Princess Vania Natharshan
Xinu of the West Tempest Pagoda
Wong of the Yü
Five Winds Pagoda
Hsien-tsu of the Chu-ih-yu
Advisor of the Court of Emerald Eyes
Description
Hotei
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 135 lb.
Ethnicity: Indian
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Long simple black
Clothing: White and gold business formal or ethnic
Comportment/Cadence: Confident
Distinctions: A fabulously beautiful woman of Indian heritage, her statuesque pride is matched only by a mercurial grace befitting royalty
Supernatural Qualities: Though striking, many are quick to forget her passage
Accoutrements: Moderate jewelry
Traits: Appearance 5 (exotic); Style 3; Pakua 1
Wani
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 145 lb.
Eyes: White
Hair: Long simple white
Clothing: White silk ethnic (sari)
Supernatural Qualities: In her true form, the Chu-ih-yu flares blinding white, like the sun reflecting off a platinum monument; her skin takes on a silver sheen and her beauty commands a halo of elemental might that only burns unbearably when an enemy provokes the Mask of Shintai); so awesome is the kamuii that many soon forget unconsciously her appearance
Traits: Appearance 5 (exotic); Pakua 1
Kalaripayat is the mother of all martial arts and I would be honored to demonstrate the veracity of my claim.
History
Date of Birth: October 12th, 1983
Home: Chandil, Jharkhand, India
Family: Gour and Bhavna Natharshan (parents), Jaya (older sister)
Kun Shou: Personal Tragedy (she grew up in a small town in the Chandil Block of eastern India, a town divided almost evenly along religious lines between Hindu, Buddhist, and Muslim; her father was a local magistrate and peacekeeper and taught her to uphold such principles; he also taught her kalaripayat for defense; but despite his principles and skill, he was killed during a particularly heated dispute; she followed his footsteps when she grew old enough, and nearly experienced the same fate, save that she survived and awoke in a hospital in Jamshedpur with a Chu-ih-yu soul now inhabiting the young woman), 1999
Mentor: Dipesh Das
The Test: Trial by Influence (though the Yü were rare anywhere in Asia, and especially so in India, they looked after their own, and Vania 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 Eight White Leopards)
Comrades: Nitta Kaede, Khat Kanya, Zhen Heng, Ki Bo-Ra, Nekoko
Key Event #1: Awe & Wonder (Vania settled into court life, enjoying the privileges of royalty, but never neglecting her mortal father's wisdom: she honed her martial arts mastery and earned a reputation as one of the most fearsome fighters in South Asia; she laid out even the toughest mhuy thai challengers from further east)
Key Event #2: Treachery (her adjudication duties from her mortal life transferred to hsien life, but instead of religious divides, she dealt with differences between Western and Eastern vampires encroaching on each other's lands; more than once, disputes erupted into combat, and she was forced to summon Wu Tan and elemental allies to repel the belligerents)
Transition: Reassignment (her old teacher bestowed a mysterious white feather of power upon her; it tugged her to leave the city 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)
Remembrance
Magnitude: Less than a century
Details: Vania 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 ugly riots and civil war-like strife of Partition.
Jade Talismans
White (**)
Appearance: Inlaid into a gold and platinum diadem like a third eye
Origin: Gift
Auspicious Treasures
White Plume of the Five Fires Fan
Appearance: A white 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 Tieh 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
Fortunes Favored
Style: Martial Arts
Examples: Get limber, fighting pose, ojas focus, prana
Significant Others
Names: Nitta Kaede, Khat Kanya, Zhen Heng, Ki Bo-Ra, Nekoko, 2012
Nature: Companionship
Kaede
Kanya
Bo-Ra
Heng
Nekoko
Weakness
Westerlies
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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