Gongyi Churen

**Gongyi Churen** *(Chinese:公仪楚人 Pinyin: Gōngyí Chǔrén)* is a Human and a member of Fog Hill's Gongyi Clan. She is also the current Earth Envoy and Master of the **Four Guardians**.

## Appearance

Gongyi has indigo eyes and short, purple hair cut just above the shoulders with a fringe swept to the right side of her face, covering right eye. Her hair also covers her left ear but leaves the right exposed on which she wears a large ornate teal and gold crescent earring. Her mouth is in a perpetual cheshire grin.

For clothing, Churen wears a pale-khaki shirt with black and purple shoulder guards. Her shirt's sleeves end in billowing cuffs adorned with a pattern of teal and brown triangles along a brown line. she wears black and purple wrist guards on both arms and a matching waist guard. In complement to her asymmetrical style, Churen wears her right sleeve tucked into the wristguard. Her pants match the lower half of her wrist guards and are tucked into black stockings, and she wears two-teethed sandals made of stone.

## Personality

In contrast to her peers and in complement to her style and element Churen comes off as lax and blunt, taking in events at her own stride, maintaining a casual bearing, and speaking candidly. She's not afraid to tease her peers regardless of the situation and will not hold back criticism of her Guardians for failures.

However, while she may come off as childish, Churen still takes her responsibilities seriously, attending every meeting with the Fog Hill leaders and responding to potential crisis at the same pace as the other Envoys. She will also do her best to save random people, such as removing the madness-inducing miasma from Rongcheng Zeqi before it did permanent damage to her mind.

## Powers

**Overall Abilities**: As one of the Five Envoys, Churen possesses speed, strength, endurance, and elemental control unrivaled by most of her clan members. Like the other Envoys, she possesses the ability to amplify her elemental and physical powers through Divine Manifestation but has yet to show it.

**Poison Removal:** Churen possesses the ability to remove the Purple Forest miasma from other beings.

**Geokinesis:** The Gongyi Clan's elemental ability; Churen possesses the ability to control the element of Earth. Though she hasn't displayed many of the techniques herself, Churen's application of her Element is shown through her Guardians that can act independently of her.

* **Zhuque** (*Chinese:* *朱雀 Pinyin: Zhūquè lit: Vermillion Peafowl)*: The support-focused leader of the Four Guardians named after the Bird of the South. He is capable of generating rock to immobilize opponents or breaking down soil into quicksand. Gives out orders and keeps the peace amongst the four.
* **Qinglong** (*Chinese:青龍* *Pinyin: Qīnglóng lit: Blue-Green Dragon):* One of the two offense-focused Guardians alongside Baihu and attacks by crushing opponents under his pedestal or transforming small rocks into sharp blades. Named after the Dragon of the East. Bickers with Baihu constantly and stubborn.
* **Baihu** (*Chinese: 白虎* P*inyin: Báihǔ* *lit: White Tiger)*: The other offense-focused Guardian who attacks by crushing opponents under his pedestal. Named after the Tiger of the West. Bickers with Qinglong constantly, but more restrained.
* **Xuanwu** (Chinese: *玄武* *Pinyin: Xuánwǔ lit: Black Tortoise)*: The Defense-focused Guardian. He primarily supports the other three by creating barriers and constructs. Named after the Turtle of the North. Cannot speak and is rather passive.

**Techniques:**

* **Chiyou Refining Array** *(Chinese: 蚩尤炼阵 Pinyin: Chī Yóuliàn Zhèn)*: First used against Shan Zhu. First, Xuanwu generates a massive stone body in the shape of a snapping turtle, enveloping anyone or thing he's captured, and creates several stone barricades ahead of him. Should they be broken through, Xuanwu temporarily immobilizes the enemy, allowing Zhuque to encase the opponent's feet in stone and Qinglong to telekinetically control and mold small shards of rock into sharp needles to stab from all sides.

* **Fuxi Refining Array** *(Chinese: Pinyin: Fúxīliàn Zhèn)***:** The second array attempted against Shan Zhu. First, Xuanwu transforms into multiple stone columns that wrap around and form a large bowl around the enemy. Then, Zhuque breaks the soil down beneath the target, creating quicksand. Last, with the target caught in quicksand, Qinglong and Baihu float above the bowl and come crashing down to smash the target.

* **Regeneration:** The Four Guardians all possess the ability to heal at a rapid pace, primarily through reassembling their broken bodies or absorbing stone. However, their healing ability can be hindered by certain techniques for a time, such as Shan Zhu's solvent.

## Trivia

* Churen's use of and connection to the Guardians is likely based on the concept of Earth's alignment in **Wu Xing**, where it is the central element (symbolized by the Huanglong) of the Chinese cosmos. The other four elements are aligned with the Four Symbols; the **Pheasant** (Fire), **Dragon** (Wood), **Tiger** (Metal), and **Turtle** (Water) surrounding it as the symbols of the South, East, West, and North respectively.

* The characters that make up Churen's name:
	+ *Gong (公):* public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal)
	+ *Yí (仪):* apparatus / rites / appearance / present / ceremony
	+ *Chǔ (楚)*: distinct / clear / orderly / pain / suffering / deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex) / punishment cane (old)
	+ *Rén (人):* person; people