Work in Progress Yeon Jumong

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➴➵➶ Basic Information➴➵➶
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Full Name: Jumong Yeon
Heritage: Heiyan Sihai

➵ Lunar Shift: Magpie​

Age: 27

➵ Born: 8/4​

Gender: Male
Religon: Draconism

➵ Patron: Serevena​

Occult: N/A
Character Occupation:

➵ Main: Accountant
➵ Secondary: Mercenary​

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Eye Color: Faded Brown
Skin Color: Pale Tones
Hair: Brown, styled in a bun.
Height: 183 cm
Body Type: Athletic, imagine a (soccer) football player
Additional Features: A Gat. (Hat)

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➴➵➶ Skill Information➴➵➶
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Languages Proficiencies Mechanics

• Wai-lan (Most fluent) 10/10
  Jin (Native language) 8/10
  Common (Learned) 7/10
  
• Constitution: 1
  
  ➵ Fortitude​
  Dexterity: 7
  
  ➵ Ranger Tag
  ➵ Ranger Evade
  ➵ Ranger Entrapment
  ➵ Roguery | Sharp Reflexes
  ➵ Roguery | Close Save
  ➵ Roguery | Smokescreen
  ➵ Roguery | Fate's Wheel​
  Wisdom: 5
  
  ➵ Chem | Technique Parry
  ➵ Chem Purge
  ➵ Aria of Distorting
  ➵ Aria of Harming
  ➵ Elergy of Foreboding​
  Charisma: 2
  
  ➵ Fiscal Presence Pack
  ➵ Fame Presence Pack​
• ➵ Sihai can telekinetically move, reshape, recolor, and restructure Jade with their mind. They can also turn any crystal-like substance or noble metal into Jade.
  ➵ Sihai can read the position of the stars anywhere telepathically, allowing them to know exactly where in the world they are at any time, even during daylight.
  ➵ Sihai can enter a trance-sleep, enveloping themselves in a hard shell of jade in a tranquil state, unable to be acted upon or to act, only freed with the touch of a friend.
  ➵ Sihai may receive calamity visions during pivotal choice moments in Staff Events (Private Message to DM to discuss opportunities) that may warn from bad decisions.
  ➵ Sihai weapons, when channeled with the powers of the Loong Dragons (out of Combat only) can cut through any material, including objects, doors, gates, but not solid walls.
  

Backstory Plothooks

• Spoiler: Yeora

  The Kingdom of Yeora once existed in the northeastern part of Hei-yan. Originating from the warrior-chiefs of Mount Baegun and their tribal confederation, Yeora expanded by subjugating the Dalmaek, Baram, and Heungho peoples, consolidating power through strategic cities like Namsudang. While some southern polities like the Marak Confederation maintained independence, many became tributary states.
  
  These sets of capital allowed the system to control trade routes and field large armies of horsemen, securing its dominance in the local area for centuries.
  
  The arrival of Sheng colonialists reshaped Hei-yan's political landscape. The Sheng gradually expanded their control through political marriages, trade agreements, and military pressure. As conflicts with Yeora intensified, factional struggles weakened the confederation's response.
  
  Yeora's rulers responded to Sheng expansion with mixed strategies. Some, like King Chae Munjamyeoung, pursued cautious diplomacy, attempting to secure alliances and trade pacts while fortifying border defenses. Others, such as King Chae Somunjik, led military campaigns to push back against colonial encroachment. However, internal divisions within Yeora's court weakened its response. Factional struggles between pro-diplomacy nobles and hardline military leaders stalled decisive action, allowing the Sheng to continue expanding their control.
  
  A militant uprising led by a court official Yeon Baekjin attempted to resist Sheng encroachment but ultimately failed, leading to the decisive fall of Yeora at Namsudang.
  
  Despite Sheng's centuries-long dominance, remnants of Hei-yan's old cultures persist. Some noble families and isolated villages continue using native languages, albeit heavily influenced by Wai-lan, the common tongue derived from Sheng settlers. Displaced peoples from former kingdoms still roam the Jade Sea and Hei-yan's steppes, holding onto fragments of their history.
  Spoiler: Namjin

  Namjin rose from a confederation of southern tribes, uniting under a sacred monarchy that claimed divine legitimacy. Rooted in spiritual governance and disciplined bureaucracy, Namjin's rulers positioned themselves as both sovereigns and spiritual stewards, overseeing vast temple complexes and intricate court rituals.
  
