“You all bent to magic's will when it passed me over. But now the magic bends to mine.”
A Celestial-Hybrid from Shinra who conquers Harmura and declares herself Empress. Descendant of the ☵ Water Sanctum
Etymology: Zu + Dae (Korean “Great” “Big”) + Shi (Japanese “to govern, rule”). Purposely combining Korean and Japanese words for the political dissonance.
Significant EventsGoalsLineage & BodyPersonality Magical PowersInherent PowersStolen PowersRelationships
Significant Events
- Skipped Water Sanctum Heir: She is daughter of the one who was skipped
Goals
Believes she is the rightful heir to the ☵ Water Sanctum. She conquers all of Harmura as revenge. Tortures the current Water Master, Mulsae.
Believes she is supposed to be married to Garrick because they were formally betrothed. But he cancelled the engagement when he ascended to Sanctum Master.
Lineage & Body
Age: 429 (see Events), looks like late 30’s
Skin: Light bronze. Smattering of freckles across her cheeks. Freckles up both arms.
Build: Average height and lithe
Hair: Extra long wavy black hair with bright yellow streaks
Eyes: Crystal blue
Nails: Extra long yellow talon nails
Empowered state: Eyes glow bright blue, and veins around eyes and hands glow blue. Her nails glow bright yellow. The yellow highlights in her hair glow. Shimmering aura like heatwave that makes the air feel heavy.
Personality
Sadistic. Controlling.
Hexagram: Mountain over Water (Hex 4) Controlled depth and imposed stillness.
Culture: Raised in Shinra with a ☵ Water Sanctum mother
Body language: Embodiment of still, unshakable confidence. Smug satisfaction.
Hairstyle: Left down and meticulously well groomed. Tight bun when in battle.
Makeup: Full face of meticulously well done makeup.
Clothes: Meticulously tailored gowns that are predominantly black with yellow and blue accents.
Armor: Her armor fits like carved obsidian, sculpted to her body with minimal wasted weight. Elegance as cruelty. Every edge is sharpened, every angle calculated for control and menace. Gold veining: Inlaid like fault lines across her chest, hips, and gauntlets. Water-shaped flow: The underlayers (sleeves, flexible joints) shimmer like silk woven from black water. Mountain motifs: Stylized ridges at the shoulders like mountain spines, helmet crest shaped like a sheer cliff edge
Magical Powers
Inherent Powers
☶ Mountain Sanctum yang power: Force fields. Redirect energy. Drain energy.
☵ Water Sanctum yin power: Drain energy. Emotional corrosion, draining willpower.
Stolen Powers
Stole powers from 7 of the 8 sanctums (because the Master of the ☴ Wind Sanctum was lost). She has advanced power of the ☵ Water Sanctum and ☶ Mountain Sanctum and limited powers of the remaining five.
TODO: Outline stolen powers
Relationships
Mother: Zudaeshi’s Mother, Water over Water
Father: Unnamed Shinran military man, Mountain over Thunder (Hex. 62)
Siblings: ???
Garrick
Officially betrothed prior to the Mutual Sanctum Slaughter, then Garrick cancelled the engagement to Zudaeshi when he ascended to Sanctum Master. She believes their engagement ceremony linked them and therefore he is hers. She stalks him and any lovers he attempts to have.