Ha Tai Kai

Ha Tai Kai is the 5th Ancient Ancestor of the Ha Clan, and the only son of Ha Tai Wen. To many of the locals in Blue Water Province he is known simply as 'Old Kai', a scholar and an inventor of strange, popular gamesGlossary & Terms.
== History ==
Ha Tai Kai's exact age is currently unknown, but he was alive to see the most recent aeonspan turnChapter 14 (new) - Ha Kai POV. 
A version of history espoused by the Blue Water Province's Imperial Envoy claims that Ha Tai Kai ran a cult during the Shan Dynasty. The Imperial Envoy said of him: "He was known to consort with foxes and all manner of demons, not an upstanding cultivator at all.Chapter 8 (new) - Dun Lian Jing POV" This poor reputation amongst the Imperial Court might stem from a grudge with a former Grand Imperial Astrologer, who Ha Kai accused of "colluding to ruin the auspice of the wheel of heaven on Eastern Azure"Chapter 16 - Ha Kai POV.
Ha Kai is also a sponsor of West Flower Picking's Cherry Wine Pagoda Teahouse, which is under the management of Ha Xiaolian. Xiaolian is an erstwhile disciple from a time before Lu Fu Tao, and looks out for young orphaned women from the extended Ha clan by offering them work in the Teahouse. To some members of the Ha Clan he is known as the "Pagoda Lord", he cultivates a carefree and hands-off reputation while assuming that role.
=== Modern Day ===
To most in today's Blue Water Province Ha Kai seems, at a glance, to be an eccentric Old Scholar or Grandmaster. Those that look closer would find that he is supposedly a wandering elder from the same era as Lu Fu Tao, or the Pagoda Lord of the Cherry Wine Pagoda.
Ha Kai had a tenuous connection to the Di Ji incident of 100 years prior to Book One, leading to a falling out with Lady Kai, woman he was perusing at the time, and a grudge with the current Grand Imperial Astrologer. Ha Kai was off-world at the time, but was implicated in Lady Kai's eyes by the resistance of Ha Clan elders seeking to capitalize on the aftermath of the 'Year of the Blood Eclipse.'
One of his active interests is in the "Ha Family", the descendants of his younger sister, and seeing they do not suffer any undue problems. He has a relationship with one of the Ha Family's seniors, Governor Ha Feirong, who knows him only as the Pagoda Lord.
== Book One ==
== Book Two ==
== Book Three ==
== Appearances ==
* Chapter 4 (new)
*Chapter 12 (new)
*Chapter 14 (new) (POV)
*Chapter 16 (new) (POV)
*Chapter 22 (new)
*Chapter 23 (POV)
*Chapter 24a (POV)
* Note: appears in some older chapters currently being rewritten
* Chapter 11
* Chapter 14 (POV)
* Chapter 34 (POV)
* Chapter 42 (POV)
* Chapter 64
* Chapter 77
* Chapter 93
== References ==
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Category:Blue Water Province
Category:Ha Clan
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