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“Roots exist in all of us. Some are weak, others strong.”
“Roots exist in all of us. Some are weak, others strong.”
 _______________________________________________ P E R S O N A L D E T A I L S Name - Song Shi Titles - Shui Shan (水杉) Dawn Redwood Age - 23 Rank - First Class Allegiance - 茶花財團 | Camellia Consortium - | Appearance The most notable feature that stands out for Song isn’t her beauty or her grace but her silent disposition. This is mostly seen in the nature of her constantly keeping her eyes closed. Some interpret her to be blind while others think she has a condition that prevents her from looking at the sun. Of course, neither are true, and Song just prefers to see the world through her touch and the actions of others before passing judgment on a visual basis. With her heightened senses, it’s easier to walk around the world electively and essentially blind. However, this doesn’t mean she cannot see. There are times, albeit rare ones, where she will gaze upon others. Perhaps when she’s in the presence of those higher than her in rank, when facing opposition, or flooded with emotions she cannot seem to contain. Her iris’s are a fierce green that rival the evergreen surrounding the forests and flora. Her hair is very light and wispy, constantly on the verge of crashing down if not for her head piece. The color is reminiscent to an immature chestnut but appearing to fade to a lighter grey. She has a distinct red pattern starting from the eye ducts and encircling the eyes underneath across the bridge of her nose. No one knows what these markings mean, but again no one dare ask. Besides her heavenly regalia there’s not much to her. Her height is an average 167 cm accompanied by 63 kg of mass. Not an ounce of that is wasted on fat however. Knowing the art of acupuncture with intimate knowledge of health and the way muscles and the body react she keeps her body a well composed and curated temple. To complete her looks is a Jian she carries somewhere under her persons. Personality Like her art, Song is direct in her actions and words. She doesn’t feel the need to mince words or fill her sentences with contradictions that go against her teachings and own governance. She sees the world as a revolving door of qi and tries to emulate that direct flow mirrored in her actions and morales. Dancing around the issue, which at first was her speciality, seems to disrupt the flow and cause a multitude of chain reactions which are most unsavory. Hesitation is defeat. And so while her outward appearance is a gentle resonance with a mild manor and a softness to her movement and actions, she is still as forceful and direct as a flowing stream of water with no stopping. Like water, she can navigate obstacles and take shape to move past whatever is hindering her path. This doesn’t change when faced with an opponent or some kind of adversity. While she is direct, she is still a herald in compassion, teaching, and overall human interaction. Song wasn’t always like this. Her warm but silent aura was very diminished and opaque when she first started working. The ideal courtesan was someone who was docile, quite, and catered to the curt and aggressive customers they dealed with. This meant that Song was very passive and suffered from the inability to make up her mind or voice her actual concerns without forming an incoherent broken sentence. It wasn’t until she learned the arts of Jianghu that she was able to molt from that husk of her personality. History Song had a relatively easy life. Like most of the people who occupied her country, she was raised in a poor household. Not to the extremes where they were severely emaciated and had to reside themselves to anything that moved or fruited during specific seasons. It was far to say the were hovering the line between poverty and being invited to participate in society. This was mostly from the money gained by her mother. During the era of peace between the factions of Jianghu there was no necessity to fight and so the soldiers, martial artists, and the others of the same ilk found themselves idle and with time on hand. Having nothing in the way of entertainment outside of food and drink, saw the meteoric rise of the two mixed together with the newest flavor of 歌女. They go by many sobriquets, Sing-song girls, flower girls, courtesans what have you. While not exactly prostitutes, they were still a form of entertainer and sometimes concubines for wealthy men. Song was unsure of how or who trained her mother from an early age to be a Flower girl, but she excelled at it. She was proficient in instruments, singing, dancing, many a things except for being a ‘lover’. Of her peers she was considered a Shuyu (story teller) and was of the highest class of performer within the ranks. Eventually she saw her own rise and was able to secure a position as the mother or owner of her own establishment. She watched over many girls who had similar troubles as she. Around this time she met Song’s father. His life before her was and still is shrouded in much secrecy. Some speculate he was part of Wilted lotus and was a foreigner while others imagine he was just a nobody coming to pillage their lands. Either way they met and became married. Her father was injured, to the point he was unable to work due to his circumstances. This left her mother to be the bread winner and keep them and Song afloat. Eventually time would pass and Song herself would grow into a refined beauty almost like jade forged in the mountains. It could have been the mixture of genes from two different countries, but who could really say. Like her mother she would follow in her footsteps as being a flower girl. Yet instead of taking the name of a flower she chose a tree instead. She named herself after the native tree Shui Shan or Dawn Redwood. A tree though to be extinct but symbolizes wellness, safety, longevity, wisdom, and communication. The other girls simply saw this as arrogance or a desperate attempt to stand out and take business away seeing as she was the headmistresses kin. Regardless she worked her way up the ranks in a similar fashion as her mother. Expanding her roots and branches until she blossomed into the radiant tree she was named after. While she did enjoy working and providing for her family, the desire to be a flower girl began to waver. Her experiences with male patrons and that of her mothers left an unsettling taste in her mouth. She was starting to believe all men were beasts and only thought of war and drink. That was until she met him. A member of the Kongdong Pai (空洞派) clan who stopped by and requested her. He was gentle and compassionate without