Vampire: the Middle Kingdom - MrGone's Character Sheets

Zhong Lung Magistrate
A majestic dragon from early ages, a remnant of a purer time when abundant Chi and Heaven's Favor graced the Middle
Kingdom. Though not a Dragon King of legend, this character is nonetheless awe-inspiring, an older lady of regal bearing even in her
full human form. She holds the position of elder in the Beast Courts, and is revered and defended by her hengeyokai kin. Rarely does a
Zhong Lung abide the presence of Kuei-jin, though the magistrate might grant an audience to those that show the proper respect.
Talking to this elder Middle Dragon is an honor, and most illuminating, for she can tap into the racial memory of her people and recall
events from the earlier Ages. Her wrath is terrible; the Zhong Lung can take the form of a thirty-foot dragon with a sinuous, serpentine
body, azure scales and blazing eyes. Her more mundane animal form is that of a crocodile.
Nature/Demeanor: Architect/Autocrat
Auspice (Direction): Center
Attributes: Int 4, Wit 3, Res 4; Str 3 (8/6), Dex 2 (2/1), Sta 3 (7/6); Prs 4, Man 3, Com 4
Skills: Animal Ken 2, Athletics (swimming) 2, Brawl 2, Empathy 3, Expression 2, Intimidation (awe) 3, Occult 4, Persuasion
4, Politics (Beast Courts) 4, Socialize 4, Subterfuge 2, Weaponry 2 (naganata)
Merits: Fast Reflexes 2; Horoscope 3; Inspiring; Nushi 5; Resources 4; Rituals 4; Status (Beast Courts) 4
Virtues: Yin 5, Yang 5, P'o 4, Hun 5
Equivalent Disciplines: Black Wind 2, Blood Shintai 3, Demon Shintai 7 (Str +5/+3, Dex +0/-1, Sta +4/+3, Demon Armor
(x1), Horror, Maw, Natural Weapons, Huge Size (x 2!), Tail), Dragon Tears 4 (Hun arts only), Internalize 2, Jade Shintai 4, Obligation
5, Tapestry 3, Yang Prana 5 (Semblance of the Scarlet Queen only)
Other Stats: Size 5 (9/7), Initiative 8 (8/7), Defense 2 (2/1), Health 8 (16/13), Speed 11 (20/swm 21), Willpower 8
Chi: 8 (3/turn), Demon Chi 4
Equipment: Ceremonial dress and robe.
Hsien: the Little Gods
Info on hsien in a Kuei-jin context is given on pgs. 208-209 of Kindred of the East, though I can't recommend Land of Eight
Million Dreams enough if you can find a copy.
Virtues: Hun, Yin and Yang are central to the Little Gods – things that are subtle to mortals (like prayers) are epic affairs for
hsien. Yin and Yang measure not only indicate their personality and behavior, but combine to form their Yugen (Chi) totals. Hun
measures changelings' fidelity to their roles as benefactor and answerers of prayers, and that Virtue serves as a rough rank within their
society.
Combat: While gods, the Shinma are trapped in mortal bodies and suffer the weaknesses therein. Luckily, they can spend
Yugen to speed up the healing process, with each point spent restoring two bashing points of Health damage or one lethal. Hsien suffer
aggravated damage from jade wielded against them, though they can handle and use items made from that substance without harm.
Forms: Most of the time, the hsien are locked in their mortal bodies (the hotei form), and find it difficult to access their
divine powers (-1 to related die pools). When changelings assume their divine wani forms (either a divine elemental or god-animal
hybrid), they have full access to their elemental magics; by spending three Yugen, a Shinma in wani form can don the Mask of Shintai
to frighten opponents with terrible majesty (treat as Thousand Hell Stare, Cultivation 4). The hirayanu (beast-hsien) also have a full
animal form, similar in this regard to the hengeyokai. Any form change costs one point of Yugen. In the stat blocks below, any changes
from the wani form are listed in parentheses; hirayanu animal form stats are given in a third listing, behind the slash.
Yugen (Chi): The Little Gods refine and use “Golden Chi” also called Yugen, which combines elements of both Yin and
Yang – it is, in fact, an echo the unified energy of the primordial First Age. Yugen is used to power all effects, including those that
normally would call for Demon Chi (which hsien don't have).
Yugen is potent, and is very addictive for the Wan Kuei. It doesn't occupy “space” in a vampire, and so doesn't count toward
the amount of Chi she has in her body for purposes of maximums or imbalance. It can be used in place of either Yin or Yang Chi. A
gold-cycled Kuei-jin (one that uses Yugen to animate his body) remains active for a week as if he were black cycled, but suffers no
Social Roll penalties ala scarlet cycle. More tempting than all this is the euphoria Hungry Demons feel when gold-cycled, a joyous
and manic experience in which Moments of Den occur frequently... though that enlightenment disappears in a soul-crushing crash
when the Yugen runs out. The fact that some Cathayans – known derisively as Golden Mandarins – actively hunt the Little Gods for
their Yugen, plus the fact the Wan Xian were responsible for the Shinma being cast out of Heaven, means there's a great deal of
enmity between the two.
There's more on Yugen junkies and vampires' poor relations with the hsien in Dharma Book: Devil Tigers, pgs. 48-49.
Chu Jung Activist
This kamuii (hsien noble) ironically came to inhabit the body of a low-caste Indian girl that died in a house fire set by a
Kshatriyas band seeking to put upstart Untouchables in their place. The goddess, freshly incarnated, assumed the Mask of Shintai,
turned the flames against the arsonists, and promptly devoted herself to destroying the caste system that oppressed her host..
Since the Chu Jung took the young woman's body eight years ago, she has become something of a counterculture diva in
Kanpur, inspiring many dilettante radicals as well as a small core militant group. However, her passion for conflict is eclipsing her
cause, and she's increasingly willing to sacrifice others for the good of her many causes... unwittingly becoming as corrupt and unfeeling