Che En Lin

==History==
A self-made businesswoman in Beijing before the Human-Vannai War, Che En Lin secured herself a Suit and through careful maneuvering avoided forced conscription into the government's impromptu and ill-fated Pilot corps. As the situation in China worsened with increasingly powerful enemies appearing and responses becoming less organized, Che decided to escape to the eastern deserts with a rather large entourage of family, friends, and assorted allies and followers.
Outside of the structures of modern society, Che En Lin only proved even more capable and crafty, ascending to the top of local ad hoc power structures through careful wit and cunning, accumulating a rather large contingent of runaway Pilots that, like herself, felt their lives would be wasted fighting in the heartland. Despite now boasting a rather large and powerful personal army, her focus on political intrigue and personal diplomacy often left her in shorter standing compared to individuals of similar stature with far greater charisma and battle prowess. From the eyes of her frugally-living followers, her actions often seemed vain, frivolous and unnecessary. Indeed, among all the Warlords of what would become the Survivalists Coalition, Che En Lin embraced the role of self-stylized nobility quickest and most naturally. She was known as a severe woman who demanded respect and saw few as her equal, if anyone. 
Hoping to improve her standing within the Survivalists Coalition, Chen En Lin arranged a marriage between her younger cousin Che Mu Xin and the son of Chang Jian, Chang Xing. When Mu Xin made her displeasure with the arrangement as a violation of her autonomy clear, En Lin physically abused her younger cousin until she relented, causing Mu Xin to plot to poison her and the rest of the Che family during the wedding ceremony. Che En Lin would barely survive the poisoning attempt thanks to her Pilot enhancements, but would be left by ACC to face an angry mob of servants incensed by recent actions of the Axe Gang Bandits weakened, alone, and without her Suit.
Despite being left for dead, Che En Lin would manage to escape with her life and retreat to a small island in the South China Sea once owned by a past suitor, where she would slowly rebuild her power base from hiding, eventually forming the Black Dragon Bandits group. Intending to eventually reveal herself as the last remaining warlord from the now defunct Survivalists Coalition and challenge Emperor Huang He Jun, she attempted to recruit Pilots to her cause to act as her generals. Unfortunately, the Pilots were highly confused by the simple tournament scheme she had hatched and instead attacked Che directly only shortly after the recruitment tournament started. Engaging Hanse Behörde Pilot Indigo and Black Lancer simultaneously, she exhibited various superhuman capabilities seemingly without utilizing her Suit that allowed to her fight both Pilots at brief parity, such as extreme speed, strength, and regeneration, hinted at by a more youthful appearance compared to when she was seen at the wedding the year prior. Claiming to be immortal, she was disabled from behind by Feycraft/Feycraft's AI and once again left for dead as the island was bombarded.
Against the odds, Che En Lin would yet continue to live, her mysterious vitality booster keeping her alive for a handful of days enough for an inquiry mission from the Japanese Empire to locate her island, possibly with the aid of a tip from an anonymous Pilot. Curious about what was assumed to be a plot hatched by renegade officers to steal and distribute Imperial Science Academy technology to a group of Chinese bandits, Major Takamitsu Nakagawa personally investigated the island, his interest also piqued by the testimony of the bandit leader's superhuman abilities.
Taking the half-dead Che back to Korea, Nakagawa was disappointed to find that by the time she had fully recovered, Che largely no longer possessed any of the fantastic abilities she supposedly once had. Determined to get some use out of her, Nakagawa recognized her former fame and offered her a choice between a very drawn out, painful and undignified demise, or to serve as his personal figurehead in a new state made from territory conquered by the Japanese. 
Although it meant compromising her hard-fought autonomy to the core, Che En Lin accepted, becoming the Empress of Dongbei.
==Personality==
A woman characterized by her pride as much as her elegance, she had obvious taste for frivolous affairs and high-style living. Yet these are simply tools to obfuscate the viper she really is underneath. Powerful and domineering, even at her lowest point she eschews self-pity to instead search for ways to leverage herself over her opponent. Very little can get between her and what she wants.
==Appearance==
162cm tall with a slim build. Considered by most to be very attractive even before her enhancements, which have since granted her a more youthful appearance than her true age. Initially preferring showy outfits during the days of the Coalition, her harder times since have seen her dress in more somber clothing. As a Pilot, she made use of a polearm weapon, and even after losing her Suit appears to have kept the preference. Che is known to possess improved reflexes and strength (on top of an already present healing factor); nothing close to the power she briefly had under her Black Dragon pseudonym and apparently nothing to draw the interest of the ISA, but enough to put her in a clear advantage against most humans in a one on one encounter.
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