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Player Name: Kiku
Contact:

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Invited by: I'm in your walls, I will never leave.
Other Characters: Dante, Furina de Fontaine, Jing Yuan, Mollymauk Tealeaf, Mydeimos

Character Name: Yixuan
Canon: Zenless Zone Zero
Canon History: Here

Canon Personality:

─ Yixuan comes off as an incredibly wise and calm woman, unbothered by practically everything that comes by her. Her approach to teaching is casual believing that, despite what the books may say, one cannot simply define the "right path" or how to get to it. She believes that her disciples must find their way to their "right path" on their own, without her guiding hand. She prefers to let things unfold naturally, only stepping in if it is absolutely necessary.

─ She is confident in what she does; be it teaching her disciples, taking down ethereals, or providing mystical help to those who think themselves cursed by a wicked spirit refusing to let them sleep. Any doubts that may creep their way into her mind are never shown and are kept under lock and key.

─ Yixuan is very protective over the people she takes into her care. While she is happy to allow things to unfold naturally and for her disciples to find their own way to the "right path", should they find themselves in danger she is quick to act. She will fight to the end to protect those cares about, and if she isn't able to fight to protect them? She will work herself to the bone in an effort to support them in any way she can.

─ Despite being a master of the mystic arts she is actually quite practical, often providing practical solutions to people's problems when applicable. Usually the simplest solutions are the best and if those aren't acceptable? Well, Yixuan is good at reading people and will tell them what they wish to hear in order to ensure their problems are resolved beneficially.

─ Sometimes she will say things just to tease those around her. Like casually talking about being able to talk to plants with a straight face, or provide a fortune that is surprisingly insightful but turns out to be made up. She likes to keep those around her on her toes and guessing, one cannot fall into complacency.

AU Name: n/a
AU Age: 35
AU Birthday: December 3rd
Faction: Black Order

AU History:

Yixuan and her sister were orphans, living day by day with whatever they could scrounge up between each other. It wasn't an easy life but as long as they had each other neither of them minded. That is how things were until one day they were come across by a member of Yunkui Summit who immediately took the children in. It was no hidden secret that Yunkui Summit takes in children like them, clothing, feeding, and educating them until they are old enough to join the Summit themselves or find a family happy to take them in. All they had to do in return was chores around the temple and keep up with their studies. Yixuan and her sister excelled in their studies quickly being accepted as disciples of Yunkui Summit as the others around them slowly began to leave to better lives.

Those who remained were put through rigorous training, Yixuan and Yijiang were no exception. It was during those early days of training that Yixuan awoke to her past life's memories, in the midst of a particularly intense training session where her sister took up a sword against her. All at once Yixuan found herself back at that fateful day during the fall of the Old Capital, her sister wielding the immense power of Qingming Sword, unable to do anything but watch as it ripped her beloved sister away. Previously unseen power burst from her then, ink surging to block her sister's strike as a black bird soared above the air around them. It wouldn't be until later in life that Yixuan realized that this was the day that changed the projection of their lives.

The sisters grew much closer after that, Yixuan quick to tell her sister everything she saw, that she remembered spurring Yijiang into investigating Yunkui Summit out of fear that this one would follow in the same footsteps as the last. They went about their lives as normally as they could, even with the extra attention the current High Preceptor gave them, all the while digging into the place they called home for the majority of their lives. It was only some months after Yixuan awoke to her abilities that their master fell suddenly ill, age and health finally catching up with him. It was Yixuan and Yijiang who were asked to tend to him during his final moments, the old man naming Yijiang as the 12th High Preceptor of Yunkui Summit and revealing the terrible secret he had carried for all his long years; long ago the elders of Yunkui Summit had made a deal with a group by the name of Krusnik to supply them with children in return for financial aid.

The news almost broke the sisters, knowing that the children they grew up alongside who had all but disappeared hadn't found families outside of Yunkui Summit but were instead handed over to an unknown organization was sickening. Wracked with guilt, their dying master pleaded with them to forgive him for sitting idly for so long, for being unable to do anything to stop a practise that had been going on for so many years. Yijiang decided then and there, as their master took his last breath, to change Yunkui Summit from the inside out. She would tear out the rot that has taken root and make Yunkui Summit a sanctuary of peace and safety it is always supposed to be.

First order of business was to send Yixuan out to find out more about Krusnik and the children that were sent to them, by herself she had little chance in accomplishing this so Yixuan decided to seek out those who had the resources and connections; the Black Order. The information Yunkui Summit had on them wasn't flattering, however they had what she needed to further her and her sister's goals. All she would need to do is train and work her way up to become a full fledged Guardian. Between her own combat prowess, as well as her knowledge and skills in the more mystical artes Yixuan proved herself to be invaluable. This allowed her access to facilities that helped her find the children she has been looking for. Some that she did located she recommend for recruitment, believing it was safer for them within the Order itself than wandering the streets.

Just before the rebellion Yixuan received a message from her sister begging her to return to Yunkui Summit. A divination spoke of the incoming disaster that would spell the end of Yixuan were she to remain, so she left. By the time they became aware the rebellion was in full swing. It wasn't only the rebellion she recalled Yixuan back for, however, as her sister finally identified the elders responsible for practically selling orphans to Krusnik and needed her help in finally weeded them out for good. By the time the dust settled both within the Order and within Yunkui Summit, both organizations had eliminated the rot from within them and it was time to pick up the pieces and move forward. Yijiang encouraged her sister to return to the Black Order, insisting that her sister would be instrumental in helping guide the new leaders on their newly found path. Yixuan agreed not only because of her sister's words but because of her own desire to check on those she had helped bring into the Black Order.

So Yixuan determined to travel to Kaisou to return to the Order she had seemingly abandoned, determined to make certain the new leadership holds true to their new ideals as well as help any who had suffered by Krusnik's hands.

AU Personality Differences: Yixuan's personality is very similar to her canon personality! The only change there being not being saddened by her sister's death, as Yijiang is alive and well. She is saddened by her role in pulling the Krusnik kids into the Black Order and is determined to make amends for those actions.

Element: Light
Purchased Powers:

─ Magical Animal Companion, Medium | Qingming Bird (3 points)
─ Elemental Manipulation, Master | Auric Ink (4 points)
─ Canon Outfit | Summit of Clouds (2 points)
─ Conjure Illusions, Master (4 points)
─ Improved Physical Abilities, Enhanced Bulk | Strength, Reflexes, Speed (4 points)
─ Sense Presence, High (3 points)