  Unlike other Hei-yan kingdoms, which relied on shifting alliances, Namjin cultivated a stable aristocracy, where noble houses administered provinces under a strict hierarchy. Its capital, Geumhyeong, became the heart of Hei-yan's intellectual and religious life, attracting scholars, monks, and artisans who refined Namjin's distinct culture. Poetry, music, and ceremonial dance flourished, while the elite Hwaryeon warriors balanced martial prowess with scholarly discipline.
  
  Namjin maintained its independence through diplomacy and a well-trained military but gradually aligned itself with the rising Sheng Empire, seeing adaptation as a means of survival. This strategy allowed Namjin to maintain autonomy longer than Yeora, but at a cost—Sheng influence crept into its administration, customs, and politics. Internal struggles emerged between traditionalists and those who embraced Sheng reforms, weakening Namjin's sovereignty. Eventually, its monarchy was absorbed into the Sheng imperial structure, its noble families repurposed into colonial administrators. Though its kingdom vanished, Namjin's culture endured, its traditions lingering in aristocratic circles and ceremonial practices, persisting as a ghost of its former grandeur.
  
  A Child of Two Stubborn Ghosts
  
  Jumong was raised between these two unyielding worlds—one side still preparing for a war that will never come, the other clinging to traditions no one else follows. Both expect him to carry their legacy, even though the rest of Hei-yan has already moved on.
  
  To the Yeons, he should be a warrior, inheritor of Yeora's fire, trained to fight even if there is no battlefield left for him. To his mother's family, he should be a dignitary, carrying himself with the grace of Namjin's lost court, ensuring that its customs live on, even if they no longer hold any power. Yet, neither side can change the simple truth—the world has already forgotten the struggle they refuse to let go of.
  
  Jumong walks a world where Yeora and Namjin exist only in ruins, old texts, and the stubbornness of families who refuse to be erased. The empires that crushed his ancestors are gone, new rulers have risen, and yet his bloodline still fights battles long settled. Whether he embraces their old grudges or steps beyond them is a choice only he can make.
  
  

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  ➵ The Yeon Family
  The Yeon family, descendants of Yeon Baekjin, still see themselves as the rightful inheritors of Yeora's militant legacy. Their exile has stretched across generations, but they have never allowed themselves to forget. Even as the cities they once ruled have changed names and new powers govern Hei-yan, the Yeons pass down old military doctrines, battle hymns, and the belief that their fall was not a failure, but a betrayal.
  
  Generations of Yeons have carved out lives in Buyeon, integrating into its warlike mercantile class but never fully belonging. They have served as warriors, privateers, and military advisors, teaching their children the way of the sword as if war might erupt at any moment—even though the war they lost ended lifetimes ago. Jumong's father, like his ancestors, still trains as if he might march back to a kingdom that no longer exists, still speaks of Yeora's fall as if it were yesterday. Though the Yeons have adapted, thriving in their new roles, they refuse to accept that Yeora is truly gone.
  
  His father used to take Jumong to visit the tribes on the Jade Sea. To see what was.
  
  ➵ The Gang Family
  Jumong's mother's family, in contrast, was never exiled; they were simply absorbed. Namjin's nobility faded not through destruction, but through assimilation. And yet, rather than become part of the new world, they chose to preserve what they could, transforming their homes into living museums of Namjin's past. Even in Daedo, where mainland influence has long swallowed the island's independence, Jumong's maternal family still follows Namjin courtly traditions, dressing and speaking as if they were still ruling a kingdom, long after anyone remembers who they were supposed to be.
  
  To them, Namjin's survival is not about reclaiming land, but maintaining the dignity of their customs. They refuse to allow their culture to be erased, even though their traditions are increasingly out of place in a world that has forgotten their significance. In a city where modern trade has long replaced old rituals, they still hold ceremonies, preserve ancient texts, and teach their children the etiquette of a vanished court. Even as Daedo itself has been pulled into the mainland, becoming more a part of the empire than an island of its own, Jumong's maternal family still lives as if Namjin's fall never happened.

 

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