Princess Nitta Kaede
Dongnu of the East Gale Pagoda

Wong of the Yü
Five Winds Pagoda
Hsien-tsu of the Hou-Chi
Advisor of the Court of Emerald Eyes

Description


Hotei
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 118 lb.
Ethnicity: East Asian
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Long simple black
Clothing: Black and white or red casual
Comportment/Cadence: Confident
Distinctions: This lovely young Japanese woman commands the grace of a willow tree and the smile of a bright dawn, lighting up the whole room with her quiet joy and understated gentility; when she does choose to speak, she usually says just the right thing
Supernatural Qualities: Though striking, many are quick to forget her passage
Accoutrements: Light jewelry
Traits: Appearance 5 (pretty); Style 2; Pakua 2; Perfect Protocol

Wani
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 145 lb.
Eyes: Green
Hair: Long wild black
Clothing: Green silk ethnic (kimono-yukata) or red silk fundoshi only
Supernatural Qualities: In her true form, the Hou-Chi glows with a burnished light like the first rays of dawn cresting the canopy of the forest; her skin darkens to a rich woodsy hue and her eyes gleam with the verdant power of the very forest, while her long hair flows around her as if caught in the first gusts of a typhoon, her elemental majesty soon quite apparent; so awesome is the kamuii that many soon forget unconsciously her appearance (especially after donning the Mask of Shintai)
Traits: Appearance 5 (pretty); Pakua 2; Perfect Protocol

“Shorinryu karate contains everything anyone would ever need to win any battle.”

History


Date of Birth: April 18th, 1984
Home: Tokashiki, Kerama Islands, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, Japan
Family: Nitta Isoshi and Aiko (parents), Naho (younger sister)
Kun Shou: Personal Tragedy (Kaede grew up in a farming village on an island not far from the Okinawan capital of Naha; while helping with the rice fields, her father also taught her the family Te, related to the Shorinryu style; in her teens, a freak tragic farming accident happened: a rice puddler jumped an unnoticed stone and broke the blades, sending one past Kaede's neck, a nearly fatal injury; she was hospitalized in Naha for trauma care and to watch for infections; she slipped in and out comas, during which time a Hou-Chi soul find its new home), 2000
Mentor: Lord Nishida Ukon
The Test: Trial by Influence (though the Yü were rare anywhere in Asia, they looked after their own, and Kaede was now the princess of their court; they helped her recuperate from her wounds and helped her remember who she had become; they taught her the basics of Shinma life and appointed her new, old, role within their Court of the Triple Crescent Moon)
Comrades: Vania Natharshan, Khat Kanya, Zhen Heng, Ki Bo-Ra, Nekoko
Key Event #1: Awe & Wonder (Kaede settled into court life, enjoying the privileges of royalty, but never neglecting her mortal father's wisdom: she honed her karate mastery, but she also transitioned to an urban life, giving up farming for traditional Okinawan dancing, which saddened her human family, but the Hou-Chi had to live her own way)
Key Event #2: War (hunting for Golden Chi, Kuei-jin began to harass and stalk hsien all over the islands; she helped her court drive them off, a banner heroine of this Shadow War; but after the dust settled, key Shinma earned death-marks from bitter vampires)
Transition: Reassignment (Lord Nishida bestowed a mysterious green feather of power upon her; it tugged her to leave the island and indeed the Middle Kingdom and seek its sister-feathers across the world; combined with the lingering dangers from angry vampires, the court directed her to seek out the answers abroad, leading her to Little Asia in Kansas City, where she found the other feather-bearers, as well as the mystic artifact fan to which the feathers connected, all also martial arts masters, and together they established the Five Winds Pagoda hui t'ung in association with the chi'n ta who held the fan; she's also opened a new traditional dance school here, with a couple young talented ladies to help instruction)

Remembrance


Magnitude: Less than a century
Details: Kaede was forced to rely on information from her courtmates to fill in vast gaps of her immortal life prior this reincarnation. She recalls only how she and the court did its best to hold the fort, so to speak, especially during the post-war eras after two world wars.

Jade Talismans


Green (***)
Appearance: A pocket-sized statuette of an uguiso (bush warbler)
Origin: Gift

Auspicious Treasures


Green Plume of the Five Fires Fan
Appearance: A green feather seemingly plucked from a bird-of-paradise, as indestructible as it is soft and pure
Origin: Gift
Effects: Keeping it on one's person counts as an automatic Fortune on any Lin Tan I Chih, otherwise it has no effect until/if reunited with the other feathers and fan base, and then anointed with a yet-unknown divine ritual to restore the full artifact's powers, the item known as the Wuhuo Qilingshan: the Five Fires Fan of Seven Plumes
Activation: none

Retinue


Names: Sadou Tamaki, Jessie Seyama
Roles: Spotters

Fortunes Favored


Style: Martial Arts
Examples: Get limber, chi focus, kata, fancy weaponry display, kiai

Significant Others


Names: Vania Natharshan, Khat Kanya, Zhen Heng, Ki Bo-Ra, Nekoko, 2012
Nature: Companionship

Vania



Kanya



Bo-Ra



Heng



Nekoko



Weakness
Easterlies


Her immortality and royalty have not saved her from being blown into an unknown tempest of destiny and doom. She must overcome a history of self-reliance and be willing to trust in her new companions.

Likelihood of Corruption

Very low.

She is extremely disciplined and principled and has gathered into mighty allies.

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