Su-jeong "Geumgang" Seo

**Su-jeong Seo (서 수정)** is a member of the Bam Agma's Gwishin and a part of Dokkaebi Squad. Su-jeong was raised to be living weapon. A mountain of a warrior, hence her alias, Su-jeong has dedicated her childhood training to be a deadly martial artist, usually her family's Essence and martial arts and techniques to become even more dangerous the more she's injured. Her physical strikes can be so forceful that the the impact of her attacks also affect her, fueling her battlefury even more. She has become one of the deadliest Bam Agma in hand-to-hand combat, and she certainly keeps that status throughout her work with the organization.

## Background

Su-jeong Seo, born into a family of agents from Bam Agma, and the result of selective breeding. Her family's ties to the organization made it clear that Su-jeong was raised to be a deadly weapon. The results of such intensive training turned her into a mountain of a warrior, hence her alias of “Geumgang” or “The Mountain”. Like her father, she was trained to be part of the Gwishin, and specialized in combat and espionage. One look at her and you would think she’s just a muscly enforcer of the organization, but don’t be fooled. She is deceptively swift and stealthy. She was considered an athletic prodigy that was able to shuffle “a cover life”, going through school regularly and even becoming a ballet dancer, but at the age of 20, she became a full time agent of the Bam Agma.

No mission was too difficult for. Whenever a job is given, the only thing she’ll ask is how soon they want it done. Despite her renown in the Bam Agma ranks, Su-jeong finds it difficult to communicate with others, and even though she was assigned with a team, she’s still unable to close the gap between them and her. The upbringing she went through, being labeled a “Prodigy”, and the way others saw her, isolated her from the rest. True, she is at the mountain top, but the summit is a lonely place. She has started to get along with certain teammates, Do-eun Yi and Mi-rae Jin. She considers their team leader, Seowoo Hyun, as a mentor-figure, and greatly respects her for her wisdom.

## Personality

A taciturn woman, the perfect “weapon” that doesn’t talk back or complain no matter the job she is given. This is the result of the upbringing in the Bam Agma to be one of its best Gwishin. This has left her a reserved girl who doesn’t know how to properly mingle with others outside of mission briefings and awkward attempts of small talk to try and kill the silence. Most of the time, she just stays in the back and listens to music with headphones on unless someone approaches her. She is ruthless in a fight, willing to put herself at tremendous risk if it means killing an opponent. Her abilities complement her devil-may-cry attitude, and with the proper teammates and coordination, even the strongest foes can be made to bend down.

She has acknowledged the “evil” nature of her work and the life she was born into, and has followed the philosophical idea of “Fundamental Evil” thanks to Seowoo. Su-jeong considers her as her first true friend she never treated the Mountain as someone special who was above everyone else. This also is the reason why she befriended Do-eun and Mi-rae Because of her, Su-jeong learned that yes, their line of work and her very actions are considered to be “evil”, since a majority of her work involves killing. Even if she is sent to be a bodyguard, the best solution is to eliminate threats with extreme prejudice. She knows this is evil by nature and she must constantly exercise restraint to make sure she does not let this “evil” within her affect the innocent and the defenseless. In a way, she’s a murderer with a sense of honor. Whenever she is given a bodyguard job, she considers it her favorite kind of mission. She would gladly turn herself as a shield and be the weapon that will protect the VIP.

*”Fighting to protect someone. I think it’s the best thing someone like me could do. It’s the greatest reason to fight.”*

Her preferred way of killing a target is to snap their necks. She states that it’s the fastest and painless way to deal with a foe. She is fluent in both Korean and English, the latter she studied greatly while she was younger when she had this rather naïve (according to her) desire to befriend people both in and out of Korea once she grew up. She is known for her undying loyalty to the organization, which she still considers a family and the ones that gave her and her father a purpose despite the flaws she sees in its system.

## Abilities

### Magic and Martial Arts

Although she only uses magic such as Reinforcement, her raw physical ability and martial arts make up for the mediocre arcane abilities. Her main fighting style is called “San Jumeog (산 주먹) or “Fist of the Mountain”, a hard hitting and explosive form of martial arts that combines intense physical conditioning with an offense-oriented mindset. Every part of her body can be considered a weapon. From quick strikes to intense wrestling, she is a mountain that can take and dish out intense raw force turned her into one of the best fighters in the Bam Agma when it comes to raw strength and damage output through unarmed combat alone.

She wears enchanted clothing that resembles full-body tights, made of durable materials that give her physical and magical protection to an extent. Most of the time, her rather violent maneuvers in combat can lead to her damaging the suit herself, which makes her constantly replace them with new ones.

### ”격노” (Gyeogno)

Also known as “Battlefury”. Gyeogno is the Seo Family Essence that allows its members to be more physically and mentally powerful the more wounded they are. Essentially, the Geumgang grows stronger, more agile, and more tactical in battle the more damaged she sustains. This makes prolonged fights where both parties sustain wounds more dangerous when against someone like her. There is a substantial risk that she overexert herself and dangerously be on the edge of death when she’s fighting truly strong opponents due to her reliance on being heavily wounded. This is usually countered with her fighting in teams so that allies can take advantage of an enemy distracted by Su-jeong and take them out cleanly.

### ”양날의” (Yangnal-ui)

Also known as “double-edge”. It is a special technique in “Fist of the Mountain” that involves very specific exertion of force, combined with reinforcement, so that a strike deals twice as much force but at the same time, Su-jeong also feels the exact same damage dealt. For example, if she punches with a double-edge, her entire arm would feel as if she herself was hit by the attack, which would hurt her and in turn, activate her Gyeogno Essence She typically opens a fight by slamming herself into a foe using double-edge to start with an ‘edge’ in combat already. The usage of this technique requires a really strong body, hence her constantly maintaining her incredible muscles.

*"Dem thighs killed many people."*