Fa Mulan

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**Fa Mulan** is a Chinese woman who broke the Pechenegs' attack on Bianjing, being granted an honorary seat on the Imperial Council as thanks. She leads an expedition to the west to find Berk and ask them for aid.

## Biography

### Background

Mulan is the only child of a wealthy Han merchant in Bianjing, the capital of the Song Dynasty.

### Book III

When the Pechenegs attack Bianjing at the new year, Mulan uses the palace's fireworks to fight back and kill several of the riders and dragons, forcing their first real defeat. Kagan Berk Olcayto-oğlu dies of his wounds, and Drago Bludvist assumes leadership, while retreating to Central Asia. Mulan is given a courtesy position in the Imperial Council, but her real role is to be a propaganda hero for the common people, to keep their spirits up.

Through her father's trade contacts, Mulan finds out about Berk and the Hooligans from a Jewish merchant, and proposes an expedition to the west to ask them for help. The Council begrudgingly agrees, and provides her with some supplies and a few soldiers. Mulan and her party begin the long journey across the mountains to the southwest.

### Book IV

In Guangyuan, Mulan saves a small dragon from a mob of angry people, taking pity on it and feeding it some mushu pork. After the dragon stays with her, she names him Mushu.

Mulan's expedition reaches Jelep-La, Horse-Tea Road in the Kingdom of Lhasa, Böd. They encounter a Pecheneg raiding party and Mulan, knowing how dragons react to eels, throws eels at them, causing the dragons to flee and the Pecheneg raiders are defeated. With Mushu calming the dragons down, Mulan and her group free the dragons from their chains. Out of gratitude, the dragons fly them to the next leg of their journey, the Chandra Kingdom, where they arrive at a monastery where they meet Mala. Mala joins them on their expedition, and helps them find a ship in Chatigam to take them the rest of the way. They charter passage with Naphtali the Radhanite.

Naphtali takes them around the southern tip of India and up the Red Sea (see map). They disembark in Suez, and make their way overland to Cairo, where they meet Boarguts Sheepwitsson at the Dragon Mail station. He agrees to take them to Constantinople to meet Hiccup. They arrive just as the Pechenegs are attacking the city, and successfully fight off a small squad that attacks the skycart. Boarguts lands the skycart and everyone except Malachi, Naphtali, and Chien-Po gets on one of the Nadders and flies into battle. Mulan leads her group in attacking Drago directly, but he shelters under his fireproof dragonskin cloak. After the battle, Mulan is formally introduced to Hiccup and Sigurd. Hiccup agrees to help, but leaves immediately when he gets the news that his father was attacked.

## Relationships

### Li Shang

Li Shang is the son of General Li in the Song Army, and accompanies Mulan as her protector on her expedition west. Both of them are secretly attracted to the other, but are the only ones to not realize that the other one is into them as well.

### Mushu

Mushu is a small dragon who befriends Mulan after she rescues him and gives him food. She names him after the food he ate, mushu pork. Mushu is smarter than the humans realize at first, and

## Personality And Traits

Mulan is clever and good at improvising. She can use almost anything as a weapon. She loves her people and wants to save them from the Pechenegs.

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 106: Rally
2. ↑ Chapter 113: Knotted Heartstrings
3. ↑ Chapter 122: The Politics Of Desire
4. ↑ Chapter 124: Meritorious
5. ↑ Chapter 140: Love Not The Bright Sword For Its Sharpness
6. ↑ Chapter 143: Love Only That Which They Defend
7. ↑ Chapter 151: Determination
8. ↑ Chapter 153: The Wolf At The Door