Emperor Jian of Ching

Jian is a thin and somewhat agile man.

Jian has very light skin and very dark and waist-length hair.

JIan's face is somewhat effeminate. He doesn't like this and has been trying to grow facial hair with little success.

Jian wears elaborate robes with a lot of jewelry.

Jian carries a straight sword with him.

Jian war born into the royal house of the Ching Empire. He spent his childhood in the court as the Emperor's 7th born child. Being born to the emperor's second favorite concubine, he was in danger of assassination from the favorite concubine and those who were worried about their succession. Then, opportunity knocked. The vishkanyas, a race in control of the Southern regions of the Eastlands, threatened to invade Ching. To prevent this invasion, the emperor decided to give them a hostage. Jian's mother convinced the emperor to send him. Jian spent the next portion of his life among the vishkanyas. They taught him many things and he became as fascinated of them as he was cautious of them. He stayed with them until he was 16, when news came of the emperor's favorite concubine's assassination, as well as that of her sons, and the second favorite's execution for the crime. Some of the vishkanyas escorted him to the countryside where he hid for two more years until the emperor's death. The new emperor raised taxes heavily and secluded himself in his private city. 3 of his half-brothers used this as an opportunity to rebel. Jian went to one of those brothers and swore alligiance to him, bringing a vishkanya contingent to his army. They defeated another of the half-brothers and marched on the city, taking it. However, Jian's commander died in this battle. So, Jian declared himself emperor at the age of 19. Shortly after, the third half-brother was found dead in his camp. Jian's first act as emperor was to reduce the export tax on spices, gaining the support of the merchants. He then reduced tariffs on the vishkanyas to solidify their support. His next act was to appoint general Shanyang to a prestigious position in the bureaucracy, gaining the support of a large portion of the army and putting someone in place who could keep the bureaucracy in line. However, the nobility were displeased that Jian lowered taxes on spice exports, as it eroded their income, and that he was doing more business with the vishkanyas and they rose in rebellion. This revolt was swiftly put down by Shanyang. Afterwards, Jian had the families of every noble involved in the rebellion killed and appointed lower-ranking nobles and bureaucrats to take their place. That was one year ago. Jian is now 23 and is working on a new system of roads to increase trade. He is wary of the vishkanyas and has secretly been raising forces in the Southern regions.

Jian has chosen one concubine as his favorite and spends most of his free time with her and never sleeps with anyone else. This is loyalty to his nation, as multiple children from different concubines is what caused the last succession crisis.

Jian has some combat training, but most of his training involved politics, management, and infrastructure-building.

Jian took control of the empire from exile. He heavily increased trade within and without Ching. And he destroyed the families of the participants of a rebellion.

Jian is highly intelligent and very cunning. He is a capable administrator and is capable of being incredibly ruthless.

Jian believes that economics are the core of the nation. Trade within the nation and exports without the nation are essential for its prosperity. He also believes that stability is important and, as such, anyone who attacks the emperor is attacking the nation. As a result, they must be destroyed.

Jian's goal is to increase the prosperity of Ching. He saw a lot of pain and suffering in the war that made him emperor and wishes to prevent it from happening again.

Jian is good at poetry but very poor at xiangqi, a fact that he seeks to hide.

Jian likes beautiful things, but not beautiful humans. Beautiful humans remind him of his feminine features. As a result, women are required to wear veils in his presence and only in his presence.

Jian worships the gods and venerates his ancestors, but has a particular fondness of the dragon god Menzang, who is the patron god of Ching.

Jian is very good at finding out what people want and manipulating that. He is also very good at making veiled threats, but not direct threats due to his feminine features.

Jian is incredibly wealthy, with the coin of an empire at his back.