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Ling Li Zhen

Master of the Jian

Ronate Verlisi (Royal Guard)

Cild Cumae (Weapons Guardian)

Tasida Cild Archila (Former Weapons Mistress)

Living on the edge of the Han empire in China; Li Zhen's family had to fend for themselves, learning to protect themselves from Mongol attacks. The women of their village were almost as fierce as the men.

Following the Spice and Silk trade routes through the mountains, they learned the land very well. And the merchants who traveled the pass came to rely on the silent watches the people of the area provided, protecting them from bandits to Mongol hordes.

The shadow of the mountains were the hunting grounds for the villagers, living on crops alone their children would die of starvation. But there were always plenty of wild animals to provided meat and skins to keep the children fed and warm.

Chengdu, the closest city to them, was a bustling market filled with spices and silks, foreign goods and local merchandise. A place on the crossroads of all trade routes, there were always foreign merchants there selling their goods.

Ling Li Zhen, the daughter of a border lands hunter, learned the art of tracking and trapping early. Otherwise they would all have starved. The only child born to her parents, Li Zhen was never a good daughter. Never doing as she was bidden, always causing a stir; she liked it that way. Everyone took notice of her antics and put it down to her family being strange; anyone who chose to live so close to the mountain range had to have something wrong with them anyway.

But the mountain provided exactly what Li Zhen wanted, adventure. On an expedition up its vast slopes one day, she came across something she had never seen before. A small wooden hut, in the middle of a clearing. Ever curious, the adventurous adolescent entered the hut and found a small weather- beaten man sitting on the floor, his robes of blue giving him the look of an ancient scribe waiting for his master to give him something to write.

After a few inquiries as to who the man was, Li Zhen learned he was a martial arts master, who had been waiting for his newest pupil; her.

Several years passed and Li Zhen became a new person; the young woman was now a grown woman, as deadly as any man and sometimes even more so. When she returned to her village, she found that her family had thought her dead. Not wanting to cause them anymore pain, she joined a caravan that was traveling over the mountain pass and made her way west hoping to find somewhere she did belong; as her master had said she would. Warrior women who would accept her and treat her as a sister. Amazons, they called themselves; and Ling Li Zhen would not stop until she found them.

Standing at 5 foot 7 inches, Li Zhen is tall for her people. Her training has left the right side of her face with a scar, reaching from near her ear to her chin, a faint line of white skin. Her silky, long black hair is pulled back in a high pony tail on her head and her slim form gives a false impression. Underneath her slim exterior lies the heart of a tiger and she'll rip out the heart of anyone who does her wrong.

Her deep brown eyes reveal little of what she is thinking and people find it hard to talk to her as she guards her words as well as she guards herself. Her weapon is the Jian which she has two of, both strapped to her back. A blade used by the most feared of warriors it is unwise to challenge Li Zhen to sword combat. Her martial arts skills rival that of any master.

Living in the snow capped mountains for so long, Li Zhen encountered many wild animals, none more frequently then the Snow Leopard. A sleek killer of incredible beauty and what her master called her Spirit Guide, her protector.

"He will always watch over you, Ling Li Zhen, you must always show respect to your Spirit Guide and never forget him." Her master had said as they watched one of these large cats stalk past them one day.

Urged on by her master's words and her totem's presence, Ling Li Zhen found the Warrior Women of Legend.

Li Zhen is master of the Jian but knows many weapons as well as skills without them. Her horse is named Arash. She speaks Chin. Her totem is the snow leopard.

Tae'Nah athelfi arche: 08 March 2004

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