Meilian San

* 三 *sān* - three
* 美 *měi* - beautiful
* 莲 *lián* - lotus

> Today was the first day of the rest of my life. And I was going to spend the rest of my life repaying what I owed to her, if I had to.
>
> Meilian San, Forgotten Villainy Chapter IV

Meilian San is the protagonist of *Forgotten Villainy*. She is a Tria blessed one, and possesses the power to summon magical purple triangles at will. After hitting her head badly in a fight with Adelana Ayika, she lost her memory and dedicated herself to fixing the evil she had committed in her "past life."

## Appearance

Meilian is a pretty young woman with long, straight black hair that is usually tied up in a half-up, half-down style. A piece of baby hair rests on her forehead in a triangular shape (which has nothing to do with her power, it is simply a coincidence). She has a rounded face with a slightly sharper jaw, a flat nose, tanned skin, and purple "amethyst" monolid eyes that glow while she is using her powers. Due to spending her whole life training and fighting, she has a fit and muscular build. Her body is covered in numerous scars, notably on her hands from Weirong San, and on her biceps from herself. The backs of her hands and tops of her feet have purple, triangular marks on them, resembling tattoos, that glow while she is using her power.

She typically dresses in purple, the color of the Tria Clan. While she is at Yuanwei Palace, she dresses very nicely, as she is royalty. While at Wura Fortress, she was given plainer clothes. Since she is the Tria blessed one, she is almost always wearing purple, triangular, metallic earrings that are about the size of her palm. Her earlobes are stretched out due to wearing these her whole life.

## Personality

Right after losing her memory, she was naive, upbeat, optimistic, and idealistic. In order to gain the trust of others, she became somewhat of a pushover, allowing others to scorn and belittle her - though she would occasionally still become hostile and reminiscent of her old self if a certain someone was ever threatened. After spending time at Yuanwei Palace, where she was forced to behave as she did before getting amnesia, she stopped caring as much about gaining the trust of the Circa. She becomes noticeably more similar to her past self.

Pre-amnesia, she was cold, calculating, cruel, and even somewhat sadistic (all due to her abusive upbringing). She cared for very few people, with her sister and occasional love interests as the exceptions. Like the rest of the Tria Clan, she held a hatred for all Circa, and wanted to stamp them out so that the Tria could remain in power. Unbeknownst to most people, she suffered from poor mental health and frequently had thoughts of self-harm and suicide.

Both before and after her amnesia, she was a clever strategist and tactician. This allows her to attain what she wants in both political struggles and physical fights, making her a formidable opponent to her foes.

## Abilities

* **The Tria Power**: Meilian is blessed by the goddess Tri with the Tria Power, which allows her to summon transparent, magical purple triangles at will. She can control them with her hands and feet and, eventually, her eyes. The triangles generally have as much strength and speed as Meilian needs - though she still has a limit. They are of an indefinite thickness and can be both sharp and dull. She usually uses them to slash and stab.
	+ Power amplifications: **two** (her mother's death, Adelana's torture)
* **Physical strength**: The Tria Power gives Meilian a greater capacity for strength. She has also trained for nearly her whole life, maximizing this strength.
* **Speed**: The Tria Power gives Meilian a much greater capacity for speed (particularly while using the Tria Power). She is athletic, maximizing her speed.
* **Endurance**: The Tria Power gives Meilian greater endurance. She is athletic, maximizing her endurance and stamina.
* **Resilience**: The Tria Power gives Meilian greater physical resilience, meaning that she must suffer more injury and illness before dying, and can last longer before being incapacitated. She can withstand wounds that would take out any normal person.
* **Healing**: The Tria Power gives Meilian an elevated ability to heal. She heals faster.
* **Fighting prowess**: Due to training her whole life, Meilian is skilled at all sorts of fighting, whether it be with her powers, a sword, spear, dagger, bow and arrow, and more.
* **Strategy**: Meilian is very adept at planning and manipulating her surroundings to get what she needs, both long-term and short-term.

## Relationships

### Adelana Ayika

Meilian is deeply in love with Adelana and has devoted her life to her. Adelana eventually grew to return these feelings, and they are currently married. Adelana was the first person Meilian met in her new life. Adelana, despite the terrible things Meilian had done in the past, still treated Meilian respectfully and was kind enough to heal her injuries, sparking Meilian's infatuation. Throughout the story, they grew closer and learned to trust each other. Each has had her power upgraded by witnessing the other be tortured - which is only possible if you love that person. Meilian sees Adelana as being perfect in nearly every way: a good leader, kind, wise, and beautiful. Meilian wishes that Adelana could realize these things for herself, so she does her best to remind Adelana of it, even if it embarrasses Adelana.

Adelana initially disliked and distrusted Meilian due to the terrible things she'd done in her past, but Meilian's steadfast devotion eventually won her heart over. She finds Meilian to be funny, sweet, and beautiful, as well as a great natural leader (which she somewhat envies).

### Weirong San

Weirong is Meilian's father and, in the past, her mentor. However, Weirong physically and mentally abused Meilian throughout her life, notably by forcing her to train past her limits and cutting her hands whenever she did something wrong. Because of this, Meilian developed a hatred for Weirong early on, as well as a deep fear which lived on past her amnesia. However, she kept this fact carefully hidden, giving all others the impression that she was Weirong's "loyal hound" or "right-hand officer." After losing her memory, Meilian hates Weirong based on what she is told about him. Once she finally meets him, she feels an unexplainable fear and agitation around him that is really the remnants of her past life's feelings towards him. After Weirong is removed from power, Meilian has him executed.

