Hwajae Mul

*This page is part of Geumsog.*

## A short introduction

Hwajae Mul (instert place and year of birth here) is the current appointed leader of Geumsog. She is a young
prodigy (22 years old) of the art of blacksmithing with several quirks. Not
only is she highly eccentric but she is, most famously, an alchoholic.

Hwajae has a genetic mutation that allows her to process
alcohol far more efficiently than any normal person (of any species) and is
thus able to stay coherent. Knowing that withdrawal is
both painful and deadly for her she has her assistants keep her on a controlled
supply to prevent the symptoms.

Her forging techniques are second to none in all of Geumsog,
consisting of combining the concepts of multi-core Viking swords and Japanese
swords. Upon becoming the ruler she began to replace water in her forge with
alcohol. While it doesn’t add anything to the metal she likes to do so
anyway (but will do so without if she must).

While an eccentric alcoholic, Hwajae still has many of the
qualities of a good ruler, she can show surprising levels of patience, she’s
very charismatic (more so after a few drinks go around) and incredibly cunning
among other traits.

Not
only is she in charge of diplomacy, she’s also heavily involved in the military
being a Commander in Chief and isn’t afraid to fight herself. She favors heavy
armor piercing weapons with a fighting style based around lever mechanics to
create a controlled swing as almost any range.

## History

### **Early Years**

Hwajae
Mul was born to a middle class family of steel merchants, always fascinated about
what the wares her family sells turn into she began studying blacksmithing at
the tender age of six. At age nine she impressed renown blacksmith Dangye Hana
enough to become her student. Upon celebration of making her first sword at age
eleven Hwajae was rewarded with her first taste of alcohol (a taste she would
make sure would grace her tongue again and again).

### **Military Service**

Despite
teaching Hwajae all that he/she knew, Dangye still felt like Hwajae’s full
potential wasn’t reached so he/she convinced her to join the military thinking
that understanding how a weapon works would improve her techniques. Dangye
thought right. Soon Hwajae became one of the best soldiers in the military,
used to heavy activity by starting blacksmithing early and practically numb to
pain from her constants secret alcohol binges. Upon using the weapons she made
Hwajae noticed every flaw in her teacher’s technique and began solving them,
growing to be an even better blacksmith than her teacher.

### **Rising to Leadership**

Upon
beating her former teacher in the annual blacksmithing competition at age 17
she captured the interest of the oligarchy. Due to the advanced age of the
current ruler it was time for a new candidate to take the helm. Already having
the advantage of military knowledge and business from her earlier exploits of
buying, making and selling tools she was perfect, if it wasn’t for her alcohol
dependence. Not willing to give up the heavenly taste of the mild poison,
Hwajae planned ahead to ensure she wouldn’t have any restrictions to it. After
a few drinks she was able to get a written document signed
stating that she would have constant access to alcohol.