a farce. He had explained that a Great War was starting to take place that would shatter the peace. He was so intoxicated by her acrobatic abilities and intricate dances he proposed that he teach her a similar kind of dance. One that used your fingers to dance, but not on the ground, instead, a human body. In their time together he would constantly arrive at the 茶花財團 Camellia Consortium, the establishment her mom had created and housed her girls in. They would share stories, although she had few in comparison, tea, and Jianghu. She didn’t know it was Jianghu at first, but the way Yide could explore the human body and relieve its ailments was incredible. This was when she became a practitioner of acupuncture and pressure point martial arts (Kyusho Jitsu). After a few months she could run her fingers along bodies with her eyes closed and find the ailment, exorcise it, healing the person within. Her final test being that of her father, who she was able to remove the disease plaguing him from walking once more. It was after that the two fell in love and were set to become married. They planned while also practicing martial arts and sword play in addition to the pressure points. Until, Yide was called away to take part in the War a few days before they were to wed. Like all tragic tales this one is no less painful, especially for Song. Yide had died in the war or so she was led to believe. This tragedy crushed her, but instead of reserving herself back into that helpless girl she gave birth to a new tenacity. She would rely on no one else but herself and use the love and tools Yide gave her to find justice and stomp out any remnants of the war that would perpetuate the vicious cycle that’s plaguing her country, even if that meant she take the responsibility on by herself. Other Information Song is ambidextrous in both combat and non-combat instances. |
Cultivation Base
Body Enhancements
Techniques
Equipment
Most of Song’s cultivation is derived from teachings and a basis from Yide and his affiliation with the Yuán Clan. Song is able to use the spiritual ability shared with herself of the Yuán Clan to create qi. The way Song’s qi manifests in no elements outside the marriage of Yin and Yang. Int this she’s manipulate her qi and the use of pressure points to create a ‘supernatural’ healing effect. Meaning she can heal cuts, wounds, broken bones, damage inflicted by other more advanced cultivation techniques from other practitioners and the such. It can also augment and endow people with enhancements or ‘buffs’ in their martial arts whether that means they feel no pain or fully open the pressure points to allow peak strength and movement.
She calls her technique “Heavenly Dance of the Crane and Viper”. The crane symbolizing longevity and life lends itself to her healing applications meanwhile the Viper encapsulates the marital arts and poison qi application. Like the viper she can create a venom within her body by molding the qi within and around her. This venom poses no threat to her but simply sits within her until she can inject it via pressure points into someone else. The poison once it takes root, will travel and block pressure points and act in the same way snake venom does when coursing through the human body. While she does have poison she forms with qi the poison is always different in assemblage like a cone snail. Not any one poison she injects is the same as the one before, thus creating no antidote.
She does not need to form the poison through her qi it is simply the most efficient way. Using herbal concoctions and coating them on her finger is another application that is more natural than spiritual with lesser effects and easier defense. Song also knows the 20 pressure points that compromise a majority of the teachings.
She calls her technique “Heavenly Dance of the Crane and Viper”. The crane symbolizing longevity and life lends itself to her healing applications meanwhile the Viper encapsulates the marital arts and poison qi application. Like the viper she can create a venom within her body by molding the qi within and around her. This venom poses no threat to her but simply sits within her until she can inject it via pressure points into someone else. The poison once it takes root, will travel and block pressure points and act in the same way snake venom does when coursing through the human body. While she does have poison she forms with qi the poison is always different in assemblage like a cone snail. Not any one poison she injects is the same as the one before, thus creating no antidote.
She does not need to form the poison through her qi it is simply the most efficient way. Using herbal concoctions and coating them on her finger is another application that is more natural than spiritual with lesser effects and easier defense. Song also knows the 20 pressure points that compromise a majority of the teachings.
Body Enhancements
- Enhanced Senses - The only senses really enhanced here are her sense of touch and sound. Sound mostly to aid in her ability to perceive the world outside of sight and touch which she’s honed through her skill of acupuncture and affinity for physical prowess.
- Acrobatic Expert - From her time as a Flower girl and training in martial arts, Song has been able to elevate her affinity for acrobatics. Meaning she is able to stay perfectly balanced in precarious situations which would normally see others fall. This also allows her to attempt and succeed in a variety of stunts such as rolls and dives. Much like running water she can move in ways that the human body shouldn’t be able to exist at.
Techniques
- Viper Sting - Song can mold and create a poison through the manifestation of negative qi. Once created she can inject eh qi through the utilization of pressure points to inject the opponent. The poison will block pressure points, paralyze parts of the body in which struck, and increase intensity of pain felt from subsequent attacks.
- Needle - Rather than using a needle like a regular acupuncturist, Song can accumulate qi into the tips of her fingers to create a needle-like aura around the tips of her fingers to emulate and mimic a real needle.
- Crane’s Roost - Similar to how a crane will roost to keep body temperature at equilibrium by switching feet. Song will heal herself through acupuncture to revert herself to a state in which she is at peak performance.
Equipment
- Standard Jian - Nothing really special just a normal sword.
. Even to the point where I think about going back to good ole, reliable Altered Tundra (without the space because the Guild's coding around usernames is weird). But at the same time, I feel like I've become fully comfortable in my new identity.