### Meiying San

Meiying is Meilian's younger sister. She was the most important and trusted person to Meilian for most of her past life. Meiying was one of the only ones who knew of Meilian's true loathing of Weirong. Additionally, Meilian was never violent, cruel, or overly spiteful to Meiying, despite her personality being like that towards most others. Meilian learned sign language after it was discovered that her sister was deaf, and she continues to use it whenever Meiying is around, even if she is not speaking directly to Meiying. After losing her memory, Meilian did not remember who Meiying was, but Meiying became one of Meilian's most treasured and trusted allies once again. Meiying is glad that Meilian is so much happier and nicer now that she has amnesia, but she also somewhat misses the memories of the sister she lost.

### Isaiah Hatami

Isaiah is one of Meilian's friends. At first, Isaiah didn't trust Meilian, but he still treated her somewhat nicely, if not with some teasing and making-fun thrown in. Isaiah became one of Meilian's favorite people out of those at the rebellion due to this, and over time, they grew to be friends. Meilian rescued Isaiah from Rutao's enslavement at Yuanwei Palace, which put a tension between them but increased their trust overall. Meilian thinks that Isaiah is a worthy opponent to spar with and a funny friend. Isaiah is glad that Meilian makes Adelana happy, and he admires how upbeat she usually is, despite circumstances.

### Arlo Castaneda

Arlo is a friend of Meilian. Initially, they treated her with scorn and distrust, causing Meilian to dislike them. However, she still respected how intelligent they seemed to be, and the fact that they usually based their opinions on facts and not their emotions. After Meilian rescues the Circa rebellion from Yuanwei Palace, Arlo is more trusting of her (but still cautious), and they even defend her. The two of them are also able to bond over a mutual dislike of Rohan. By the end of the story, Meilian has proved herself, and Arlo finds her to be a good partner for Adelana.

### Rohan Jhaveri

Rohan and Meilian are enemies. Initially, Rohan hated and distrusted Meilian simply because of all the awful things she'd done and the fact that she wanted to wipe the Circa rebellion out. He was very rude towards Meilian, prompting her to become similarly hostile. Each soon realized the other was also in love with Adelana, making them romantic rivals and increasing their hatred of each other. By the end of the story, they have a grudging respect towards each other, since each is a talented fighter and contributed to the victory, but Rohan despises Meilian for winning Adelana over, and he is very jealous of her.

### Daanis Makwa

At first, Daanis didn't trust Meilian. Despite this, she still treated Meilian with kindness, earning her Meilian's trust and respect. Throughout the story, they grew to become friends. Daanis opened up to Meilian about her mixed heritage, admitting that part of the reason she feels inclined to be respectful to Meilian is because Meilian is technically her blessed one as much as Adelana is.

### Korinola Arcariun

Korinola is Meilian's friend. Though Korinola initially held a grudge against and distrusted Meilian, she still treated her fairly neutrally. Meilian eventually learns Korinola and Adelana's secret of them being related. Now, Korinola and Meilian have a positive relationships, since Meilian saved the Circa rebellion and Adelana is so fond of Meilian.

### Finn Cuach

Meilian hates Finn. She was originally afraid of and put-off by Finn due to their "threatening" of her. She caught Finn trying to kill Adelana, but Finn was able to successfully place the blame on Meilian instead, leading to Meilian loathing Finn. After Meilian was rescued by the Tria military, she tracked down Finn in a nearby town and killed them.

Finn's way of speaking to Meilian implies that they had met at some point before Meilian lost her memory, but no other information is given.

## Quotes

* (To Adelana Ayika, Chapter II) "But I’m not *playing* dumb! I really am dumb! I don’t know how I got here! I don’t know who you are! I don’t know anything about what you’re talking about!"
* (To Adelana Ayika, Chapter IV) "Haha, I don’t think yellow is really my color. It clashes with my eyes, don’t you think?"
* (To Adelana Ayika, Adelana vs. Meilian extra) "Hahaha! How adorable! I will definitely die, you say? Don’t be so sure of yourself."

## Trivia

* She is Chinese-inspired.
* Her name, 美莲 (měi lián), means “beautiful lotus” in Chinese. Lotuses are associated with rebirth and strength, particularly in Eastern cultures, referring to Meilian’s amnesia and “rebirth.” Lotus is also the name of the first chapter of *Forgotten Villainy.*
* Her surname, 三 (sān), means “three” in Chinese, and refers to the number of sides/angles on a triangle.
* Meilian is a lesbian.
* Sewing/embroidering is one of her few hobbies. She is skilled at it.
* She was originally Thai, not Chinese.
* Her name has been changed several times. She was originally called *Lamai Rochana* (a Thai name), then *Lamei San* (once she became Chinese), and *Lianmei San*.
* Due to her head injury, she developed temporal lobe epilepsy. She gets focal impaired awareness seizures which are usually preceded by some sort of aura.
* Those who don’t like her often refer to her as some variant of “dog,” due to her (apparent) loyalty to Weirong San and viciousness.
* She is an Aries (with her birthday being on April 2).
* Her MBTI personality type is ENFJ.
	+ Before getting amnesia, it was ENTJ.
* The clothes she wears are usually of the *hanfu* style (traditional Chinese clothing).
* She knows sign language because of her sister Meiying's deafness.