Baifa Monü Zhuan
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- Role: The Kenshi field commander of the Burakkugādo.
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- Age: Late 40s
- Force Sensitivity: Untrained Force Sensitive
- Species: Atrisia/Human
- Appearance:
- Tall and possessing a commanding, athletic build that speaks of a lifetime of discipline and combat, she carries an air of porcelain-like stillness that belies a lethal, economical grace. Her age shows not in frailty, but in the sharp, severe geometry of her features and the intensely focused dark eyes that never cease their scanning. She wears her obsidian hair in a high, elegant topknot reminiscent of a royal courtier, secured by ornate gold pins and hanging jade talismans that contrast sharply with the functional brutality of her gear.
Her attire is Burakkugādo armor, a masterpiece of interlocking matte-black plates reinforced with gold-filigree trim and a high, rigid collar. A gold-embossed dragon coils across her chest piece, marking her rank, while a wide, blood-red silken sash cinches her waist and trails behind her like a crimson shadow. She is a practitioner of the dual-blade style, wielding two precision-engineered katanas with matching red hilt-wrappings that she holds with a relaxed, ready-to-strike grip. On the inside of her left wrist, hidden beneath the cuff of her tactical sleeve, remains the faded, ghostly scar of an old plasma burn
- Tall and possessing a commanding, athletic build that speaks of a lifetime of discipline and combat, she carries an air of porcelain-like stillness that belies a lethal, economical grace. Her age shows not in frailty, but in the sharp, severe geometry of her features and the intensely focused dark eyes that never cease their scanning. She wears her obsidian hair in a high, elegant topknot reminiscent of a royal courtier, secured by ornate gold pins and hanging jade talismans that contrast sharply with the functional brutality of her gear.
- Name: Kenshi Hoshi
- Loyalties: Atrisian Commonwealth/Burakkugādo
- Wealth: High: As a full-time member of the Burakkugādo, she draws a stipend that she largely saves living at the Great Wall.
- Notable Possessions:
- Skills:
- Master Tactician & Strategist: Expert in small-unit tactics, particularly for combating asymmetric, non-conventional threats.
- Jar'kai Master: A consummate duelist, specializing in the two-sword fighting style of her people.
- Indomitable Will: Her greatest asset is her immense mental fortitude, allowing her to lead from the front in the most psychologically corrosive environments.
- Interrogator: Highly skilled at extracting information, using a combination of psychological pressure and an unnerving, calm presence.
- Languages: Atrisian (Fluent), Basic (Fluent, with a distinct Atrisian accent).
- Personality: Hoshi is the living embodiment of the Burakkugādo's creed: lawful, good, and brutal. Her morality is absolute in its defense of Atrisia but flexible in its methods. She is pragmatic to a fault, viewing sacrifice and harsh actions as simple arithmetic necessary for the greater good. She is calm, controlled, and speaks with a quiet intensity that carries more weight than a shout. While not cruel, she is utterly devoid of sentimentality when on a mission. Off-duty, she is a contemplative and distant mentor, often seen maintaining her blades with ritualistic care. She carries the "ash" of her many losses with a solemn dignity.
- Weapon of Choice: Jar'kai Blades, Tactical Command.
- Combat Function: Hoshi is a commander first. She directs from a forward position, using her experience to identify threats and weaknesses that others would miss. In direct combat, she is a precision instrument, using her Jar'kai mastery to eliminate high-priority targets with swift, decisive strikes. She is not a brawler; she is a duelist and a strategist who ends fights quickly and efficiently.
- Force Abilities: As an Untrained Force Sensitive, she possesses no active Force powers. However, her latent sensitivity manifests almost exclusively as an immense natural fortress of the mind. This is the core trait for which she was chosen for the Burakkugādo. She possesses a preternatural resistance to mental intrusion, Dark Side influence/manipulation and despair.
- Unshakeable Resolve: Hoshi's will is her bedrock. Fear, doubt, and Dark Side influence break against her mental shields like water on stone. This makes her an anchor for her subordinates in the face of unspeakable horrors.
- Pragmatic Brutality: She does not hesitate. If a situation requires the destruction of a possessed asset, the sacrifice of a position, or the lethal elimination of a corrupted individual, she gives the order without flinching. This removes moral ambiguity from the field and ensures mission success.
- The Weight of Ash: The cumulative trauma of her career has left her emotionally isolated and struggling to connect with anything outside her duty. She sees people and places as assets and battlefields, which can make her seem cold and inhuman.
- A Scalpel, Not a Sword: Her skills are specialized for fighting specific, unnatural threats. In a conventional large-scale battle or against an enemy that does not rely on psychological warfare or Dark Side corruption, she loses much of her tactical edge and is simply a highly skilled soldier.
Hoshi was a young officer in the Imperial Atrisian Army during the initial attacks by the One Sith. She witnessed firsthand the failure of conventional warfare against the terrors the Sith unleashed. It was in these early, chaotic battles that she met Kaya, a sharp-witted communications officer whose calm humor was a beacon in the darkness. Their friendship, forged in fire and survival, slowly deepened into something more a quiet, fierce love that became their secret sanctuary from the war. The simple silver ring was a promise, exchanged in a moment of stolen peace, a vow for a future they hoped to build.
This solace was shattered during a mission to sabotage a Sith ritual. Their unit was ambushed by Sithspawn. Kaya, ensuring a vital warning was transmitted, held a choke point alone. By the time Hoshi fought her way back, it was too late. She found Kaya's body, but the ring was gone, likely taken as a trophy by the enemy. Hoshi carried her out, the silence that day etching itself permanently onto her soul.
The loss did not break Hoshi; it annealed her. The woman who loved and dreamed was buried with Kaya, and the Kenshi was born from the ashes. It was this nascent, hardened resolve that caught the eye of the chamberlain who would found the Burakkugādo. Hoshi was among the very first recruited, one of the original "Ash-Born." She helped write the Black Creed through blood and trial, her personal mantra becoming "Your Death is a Tool," a stark reflection of Kaya's sacrifice.
Years later, during the cleanup of a Sith outpost, she found it in a discarded pile of trinkets: the silver ring. She has worn it under her armor ever since, a cold reminder of the cost of failure and the reason for her brutal pragmatism. The 12th Battle of Atrisia was her proving ground as a leader; it was her strategies and her unflinching command at Jar'kai that allowed the Burakkugādo to prove its worth on a planetary scale.
Now, as a Kenshi, she is the bridge between the First Generation and the new recruits. She trains the Junshi and Shinsei not just in combat, but in the grim mental discipline required to "Carry the Ash, Not the Shadow." She knows the war is not over; it has just moved into the shadows.