Mei Zhao

=Who is Mei?=
Mei currently serves the Waifuwehr of the Federal Republic of Germany as an Enlisted Member of the Sanitätsdienst.
=Mei's Backstory=
Mei was a British-born child to parents from Hong Kong, before moving to and growing up in Hong Kong from age 7 onwards. This made her late childhood and teenage years rough, having to learn a second language while trying to make it through school. Mei’s nickname “Armis” was given to her by other students during her first day when unable to understand them when asked for her name, as she carried a military-themed bag to school with the phrase “Vi et Armis” printed. Despite the struggles, after leaving school, she excelled in working an apprenticeship in health informatics at a hospital while studying.
While at university, she took a study year abroad in the Netherlands, travelling across Europe in her free time. Contacting her uncle, she was given a place to sleep and live. She lived a relatively quiet life, as her uncle was always out the house, conducting business at his factory. During her year, she became very close friends with a British international student, Eryn, having a common language to communicate with. During a night of partying, she found Eryn passed out and bleeding from the arm with a needle, in the bathrooms of a bar in Amsterdam. Grabbing her jacket, Mei desperately tried to stop the bleeding and called for an ambulance. While she was able to protect Eryn that night, it was too late, as she was already developing a habit with methamphetamine. A few months later, Eryn passed away due to an abnormal heartbeat. While mourning her loss at home, the door to the apartment was battered down, with a squad of police screaming at her to keep her hands on her head. She would later find out in court as a potential suspect that her uncle had been involved in money laundering for the Triad drug trade, helping the transaction of drugs and illegal money through the Netherlands and back to Hong Kong. This developed a life-long distrust she would have of organised crime, and anyone involved or previously involved in any form of illegal activity.
Mei returned to Hong Kong after her studies. Life had calmed down for her, but she felt as if she couldn’t return to being a member of the community, with thoughts of moving back to Europe. Mei’s parents did not understand her desire to find a new life in Europe but allowed her to leave if she wanted for her own happiness. With fonder memories of Germany, and not wanting to return to chaotic experiences of the Netherlands, Mei eventually made the decision to pack up and find work in Berlin, promising her parents that she will one day return to them with everything that they deserve, that she can bring back from Germany.
Moving in with a friend she had met, finding work was not an easy task. Not many positions in healthcare were open to a non-fluent German speaker, which meant that she was finding herself in an increasingly desperate situation, as her jobseeker visa was nearing the expiration date. While out in the streets, Mei was intrigued by recruiters for the Waifuwehr, seeing an opportunity for work and also a path towards citizenship. Signing up for the Sanitätsbataillon, she had not only found a new job, but a new community and family, after a life of being an outsider in many places. Never forgetting her promise, Mei maintains contact with her parents in Hong Kong, periodically sending money over and keeping them updated on the new life she has built for herself.
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Armis_2022-05-30.png|Mei Zhao - 2022-05-30
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