origin: Turncoat Scion
Level 1 Bureau of Intelligence Lieutenant (The Buddies/Blaster)

HP: 8/8, Speed 6
Buddy: 5/5, Speed 10

Move(At-Will): Hide
At-Will(Attack): Team Attack(Enervating, Scary), Recall Buddy, We Are One, Command Buddy
Role(At-Will): Terrain(3x3 Obscure)
Encounter(Attack): Boosted Buddy(Enervating, Scary)
Encounter(Trigger): Consistent Attack
Passive: Multi-target, Stealthy

Kit: Gunslinger
Dueling, Always Carry A Spare

Skills
Military Training
Stealth
Investigation
Intimidation
Animal Handling
Marksmanship
Connections(Military)
Wealth(2)

Tricks
Code Breaker
Can shakedown anyone of lower authority

Complications
Spoiled
Anemia


Level 2

Doomykins fucked around with this message at 04:18 on Jan 4, 2019

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